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Meet Joe Blog

Posted by michael on from the ego-stroking dept.

theodp writes "According to the new issue of Time, we may be in the golden age of blogging, a quirky Camelot moment in Internet history when some guy in his underwear with too much free time can take down a Washington politician. Amateur scribblers posting on the Web are becoming the tails that wag the media, says Time, citing an underperforming undergraduate at a small Christian college in Michigan as an example." Hey, if Circuits can discover USB, I don't see why Time can't discover weblogs.

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  1. oooh by SKPhoton · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Sue Blog, Meet Joe Blog. Joe Blog and Sue Blog sitting in a tree B-L-O-G-G-I-N-G

  2. USB article by SilentChris · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    In defense of this article, the writer was talking about "newer, more original" uses of USB, like as a power source for light bulbs and a cell phone charger. Nothing new to geeks, but I doubt your average grandmother knows they can plug a book light into their computer.

  3. Re:I'm worried about... by Atrax · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    flamebait?

    slashdot's giving modpoints to jesus freaks now?

    hey come on. salient is not the same as flamebait

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  4. Re:Prime example by Platinum+Dragon · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Most Blogs are uber-forgettable ego stroking crap

    Naturally, I just posted this quote on my own weblog.

    Oh, the juxtaposition! The horror! The cheap plug!

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  5. I can't believe I'm getting there, then ... by magefile · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I always thought it was http://slashdot.org. Yours won't even resolve (no dot between the www and the slashdot? horrors!)

  6. CMDRTACO by Barkmullz · · Score: 0, Offtopic


    www.cmdrtaco.net has been slashdotted.

    Oh, the irony...

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  7. CmdrTaco's blog just got Slashdotted!! by Sarojin · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Hahahha

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  8. Moderators! by trezor · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Someone mod this "+1, In yer face foo!"

    And mod me offtopic when you're done doing that. It might be well deserved.

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  9. Re:I suggest... by shadowbearer · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    No, I think by "weird" he meant ironic; but perhaps I shouldn't put opinions out on the net. Silly me.

    SB

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