A lot of people have a lot of different ideas for combatrhino. It makes me happy that people are interested somehow in its future; I'm all about promoting a discussion. I hope that out of this "puberty" as I would suggest, will arise something great.
It should be noted that a small sidebox on the top left of the main page shows how to access combatrhino from school. Though I harbor no beef against Westside, I see no reason why our site should be banned. I can cite many educational pages on the website if need be, and if the problem is some sort of bandwidth pull, low bandwidth pages are not difficult to cook up from this end.
Whilst talking with Jayme F yesterday, the subject of just what makes a blog not good came up. In the spirit of honesty, I present these to you. I realize that some would criticize those who over-criticize (irony?), however this list is a relatively objective presentation of those things which bug me, Jeff Sisson, as a reader.
-Infrequency of blogging. This is easy to recognize, but blogging right now will not fool anyone
-On the other hand, frequent blogs with no purpose. How do you know if your writing is purposeful? If you were not you, a hard concept to grasp even for the non self-centered, did you come to learn something in reading it? If not, chances are I am already un-reading your blog
-Spelling errors (unless creative, which is basically limited to ironic usage of AIM language)
-Unironic usage of AIM language
-Apologies for not blogging
-Being overly didactic about how good blogs should be (irony?). Here is a good guide for whether you are writing your blogs the correct way: are they terrible for others to read? If yes, I would try something else
-Photos which are too large
-Care of Joel: Bad/Inexistent Grammar
this is short and doesn't get into any of my personal tastes, just so things are out on the table. not suggesting anyone is in jeopardy of anything....or AM I????
Hopefully everyone can read this quickly because I am saving my non combatrhino material for another blog.
Posted by jeff at March 24, 2005 2:38 PM
Comments
these are all true but I don't think our successful future will come from merely dodging these holes in blogging.
I've said this before but Rob still doesn't know the difference between than and then and I want him to learn!
Thanks for keeping education in school.
Posted by: joel | March 24, 2005 2:45 PM
dont read this and tihnk your bad blogs will be fixed by spellcheck!
Posted by: erik! | March 24, 2005 3:16 PM
I know the difference between then and than, but I don't care enough to fix it when I write. Kind of like the difference between their and there and they're. I find it great that you are such a bad ass and like were all bad ass and made a site that people can get their CR fix.
Posted by: rob | March 24, 2005 4:01 PM
i think that a merchandise area could be launched.
okay that is a good idea, btw.
like, there could be funny quotes on the front and on the back the url.
that would be an awesome way to promote CR.
damn thats a good idea.
im not talking just pencils here either matey.
Posted by: jayme | March 24, 2005 4:24 PM
Oh Muchos Gracias Senor on your efforts to allow Westside students to view the ever popular site
Posted by: Silent Reader "Katie O" | March 24, 2005 11:40 PM
i almost wish i was back in high school so i could view CR in an atmosphere in which it is shunned.
Posted by: bobby | March 25, 2005 9:07 PM
still doesnt work at westside.. you can get the first page but NO clicking on separate blogs.. so yeah just wanted to let you all know just incase you cared. okay bye
Posted by: Anonymous | March 27, 2005 12:43 AM
i hate bad grammar, i try my best
Posted by: Megan | March 28, 2005 12:36 AM