I saw this at The Talent Show: Rules: 1. Go into your archive. 2. Find your 23rd post (or closest to). 3. Find the fifth sentence (or closest to). 4. Post the text of the sentence in your blog along with these instructions. Okay. My result (from a post dated February 12, 2004): "Maybe something to do with ‘same sex … Read More
Arrrrrr, Matey!
Curse it! I didn’t get thee memo! I wurz supposed to be talkin’ like the pirate that I be! Avast ye! Someone shall be walin’ the planks fer this! And mehears there be a program for to be doing that thar very thing. Ye can download it here, shiver me timbers!
Google Blog Search
This is cool. Google has always had the ability to include blogs in its search results, but now it has the ability to search blogs exclusively. It’s just like regular Google, but the results only give you blogs. You can also limit the results to a specific blog, and doing so yields more results than a regular Google search. Mmmmm. … Read More
On Blogging
You know, I usually read political blogs, and this blog is pretty much a political blog, too. I do it to practice writing; I do it because I’m genuinely concerned about the world around me; I do it to kill time. But it sometimes escapes me that there are people out there who blog about well, themselves. Their life . … Read More
No You Can’t Have A Pony Update
The sidebar has been modified (temporarily) to provide Hurricane Katrina current webcams, maps, and updates. Some of the webcams from New Orleans and Baton Rouge will probably go down (either deliberately or due to the hurricane), but that’s the nature of the biz. Once it all, uh, blows over, the sidebar will return to its regular pointless status.
Church And State, The Wall, Etc.
Christian conservative blogger LaShawn Barber has issues with Iraq’s draft constitution. In particular, she is troubled by the contradictions within. One clause reads "No law may contradict Islamic standards"; the very next one says "No law may contradict democratic standards". LaShawn asks: Aren’t Islam and democracy inherently contradictory? What kind of shell game are these people playing? She’s 100% right, … Read More
More “No, You Can’t Have A Pony” Tweaks
Most of the overhauls were under the hood, but I did change a few things: Got an AOL IM account and made my "online status" known Widened the sidebar, and made the main page font more readable Added more webcams, and changed the presentation (it is a rotation slideshow). Not sure how I feel about the "reload" button — I … Read More
This Is My 1000th Post On This Blog
The first post was dated January 21, 2004, almost 19 months ago. I guess I should say something profound, or give a retrospective of the blog and how it’s developed, or thank the people who visit (both of them), or something. But instead, I think I will publish one of my favorite photos:
New Look, New Name, Same Crap
So . . . the site formally known as "Goldfish Don’t Bounce" has a new look, and more importantly, a new name — NO, YOU CAN’T HAVE A PONY! The name has absolutely no significance at all. But tell me what you think.
Of Passing Note
The EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation) has published an online “Legal Guide for Bloggers".
How To Win Online Arguments
Win online arguments!Enjoy battling it out on the bulletin boards? Like getting stuck into a good, pointless argument with only one aim – to win at any cost? Then this guide is for you – simply follow the 12-point guide below and success will be yours! 1. Get friendlyAlways refer to your opponent by his/her first name. Your messages will … Read More
Understand Me?
Readability Results for this website, as analyzed by this website: Summary Value Total sentences 548 Total words 5,664 Average words per Sentence 10.34 Words with 1 Syllable 3,650 Words with 2 Syllables 1,176 Words with 3 Syllables 568 Words with 4 or more Syllables 270 Percentage of word with three or more syllables 14.80% Average Syllables per Word 1.55 Gunning … Read More
On The Internets
Digby has an excellent article comparing the right-wing vs the left-wing blogospheres. The thrust? The right blogosphere operates largely as part of the greater Republican message machine. *** By contrast, the left blogosphere is populated by “citizen bloggers,” who work in non-political occupations for a living and blog for reasons of personal interest. This sphere actually operates as a unique … Read More
The Journalism & Blogging Panel
For those who missed it on C-Span yesterday, I will answer the questions you want to know: 1. Yes, Jeff Gannon is really amazingly stupid. 2. No, Wonkette did not talk about ass-fucking. I think she was aware she was on C-Span. In fact, she did quite well, as did Matt. Digby has some nice comments.
Pull The Plug?
Things are looking bad for BlogsforTerri.com. Nobody visits the site anymore, as the graphic on the right shows. Apparently, her insta-celebrity death was overtaken by a real celebrity death thousands of miles away in Vatican City. So who gives a crap anymore? It has been suggested to the webmaster of the site that he stop providing posts to the website. … Read More