Wednesday, July 28, 2004
Oh dog, you sleuth.
An amazing photoblog chronicling old buildings, streetscapes, signs, ephemera. Fascinating. Check out the 'fifties time-warp motel.
Monday, July 26, 2004
A dog's life.
Greg Hlatky is a self-confessed pedigreed member of the ankle-biting riff-raff.
Interesting commentary on all manner of subjects. Great Borzoi links.
I never met a Borzoi I didn't like. They are such noble creatures.
Interesting commentary on all manner of subjects. Great Borzoi links.
I never met a Borzoi I didn't like. They are such noble creatures.
Sunday, July 25, 2004
Diary-A.
Vent your spleen with Tim Blair.
One of Australia's earliest and pre-eminent webloggers, Tim Blair, has garnered a wide readership and 'commentariat' across Australia, the US and elsewhere. Fearlessly right-wing and libertarian, Blair's posts are ferociously anti-left. He uses biting sarcasm and pitches his arguments almost to the point of self-parody - which serves only to send his critics ballistic. The debates continue in the comments, which often stretch to a hundred or more.
Political debate at its rawest.
Political debate at its rawest.
Monday, July 19, 2004
Miss Manners on weblogs.
She's absolutely right, of course, about the difference between diaries and weblogs:
'With a diary, the danger was that someone might sneak a peek at it or even steal it and expose one's secrets. With a blog, the fear is that nobody might do so. '
That says it all, really.
'With a diary, the danger was that someone might sneak a peek at it or even steal it and expose one's secrets. With a blog, the fear is that nobody might do so. '
That says it all, really.
Friday, July 16, 2004
Another law blog. A good one.
The blog of a learned professor of law, entitled, neatly, Is That Legal. This is probably essential reading for anyone with an interest in law, politics and public policy.
Scroll down for some stunning photographs of Toledo and the Costa Brava.
I wish I was a law professor if that's the kind of travelling they get to enjoy.
Scroll down for some stunning photographs of Toledo and the Costa Brava.
I wish I was a law professor if that's the kind of travelling they get to enjoy.
Wednesday, July 14, 2004
Feeling burned out? You're not alone.
Blogger burnout is the subject of this article from Wired.
It talks about the weight of expectation hanging heavy on bloggers' minds, to the extent in some cases, that people feel unwell if they don't blog regularly:
"I never can post something and say I'm done for the day," said Zuniga, "because I'm always thinking about the next post. I'm always feeling like I'm letting people down if I don't have any new stuff up on the site."
For bloggers like Zuniga, this is where burnout begins to creep in.
A piece of advice from The Ranger: do not fall into the trap of writing for someone else. Whether you get no comments or a hundred comments, you are writing for your own enjoyment. If it pleases (or annoys) others, that's just an extra bonus.
It's not a school assignment. It's something you do for fun. Enjoy it. Write for yourself and you will enjoy it more.
It talks about the weight of expectation hanging heavy on bloggers' minds, to the extent in some cases, that people feel unwell if they don't blog regularly:
"I never can post something and say I'm done for the day," said Zuniga, "because I'm always thinking about the next post. I'm always feeling like I'm letting people down if I don't have any new stuff up on the site."
For bloggers like Zuniga, this is where burnout begins to creep in.
A piece of advice from The Ranger: do not fall into the trap of writing for someone else. Whether you get no comments or a hundred comments, you are writing for your own enjoyment. If it pleases (or annoys) others, that's just an extra bonus.
It's not a school assignment. It's something you do for fun. Enjoy it. Write for yourself and you will enjoy it more.
Tuesday, July 13, 2004
On your marks, get set ...
Knit.
It's the Melbourne Stich'n Bitch Knitalong.
And the start list is:
Jen crocheting the French Market Bag,
Diana knitting the FMB,
Suzette knitting the Lunch Bag Carryall,
Kat knitting the FMB,
Judy knitting the FMB with some embellishments,
Dianne knitting the FMB,
Kate knitting Sophie
Jacqueline knitting the Mary-Jane felted slippers.
Check out the Siamese cat showing admirable constraint in the face of severe temptation.
So far there has been plenty of stitching and not a whole lot of bitching.
It's the Melbourne Stich'n Bitch Knitalong.
And the start list is:
Jen crocheting the French Market Bag,
Diana knitting the FMB,
Suzette knitting the Lunch Bag Carryall,
Kat knitting the FMB,
Judy knitting the FMB with some embellishments,
Dianne knitting the FMB,
Kate knitting Sophie
Jacqueline knitting the Mary-Jane felted slippers.
Check out the Siamese cat showing admirable constraint in the face of severe temptation.
So far there has been plenty of stitching and not a whole lot of bitching.
Friday, July 09, 2004
A Washington State Guardsman in Iraq.
You may have seen this.
It's interesting.
R. writes about his everyday tasks and frustrations with an amusing eye for detail.
He has to deal with the media:
What amazes me is how a lot of the civilian news journalists demand to be treated like royalty. One CNN reporter demanded a helicopter to fly her from the Green Zone to here - 8 miles. hahaha Another reporter was outraged at the room he was offered here - it's the same room that a visiting field grade officer gets and certainly significantly better than what the line units get. I've had one reporter get huffy when we didn't have refreshments ready for her. She also commented that she was amazed that we didn't have any coffee ready for her. Her visit was a surprise and I offered to make a pot for her but she rudely refused saying that I "had already blown my chance." My chance? To cater to her? That was blown long before she was born!
Now the senior reporters like Dan Rather and Tom Brokaw are some of the nicest guys you'll ever meet. Of course they have a staff that cater to them but I never heard an unkind word or even the hint of a complaint from those guys about what the Army had or did not have to offer.
it's the up and coming reporters that are still fighting to become a name that are a pain and very demanding.
It's interesting.
R. writes about his everyday tasks and frustrations with an amusing eye for detail.
He has to deal with the media:
What amazes me is how a lot of the civilian news journalists demand to be treated like royalty. One CNN reporter demanded a helicopter to fly her from the Green Zone to here - 8 miles. hahaha Another reporter was outraged at the room he was offered here - it's the same room that a visiting field grade officer gets and certainly significantly better than what the line units get. I've had one reporter get huffy when we didn't have refreshments ready for her. She also commented that she was amazed that we didn't have any coffee ready for her. Her visit was a surprise and I offered to make a pot for her but she rudely refused saying that I "had already blown my chance." My chance? To cater to her? That was blown long before she was born!
Now the senior reporters like Dan Rather and Tom Brokaw are some of the nicest guys you'll ever meet. Of course they have a staff that cater to them but I never heard an unkind word or even the hint of a complaint from those guys about what the Army had or did not have to offer.
it's the up and coming reporters that are still fighting to become a name that are a pain and very demanding.
Sunday, July 04, 2004
Raaawwwwwrrrrk!
Some time ago I mentioned the gentle and beautifully-written Gone South, a diary about life with a Solomon Islands Eclectus parrot (among other things!).
Now there's a blog for the parrots themselves, or should I say, about the parrots, for their owners.
I'm obsessed with parrots. I'll have to get one one day.
Or go live in a rainforest.
Now there's a blog for the parrots themselves, or should I say, about the parrots, for their owners.
I'm obsessed with parrots. I'll have to get one one day.
Or go live in a rainforest.
Thursday, July 01, 2004
Seth in Israel.
Seth's virtual postcard blog of his trip in a lifetime. Some beautiful shots - sailing on the Sea of Galilee, the city on the hill, the amazing Hippodrome at Caesarea etc.
