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- Objurate OnlineObjurgate Online was developed to express our discontent with the stupidity of society. Call us mean, call us cruel youre probably right. (Similar blogs...)
- SoupnautCritiques of humanity in all its bloody, wacky, sensless glory. ( Country: Canada. Similar blogs...)
- Traveling Medicine ShowMalcontent Dr. Nostrum Travels the World to Sample the Snake Oil.
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- Billion MonkeysNot just another Hollywood blog.
Eric Fleming biatches about working in Hollywood and living... anywhere. (Similar blogs...)
- HD GadgetsThe coolest gadgets you may find on the net, why? simple I have made the selection and I am the coolest person ever lol. huh? don't think so? well get out of my blog then! (Similar blogs...)
- Ron EnderlandIf you can recall JFK's assassination you will have a wonderful time here perusing memory-jogging thoughts to stimulate pleasant feelings of nostalgia. (Similar blogs...)
- Small Failures: Sustainability for the Rest of UsSmall Failures sets out to prove that living sustainably and living well are not mutually exclusive. Offering tips, guides, resources and information about everyday sustainability. (Similar blogs...)
- TunaHAKI documentary filmGo with documentary film maker D. Mason Bendewald as he travels to Africa to meet a group of acrobatic orphans who embark on the trip of a lifetime to study with Cirque du Soleil! (Similar blogs...)
- LagerheadsA Roughneck's Take On Beer (Similar blogs...)
- Kids, And Why You Shouldn't Eat More Than One For BreakfastThe continuing saga of an eight year-old girl, One of Two, a six year-old boy, Two of Two, and two parents on the edge... ( Country: United Kingdom. Similar blogs...)
- WordPress.org Adds Feadback FeaturesHave you ever wanted to have your say about WordPress? Well, the folks at Automattic have added two ways you can now have your say: Kvetch and Ideas. They have posted about the ideas on their development blog.
Ideas:
is a place where you can share your wildest WordPress wishes with the world, and also vote on [...]
- Habari: Growing FastI received a bit of flak from my first post on Habari, the new blogging software being created by some great designers, and developers because currently they don’t have even a 0.1 release yet. Some people say that Habari has nothing, which honestly isn’t true.
I have actually been able to download the current code via [...]
- FlatPress: The Flat File Blogging SoftwareWordPress needs a MySQL database, unfortunately that doesn’t always work for those without access to one, and now a solution is being created called FlatPress.
While the name sounds similar to WordPress, and some of the look and feel might be the same, the creator assures us that it is a different beast, though he [...]
- Yahoo Acquires MyBlogLogMyBlogLog, a service that allows people to leave information about themselves on blogs, has been purchased by Yahoo!.
Is this a good thing? I am not sure, but it does continue the trend of Yahoo! buying up ideas they think are hot, rather than building competing projects.
Here is a bit from the group’s blog:
Todd, John, Steve, [...]
- Want to Redesign Ensight.org?Jeremy Wright, whom you might know from b5media, has asked for the community to step in and give him a hand redesigning his personal blog, Ensight.org. He is not asking for a hand-out, but instead a great designer that won’t break the pocketbook.
From his blog:
So this design’s been up for awhile. It was only [...]
- Five Tips for Overcoming BurnoutOver on BrainFuel there is a post that gives some tips to deal with and overcome burnout. Everyone gets it from time to time, and I know I have gone weeks without blogging before I started working as one, and so these are things we should all remember to try.
Schedule your projects
Let your clients or [...]
- 5 Prerequisites For Blogging SuccessTony Hung is the guest blogger de jour over at Problogger while Darren takes a much deserved break and his first article covers five tips on how you too can become a blogging success.
1. Putting in the Time and Commitment.
2. Willing to Market The Blog
3. Be Interesting
4. Realize Its Not About You (its About Them)
5. [...]
- Wired Lists WordPress as Web 2.0 Acquisition BaitWired, in a recent article posted ten companies that they think would make great Web 2.0 acquisition bait for 2007, and coming it at number seven surrounded by Technorati above it and Feedburner below it is WordPress (really Automattic).
7. WORDPRESS The new de rigueur blog-management software, WordPress is favored by the majority of high-traffic posters. [...]
- Habari: A New Blogging ToolWhat is it?
Habari is a new blog engine. The name comes from the Swahili word that means “what’s the news?” Unlike other blog software currently on the market, Habari will be using more current technologies like object oriented programming techniques, thanks to PHP 5, and some slick interface interactions thanks to AJAX from the prototype [...]
- 901am Paying for 20 Domains?There is a little sponsorship contest going on over at 901am with them sponsoring 20 domains for a lifetime, but here is the catch: its for Blogger blogs.
Blogger is now offering domain hosting. Huge news really. Although I’m not a huge fan of Blogger, or Blogspot. For a limited time only 901am will buy your [...]
- Daily Bookmarks 01/09/2007Wetpaint.com: Free website Annotated(1)
free click-and-type websites you can share with like-minded people.
Doug Noon– Symbol Makers Annotated(1)
A writing curriculum that foregrounds the writer ahead of subject matter is in fact, student-centered, and has never before been so possible.
The Facts About Online Sex Abuse and Schools Annotated(1)
All forms of child abuse, not just sexual abuse, are undergoing a [...]
- 13,343 ThanksI just wanted to express my sincere thanks to the many individuals and groups who saw fit to buy my book last year. Corwin just let me know that it sold a total of 13,343 copies in the nine months that it was out which, to me at least, is just an amazing number. Considering [...]
- diigo and del.icio.usYou may have noticed (or you may not have) the daily bookmarks posting that has been showing up here for the past few days. It’s a list of all of the sites/posts that I have been saving to my diigo account, which in case you haven’t heard of it, is a social bookmarking tool that [...]
- Daily Bookmarks 01/08/2007Some Thoughts About School 2.0 –Chris Lehmann Annotated(1)
It’s really not about the computers. School 2.0 is older than that. School 2.0 is the tradition of Dewey. School 2.0 is born out of the idea that active, engaged, constructivist learning will lead to active, engaged students and people.
Juicy Geography’s Google Earth page
MyCasting | Personal Broadcasting System Annotated(1)
MyCasting is [...]
- I Blog, Therefore…I’m a geek, I know. But I just loved this post on “blogging restructures consciousness?” by Ben Vershbow at if:book. I mean really, really loved it for a lot of geeky reasons, not the least of which is that it models everything I love about blogging. It’s a topic that I have a deep affinity [...]
- The Privacy Thing/Public ExecutionsOn the night that Saddam Hussein was executed I was watching the 20/20 special on The Death of Privacy and, considering it was network television, it was interesting on a couple of levels. The premise was that Web 2.0 tools like blogs and now video are seriously challenging our sense of what’s private and what’s [...]
- Daily Bookmarks 01/06/2007Assessment Cyberguide for Learning Goals and Outcomes Annotated(1)
A new look at Bloom’s taxonomy with “create” at the top of the pyramid. - post by willrich
In addition, the highest level of development is create rather than
evaluate.
Chinswing - Creating Conversations (A place to share, discuss and debate) Annotated(1)
Chinswing is a global message board where anyone can add [...]
- Dispatches from the Front Lines (Cont.)So here’s a concept. Teach the kids how to use Google images instead of blocking it so that the elementary school teachers can actually find pictures of doves to supplement their lessons. From Kim Moritz comes this startling news that her school is going to:
Stop filtering everything, teach kids how and where they can go [...]
- Donald Murray (1924-2006)I wanted to note, with sadness, the passing of Donald Murray who was without question one of my most influential teachers. When I first started teaching journalism and exposition, I turned to his work and his writing to help find my own voice and contextualize my own practice. From the very beginning, his approaches to [...]
- The “Perfect Storm” for Education(Note: Cross-posted at The Pulse) When I think about the potential effects of the Read/Write Web on education I’m continually drawn to watching the way things are playing out outside of our focus, specifically in journalism, music, business and politics. In each of those arenas, the disruption that these changes (i.e. the easy creation and [...]
- Getting social at SundanceEach year thousands of film enthusiasts make the annual pilgrimage to Park City for the Sundance Film Festival. In the past I have made the trek, but due to a prior engagement I will not be able to attend this year. I love the sense of community that can be found at a festival, thanks [...]
- Video Blogging in 2007: The Year AheadTwo thousand six saw the explosion of video blogging and a mammoth reorganization in its pantheon of stars, with Robert Scoble heading to PodTech to do his own video blog covering the Silicon Valley tech scene and Amanda Congdon ditching Rocketboom to do her own sponsored video blog and pursue big-network deals.
The second VloggerCon, the [...]
- Second Life Client Now Open SourceLinden Lab, the developer of popular virtual world Second Life, has announced that it has released the Second Life client under the GNU General Public License version 2.
Stepping up the development of the Second Life Grid to everyone interested, I am proud to announce the availability of the Second Life client source code for you [...]
- Bloggers get in ahead of the mainstream, thanks to ‘Instant Journalism’I read a couple of interesting articles today, both written before the CES started.
The first was from the “Tomorrow’s World” blog written by the BBC’s Darren Waters. Starting with a provocative question, “Hands up anyone who thinks blogging is a waste of time?”, he then went on to lament that four top technology blogs ”plus [...]
- The Line Between Being Social and GamingThe social aspects of sites like Digg, Netscape and Newsvine often provide the most rewarding experiences of the site. Being social is also a sure-fire way to move up the rankings and gain respect within the communities. There is a point, however, where being social can be construed as gaming the site. So where does [...]
- German Blogger Sued in ChinaThe Internet transcends geographic boundaries, and this means people can reach out to others regardless of location or distance. However, this also means that the principles governing legal matters might also need re-thinking. For instance, legal jurisdiction is not as easily established as with cases wherein the parties involved are within the same political boundaries.
Laws [...]
- Finalized Migration to a Dedicated ServerAfter some issues with purchasing a new dedicated server on our data center which caused the delay, we’ve finally moved the entire Blog Herald to its own server.
This is the reason while you’ve been seeing older posts showing up at the front page and some comments missing. We’ve copied them over now so everything should [...]
- Tech blogs go into overdrive chasing news from clashing conferencesIn case you’re not into consumer electronics and other gadgetry and geekery, you may not know that this week sees the start of two major annual technology conferences: The Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, and the Macworld Conference and Expo in San Francisco.
Usually there’s a gap between the two - or maybe an overlap [...]
- Recommended Update: WordPress 2.0.6In light of the recently reported cross–site scripting vulnerabilities in WordPress, version 2.0.6 has been released to address the said issues in the templates.php file as detailed in these entries from Operation N and Security Focus. (As cited in our related coverage.)
Along with the aforementioned fixes, changes were made specific to the comments system, now [...]
- .XXX Top-Level Domain Proposal RevivedThe Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)–the organization that manages the assignment of Internet domain names and IP addresses–has recently revived the proceedings for establishing the .XXX top-level-domain (TLD) intended for use by pornographic sites. The proposal for a TLD for the adult-entertainment industry had been around as early as 2004, and ICANN [...]
- Fix Mom’s Computer Without Leaving Your DeskAre you a local geek? Do friends and relatives often call you for help when they cant figure out how to upload their pictures on the web or how to create that simple 4×4 table inside a Microsoft Word document?
If your friend is staying next door, you can always walk down to his place to [...]
- Miraculous Buffaloes, Non-Mad Cows and Sex in SpaceThis report from the wonderful world of science blogs begins with some news of the strange from Jason Hoch, IT wizard for LiveScience blogs. Back in September he wrote The Incredibly True Story of the ‘Miraculous’ Heider White Buffaloes born on a family farm in his home town of Janesville, Wisconsin. These aren’t albinos, which [...]
- Permanent Internet Tax Freedom ActFrom Infoworld, a new law is introduced to permanently ban Internet tax (Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act).
Democrat Ron Wyden of Oregon, Republican John McCain of Arizona and Republican John Sununu of New Hampshire introduced the Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act Thursday, the first day of business for the new U.S. Congress. The bill, in addition [...]
- Blogs, Bloggers, and BlogfightsWhat makes blogs and bloggers prone to blogfights? Wired just ran a story on the best blogfights of 2006 and I’m sure most of us are aware of at least one of those listed. Remember Kevin Rose vs. Jason Calacanis?
But what really brings bloggers to quarrel?
First of all, blogs are typically published from one person’s [...]
- How do they do that? Celebrity PRIn my first column I discussed what PR is, from a corporate standpoint without really addressing the publicity, or celebrity, business – which is what most readers will be exposed to the most.
While I would never be called upon to give expert testimony in the area of celebrity publicity, I feel I know enough to [...]
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