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On 'doing a Kottke'....

Posted January 12, 2003 9:30 PM.

I've been getting really behind with the stuff that I want to write on plasticbag.org recently, which probably explains why when I do write something it's fairly hardcore and intensely thought-through rather than a piece of conversational life-fluff. So I'm going to experiment with Jason's remaindered links approach for a couple of days until I feel I've caught up with the world, although I don't think I'll do it for long, because I'm not convinced that anyone reads or clicks on lists of links. Nevertheless there is a value to the process, if only in that my link to them (like everyone else's links to them) constitutes a micro-vote on the utility of the article or resource in question, aiding Blogdex and Daypop reflect the mood of the web-community and helping Google serve the best possible search-results to its visitors...

  • iCommune looks like it's going to be brilliant - as soon as there's better auto-discovery...
  • A man of principles and passion, and prepared to stand up for them, could Martin Sheen be the best President America never had? 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6...
  • "My gun rights are more important than my gay rights..." Compare this news story with this thing I posted a million years ago...
  • Why are Kottke and Megnut two different weblogs? Funny. If you're in the know.
  • A new home for left-wing weblogging in the UK: PolitX.org...

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