Winning today's dead blog of the day is B$ player, Gagah Putera Arifianto, with his old online journal Catetan Setengah Mateng. Betty is not going to pretend she reads Indonesian, as much as she would like to be able to, so cannot make her customary comments on the blog's content.
Betty will attempt to find someone who can though so stay tuned, and anyone who would like to provide comments on this blog, please do so here.
It remains to be said, thanks for your entry, mate, and good luck with your new journal.
Thursday, March 20, 2008
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
A Time Capsule of Tech
Today's dead blog is a virtuous virtual compendium of tech commentary entitled Dare Obasanjo aka Carnage4Life maintained for 7 years by a Microsoft Program Manager.
The author appears to be tired of dealing with reactions to his very lucid posts, though may seek to write elsewhere in anonymity. Betty encourages him to consider that criticism, negative or positive, is good - it means people are involved and are reading his work - in marketing terms, these people are the most likely to continue to subscribe to his product.
His blog still contains value for those requiring information about RSS Bandit, Windows Live, Windows Live Spaces and Messenger, amongst other subjects.
Enjoy!
The author appears to be tired of dealing with reactions to his very lucid posts, though may seek to write elsewhere in anonymity. Betty encourages him to consider that criticism, negative or positive, is good - it means people are involved and are reading his work - in marketing terms, these people are the most likely to continue to subscribe to his product.
His blog still contains value for those requiring information about RSS Bandit, Windows Live, Windows Live Spaces and Messenger, amongst other subjects.
Enjoy!
Friday, March 14, 2008
Completely Batty
Betty's world has been a whirl of frenetic cycling, all those B$ to be made from the boom in lovely atheistic and philosophical blogs. What does one do when one has reached the magic 1000t? Donate to the Philanthropic Corporation, says Betty.
Today's Dead Blog of the Day maintains the high standard of our previous entries. Submitted by player Christophine, the Batty Chronicles diary the early life of one nutty Madam Harriet Batty, resident in New York around the turn of the 19th century. The author chooses a novel method of describing seminal events in New York history - the opening of the Brooklyn Bridge is well worth reading.
Sadly, the author appears to have hit a pothole in recounting Ms Batty's fascinating life and Betty encourages him to return to his worthy mission.
Today's Dead Blog of the Day maintains the high standard of our previous entries. Submitted by player Christophine, the Batty Chronicles diary the early life of one nutty Madam Harriet Batty, resident in New York around the turn of the 19th century. The author chooses a novel method of describing seminal events in New York history - the opening of the Brooklyn Bridge is well worth reading.
Sadly, the author appears to have hit a pothole in recounting Ms Batty's fascinating life and Betty encourages him to return to his worthy mission.
Saturday, March 8, 2008
Contemplative, revealing verse
Betty has been ruminating, working and of course cycling a massive number of large atheistic blogs and apologises for her lapse in duty.
Finally, we have the next winner of Dead Blog of the Day - a collection of esoteric poetic contemplations and related vignettes entitled Lord of Light on the subject of death, one which we always find fascinating, submitted by player Hieronymous Secundus. If we cannot appreciate the significance of death, that we all return to that which from whence we came, we are unlikely to value our own and others lives.
The author has juxtaposed a selection of religious mythologies and symbolisms with secular, mundane events - an interesting approach.
We wish the author well and hope they can contribute again in the future to the valuable body of netlit.
Finally, we have the next winner of Dead Blog of the Day - a collection of esoteric poetic contemplations and related vignettes entitled Lord of Light on the subject of death, one which we always find fascinating, submitted by player Hieronymous Secundus. If we cannot appreciate the significance of death, that we all return to that which from whence we came, we are unlikely to value our own and others lives.
The author has juxtaposed a selection of religious mythologies and symbolisms with secular, mundane events - an interesting approach.
We wish the author well and hope they can contribute again in the future to the valuable body of netlit.
Monday, March 3, 2008
Rant button on
Again, the tone shifts radically. There are some doozy dead blogs out there, and today's winner is no exception. Another submission by M. Major, the I Hate Strom Thurmond site encapsulates the author's sarcastic and sometimes humorous response to all that is untrustworthy and often downright criminal in some leading US and international politicians and public figures. When out of targets, Strom is the author's default victim.
Invective aside, as a whole, this blog stands as an angry testament against the darkest Brave New World days under Bush's reign, where black is white (except as far as exercising democratic rights by voting goes) and war is peace.
Who are the good guys? Are there any? As a farmyard friend once said to me "Never trust a smiling adult."
Invective aside, as a whole, this blog stands as an angry testament against the darkest Brave New World days under Bush's reign, where black is white (except as far as exercising democratic rights by voting goes) and war is peace.
Who are the good guys? Are there any? As a farmyard friend once said to me "Never trust a smiling adult."
Sunday, March 2, 2008
Two Ravens
More poetic offerings for the dead blog of the day ... a superb series of poems entitled Two Ravens by an author calling himself Two Ravens Whispered. This blog was submitted by Autolycan Catalyst, who says:
"The author completed his poem cycle/creative writing experiment. It has an interesting structure and is quite dead, being complete. Read through it and enjoy!"
Betty has read the cycle and is impressed by the elegant metaphors sustained throughout ... in the first verse, the two ravens are revealed as thought and memory, neglected by those who chose to live only through 'perception and action' leading to a repetition of error. The reader is drawn into the conversation between Huginn and Muninn as they discourse on humanity, its frailties and strengths. The verse is tender as it is satiric:
"M: (fondly) My dear, black helicopters are not half as scary as you are to mortals. Even now."
Don't miss this wonderful series, to which Betty will return for further appreciation over time.
"The author completed his poem cycle/creative writing experiment. It has an interesting structure and is quite dead, being complete. Read through it and enjoy!"
Betty has read the cycle and is impressed by the elegant metaphors sustained throughout ... in the first verse, the two ravens are revealed as thought and memory, neglected by those who chose to live only through 'perception and action' leading to a repetition of error. The reader is drawn into the conversation between Huginn and Muninn as they discourse on humanity, its frailties and strengths. The verse is tender as it is satiric:
"M: (fondly) My dear, black helicopters are not half as scary as you are to mortals. Even now."
Don't miss this wonderful series, to which Betty will return for further appreciation over time.
Saturday, March 1, 2008
A final salute
Today's dead blog offering draws our attention to the devastating effects of the scourge of war.
It is the now posthumous blog of Andrew Olmsted, who lost his life in Iraq in January 2008 during military service.
Andy had left a post with a friend to be posted on the event of his death which indicates the author did not want his passing to be used as a justification for argument for or against the war on Iraq.
However he does makes a wise and significant comment in his moving last post - "If there is any hope for the long term success of democracy, it will be if people agree to listen to and try to understand their political opponents rather than simply seeking to crush them."
Worthy of framing.
Thanks, K Owusu, for your submission.
It is the now posthumous blog of Andrew Olmsted, who lost his life in Iraq in January 2008 during military service.
Andy had left a post with a friend to be posted on the event of his death which indicates the author did not want his passing to be used as a justification for argument for or against the war on Iraq.
However he does makes a wise and significant comment in his moving last post - "If there is any hope for the long term success of democracy, it will be if people agree to listen to and try to understand their political opponents rather than simply seeking to crush them."
Worthy of framing.
Thanks, K Owusu, for your submission.
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