Back at last
Well, well, well. Who’d have thought it?
The Blog is finally back after more than two months – I kid you not – of [imagine your own word here, because I don't want to keep on breaking my New Year's resolution about being absurdly patient and forgiving, even to those who probably don't deserve it, even though New Year's Day seems such a very long time ago].
I hope you like the modifications. The ones you can see should be self-explanatory.
Please don’t be surprised if there are a few teensy teething troubles here and there. The Blog has been completely rebuilt, its archives transferred to a new location (which was great fun, especially the waiting), so you may well find the odd broken link.
There’s no need to let me know if you spot any over the next week or two, because I am on the case. However, if you do come across any after, say, a month has passed, please do point them out in your most gentle manner.
Teething rings are not provided, by the way, so just use your fingers; they’re better, anyway.
On behalf of those who really ought to be apologising for how long The Blog has been away, but won’t, I humbly apologise. I’d also like to thank D, and the good people at TypePad, for their help and patience.
I’d love to know what you were thinking as the weeks turned to months. I’m sure there were some good rumours flying around. As long as none of them involved me getting trapped down a well, do share.
So, a seriously belated "Happy New Year!" to all, and thanks very much for all the Christmas cards and goodies.
That’s Christmas 2007. (It’s still 2008, isn’t it?)
Jippie! It’s a good thing to see the blog back online!
Here’s a psychedilic moment. I just found out the blog is back up and running. Right after that I run out to pick up my daughter from school. Turn on the car and radio station is playing “Welcome to the Machine.”
Is that Twilight Zone or what??
Thanks.
Andrew
Oh, What a fantastic surprise to check in and see things up and running:-)
Missed you dear Fed and all here in Gilmourland.
The Blog looks spectacular to say the least. I hope you didn’t pull out too many hairs in the process.
[Not too many, thankfully. Not over the new design, anyway. - Features Editor]
Hello Fed and all
Nice to see the blog up and running again, the Welsh mafia didn’t cut your fingers off after all !!
YOOOOOOOOOO!
It’s fantastic to have you back FEd! Glad to see everyone again, even though I did compromise through the “lockout”! But the site looks wonderful! You all did a great job! oh and (tad late) HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Hi fed
We were awoken this morning by the bed moving across the floor, and the house was a shaking. It was a bit like having my cd on, playing on an island.
This house is made of wood and you can hear the yanks laughing, saying that aint an earthquake.
[We are very lucky in the UK. It always amuses me how a little snow, or 'leaves on the track', can cause such lengthy transport delays. I don't know how we'd manage if we had to regularly endure extreme weather conditions. That said, I hope there's not too much damage to your new property. - Features Editor]
Hip Hip Hooray!! You’re back and so are we!!!!
I love the color and I don’t care if things are back to front, upside down or whatever. I missed all the bloggers and especially David and company news and F’Ed’s witty commentary. And I don’t care who knows that I looked for you all daily. I was wishing that I had other email contacts just to find out where you had all gone. I didn’t realize just how MUCH I enjoyed the blog until it just wasn’t there. Sniff sniff.
Welcome back!
love you all,
jan
It was a long wait, but I am glad to see you all back.
Hello Fed, second day with the new blog, and to me it’s just like the OAI Album – the more you use it, the better it gets.
Rudders will come around. He has to, he lives in Canada.
Love the bold print and the shades of blue. Later.
George
Holy Crap! Good to see it up and running again! I have to say some of the blog-conspiracy theories floating around were pretty entertaining in the meantime….
I never lost faith, though. Good to have you back, FEd. I felt an odd relieving decompression when I saw The Blog was back.
‘Certain live album’? Love it….
Welcome back FEd, just a quick note to say thank you for my Christmas raffle prize!
Also, Hello & Happy New Year to all the fellow bloggers
thanks,
joefromCanada
[You're very welcome. Glad that it made it. - Features Editor]
Hello FED, is there anyone home? Finally get to say thanks to you on the return of the blog.
Also received Phil Taylor’s book shortly after Christmas which was interesting and was blessed to see his signed greetings inside the cover. Quite a surprise and the book is not far away from guitar.
Take care.
[Pleased to hear it. It's a good read, isn't it? - Features Editor]
So excited to post! Found this site about a month ago and no blog. But! That’s all changed now… So, a humble hello to all.
P.S. Who is “FEd”? Is FEd the one to thank for the blog?
[Hello. That would be me, but no thanks are required. Good of you to join us. - Features Editor]
Yes, I would have to agree on the issue of both enlarging the size of the input area for comments and, YES to being to preview our comments before actually posting them. Just to make sure that 1. We can correct any typos on our own. 2. Make sure we haven’t said anything stupid, erroneous, or rash, or…[fill in the blank].
Anyway, it is great to see some familiar people. And I AM SOoooooooooooooo looking forward to Friday’s chat. This will be great !!!
Y’know, confidentially, FED, I have got to admit, it has been you I have missed the most with your charming diplomatic sense of being. Without you, well…well, you know.
Gotta love ya !!!
Peace and Love To All !!!
Hello…hello…hello…
Is everybody in here,
Just nod if you can read me
Is everyone at home ?
C’mon – now, I know we were all feeling down
Well FED can ease the pain
Get us back on our feet again.
There was a pain, the site receded, almost a distant ship smoke on the horizon.
Grrrr……….
Great job, I know how tough these projects are (I’m in the middle of changing my company’s financial records to a new program). I’m just amazed you were able to backport everything, including the comments. Did you have legal issues with that?
[Thankfully, nothing of that sort. Good luck with your project, Michael. - Features Editor]
Wot’s…Uh, The Deal ?
We’re actually limited now to the number of characters per post ?!?!!!
I was on a roll with that last bit !!! It was an Ode to Everything We’ve Been Through.
Gee, I guess we have to know our limitations.
Grrrr…oh ******** well.
Should honestly tell you the number of characters you can type up to.
Again….grrrrrrrr
Cazart !
[You're allowed 999. When you reach that, you're prevented from typing anything else. - Features Editor]
Hi FEd, I must admit the new blog look does have a retro feel, and is none the worse for it.
I immediately was reminded of the line from Yellow Submarine “Are you Bluish”?.
Well worth the wait though, as someone once said “Never be afraid to exceed expectations”, and you haven’t.
Excelsior!!
Roger.
Welcome back Dear fed.
I’ll forgive you for the long delay if you can tell me what music is being used in the latest direct line advert!??!
Seriously, it’s good to have you back.
[I keep meaning to ask about that Direct Line advert. - Features Editor]
Welcome back FEd, it’s been a long time!
- James.
[A very, very long time. - Features Editor]
FED, welcome back. Without the blog life is very sad so I hope to have the blog for a long long time without break.
FED, I really hope that the reds will chase away Inter…this year I foresee the same final of the last year…do you agree?
[I'd love nothing more, but I don't want to hear Milan's anthem playing at the end this time. I still hear it in my head from time to time, and I'm not fond of it. - Features Editor]
FED, don’t forget to tell David that I will be very sorry for his Gunners……
Nice surprise to see the blog back.
Please can I have a blue box for my sentence?
Cheers
Peter
Thusday 28 February 3008:
In a surprise turn of events the David Gilmour blog suddenly reappeared yesterday.
Fed XXXIV the last surviving member of the great one himself announced ‘it is great to be back’.
No news of the live album but it will not be on CD or DVD as this kind of media went extinct millenia ago.
Rumours of this great event had been circulating amongst the descendants of the existing blog members so it is great to hear from Angelo XXIV, Martin S III, Tim XXXV, Lucia IIIV, Nickster VI, Tomasz V etc etc
Pete – Coventry XXXII
Hi there, speaking of rumours flying around….any news/rumours on the live album?
[No news. Not yet. There are always rumours, but sometimes they're just silly. - Features Editor]
Hey FEd! Hey irregulars! Happy new year to you all. I have been checking back daily and was amazed to see it up and running today. I had a little scare last week and was in hospital so missed the site go live on the 26th – my ticker was acting up – EEEK!!
Great to have you and the irregulars back!
[Take care of yourself, Brian. - Features Editor]
Welcome back FEd…welcome back the Blog and welcome back everyone…how exciting and I’ll write again this evening when I get home from work.
Happy days, as Simon J always says.
Welcome Back!
Interesting new look. It sure is different. I’m on the fence about it now, so I’ll probably grow to like it. I would probably like the boxes containing the comments to be the width of the whole page, but I guess the calendar and other stuff has to be put somewhere.
In the end, it doesn’t matter. I’m just glad to see that the blog is back.
This was about time FEd! Great to see the blog back
Good grief, welcome back FED and hello again Blog(gers), Irregulars and Gilmourettes.
Gosh it feels like it’s been ages. I’ve been keeping an eye on the Blog every few days and got a bit worried actually. But then again, I sort of knew or expected you would be back in business by March 6.
I’ll catch up on the reading this evening.
Great to see you all back !
Best regards,
Ralph
YES! the blog is back!!! and better and prettier than ever!!
welcome back and a very belated happy new Gilmour year to all of you.
Hi,
so nice to see that since the very first steps of this revised Blog 2008 we can read very exciting news about some new works in progress…
thank you, F.Ed., and all the best wishes to Mr.Gilmour and team
Bye / Ciao Elisabetta
Good to see that you have returned. Great new look also.
I’m looking forward to all the new topics that you have in store for us in 2008.
Best regards.
Mark
YAY!!
Greetings FEd, and what a FANTASTIC job you’ve done!!
I have no complaints, other than the fact that we all missed you immensely, and missed each other as well.
Nobody likes change, but they always seem to adjust, don’t they? A month from now they’ll forget all about the ‘old format’.
Welcome back, FEd & Bloggers, and Happy New Year to all!!
~Susan
[I'll forgive you for the long delay if you can tell me what music is being used in the latest direct line advert!??! - Ciaran]
[I keep meaning to ask about that Direct Line advert. - Features Editor]
It sounds strangely similar to Careful With That Axe, Eugene in my opinion…
I just want to say that I love the new music on the front page. A very flattering arrangement of “Echoes”.
Melissa(*_*)
OMG it’s great to see the blog back up and running, Looks great, Hope to talk to you all soon in chatroom. Feels like it has been forever, So glad you’re back Fed.
Finally, I had a chance to explore the new Blog…love the color, the font, very soothing for me.
I got lost a little bit as I tried to navigate the CATEGORIES, but I think I figured it out. RECENT COMMENTS is a nice touch.
Hope all is well FEd, it must be quite an undertaking! Thank you for the nice upgrade.
Fed, are you feeling the love??
We’re laying it on you pretty thick, don’t you think?
I see we have a chat scheduled:)
Melissa(*_*)
[Oh, I'm feeling it. - Features Editor]
Amazing job!
Wonderful to be back and wonderful to see so many familiar faces again.
Welcome back!
btw I like the re-decoration and the new blog
[Thanks very much. It's always good to hear what you lot think, whether you like something or not. - Features Editor]
Right. I skip checking the blog for two bloody days and here you are back again.
Aargh and hurrah all at once. Welcome back. You were missed.
Hi Fed!!!
It’s great to see that the Blog is back and better than ever. I must admit that I was concerned that it might never make it back. It really is true that you don’t know what you’ve got until it’s gone.
Thanks to all involved for the time and resources to keep this amazing site – and blog – going!
well i am very excited to see everyone again. the new site looks very snazzy indeed.
thanks for all of the effort, fed.
blake in nashville
Hello FEd!
What a nice surprise to see you and the Blog back online! It looks very interesting… It’s a lot easier to find individual blogger’s comments, now; that’s for sure. And it’s very blue
(which is never a bad thing). All in all, I like it!
By the way, I never thought of the old blog as being dull, just simple. And simplicity goes a long way =)
Hi FEd!
Right back in time to wish Mr. Gilmour a happy birthday!