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Norman Davies' "Europe: A

PeraclesPlease — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 06:05:47 +0000

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Norman Davies' "Europe: A History" is great - get to discover that Europe existed east of the germanic tribes, that Nordics traded down to the Black Sea, that the Lithuanians had an Empire. Who knew?

To further bore all

Richard Day — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 04:01:39 +0000

In reply to Six degrees of aggregation | How The Huffington Post ate the Internet | By Michael Shapiro

To further bore all readers...

I was thinkin about this.

I mean the six degrees of separation.

I did not like the film

I mean, we are all connected and I shall so do a blog on this subject.

But damn, I mean it is like HUFFPO just hopes it hits some target by happenstance.

Happenstance!

Damn I like that word.

hahahahaaahah

(And nothing is revealed. hahahahahahah)

Ottawa Senators, the last

acanuck — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 17:08:20 +0000

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Ottawa Senators, the last Canadian team standing, have waged a gritty battle against the first-place Rangers. I'd love to see them advance to the second round. Failing that, who is left to root for -- the Flyers? Admittedly, Claude Giroux has been the revelation of these playoffs, and his francophone teammates haven't been too shabby either. Too bad someone has to win between the Bruins and the Capitals, but if I have to choose, I prefer to watch Ovechkin. Stay tuned.

I have up on HuffPo. I'm sure

Qnonymous — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 15:35:53 +0000

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I have up on HuffPo. I'm sure they have loads of great links, but their headlines - the info they were giving me to draw me into the story - was always so far off the reality I just got fed up. Completely eliminated them from my reading.

These days, I only read a few things, then randomly poke around on other people's sites, see what they've found that's useful. Obey twittered a while back, with a link to the best psych/phil books of 2011. I found that more interesting and fun than Huffpo.

Also, just plain been reading more books. Like Norman Davies Vanished Kingdoms. Horribly written, but some great chapters on the completely unknown and vanished kingdoms, nations and worlds of Eastern Europe.

I mean.... who knew?

Also, it's been an incredible Stanley Cup playoffs. The Flyers-Penguins series was worth 100 normal series. Plus, all the big teams are getting beat out. Much better than HuffPo.

You're the enforcer, do your

PeraclesPlease — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 13:47:14 +0000

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You're the enforcer, do your job - clear the benches, mix it up, and get that Canuck poser to start smashing the boards. If they're not losing teeth, we're losing games.

As for that Huffing Post dude, that's what we used to call inhaling aerosols, I thought. Which is how I got interested in hockey.

What does this have to do

Qnonymous — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 13:30:04 +0000

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What does this have to do with hockey?

I used to read HuffPostGreen,

Donal — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 11:55:46 +0000

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I used to read HuffPostGreen, but I always seemed to end up with a box off to the side, promising that I could see some nekkid famous person.

There are a hundred or so

Richard Day — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 07:11:18 +0000

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There are a hundred or so blogs written by 'celebrities'.

But the rest is crap. I mean I will find some heading and click and there is a paragraph that means nothing sending me to some other link.

Roll Call does better than that (sometimes).

But I hit the headlines and once in a while I find a gem in a link. That is about it.

On the other hand it usually takes ten minutes to get up to date with Huffpo then I go to Beast and then TPM. Usually an hour total.

Wash Post has gotten on my email list for absolutely no money. They changed their policy over there for some reason relating to advertising I suppose.

Anyway WP has all of the sites beaten hands down! And it is free!

A lengthy piece, but

acanuck — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 06:58:58 +0000

In reply to Six degrees of aggregation | How The Huffington Post ate the Internet | By Michael Shapiro

A lengthy piece, but fascinating. HuffPost used to be a regular go-to site for me, but I basically dropped it about a year ago. Drudge (which I visited for its ability to piss me off) got dropped even earlier. I browse TPM maybe once a week.

What I've found is that with a little help from Google News, and a handful of sites that I've come to know and trust, I'm a better aggregator of information that specifically interests me.

I can see that's what HuffPost is trying to replicate with its proliferation of "verticals" that the article talks about. But it's still more of a stuffy old-model department store than a pleasant street lined with trees and quirky, knowledgably staffed boutiques. That's the online experience I'm going for.