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The secret passions of the weblogger...

Posted November 19, 2000 12:48 PM.

What strange items light the fires of the world's favourite webloggers? My tour of the depths of the amazon wishlists reveals all:

Jason Kottke (kottke.org)
  1. Book: Shiny Adidas Tracksuits and the Death of Camp : And Other Essays
  2. Book: The Social Life of Information
  3. DVD: American Pimp
Luke Martin (CaptainFez.com)
  1. CD: Practical Footwear, Sodastream
  2. Book: The Ten Books on Architecture
  3. CD: 20th-Century Russian Piano Music
Caroline van Oosten de Boer (Prolific.org)
  1. Toy: Teksta Puppy
  2. Game: Escape from Monkey Island
  3. Book: Crazy About Women
Meg Pickard (notsosoft.com)
  1. Book: The Doctor's Book of Home Remedies for Women
  2. Book: Warp-speed Branding
  3. Book: Cod
Brad Graham (The Bradlands)
  1. Book: Military Trade
  2. Book: Unofficial Guide to Walt Disney World 2000
  3. Book: A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper
Chris Peters (sourground.co.ukj)
  1. CD: Music Has the Right to Children, Boards Of Canada
  2. CD: Opiate, Tool
  3. Book: The End of Print
Other people's wishlists: consolationchamps.com, accidental.plastiqueweb.com, rainy.net/catherine/, fiendishthingy.net, shauny.org/pussycat/, peterme.com/, davidgagne.net/, 120degrees.com/, magnetbox.com.

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