The annoyance & irritation of referencing the multitude of hyperlinks on the old basic black Blogger template has finally caused me to switch to this newer template by late June 2012. Before mid June, any referenced URL appeared nicely on every post, but then I noticed that more of my posts started to have rectangular boxes that encapsulated some of the reference links. Although I liked the basic back template the most, more & more of its functions & features became inaccessible to me. With this being a reference blog, its essential that all the links remain as visible as possible. Of course over time, some web-pages or entire websites occasionally become inaccessible, while others are simply discontinued.
WP is good, but it also has some quirks & irritations.
For those that have never seen or opted to use the basic black template, here is what it looks like. http://binnallofamerica.blogspot.com Here are more examples of this cool black template http://from-the-shadows.blogspot.com & http://naturalplane.blogspot.com. Perhaps it was just a glitch for my home system, but at least the newer template is working fine for me. Its good to see that others are still able to effectively use the older Blogger template & even modified it more to their liking.
Blogger & WordPress both have their strengths & weaknesses. Finding the right blog template isn't always as simple as black & white. However, several people are able to customize their blogs very well. This one at, www.weylandchronicles.com is a nice WP template example, also this one as well- http://thebioscopist.com/2012/06/20/the-linguistics-of-prometheus-what-david-says-to-the-engineer
This blog remains as a multi-branch data referencing project with the occasional easter_egg. www.thedigitalfix.com I still prefer to use a basic template so that the many referenced websites are more distinguishable from my simple blog posts.
Although the BNWO hasn't had any new posts since September 2008, it remains as a fine example of rich content & insight. thebravenewworldorder.blogspot.ca Sadly, thecinfluenceblog.blogspot.com no longer seems to have any regular posts.
Its difficult to imagine any rival to the writing & overall content found at the secretsun.blogspot.com. It seems that almost anyone who is curious about the perception of synchronicity, regularly visits there. The Secret Sun is one of the best blog-sites ever created to explore synchronicity. The Twilight Language at, copycateffect.blogspot.com has been going strong since 2004 & is quite informative on several levels.
Web search_engines continually provide billions of links, but various blogs can also provide many pertinent links, albeit on a much smaller scale.
http://blindsearch.fejus.com, www.digital-librarian.com, www.dogpile.com, http://greatpdf.com, www.intute.ac.uk, http://vlib.org, www.wolframalpha.com, http://yabigo.com, www.yometa.com, www.zapmeta.com, www.thesearchenginelist.com, www.20search.com
http://desertshapes.blogspot.ca/2009/04/c2cam-and-other-matters.html
