Camillog The old Camillog
Sunday, June 08, 2003
An interview with a weblogger
I promised that I would get back to what the people from the sociology
department at the university wanted to ask me about weblogging. They asked about all sorts of things,
but the questions below are those that got me thinking:
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Why do you have a weblog?
Good one... Hmm. It must be the need to express myself on the web in an informal way. Other people make a site about their hobbies or whatever, but since I don't really feel that what I do every day can be categorized, I have a weblog. A great place to put silly links, musings, rants, and just thoughts. -
Would you ever post something very personal?
No! .. err.. and yes.. I don't know. People that know me know that very personal things I only discuss with close friends. I am not the person to talk about a fungal infection (bad example) at a party. People that know my weblog also know that I don't post personal stuff often. It's not that I have a fear of the putting stuff like that on the web, but it's just no different from how I would go about something personal in real life.
The one thing that could worry be a little about having stuff like I'm gay on the web is when I apply for jobs. I would definitely tell people at work that I'm gay, but maybe not the first day. I wouldn't like for them to read it on the internet first, I would like to tell it to them in person. -
Do you know any of the people you link to personally?
Only Jonas, I go to school with him. All the others live far away. It would be funny to meet them though. I feel like I know them because reading people's weblogs for some time gives a little insight in their personality. One of the things that the web-media lacks, is seeing peoples faces when they talk though, that gives a much more nuanced impression of irony and such. I dont have many links to other weblogs on my page, but the ones I have I read on a daily basis. I simply don't have time to read many more weblogs and therefore I don't link to others. -
How much time do you spend on your weblog every day?
My own? Not much.. It's like every time I have an idea for a post I either forget it or I don't have time to write. I spend more time reading other peoples weblogs. Only when I get a redecorating fit (that for instance turns my page very orange) do I spend more than 10 minutes a day.
It was great fun to be asked a lot of questions about weblogging, it had me thinking about a lot of things. Especially the "why do you have a weblog" was funny. I never thought about that - I just do.
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Wednesday, June 04, 2003
Redecorations!
Please wait unpatiently while I redecorate the site.. It shouldn't be long:-)
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Googlism
I got the link for this brilliant service, Googlism, from The Grey Bird. You should really go try it out, just see what it said about my domain name:
xoc is pronounced something like "shock" and is the maya word for "shark"
xoc is a fishlike creature with a huge toothy mouth
xoc is a former microsoft programmer and is currently a traveling
xoc is right
xoc is a european
xoc is shown giving blood
xoc is based on the
xoc is the one that is associated with the xmrendition used for the widget
xoc is an urban clown
xoc is
xoc is designated the hq usaf cpo and shall represent the air force at meetings hosted by the office of the secretary of defense
xoc is pronounced "shawk"
xoc is depicted as yeilding great supernatural power
xoc is the noise the drink makes when it is shaken in the container
xoc is considered the founder of tikal
xoc is responsible for plans and analysis
xoc is an equilateral triangle
xoc is congruent to itself
xoc is the noise the drink
xoc is compared to every other board ?
xoc is compatible with xfontset in terms of its program interface but is a more generalized abstraction
xoc is the company long involved in developing a hypermedia server
xoc is putting awo into the loser's brackets
xoc is reporting publicity to the press
xoc is an extension of the concept of xfontset which was introduced in x11r5
xoc is ian
xoc is disestablished
xoc is certain to
xoc is the one
xoc is piercing her tongue with string that has obsidian and thorns in it
xoc is the executive agent
xoc is good enough at fighting to be invited to the chaak
xoc is kneeling before shield jaguar making a blood offering
xoc is defined as an upward compatible type of xfontset
xoc is american style
xoc is the autodesk subsidiary that is developing xanadu the server
xoc is defined as an upward compatible type of
xoc is xanadu operating company
I'm both flattered and a little concerned about these statements. But hey, it says that I am congruent with myself. What more can one want?
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