Geistbear Musing

Happy New Years

More navel gazing by Big Media of blogs in the USA Today. It's not really that bad of article, but it only looks at the political angle, of which blogs often contain far more. The article mentions the big dogs of course, but ignores the niches and small publishers that make it interesting. I don't say this out of personal spite, just that oh wow politics angle got written up, been there seen that before. Maybe it's just easier for things related to politics make it easier to get print, but places like Making of a Restaurant (sadly over) or Blogcritics are changing the way people interact with media and it while politics is a segment of it, it's not all of it. Most of these newspaper articles seem to miss out on that perspective.

PromoGuy's Monday Mission 3.52 1. So, what did you get for Christmas? Some books, cigar case, DVD of Blade Runner and some luggage. 2. Are you returning any gifts you were given for Christmas? One present I am considering it, while I appreciated the thought it is not something I would ever use. 3. For me, the best part of Christmas being over is that there will be no more Fran Drescher "Old Navy" commercials. Ugh, bring back Morgan Fairchild! What is the best part of Christmas being over? The worry and struggle to get there is over, it has not been the best of Christmases or Year, so I'll be happy when it's over. 4. Used to be, we would always get together with friends and have Margaritas on New Year's Eve (though time has passed and friends drift apart, so not anymore, sadly). My Grandma always makes sure to eat Black Eyed Peas on N.Y.E. I know of another couple who "do it" on NYE, and time it to reach their "peak" right at 1...

I have pretty straight forward directions about installing the new MovableType based site, but as I go through the process, making mistakes left and right going back to fix and then waiting to see if the database updates properly all I can think is next time I'll pay to have the work done for me. I'd rather it just work and don't really care how it gets there...