http://babcocksdeathstare.wordpress.com/

I've moved!

I hinted at some site news in the last post. I've been on Blogger almost two years now, but it still frustrates me. I looked into maybe moving on to something on WordPress. I didn't know much about it, but as soon as I read some of the features I decided it was something I must do. It's more complicated, but it offers a lot more at the same time. I've yet to read a really bad review from someone who has switched from Blogger to WordPress.

I debated waiting. I set it all up last week but I was going to wait a few weeks after the Finals for everything to blow over. I didn't really take into account how things would go if Detroit lost. I'm still feeling pretty miserable about it, but I'm forcing myself into offseason mode as quickly as possible. I'll have some offseason ideas up later today, over at the new place, so I figured for my own benefit I may as well get it out right now so I can tweak it over the next few weeks if there are problems.

Also, the name WTF Holland is done, the new blog title will be Babcock's Death Stare. For one, I was never sure how that name would be received, as I really doubted I would be able to keep a blog active and figured it would become another failed attempt. Somehow, it didn't. I never really got anything but compliments about the name, but I'm kind of going for a more professional look/feel so I figured I would eventually change it. Additionally, the blog was named for the way that people reacted to everything Ken Holland did from 2002-2008, even though we still won like crazy. After the Cup last year and the long contracts this year, he's getting more of the credit he deserves, so I figure to some new readers it might not make much sense. The new title, however, makes sense as soon as you watch a Wings' game.

It's still the same thing. Still just me blogging, not like I went and sold out or anything. Still the same long-winded rants and obscure prospects news as always. For one thing, cosemetically, I feel like it looks a lot better and it should be a little easier to read -- I got really sick of the red background here, I could never really get this blog to look the way I wanted it to so I just kept it simple after a while. Also, with the "pages" that WordPress provides it will be a lot easier for me to put prospect information at the top of the page so it can always be accessed, instead of having to sort through years of archives. I can do a lot of fun stuff with that, even like salary cap information and the like, so readers don't really have to leave the site

So update your bookmarks, RSS feeds, etc, because everything after this post will be at the new place. I imported all of the old posts and the comments but there's too much to go through and double-check, so I'm sure there are a few errors. For some reason, the first line in each post is at a smaller font size than the rest of the post. Some of the posts duplicated. I'm not sure whether or not all the comments got in there or not but the most recent ones are. Everything else looks pretty good. Most of the changes will be behind the scenes. It'll be a lot easier for me to post, so hopefully I can do so more frequently, and also it allows me to monitor traffic so I can actually see what posts interest people the most, and exactly how many readers I have.

So if you haven't already, click on over there. I'll welcome any comments about the name, layout, design, any errors or trouble viewing the site over here or over there, or you're always welcome to e-mail me.