This is following my post of “What is blogging now” and now I’d like to talk about how real blogging can cause a lot of problems.

Many real bloggers blog about how their personal life is and generally rant about whatever is on their mind. I have seen some people lose jobs, lose loved ones, and ruin their lives through blogging.
This could be a risk that keeps bloggers going and a way to live on the edge… Or it could be their only real way of expressing themselves in their own way.

I know for a fact that my blogging has caused a lot of problems in my life… I still have not seen the brunt of it yet… But without it I really don’t think id be here today. It has been such a good way to get my emotions and built up anger out without really causing any immediate damage.

I hope one day a lot of the issues my blog has caused will one day turn around and my children will be able to see that I have been thinking of them and maybe my ex’s will be able to see that I am sorry for any problems I may have caused.

I also hope that if everything does turn to shit even worse than it is now, that maybe people will be able to read up on how things have gone. I have many posts that are not yet published , they are on scheduled posts in case this does happen. Hopefully they will never see the light of day. This is one big reason I have paid for 5 years of hosting and will soon backdate my .com for 10 years.

I am not a drinker, smoker, drug user, and I try my best to keep myself from acting out… I guess blogging and writing (no matter how good or bad I am at it)  is a new way for people like me to destress…. Well I hope so.

I hope that this is what blogging will be used for more and more… and we will get to see people change their lives and see them go through the life changing events…. Or just watch them show us their views and let us debate them.

This is one of the key selling points for any real blogger! You can watch them evolve and see how their lives change. It is sort of like a Reality TV show… but you really do get to see what these people think…

I know many bloggers who I talk to wish sometimes they never published their real name… I know I have wished this many time (And will lots more). Some have managed to do this and have become really famous for it (i.e. girl with a one track mind), but it can backfire as when you get the fame more and more people want to know the real you.

If you have had any bad effects from blogging let me know Id love to share all mine but I am sure id just cause lots more through sharing them.

I have been stuck today trying to find out why my Gmail notifier is no longer working. When I login Gmail gives me this message “Cannot connect to your mailbox”.

Well I now know why! Its because I set-up Gmail to use https which encrypts my data when using Gmail (Why Google has not always done this as default is beyond me). Well this now opens up a questions as to why Google has been letting me send my password unencrypted!

Well if you want to keep using the Google Notifier you have no option to use https, so if you still want to use it you have to turn it off in Gmail how stupid!

Well I have a fix for you! Its very simple and you will not need any computer skillz to do it (Just a finger).

1. Download this: Click here
2. Unzip the contents (2 files gmailfix.reg and gmailfix_unfix.reg)
3. Open the file: gmailfix.reg
4. You done!
5. I added a unfix for people who wish to put it back to how it was.

Here is the contents of the files. i put this so people can see that I have not added any bad details… And you can also make your own.

The fix
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Gmail\Flags]
“url”=”https://mail.google.com/mail/”

The unfix
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Gmail\Flags]
“url”=-