January 2005

Jollyblogger and I have been blogging along together for so long that we thought it was time to more formally acknowlege our partnership in our sidebars. We really do find ourselves blogging along together more than any other pair of bloggers I have seen. Once we even posted on the same subject within a minute [...]

In the Agora seems to approve of the latest piece of skullduggery to come out of the states to support their crazy lax gun laws. You call me a raving liberal or whatever but how come the USA has both the most liberal gun laws AND the highest gun-crime rates in the world (or is [...]

Well its a historic first a friend of mine has launched a blog after I suggested it to them so The pig wot flies is possibly the first of my blogchildren. Do pop over there and welcome the soaring animal to the blogosphere. Setting up a blog is really easy and if reading this inspires [...]

Some might ask “why another Christian Blog list?” but personally I am thrilled that the Evangelical Outpost has in his post Buying a Ticket: announced he too plans to maintain a list of Christian blogs. It is a sign of the maturity of Christain Blogging that we are beginning as a group to take our [...]

Hugh described my post on his RSS phobiaas a “fun post” and has linked to me saying I “tweaked” him and he deserved it. Not sure if “tweaked” means something different to the Americans, but to me “tweak” is a minor adjustment. I guess implementing an RSS feed would be a minor adjustment for some [...]

Well. I have nearly finished Hugh’s book and have loved almost everything I read. Right towards the end though Hugh talks about not “getting” what a RSS feed or an XML feed is. If you are wondering the same then here is my answer to him and explanation of why HE NEEDS ONE. An RSS [...]

Have just been reading Hugh’s book in which he argues that the now published Rathergate report is likely to be the one of the most scrutinised documents ever. Or has everyone moved on? Its interesting to realise from across the pond that there are a number of events like Rathergate where bloggers have made an [...]

I post below an Open email to the BBC and Ofcom and would urge other concerned individuals on both sides of the Jerry Springer:The opera debate to do likewise. The email was sent to [email protected], [email protected] and [email protected] Mr Thompson, As a Christian I wish to formally distance myself from the terrible treatment that some [...]

So here we go then. Lets see how the bloggers stack up. The scores on the doors? Well opponents of Jerry Sringer: the Opera lost by 7 posts to 18. Whats more there was hardly a blog swarm on the subject either. Am I depressed? A little? Despondent? Definitely not. If this small number of [...]