A strange thing happened in the Blogosphere yesterday. Following the Blog Herald’s questioning of Star Wars Kid video promoter Andy Baio and associate Jish Mukerji’s fundraising activities for the Star Wars Kid, Jish Mukerji’s blog has indicated an end to the campaign.
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Blogging Dixons: an on-line campaign against bad service
A customer of Dixons became so annoyed after months of dealing with the after sales care team at the UK electrical retailer that she has set up a blog to publicise the appalling service she received.
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Star Wars Kid Blog Charity: Help, Publicity Stunt or Fraud?
The rising profile of the “Star Wars Kid” video, which has supposedly resulted in millions of downloads from the internet, has also given the opportunity to 2 bloggers, Andy Baio and Jish Mukerji to raise their profiles through a donation drive for the Star Wars Kid, an overweight teenager from Canada.
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Blogreview: Goluboy
An ejaculation of colour and imagery confronts the eye @ 2xy.org. Goluboy does not tempt to win design awards but provides an enriching experience in queer enlightenment with his thoughts and observations on everything from music to Barney The Purple Dinosaur.
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Google to Bloggle?
Various internet new services monitored by The Blog Herald are reporting that Google is to introduce a Blog Search engine along a similar path to the splitting off of usenet groups upon their purchase of dejanews some years ago
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Bloggerview: Young Bradford
In The Blog Herald First weekly Bloggerview we have interviewed noted and sometimes contriversal queer blogger Bradford Shellhammer, better knowing in the blogosphere as “YoungBradford”
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TypePad close to launch
TypePad, from Six Apart, creators of the popular MovableType blogging software is nearing completetion with increased media interest prior to launch.
TypePad promises to bring the power and performance of MovableType, the favoured blogging software of The Blog Herald, to the masses in an online, blogger-like paid service.
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How to make your way through the blog
This is a 94 percent free country (excluding the bits that are designated no-smoking areas and the places where shirt and shoes are required for service), so if I want to write a column about Weblogs, hey, no one can stop me.
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Why Gary Hart Wants to Blog
Maverick politician Gary Hart is trying to muster some political clout by blogging his way into visibility.
The former Colorado senator and 1988 Democratic front-runner for the presidential nomination is not officially a candidate, but his blog on Garyhartnews.com is testing the waters. It promises regular political musings from the man himself and a place for readers to comment.
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Buy, Sell, Hold, Blog
Now, you needn’t just read Weblogs. A virtual stock market lets you trade in them
Many of us built our first houses, dealt in property, managed public utilities, and went to jail much before we were into our teens. That was in the make believe world of Monopoly, of course. Money games are a great way to learn about the harsh realities of a capitalist world without going through the pains of bankruptcy, insolvency, mortgages, and other such concepts of advanced living.
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