More information about contributing to the blog

A few of you have mentioned that you can no longer access the blog. No, we haven't kicked you out (yet). Occasionally, you will be required to enter a password to contribute to this blog. Here's why:

Google

Google is the owner of Blogspot.com. Unfortunately, the realities of having this nice forum available at no cost is you have to have a Google account. It gives Google access to your e-mail account and potentially advertising and spam If you have a G-mail account, you already have a Google account. When you're asked to log in, you must use the e-mail address used to establish your Google account and your current password. There's a help page available to learn more about Google accounts: http://www.google.com/support/accounts/?hl=en


How to reset a forgotten password

If you've forgotten your Google Account password or are receiving the message 'Username and password do not match' when you try to sign in to your Google Account, please visit the password-assistance page and enter your username. If you don't remember your username, it's recorded in this blog in the administrative section. Just send me an e-mail (davidsalchow@yahoo.com) and I'll send it to you.

Account username:

• For Google Accounts without Gmail: the full email address you used to create your account.
• For Google Accounts with Gmail: everything before '@gmail.com'

Once you've submitted your username, type the letters in the distorted picture in the appropriate field, and click Submit. Depending on your Google Account, you'll be prompted with one of the following options:

For Google Accounts without Gmail:

A message containing instructions to reset your password will be sent to the address registered as your Google Account username.

For Google Accounts with Gmail:

• If you've signed in or tried to sign in to your account in the past 24 hours, and you have an alternate email address listed on your Google Account, you'll receive a message at that address containing instructions to reset your password.
• If you've signed in, or tried to sign in to your account in the past 24 hours, but you don't have an alternate email address listed in your Google Account, please wait 24 hours before trying to reset your password. After 24 hours, you'll be able to reset your password by answering your security question. If your account has been idle for 24 hours, answer your security question, and select a new password.

Privacy

For those of you concerned about privacy, which hopefully is all of us, you can establish an e-mail account especially for this blog. (Credit - Alex G. for the idea.) Simply establish a Gmail account with Google and give yourself a memorable username such as DaveSPA1988 or WantT0BeLikeDave1988. (Who wouldn't want that last one? It's a great gift idea.) Sent me a message using your new account, and I'll get you a fresh invitation to the blog and delete your old account. You will need to remember this account and your password to contribute to the blog.

Finally, please remember this blog is readable and searchable to anybody on the web. So please contribute accordingly. For example, I'm not certain I'd like some of my high school exploits to come up when some body's doing a background check on me. (I've never been to Mr. Buckheit's house.) Feel free to mention classmates, just do so in good taste or use first name last initial. (Darren G. You must tell the story about why I think of you every time I eat chocolate pudding.)

I hope you find this helpful and everyone is enjoying a glorious weekend!

Your friend,

Dave