I have had a few queries and a request from some among you, on how to post stuff directly on to our Blog. In this connection, I would at first like to run you through a few preliminaries and basics:
i) Access: Hitherto, as you know, you can access the Blog at the weblink url: http://sacclassof1960.blogspot.com/
ii) Index of Posts: Once you have clicked on this link and accessed the Blog, you can find in the column on the left side the list of postings chronologically and datewise - links to which you can click on any to read its contents. (I have tried to ensure the order in which the emails from each had come in, while posting them here on the Blog). For older posts, you just have to click on the year and the month, and the lists of posts will open out to you to click on further
iii) Comments: When you have read a particular entry on the Blog, for real interaction, reaction and response that you may get the urge to do, just click inside the provided empty box below the entry/post you have just read and click on the link for "Comment" immediately below, In a jiffy you will find the comment you typed appear printed online on the Blog.
iv) Followers: Above the "Index" of posts on the left side of the Blog, you will find the link "Followers". The advantage of being a "follower" on record of the Blog - as Raphael, Arun and Leo will tell you.. since they are the only three who have so far become followers - is that u get intimated directly from the Blog whenever there is a new entry thereon without you taking the trouble to access the Blog yourself. Hence I urge each of you to immediately become a "follower on record" of the Blog. it is your blog, so be a part of it, follow it, digest it or contribute to it, and enjoy it.
v) Direct Post on Blog: Lastly, if u are interested in posting something afresh, something new directly on to the Blog (...and not through me), I have now configured the settings to receive your post direct on the Blog as an email. Just write it out as you write your normal email, and mail it to mfjpkamath.gorilla@blogger.com - and your post will appear on our Blog as of the same date and time you sent your email. (Do keep this direct posting email address as private and confidential, as we would not perhaps like strangers piping in, disturbing our private and exclusive status on our Blog, and generally writing in something not palatable to us).
Gorilla Story: Now some of you may wonder at the strange email address with an insert of the word 'gorilla' in it. Well, there's a small story behind this. It was Raphael who during our reminiscences while on my visit to his at Boston, that fondly remembered that dreaded school peon "Gorilla" who rang the school bell - when we were in Middle School, to announce school starting and finishing time, as also between all lesson periods for the respective teachers to visit classrooms and commence the day's lessons. Raphael told me he met our 'Gorilla' some time after we left school, and found what a humble and gentle soul he was, against the ogre we had made him out to be in our minds! I cannot remember his real name - perhaps Raphael told me, if so... I have forgotten. But then, I thought this nickname of 'gorilla' that we had adorned our school peon with would be the appropriate and ideal password for us to access the SACsslcbatchof1960 Blog in fond memory of this custodian of the school bell that regulated our entry and exit everyday at school.
With warm regards to all,
Maxie
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