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For some reason, I really feel like adding an entry right now, but I’m not sure that I really have anything to say. I’ve gotta get better at this whole blogging thing, I think. Maybe the problem isn’t my blogging at all, it’s just that I never do anything interesting. I don’t know. Whatever it is, I should fix it. Maybe some comments with suggestions would help…
Like I said, there’s not much to tell. I recently picked up three CDs I thought I already had, from Second Spin, of course (Billy Joel – The Bridge, Green Day – Dookie, Nine Inch Nails – Pretty Hate Machine). I actually had the jewel case for Dookie here, but the CD was nowhere to be found. Since I’m a geek, and keep a database of all my music, it was easy to add them to my music page. Speaking of music, for some reason I’ve been listening to There and Back Again by Vertical Horizon a whole lot lately. I have no idea why. It’s really good, though. You should all at least listen to the samples at Amazon.
Finishing off Lessig’s Challenge last month, I donated to the nice people at MovableType. They write the wonderful blogging software that powers this website. I’m now listed on their Donors Page. I encourage anyone else who uses MT to donate as well.
On a completely unrelated note, I noticed that I was getting a decent number of hits from people searching for “Zodos”, the bowling alley here, so I checked it out at Google. Turns out this place is the first result. Neat.
One final note before I go… Nanda pointed me to a good article at Salon about the impact of filesharing on the music industry. It’s written by a record company executive, though not a major label, I think. I especially like this quote: “MP3s are lessening the decline of the music business, not creating it.” I’m not saying it’s right to download MP3s against the wishes of the copyright holder, but it’s certainly not destroying the industry. They’re doing that just fine all by themselves.
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Some suggestions for filling up the weblog pages:
1. Post links to really cool things you find … either funny things or news. Become a sort of news aggregator … filter out interesting things to pass on.
2. Insanity. I, personally, find nothing more entertaining than complete insanity. Just completely random posts, they’re always fun.
3. Humor. Funny sells … no, wait, that’s sex … well, then funny means money … well, not if you don’t charge for your site … I don’t know. Just be funny.
Essentially, just have fun with it. Post things that you would like to see or read in other people’s weblogs.
Personally, I have two: my website weblog and a LiveJournal … one is more professional and site related … and the other is really personal and completely random.