Category: Blogging
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Reasons to Blog
Different bloggers, different reasons. I see this weblog as 1. An on-line notebook: a place to preserve and organize quotations from and notes on my reading. 2. An on-line journal: a daily record of the twists and turns of my intellectual life, along with some other sides of my life. A celebration of the life of…
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From the Mail Pouch: Of Comments and Liberal Bias
A regular reader writes: First, I've been enjoying your blog greatly since you disabled comments. Thank you for daring to do that. (I say dare because nowadays comments are all the rage, and are used as traffic boosters – usually to the detriment of a site.) I knew my traffic would take a nose dive were…
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Slow Thoughts in a Fast Medium
There is a bit of a paradox in my project, the blogging of philosophy. Sauntering along life's byways, cooling his heels at the margins of society, the philosopher bids us slow down! Whither the headlong mad rush? Quo vadis? Take thought, he suggests, take heed. Socrates knew how to stand stock still in the scene…
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‘Blog’ and ‘Blog Post’
I note that there are still people who confuse 'blog' with 'blog post.' 'Blog' is elliptical for 'weblog.' They are interchangeable terms. Presumably, no one will refer to weblog entry as a weblog. It makes as little sense to refer to a blog entry as a blog. A blog is composed of blog posts. It…
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On Reverence
In The Weblog Handbook (Perseus Publishing 2002), Rebecca Blood writes: If you asked me what the weblog community needs, I would answer, stronger ties among webloggers from various clusters, more independent thinkers, and more irreverence. Much, much more irreverence. Everyone seems to take themselves so seriously. (p. 164) This passage demonstrates a pretty thorough misunderstanding…
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Allow Comments or Not?
This U. K. reader prefers no comments: I 'm pleased that your blog no longer publishes readers' comments. Since this has been the case, I read it more assiduously. I usually find something in your daily observations and ruminations from which I can profit. When you used to allow even very well informed people to comment…
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How to Judge a Blog
A weblog should be judged, not by the color of its 'skin,' but by the character of its content.
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Philosoblog Update
Philosoblog's Jim Ryan offers a couple of delightful socialized medicine parody posts. One. The Other. Bear in mind that they are parodies. There is a lot of good material in Jim's archives, so please do poke around. I have only one bad thing to say about Jim: he is a damned materialist about the mind!
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The Spiritual Conservative
A new blog born on this Fourth of July. Well worth a look, and open for comments.
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If You Are Finding Things a Bit Dry Around Here . . .
. . . head over to What's Wrong With the World. Feser on Leiter on Feser. Feser et al. on Tiller. Some bloggers warn their readers that 'blogging will be light.' I should warn my readers that 'blogging will be dry and technical for the foreseeable future' as I work my way through the recent…
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World’s Oldest Blogger Logs Off for Good
Maria Amelia Lopez, thought to be the world's oldest blogger, has died at the age of 97. More here. Her entry into the 'sphere occurred at a young 95 and appears to have given her a new lease on life. I was reflecting just this morning on how enriching the World Wide Web has been for so many. …
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How Cyberpunks Argue
This thread is a representative sample.
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Five Years of Blogging
Actually, my 'blogiversary' was yesterday. My inaugural post appeared on 4 May 2004. My mind drifts back to some of my earliest acquaintances in the blogosphere. I am happy to see that most of them are still at it. Here is a partial list: Keith Burgess-Jackson; Gates of Vienna; Mangan's; Bill's Comments; Laudator Temporis Acti.…
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On Comments
There are different blogging styles. Some of my friends in the blogosphere allow all manner of trash to be dumped into their Comment Boxes sight unseen. At the other end of the spectrum, one of my oldest blogging acquaintances, Keith Burgess-Jackson, allows only prescreened comments to appear. My approach is a bit less draconian but…
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The Gypsy Scholar on Scruton on Islam and the West
In Scruton-izing the West, Horace Jeffery Hodges at his fine site Gypsy Scholar summarizes Roger Scruton's take on the differences between us and them. Scruton finds seven key differences, the seventh of which, surprisingly, is alcohol. Jeff provides substantial excerpts and of course links to Scruton's article. Well worth your time. Jeff will be happy to…