Archive - Jan 2005
Flirt Commentathon
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Mon, 01/31/2005 - 20:47
I don't know what timezone Flirt is in, but assuming it is a U.S. Timezone, you still have a few hours to go comment on her blog. She is offering to contribute a dollar per comment for up to 500 comments to charity. A few other people have offered to join her in contributions, so please consider this an an opportunity for you to contribute to charity as well.
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Rate on NewsTrustJanuary 30th
Blogging the French Revolution
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Sun, 01/30/2005 - 22:05
One of the popular geeky topics over the past decade has been to compare the Internet to the printing press. The printing press brought about a massive cultural revolution affecting all aspects of life, such as government, religion, and literature.
It took a long time for this change to take effect and this month we celebrated the 400th anniversary of the publication of Don Quixote, the second most published book in the world, which Janet Murray traces to the invention of the printing press and hails as the beginning of the European novel in her book Hamlet on the Holodeck.
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January 29th
Lake Wobegon, CTY
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Sat, 01/29/2005 - 11:29
It is a bright and beautiful day out. The sky is clear and everyone squints against the sunlight bouncing off the newly fallen snow as they bundle their jackets up against the cold. If this were Minnesota, I would half expect to hear Garrison Keiller voicing droning on a monologue about a quirky neighbor of mine. I, of course, would never expect to be viewed as the quirky one.
But this is Connecticut, not Minnesota, yet the gathering of the neighbors fits so well with the tag line of Lake Wobegon. This morning, Miranda is taking the Plus test. The Plus test is administered every year by Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth. It is a ritual for us since Mairead took her first test five years ago. It is a test for those children that are ‘above average’, to use Garrison’s words.
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January 28th
Convergence
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Fri, 01/28/2005 - 21:05
I love it when a lot of themes come together. We are coming up on the Super Bowl. I love to watch the Super Bowl, not so much for the Football, I’m not a big Football fan, but more money goes into advertisements than into most creative endeavors. I’m also interested in the issues of how the media is regulated. Janet Jackson’s wardrobe malfunction raises lots of interesting issues. Then, there is the issue of alternative distribution channels.
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Click exchanges
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Fri, 01/28/2005 - 16:46
First there was Blog Explosion. Then, BlogClicker. Crystal suggested Wolfsurfer, and now there is Blogazoo. (If you found this through WolfSurfer, please leave a comment.)
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January 27th
Online Organizing
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Thu, 01/27/2005 - 16:23
During 2004, I ran a couple websites that attempted to organize what I considered to be important information online. Continue reading to share some current thoughts on this.
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How long does it take for you to write a blog entry?
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Thu, 01/27/2005 - 12:00
Over on Ryze, Linda Bohrnerud asks how long it takes people to write articles. She writes for a business blog and talks working on two articles for over a week. John Williams responds that it is a bit like asking "how long is a piece of string". My first reaction was to think of Abraham Lincoln’s famous line. When asked how long a man’s legs should be, Lincoln responded, “long enough to reach the ground”. Probably the same applies to how long it should take to write an article. Long enough to make your point.
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January 26th
Open Government
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Wed, 01/26/2005 - 08:39
(Also published at Greater Democracy)
During the 2004 Democratic Presidential Primaries, many of the candidates had blogs and a popular question was if they would continue their blogs if they were elected president. The other day, I stumbled across the legislative blog of State Rep. Peter Sullivan. It is great to see a blog like this and I hope more elected officials chose to make their view public in this manner and thereby encourage greater public participation in the governance process.
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January 25th
Random links
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Tue, 01/25/2005 - 19:30
I’ve caught up on my emails and have gotten a chance to visit a few interesting websites. So, here are a few worth checking out:
Alzheimer's: Living With An Impostor. After Kim’s grandfather’s battle with Alzheimer’s battle with Alzheimer’s, I really appreciate reading this site.
Kim’s brother has a massive fascination with sharks, so this movie seems like a must see.
Finally, with all the discussions about ethics of bloggers and the DNC race, this blog entry puts it all into an interesting perspective.
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Random Thoughts for Today
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Tue, 01/25/2005 - 16:10
Ownership society, n (ca. 2004) 1 a: a state or condition in which a small minority of the wealthiest members of society owns the majority of its capital wealth, property or commercial assets b: the disproportionate control of large segments of a national economy by a handful of corporations or individuals 2: the effort to promote or justify the extreme concentration of wealth into the hands of a powerful few syn see PLUTOCRACY, CORPORATE FEUDALISM
Martin Luther King Jr., Updated for 2005
"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their state on an electoral map but by the content of their character."
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