Returning to Blogger with Unfortunate Updates

Hello, Timow here.

After 12 years, I find myself back on Blogger.

My old blog here was a mixed bag of memories—some good, some I'd rather forget—but here I am again, reviving this space for the time being.

Unfortunately, this return isn’t entirely by choice.

For these past three days, I’ve struggled to access my WordPress site (or others), even while logged in.

Here's the tracert test I conducted this afternoon.

It’s frustrating.

My Jetpack app works fine on my smartphone, but my experience is frustrating!

When I blog, I prefer working on it on a laptop and Chromebook over a smartphone. Typing on a phone just isn’t the same. You need to copy and paste the links. It's tedious.

For now, Blogger will have to do until someone is paying attention to me.

The next blog post on WordPress is scheduled to be on Monday. (I'll try to replicate that content here if the servers fail to respond.)

~Timow

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