Casting the Net and bringing in LJ-shaped Fishies


by Jennie Rigg    
July 18, 2008 at 11:09 am

Aaron is leeeeeaaaaving onna Jet Plane this morning, so I’m afraid you’re stuck with me. Tips to the usual address if’n you’m got any, and away we go:

Anna Jane Clare meant to post about Henry James, but ended up devoting most of her post to how the feral underclass is created (NSFW warning: may contain swearing).

Lynne Featherstone has been on t’wireless.

Love and Garbage has less a post and more a treatise bemoaning the MSM’s failure to examine Cameron, especially his speeches to the CBI.

Nicholas Whyte has decided who he’s going to support in the race for Lib Dem party president, and reveals that it won’t be the same person he voted for last time. Despite my detesting the slogan, I’m 4 Ros too (see sidebar). Huzzah for the Blogging Baroness!

Matt Wardman has a challenge for Unity and other bloggers who like to dig for obscure things. His post comparing webstats for newspaper websites and blogs is worth looking at too.

Lizbee has discovered an early Fandom Wank and relates a Tom Baker anecdote. I link to these for those of you who still labour under the delusion that Doctor Who fans, like bloggers, are (and always have been) male.

And finally, those philistines of you who still don’t read Livejournal blogs? Have a look at Livejournal Aqua. The post titles float past as they are posted, hover over them and you get an excerpt; click and the post will open in a new tab (assuming that you’re using Firefox like all sensible persons)

· About the author: Jennie is a barmaid with a law degree and has been active on the internet since the early nineties. She dabbles in Web Design, works for AQA on the side, and thinks the world would be a better place if we all just listened to John Stuart Mill a bit more. Her blog, The Yorksher Gob, has been featured in the Lib Dem Voice Golden Dozen several times.

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at 12:39 pm on July 18, 2008
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     Andy Hinton

My goodness, what a lot of crap float past on Livejournal Aqua. The stuff that’s not in russian, that is.

at 1:05 pm on July 19, 2008
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     Jennie Rigg

Yes, it’s just like every other blog platform, isn’t it? Not wierd and freaky and separate at all…

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