LOL - I hadn't been aware of that blog, so headed over to take a look. Liked it so much I was just about to hit "Add to Reader"...
Bugger.
Mark my words, Blogger is next for some choppie-choppie. Have you noticed how it, too, is steadily being neglected/deprecated in favour of posting to some G+ river of drivel?
D: I'm sure that's going to be a phantom pain (pang?) felt by us for sometime to come starting 7/1...
I highly recommend the blog though, it does a really good job of keeping an eye on all things Google beyond the normal press releases. Today there's a post with some interesting Reader data points[1].