{"id":1969,"date":"2003-11-22T06:54:47","date_gmt":"2003-11-22T22:54:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/11\/22\/just-when-things-were-starting-to-settle-down\/"},"modified":"2019-12-06T10:49:35","modified_gmt":"2019-12-06T18:49:35","slug":"just-when-things-were-starting-to-settle-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/11\/22\/just-when-things-were-starting-to-settle-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Just when things were starting to settle down"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:10581,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/seattlepi.nwsource.com\\\/business\\\/146115_blogger30.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.seattlepi.com\\\/business\\\/146115_blogger30.html&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:11766,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/mike.whybark.com&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260123072400\\\/https:\\\/\\\/mike.whybark.com\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-11 19:04:16&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-29 13:39:28&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-29 13:39:28&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:8633,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.blogger.com&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:12778,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/help.blogger.com\\\/bin\\\/answer.py?answer=661&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/support.google.com\\\/blogger\\\/answer\\\/661&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:12779,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.lockload.com&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20130728034834\\\/http:\\\/\\\/www.lockload.com\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.hugedomains.com\\\/domain_profile.cfm?d=lockload.com&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-29 13:39:27&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-29 13:39:27&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:12780,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.energizer.com\\\/bunny\\\/default.asp&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20150504150349\\\/http:\\\/\\\/www.energizer.com:80\\\/bunny\\\/default.asp&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-12 02:28:03&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-29 13:39:25&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-29 13:39:25&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:12781,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/edition.cnn.com\\\/2003\\\/WORLD\\\/europe\\\/11\\\/12\\\/globaloffice.blogs\\\/index.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20240414053110\\\/http:\\\/\\\/edition.cnn.com\\\/2003\\\/WORLD\\\/europe\\\/11\\\/12\\\/globaloffice.blogs\\\/index.html&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-12 02:28:10&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-29 13:39:18&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-29 13:39:18&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>Earlier this week, I started noticing something odd. It had finally been long enough since my <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/10\/29\/fifteen-minutes-of-fame\/\" title=\"Eclecticism: Fifteen Minutes of Fame\">fifteen minutes of fame<\/a> that traffic was starting to come back down to a more normal level. Oddly, though, for the past few days I&#8217;d been getting a lot of hits from the <a href=\"http:\/\/seattlepi.nwsource.com\/business\/146115_blogger30.html\" title=\"Seattle P-I: Microsoft fires worker over weblog\">article in the Seattle P-I<\/a> about my situation. Obviously, it had been linked somewhere with a decent amount of traffic &#8212; but where?<\/p>\n<p>Today, the mystery was solved, thanks to an e-mail from <a href=\"http:\/\/mike.whybark.com\/\" title=\"mike.whybark.com\/\">Mike<\/a>: It turns out that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/\" title=\"Blogger\">Blogger<\/a> has posted a new tech support article entitled &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/help.blogger.com\/bin\/answer.py?answer=661\" title=\"How Not to Get Fired Because of Your Blog\">How Not to Get Fired Because of Your Blog<\/a>&#8221; which links to the Seattle P-I article.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n  Do you blog at work? Do you check your referrer logs and surf the blogosphere all day from your office? Do you think it might be funny to mock your co-workers publicly, or that it could be a good idea to post photos of sensitive corporate information on your blog? If only Blogger Support could have reached <a href=\"http:\/\/seattlepi.nwsource.com\/business\/146115_blogger30.html\" title=\"Seattle P-I: Microsoft fires worker over weblog\">this unfortunate Blogger<\/a> sooner. Folks, this doesn&#8217;t have to happen to you.<\/p>\n<p>  These days, many companies are blog-friendly because they recognize a valuable tool for communication and the sharing of ideas when they see it. However, as with any public medium, care should be exercised from time to time. Here at Blogger, we want you to keep your job and as always, ending your blog should be a last resort reserved only for woeful situations. Fret not gentle blogger, we\u2019ve put together this document to help you keep those paychecks rolling in.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>So, apparently I&#8217;ve been immortalized by Blogger&#8217;s tech support crew, which is resulting in a fair amount of traffic moving from Blogger to the Seattle P-I, and then from their article back to me. Well, hey, any traffic is good traffic, right? ;)<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, I got this in my e-mail today:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n  From:   sinta<br \/>\n  Subject: Your blog on CNN<br \/>\n  Date: November 22, 2003 11:53:20 PST<br \/>\n  To: Michael Hanscom<\/p>\n<p>  Hiya Michael<\/p>\n<p>  Just want to point out to you that your blog was shown on CNN Global Business just today at 7:30 Swiss time :) It just finished a few minutes ago. They talked about that Microsoft incident you had a while back :)<\/p>\n<p>  Just thought you&#8217;d like to know ^_^<\/p>\n<p>  Bestest regards from Switzerland,<br \/>\n  Sinta~<\/p>\n<p>  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lockload.com\" title=\"He says, she says\">http:\/\/www.lockload.com<\/a><br \/>\n  The one and only He Says, She says double blog.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Apparently, my story is (for the moment) the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.energizer.com\/bunny\/default.asp\" title=\"Energizer Bunny\">Energizer Bunny<\/a> of blogging stories &#8212; it just keeps going, and going, and going, and going&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Update: Many thanks to Sudheer <del>from<\/del> <ins>in<\/ins> Beijing for sending me a link to the online version of the CNN piece: <a href=\"http:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2003\/WORLD\/europe\/11\/12\/globaloffice.blogs\/index.html\" title=\"The budding blogs of business\">The Budding Blogs of Business<\/a>! Here&#8217;s the relevant bit:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n  Microsoft has taken a benevolent attitude to blogging. But it balked when an employee revealed on his blog how the company had taken delivery of a shipment of Apple computers. 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