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Throwing Hammers
This zombie post might be fodder for a Frank Rich-type column explaining the deeper cultural
meaning of blogging behavior. (Is tagging a form zombie acquisition?) But it may be a reach to suggest that this is anything but edgy humor by a very creative and talented storyphototeller, Travis. And it’s served up in obvious good fun to help set the stage for the All Blog Happy Hour on Wednesday, Mackey’s at 1823 L St. NW, starting at 7 p.m. Alert CNN.Six Degrees of Separation
The Kitchenette
The actual title of this post is “Geishas Are All the Rage,” but one of the things that drew Cube’s recommendation to this particular post by this lyrical writer is a reference to actor Kevin Bacon. Everyone in DC can probably claim one or two degrees of separation from President Bush, but not so to Kevin Bacon. The idea behind “six degrees of separation” is that you can connect two people through six or fewer intermediaries. The Wikipedia describes the game and provides links to the Small World Phenomenon, which sought to prove, scientifically, that we are all closer than we think. Our writer reports from The Geisha House in Hollywood, where Mr. Bacon was; the writing is as tasty and colorful as the food she describes. It begins:
Many complained that the film adaptation of "Memoirs of a Geisha" was boring and slow. Some resented the English speech with Japanese accents. Others said it was trying too hard for authenticity. Luckily there is a geisha of another kind wandering the Hollywood scene, and she tastes so good ...Also Noted:
Why you need an SUV. From Choof.
Online dating profile wisdom shared by The Daily Life of the Fantastic Subatom.
Dcblogs.com/live beta feed update: I’ve pulled the automated beta feed offline for technical work as well as a new process for doing the art. But more importantly, I want to change the model. Instead of just adding links from the blogroll, I’m now leaning strongly toward a process where people who want to be included in an automated blog roll sign-up -- unless requested a blog link won’t be added. But please don’t send in any request yet; hopefully, I can build a form for this. I don’t have a specific date for resuming service.
posted by kob @ 12:41 AM
10 Comments:
The automated signup sounds like a good way to avoid labor-intensive maintenance. I suppose settings for removal wouldn't be necessary as inactive blogs just wouldn't trigger anything. Spam might be an issue though.
I believe that for one post where I made a spelling correction and then republished, it came back up higher . . . but it may have been a slow day.
Either way, thanks again KOB and your team for all you do hilighting the multitude of incredible blogs in DC.
AUA - Love! your icon. It is blog inspired art, a new form. Can't wait to meet you and Travis and Kathryn, who made the creepy man-boy prototype.
Creepy but GREAT, I should say.
I've gotten so addicted to DCblogs Live in the last few weeks that I'm going through complete withdrawl. Please help.
I ditto Jordan Baker. I heart the live function and eagerly anticipate your improvements... almost as much as I'm looking forward to HAPPY HOUR! Tomorrow night!
Yeah, I enjoyed the Live feed as well. I hope that it will be back up soon.
Thank you all for this nice comments.
UA: Thanks for telling us about how the post appeared after reposting. It's not suppose to do that ...
Reya: I never felt the art was creepy. Anyway, the guy who posed for the poster told me he was buying. You'll have to figure out who that person is.
Jordan, Kathryn & Chase -- thanks for the nice feedback. We're moving the feed engine to a dedicated server which should improve performance. Right now the server we're using is under a desk in an area prone to power outages. I was so excited about the technology that I probably rushed it in to action a little quicker than I should have -- but the beta run was worth it because it gave us a chance to think about how to do it better, with the help of some of the feedback people offered. I'll also put in a better process for adding blogs to it.
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