Monthly Archives: January 2004

MIT blog survey

A PhD candidate from MIT is doing a survey on blogs with some extemely interesting questions. Web logs, also known as blogs have gone from being a once marginal activity of Internet enthusiasts to becoming squarely mainstream. With the gradual … Continue reading

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And the blog goes on

If you have clicked over from Christianity Today’s print column about weblogs, welcome! If this is your first introduction to what we call the blogosphere, I encourage you to explore. Blogging has it’s own social and technical language. Anyone can … Continue reading

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Cold weather Haikus anyone?

Connexions posted error message haikus. Very funny stuff. Beats reading the rant below. So, can anyone come up with some ‘extreme weather’ haikus? It’s sweltering in Australia and New Zealand, so we’re all facing extremes on some level. Might as … Continue reading

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Dehumanization

Our various levels of government need ‘mystery shoppers.’ You know, people assigned to access and deal with various departments and rate them. But it wouldn’t work. There is no incentive. We have one the largest, most broken systems on this … Continue reading

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Give it back!

A depressed man gave 126 thousand dollars to a Florida church five years ago and has been trying to get it back. The church says they can’t because the money was used to build a family ministry space. Apparently church … Continue reading

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Blog Quiz!

The Big Five Personality Test Extroverted |||||||||| 34% Introverted |||||||||||||||| 66% Friendly |||||||||||||| 54% Aggressive |||||||||||| 46% Orderly |||||||||||||| 52% Disorderly |||||||||||| 48% Relaxed |||||||||||||| 54% Emotional |||||||||||| 46% Openminded |||||||||||||| 52% Closeminded |||||||||||| 48% Take Free Big 5 Personality … Continue reading

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Want to be a blogging Idol?

This isn’t a King of the Blogs, hit the top of the charts or a Carnival of the Vanities. LivingRoom is holding a Blogging Idol idea that seems fair and balanced for everyone who’d like to participate. I’ve been enjoying … Continue reading

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The Hound of Heaven

…How hast thou merited – Of all man’s clotted clay, the dingiest clot? Alack, thou knowest not How little worthy of any love thou art! Whom wilt thou find to love ignoble thee, Save Me, save only Me? All which … Continue reading

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