Victims of their own success;
We really tried to solve the resource problems with new ideas (such as cloud computing) this year, but ultimately we were not able to make things work to our satisfaction. I'm very proud of the voting platform we built for The Weblog Awards over the years, and the quality voting experience we've been able to deliver. The one thing I will not do is compromise that voting experience.
Rather than run a competition that had a high possibility of technically failing, the more prudent choice seemed to be regroup and consider our alternatives for hosting these awards going forward.
Thank you to those who have supported The Weblog Awards over the years, we appreciate your support, and our sorry we couldn't make things work this year.
Meanwhile, waves of relief wash over Moronland...
Alright! Kate's undefeated.
Heh.
I suspect that the 'cloud computing' was not effective because of global warming. Even without the votes,this site will always be #1.
Being a city boy, last year was the first time I ever saw the phrase "stubble jumper."
And Kate's still sticking in the knife and twisting, in an "in yo' face, Ace!" sort of way.
Looks like I'll be spending waaay too much time checking out those new conservative blogs!
Yes, Kate is undefeated and she set the pace.
Ace...take a lesson from the following...appeasing your enemies doesn't make them your friends...when you follow the true conservative line like Kate...then you will be worth voting for.
I believe it was Rocky III where Clubber Lang(Mr.T) was ridiculed for being a "paper champion" because he didn't beat Rocky. To be the Champ you must beat the Champ!
SDA is the Corner Gas of the Blogosphere.
Looks to me that you won another year Kate. The numbers, such as they were when it all ended, put you in first.
Congrats Girl, Ya'done good!!
Yup. Stubble Jumper and proud!!
Do you think they folded up cus the vote wasn't going the right way?
Sorta like the way the acorn people count votes for elections down south or elections Canada counts votes for landslide annie?
I'm one of those skeptics that doesn't trust anybody.
keep the trophy banner forever,
congratulations Kate.
FREE - there was no voting. My link is to last year's final results.
I am always amazed at the lack of reading comprehension displayed on this and almost every other blog. It is like people are so eager to post a comment they miss the point of the post.
and, yeah I know, I'm not prefect either...
Well, that answers that.
Just yesterday, I was going through last year's results and wondered when the 2009 voting would get underway.
Undefeated and still champion....Kate...&...SDA!
God I hate it when I'm a bonehead. Congratulating you on last years results! The very ones that I watched to the last second and was cheering out loud about. Oh well!! Nice guy, just not too bright.
Well gosh darn it. I was looking forward to that.
TC
"I am always amazed at the lack of reading comprehension displayed on this and almost every other blog. It is like people are so eager to post a comment they miss the point of the post."
hey!!!!
that's just the start of what ails the human race:-)))
Speaking of Moronland, this thread is hilarious. (Sorry to be putting in a plug for the competition, Kate, but when I laugh out loud, I need to share it with somebody. After all, I was born in socialist la la land.
Speaking of Moronland, this thread is hilarious. (Sorry to be putting in a plug for the competition, Kate, but when I laugh out loud, I need to share it with somebody. After all, I was born in socialist la la land.
Hey Kate, weren't they supposed to be giving you a "hall of fame" banner or something like that for your string of victories in the best Canadian blog category, and subsequent forced retirement from the category?
Kate I'm guessing you misunderstood my statement.
There wasn't any voting this year because daily kos didn't win last year and they don't want that to happen again. Better?
Louise @ 8:30 You are naughty.
Louise @ 8.29pm ...
This is the one that caused one of my neighbors walking by to look up at my window then run like hell down the street ...
"Lucky for you guys the elusive G-spot is only a couple of inches inside the pooter....."
At least the shrieks of laughter have stopped but the giggles haven't.
thanks for that, hee hee
Louise - very very very very very funny thread.
"Chuck Norris doesn't find G-spots. G-spots find Chuck Norris."
(I wonder if this is also true of Mantracker; or is the man pure ice? But nothing can hide from him...)
"Sarah Palin has no G-spot. I know; I'm an expert." - Andy Sullivan
Why's it good being the champ?
Reason # 472 = Jewel encrusted belts make excellent tire chains !
Well 'dang it all' Kate, I was really looking forward to the voting. Kicking their butt was a lot of fun last year.
(such as cloud computing) never heard of this, anybody help out here?.
Re: Merle Underwood
Cloud Computing typically involves renting computer resources (disk space, bandwith, etc.)
It is 'cloudy' because rather than purchasing or renting a specific resource, the technical implementation of how the resource is allocated is invisible to the end-user.
For example, you can rent disk space from:Amazon S3