The Blog Peoria Network

This site is a project no longer. I’ve called this little experiment “The Blog Peoria Project” for a while. Now that there’s more stuff going on here (the host switcheroo is imminent, trust me) and I thought it time to give the joint its grown up name: “The Blog Peoria Network.”

I’ve started using the front page URL (http://blogpeoria.com) in my correspondence instead of the URL for Peoria Pundit. Hopefully, this will expose more people to the many other fine blogs hosted here.

I’ve been chatting with a couple of Peoria bloggers about moving their Blog*Spot sites here. That can happen as soon as the hosting migration and WordPress upgrade is complete.

His handle is “scifiguy” and his site is Random Rants and Ravings. He’s even followed my advice and posted an “About” page:

I live in the East Bluff neighborhood, so there’s plenty to rant about. My pet peeve here are the inconsiderate boobs who think it’s ‘cool’ to crank up their sub-woofers and rattle the foundations of the houses in the neighborhood from 6pm to midnight and beyond.

As a former East Bluffer, It’s always great to see another on the Web.

And my manners have failed me. I neglected to note that former Peorian Chase Ingersoll has started a blog here. I’ve aware of at least three blogs Chase started and then stopped contributing. I hope he makes at least a few more posts. Chase always has a unique perspective.

Remember Angela Anderson? She ran for Peoria City Council three years ago and almost got on the general election ballot. She became a pal and a supporter of this site.

Then she moved to Florida. Something about she and her children wanting to continue to live with her husband, who was transfered by his employer to Miami. Whatever.

Well, she still visits Peoria blogs. Today, she decided to join the conversation with her own Blog Peoria site, Hayseed at the Beach. Woo Hoo!

She’s a smart cookie. Her first post provides some perspective to Peorians, who can, at times, but somewhat insular.

Originally posted at Peoria Pundit.

I’ve found a new host for Blog Peoria (which includes Peoria Pundit, Peoria Illinoisan, Knight in Dragonland, etc). The new site will cost roughly the same as the one I’m using now, but will be better able to handle the the stresses this site places on the current server, causing the database to become unavailable multiple times during the day.

The drawback? I need to pay a year upfront. This will mean a bit of a discount, but I’m gonna need about $160 to do it.

So, I’m putting out the begging bowl, in the form of the PayPal button at the top of the front page to Peoria Pundit AND Blog Peoria. If 16 folks contribute $10 each, I’ll have what I need to open the account. I’m taking the down the “donate directly to my hosting account” link in the sidebars because it no longer applies. Of course, if 8 people donate $20, it will happen even sooner.

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From a book written by an environmentalist:

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