From: Alan and Carmel Brain <aebrain@w...>
Date: Sat, 8 May 2004 13:29:40 +1000
Subject: Re: [OT] NEW INTERNET WORD
> On Fri, 7 May 2004 DAWGFACE47@webtv.net wrote: And in fairly common use too, I'm afraid. Blog, to blog, blogger, blogging... Thanks for the compliment re TCP BTW. Unlike CNN, ABC etc etc the people writing this are (literally) a bunch of Ameteurs, who get paid zip, nada, diddly-squat. Because we have access to a network of people who are actually clue-enabled - such as certain ex-military <font = "dawgface.ttf">TYPES</font> or Full Metal Atkinsons, we can sometimes make a rather better guess as to what's happened than the pros. A minor example is strongly hinting that it was a SpecOps helo rather than a plain old CH-53 that went down recently, 12 hours before anyone else. We also had the news about Saddam's statue coming down as it happened, it was on the net and in the cache within 10-15 secs after the events, quiet a bit sooner than CNN, BBC etc etc To see what a more traditional Blog looks like, ones that a DAWGFACE might appreciate, may I suggest: http://www.lt-smash.us/ http://chiefwiggles.com/ http://www.sgtstryker.com/ A reasonably good list is at http://www.littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/lgf-anti-idiotarians.php For those of a more leftist persuasion, may I suggest http://normblog.typepad.com/normblog/ http://marxist-org-uk.blogspot.com/ http://blog.hakmao.com/ The two lists above prove that intellect, goodwill and rationality are not monopolies of either left or right. You'll find Blogs on Politics, Space, Medicine, the Military, Cats, Biotechnology, Jazz... and some which are just diaries, or a mixture of themes. e.g. http://aebrain.blogspot.com Intermittent postings from Canberra, Australia on Software Development, Space, Politics, and Interesting URLs. And of course, Brains... Latest postings: Obligatory Cat Post, with a URL to an Epic Poem about Schroedinger's Cat Instructions on how to get rid pf a *nasty* Trojan that anti-virus systems don't detect yet The Black Spot - URL to an online flash game, plus RL Stevenson's "Treasure Island" The Uni Student who lived in the library (URL to news story) China's Moon Program - stuff that isn't making the headlines (yet).