By any other name

From Susan Senator writing at Susan's Blog comes this gem via her son, Max:

What's in a brand name?
That which we call a Dell
By any other name would suck as much.
So the mac mini would, were it not a mac called,
Retain that dear perfection which it owes
Without that title.

Read the full posting to get the full treatment of an updated version of Romeo's thoughts on the computer today.

 

 

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Hitchhiker's Needed

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Blogosphere, a joint venture of mine with Troy Worman, is looking to expand. We have been writing about our discoveries for a year now.

Yes, happy blogversary to you and I Troy for our work on Hitchhiker!

The purpose of Hitchhiker is to create a simple post to share another blogger site that has been "found" in your explorations. Preferably the blogger would be part of the "long tail". But the blogger site would be doing something different or in an interesting way.

As Troy so aptly put it a year ago:

The blogosphere is a giant time capsule that offers a panoramic view of our world. It is a collection of personal expressions that represent virtually every human perspective of our times. It is filled with millions of personal accounts, diaries, essays, stories and photos. It is filled with art. It is filled with emotion. It is filled with thought. It is our collective conscience. Better than any collection of books or articles, the blogosphere will capture the story of our existence.

I added to this:

I look forward to getting to a trail and hike in the spring.

You get a water bottle, a snack, your good comfy boots,
your camera, etc. together in your day pack
and arrive at the trail head.

You sign in on the trail log.
Check the sign out comments, usually some good info there.
Almost a real time update that the guide book can not provide.

And start walking.

Will you join us on this hike?

It will be simple to do.

As you find a good site, new to you at least, that you think others might appreciate, write a brief post about it.

You can include a quote or two (or more) to show what they are capable of.

Include something from their About section

Include the links of course.

And add your point of view, why is this something we should look at?

If you need a sample, visit Hitchhiker and view the archives. There are over 300 posts to choose from.

Send the posting to me shersteve_@_gmail_com

You can send the file in HTML format or Word doc, or whatever is convenient for you. If I have trouble working with it, I'll let you know.

I'll post the note, provide you with credit, tags, and a link so you can reference it.

If you would like to do this on a regular basis, then let me know and we can work out the details.

PS - one other important item, the posting should be positive. There are so many blogs in the world we should focus on the ones that should have the light shine upon then. There is no need to "reward" those that do not need deserve this light.

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37Days Challenge Redux

 

I spent some time earlier this week to write a longer post. It got drafted quickly the first day. Edited after sleeping on it. And still edited further on the third day. I think it came out very well.

 

This is a different kind of writing than I normally do here (and my other blogs). Most of my posts are written and revised within usually just a single sitting and published that same day. That has been my modus operandi for the time I have been blogging.

 

I don't mind the daily writing. I think I do quite well with the short ones. But I like the feeling of the longer one. I think I need to do that more often.

 

I will accept the 37Days challenge in intent. Patti normally crafts her writing over the course of a week and hence her challenge is to let it go more frequently, i.e. once each day for 37 days. My challenge will be do write a longer post once each week for the 37 day period. (Somehow once each week for 37 WEEKS, is too much at this point.)

 

Ultimately, the writing needs to make a point and convey it well enough for someone to understand. Long or short doesn't necessarily make it better or worse, as long is the point is made.

 

What do you think?

 

 

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Greatest Written Passage??

When it comes to appreciation of writing, I'm a believer that less is more. I prefer poetry and short stories to novels, and essays and short books over long books, and I'm prone to copy down précis and favourite passages and quotes from great books and then give the books themselves away. When I find great ideas or expressions of emotion or word pictures that contain only the number of words they absolutely need and no more, I cherish them. So I got to wondering: What is the greatest single paragraph ever written?

This from Dave Pollard at How to Save the World. Dave goes on to provide some samples of what he proposes are good writing and while this is not a contest, he is soliciting suggestions. You can read the full post here.

 

A tough assignment should you chose to accept it. I may come up with several passages but no single one of them should be considered the greatest of all. Each of us has our own voice and the passage is a reflection of that voice, that self.

 

Is Shakespeare greater than Whitman? Dostoyevsky greater than Sartre?

 

I would not/could not make that call and that is not a cop-out.

 

What do you think?

 

 

 

 

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