From c.milne@sbcglobal.net Fri Apr 4 08:29:07 2003 Received: from mxu3.u.washington.edu (mxu3.u.washington.edu [140.142.32.133]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.12.1+UW03.03/8.12.1+UW03.02) with ESMTP id h34GT7Zv033654 for ; Fri, 4 Apr 2003 08:29:07 -0800 Received: from web80107.mail.yahoo.com (web80107.mail.yahoo.com [66.163.169.80]) by mxu3.u.washington.edu (8.12.1+UW03.03/8.12.1+UW03.02) with SMTP id h34GT4E2000882 for ; Fri, 4 Apr 2003 08:29:04 -0800 Message-ID: <20030404162904.71775.qmail@web80107.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [67.119.219.42] by web80107.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Fri, 04 Apr 2003 08:29:04 PST Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2003 08:29:04 -0800 (PST) From: Claire H Milne Subject: RE: Blogging the Classics To: classics@u.washington.edu In-Reply-To: <3E9C59E8@smaug.ocis.temple.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="0-813889416-1049473744=:70779" X-Uwash-Spam: Gauge=XI, Probability=11%, Report="IN_REP_TO, MIME_BOUND_DIGITS_5, SUPERLONG_LINE, __EVITE_CTYPE" --0-813889416-1049473744=:70779 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Salvete, I am reading the "blogging" discussion with interest, but am considerably handicapped as I don't know what blogging is. It sounds as if it is assuming knowledge and authority where none exists or is shaky. Please enlighten. Valete, Claire Milne pericles wrote:It is interesting. I'd always assumed it was playful, since the authors are pretty knowledgable and seem to rank high in the "meritocracy of links." (Has anyone tried to chart whose sites are most-linked-to?) I do believe that we've got a world of people talking to people they agree with: Atrios, Alterman, Marshall, Hesiod, etc. are in the same rough area, and they cite each other a lot. It is probably the same on the right. Which means that the tool that could most aid argumentation often fails to do so -- because it provides comfortable cuccoons for folks of the same persuasion. Best, Dan >===== Original Message From David Meadows ===== >On Thu, 3 Apr 2003 23:49:09 -0500, Michael Hendry wrote: >>An interesting phenomenon is the misspelled Classical name. ˙David >>mentions >>'Bloggus Caesari' (ick!). ˙One or two of the most-read and most- >>linked >>anonymous blogs on the left have the same problem. ˙The proprietor of >>'Eschaton' (no problem with that) calls himself 'Atrios' >>(http://atrios.blogspot.com). ˙Is that supposed to be 'Atreus'? >>Perhaps >>there is some other explanation. ˙There's certainly no excuse for the >>proprietor of 'Counterspin Central' (http://counterspin.blogspot.com) >>calling himself 'Hesiod Theogeny' (sic). > >In a similar vein is the mercifully-short-lived-but-still-apparently-in existence Bellus Bloggus, which apparently has made that error we all made at least once in confusing certain nouns and adjectives (bellus v. bellum): > >http://blogwar.diaryland.com/index.html > >-- >David Meadows, dmeadows@idirect.com on 04/04/2003 --0-813889416-1049473744=:70779 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii

Salvete,

I am reading the "blogging" discussion with interest, but am considerably handicapped as I don't know what blogging is.  It sounds as if it is assuming knowledge and authority where none exists or is shaky.  Please enlighten.

Valete,

Claire Milne

 

 pericles <pericles@temple.edu> wrote:

It is interesting. I'd always assumed it was playful, since the authors are
pretty knowledgable and seem to rank high in the "meritocracy of links." (Has
anyone tried to chart whose sites are most-linked-to?)

I do believe that we've got a world of people talking to people they agree
with: Atrios, Alterman, Marshall, Hesiod, etc. are in the same rough area, and
they cite each other a lot. It is probably the same on the right. Which
means that the tool that could most aid argumentation often fails to do so --
because it provides comfortable cuccoons for folks of the same persuasion.

Best,

Dan

>===== Original Message From David Meadows =====
>On Thu, 3 Apr 2003 23:49:09 -0500, Michael Hendry wrote:
>>An interesting phenomenon is the misspelled Classical name. ˙David
>>mentions
>>'Bloggus C!aesari' (ick!). ˙One or two of the most-read and most-
>>linked
>>anonymous blogs on the left have the same problem. ˙The proprietor of
>>'Eschaton' (no problem with that) calls himself 'Atrios'
>>(http://atrios.blogspot.com). ˙Is that supposed to be 'Atreus'?
>>Perhaps
>>there is some other explanation. ˙There's certainly no excuse for the
>>proprietor of 'Counterspin Central' (http://counterspin.blogspot.com)
>>calling himself 'Hesiod Theogeny' (sic).
>
>In a similar vein is the mercifully-short-lived-but-still-apparently-in
existence Bellus Bloggus, which apparently has made that error we all made at
least once in confusing certain nouns and adjectives (bellus v. bellum):
>
>http://blogwar.diaryland.com/index.html
>
>--
>David Meadows, dmeadows@idirect.com on 04/04/2003
--0-813889416-1049473744=:70779-- .