lagging under pressure

My apologies to anyone who reads this blog – the enthusiastic start seems to have wanned slightly. My excuses are as follows: I am coming to the end of the degree so a lot of work is being heaped on and the proposals for next year are being written and sent out, unsurprisingly, they are being difficult. Excuses out of the way, your expectations lowered and my conscience eased I guess I'll post…

Sigla posted about poetry blogs earlier this week, something I am very interested in. As a result I have started to add a blogroll on the site, which will specify Irish arts blogs to make them easier to find. This is partly a selfish act however, I'm hoping that others will leave blogs that I don't know about in the comments – so I can read blogs I never knew existed.

In other news, I am enjoying the photoblog. It has proven easier to find a picture than a post most of the time, and I have received some very good feedback from photoblogs.org and photofriday.com, amongst others. Please post any comments, criticisms etc on the site here – I'd like to hear what people think.

a dedicated blogger, and great writer – Neil Gaiman, again…

therapeutic blogging

In the interest of conversation I want to raise a question about blogging. Especially after I came across a few blogs that are using their respective sites as a form of therapy. Are these the 21st century’s version of keeping a diary, with the single largest difference that anyone can read what you write? I think site’s such as these give an insight into the people and may help them, but how many of these types of blogs are there? (And who reads all of them?)

All of those that I have read seem to have a specific audience in mind – as in here and here. Are these blogs relevant to anyone online? I enjoyed reading all of those that I read in preparation of this post, but am just a little sceptical.

first the blog awards, now live blogging St. Patricks Day: Twenty Major, what is next?

too hot to handle?

Buzzmachine’s Jeff Jarvis made his first post on the Guardians new Comment Is Free site by lashing out at the FCC over hypocritical controls on what should be aired on American television. On the ruling that the words ‘fuck’ and ’shit’ are profane and grossly offensive Jarvis replied “To sum this up all too bluntly: “nigger” and “kike” are constitutionally protected while “fuck” and “shit” are not.“ In a response to the FCC fines the Daily KOS have posted the Parents Television Council contact details on their site.

The episode of Without A Trace that is costing CBS $3 million was aired earlier last year by TV3, I have emailed the BCC to try and find out how many complaints, if any at all, were made against TV3 for showing the same episode. Did anyone watch the programme? Was it as bad as the PTC have made it out to be, and is it worth $3m in fines? I’ll update as soon as the BCC get back to me.

UPDATE: No word from the BCC and I’ve been too busy to realise – I will have another go today.  

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