Monday, May 6, 2002
My dad sent me a link to conservative columnist John Leo’s new article on blogging. A nice review of blogmania. Someone should write an article about how the “established” journalism sources are suddenly all writing articles about blogging. That someone would have to have quite a ticklish irony bone. Maybe Crazy Uncle Joe could come out of semi-retirment.
One vote here in favor of the blogging revolution. Bloggers (from the words “Web log”) write personal online diaries and commentaries … Subjects that the mainstream press is skittish about … tend to show up in the blogging world. Bloggers are emerging as a check against the mainstream press and as a prime source of news and commentary among the young.
A minor example of the culture in action: The blogging corps got wind of a poll being sponsored by the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) allegedly showing that 94 percent of those surveyed thought Ariel Sharon should be put on trial for war crimes. By linking quickly to one another’s Web sites, the bloggers brought many other voters into the poll and reversed the numbers. At the end, 94 percent opposed the idea of trying Sharon. …
(Sadly, I must assume that I’m not in “the blogging corps” since I have no idea to what this Ariel Sharon poll reversal comment refers. I’ve never heard of conservative columnist John Leo, either, though. So maybe he’s the one that doesn’t know what “the blogging corps” is. Whatever. Does anyone else know where this was?)
Tuesday, April 16, 2002
I just thought I’d post a few notes about the minor design changes I’ve made here recently.
You may have noticed the addition of mini-icons below each post. These link to what I call the “blogdata” items of each entry. They can be used for permalinking, Google-searching, commenting, and sending a link to the entry.
I’ve changed the way “the good stuff” blog works, too. “The good stuff” blog is the top ten list in the sidebar over there. If you click-and-drag the link at the top of the list (the one that says “the good stuff”) onto your menu bar, you’ll be able to use that as a side-panel Internet Explorer widget similar to the IE-embedded search panel and history panel.
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Tuesday, March 19, 2002
What a great idea! Burn, Baby Burn! - Weblogger CD Swap!
The premise of this is simple. Simply sign up to one of participants. By signing up, you commit to making a summer-themed CD of your favorites tunes. On March 31, 2002, you’ll receive the names and addresses of five other bloggers, and it will be your responsibility to send those five bloggers a copy of your CD. In return, five different bloggers will send you a copy of their CD that they made.
Thursday, February 14, 2002
Thursday, January 24, 2002
Sunday, January 13, 2002
Sometimes I just find the coolest stuff at Opine Bovine … This guy, for instance, just kills me.
Thursday, January 10, 2002
Wednesday, January 9, 2002
invictus maneo - I remain unconquered. / I remain unbeaten
Monday, January 7, 2002
audacter calumniare semper aliquid haeret - slander boldly, something always sticks
