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[Heather Stern]

> What's the most politically correct blogging service?  E.g., run by
> volunteers or a "good" company like OSTG, Linux-using, not treating
> members like children, etc?
 
If I recall correctly, Wordpress is gaining popularity, but I'm not sure if
it's a service, or a webapp that one installs and runs.

Jim does something akin to bloggin, on part of SysadMoin.  I suppose I
should use the MonthCalendar bits.

> PS. What's the deal with incomplete "is" sentences?  First Heather writes
> "the problem is that menu interface standardization isn't" [1], and now
> Thomas tells us his blogs "aren't".  Aren't what?  Existing?  Is this some
> jargon du jour?  Or some conspiracy by the TAG editors?
 
"Variables won't, constants aren't." -- Murphy

It's a word doubling effect.  The standardization (itself) isn't (standard).
Thomes' blogs aren't (web logs, per se).

> [1] Subject: Five reasons NOT to use Linux
 
#include <rant/redhat-out-of-box-policy-gets-more-painful-every-year.h>

...and of course there's only one linux and it's shiny white with a red hat.
(not!)  Unfortunately it's inevitable, as the noisiest audience to RH
changed so did what it thought it wanted for release.

As the "infohighway" and "car" analogies wear onward, I glance at the
open streets and see that there's a fad working away from all cars looking
basically like teardrops with their eyeballs^Wheadlights shaped slightly
different (to maintain proprietary lock in on lamp casings, of course).
Some cars are boxy, some look "rugged" (not that 80%+ of SUVs ever get
further offroad than potholes in a shopping center's abused parking lot),
convertibles are back in style, and subcompact cars (that can only hold
small people with any comfort at all) are getting some road too.

The meme leads to people wanting to accessorize and look like individuals.
Most of them want to do this but somewhat lazily - which is how K and Gnome
respectively took off in the first place, one stop shopping at the control
center.  Load up the shopping cart with icon kits and let's go home.

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