Dad brought my old computer up as a stop gap till my elusive laptop arrives, he reinstalled XP though all me stuff has been wiped - still i can always download it or i thought i could even legitimate downloads like trials for stuff like 3ds max take several attempts to start. Everything in Bede hall looks nice but it never seems to work properly, this morning my cold tap was red hot and yes i did check, several times in fact.
Oh and steam won't connect so no more CS source for me
Friday, October 06, 2006
Thursday, October 05, 2006
Testing 1 2 3
Well, finally managed to get on a computer my 'lubly lappy' still hasnt arrived so im stuck with shrewdly asking my flatmates to borrow theres.
Read through a number of blogs especially liked this one http://scaryduck.blogspot.com/ written by Neil Gaiman a middle aged technical operator for the BBC married with kids. I especially liked the approach of the blog in that it tries to avoid 'i had a poo' posts popular with most blogs i came across and instead focus on entertaining posts.
Depending on the approach i think blogs can be either personal or objective, due to the huge annonymous nature of the internet blogs can be used as digital diarys allowing people to express help or concern on what would otherwise literally be a closed book or soap boxes for people to vent there spleens, a blog can either be hugely personal or simply another avenue for corporations to present a sparkly public image similiar to what myspace has become.
Going back to scaryduck the majority of his posts involve witty or funny accounts of various situations both personal and in the news. He presents a unique stance on a given situation as well as presenting links to the stories often covered by more serious websites. This human interpretation of events could make the stories themselves more enjoyable and strikes a sense of humanity into the internet. He posts randomly whenever a story needs accounting as opposed to a set date - creativity seems to strike at any time.
As for using a blog myself i feel i would probaly use one although i would question if anyone would be really interested in it, also having the invisible audience would not faze me as i would be in control of what exactly i posted. The only thing i would be slightly worried about is posting something about someone i knew who might happen across it one day, anonymous or not i get the feeling they would not like the rest of the world to read about there personal problems because my brain had gone flat.
Well i think thats everything - the hardest part of this thing was thinking up a oh-so witty name for my blog, im convinced by tommorow i'll hate the person who 24hrs previously thought it was the zenith of wit
Read through a number of blogs especially liked this one http://scaryduck.blogspot.com/ written by Neil Gaiman a middle aged technical operator for the BBC married with kids. I especially liked the approach of the blog in that it tries to avoid 'i had a poo' posts popular with most blogs i came across and instead focus on entertaining posts.
Depending on the approach i think blogs can be either personal or objective, due to the huge annonymous nature of the internet blogs can be used as digital diarys allowing people to express help or concern on what would otherwise literally be a closed book or soap boxes for people to vent there spleens, a blog can either be hugely personal or simply another avenue for corporations to present a sparkly public image similiar to what myspace has become.
Going back to scaryduck the majority of his posts involve witty or funny accounts of various situations both personal and in the news. He presents a unique stance on a given situation as well as presenting links to the stories often covered by more serious websites. This human interpretation of events could make the stories themselves more enjoyable and strikes a sense of humanity into the internet. He posts randomly whenever a story needs accounting as opposed to a set date - creativity seems to strike at any time.
As for using a blog myself i feel i would probaly use one although i would question if anyone would be really interested in it, also having the invisible audience would not faze me as i would be in control of what exactly i posted. The only thing i would be slightly worried about is posting something about someone i knew who might happen across it one day, anonymous or not i get the feeling they would not like the rest of the world to read about there personal problems because my brain had gone flat.
Well i think thats everything - the hardest part of this thing was thinking up a oh-so witty name for my blog, im convinced by tommorow i'll hate the person who 24hrs previously thought it was the zenith of wit
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