- Shopping Bag ( 0 items )
Available on NOOK devices and apps
Want a NOOK? Explore Now
Want a NOOK? Explore Now
With this collection of 27 blogs culled from disparate corners of the Internet, Boxer, who writes for the New York Times, attempts to impose some kind of fixed order on a form that generally relies on the satisfaction of timely updates. For many blog-savvy readers, this collection would appear to have all the appeal of a new MP3 converted into 8-track format, but much of the writing contained in the book is well worth browsing for even the most hardened Web aficionado. The highlights in book format, predictably, are the blogs that maintain relatively tight spelling and grammar standards and focus on subjects beyond the writer's petty complaints. Benjamin Zimmer's "Language Log" reads like a wonderfully expansive and more self-aware William Safire column, while Sean Carroll's "Cosmic Variance" manages to be wryly humorous even while discussing theoretical physics at the Ph.D. level. Ringers like Alex Ross of the New Yorkerand Matthew Yglesias of the Atlantic Monthlyhardly seem like fair choices to demonstrate the democratization of the Web, but their blogs, on music and classical politics, respectively, are must-reads. Other, less conventional highlights include the neocon-spoofing comic "Get Your War On," the ruminative expat diary "How to Learn Swedish in 1000 Difficult Lessons" and the cheerfully hyperactive idea stockpile "Ironic Sans." (Feb.)
Copyright 2007 Reed Business InformationAngryBlackBitch, Pamela Merritt
Becker-Posner Blog, Gary S. Becker and Richard Posner
Click Opera, Nick Currie
Cosmic Variance, Sean Carroll
El Guapo in DC, author known as El Guapo
Eurotrash, Delly Hayward
Get Your War On, David Rees
Go Fug Yourself, Jessica Morgan and Heather Cocks
How to Learn Swedish in 1000 Difficult Lessons, author known as Francis Strand
I Blame The Patriarchy, Jill Posey-Smith
In The Middle, Raed Jarrar
Ironic Sans, David Friedman
Its raining noodles!, Angelique Chan
Johnny i hardly knew you, Jennie Portnof
Julia {Here Be Hippogriffs}, Julia Litton
Language Log, Benjamin Zimmer
Matthew Yglesias, Matthew Yglesias
Micrographica, Renée French
Midnight in Iraq, Jeffrey Barnett
Nina Paley.com, Nina Paley
Old Hag, Lizzie Skurnick
Radio.Uruguay, Dmitri Goutnik
Rootless Cosmopolitan, Tony Karon
The Rest Is Noise, Alex Ross
The Smoking Gun, William Bastone
Under Odysseus, Mark Katakowski
HOW TO FIND BLOGS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
ErinORiordan
Posted May 11, 2011
What a great selection of blogs, from the silly to the sublime! It's a shame some of the authors are no longer blogging, especially El Guapo in DC. Actually, not all the bloggers are writers: some are cartoonists, one is a photographer and one is an animator. One of them is Samuel Pepys, who lived in the 18th century but whose famous diary can be found in blog form. My favorite line is from Alex Ross: "Greatness and unruliness are often interchangeable." This book is full of surprises.
Was this review helpful? Yes NoThank you for your feedback. Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.
Overview
“What are you working on?”“An anthology of blogs.”
“I didn’t know you had a blog.”
“I don’t. It’s an anthology of other people’s blogs.”
“How do you find good blogs?”
“I read. I surf. I look at blog ...