I’ve been playing around with the content in my sidebar, and it got me thinking: do people actually click on any of this stuff? I know that I, personally, don’t muck around with sidebars on blogs that much. To see what readers of Sys.13 think, I’ve made a poll, using this nifty poll plugin for [...]
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Threats of violence in the blogosphere
Earlier today as I was going through my feeds, I came across this post by Nils. While it’s certainly not his fault, having read the post has darkened my day quite a bit.
What’s it about, then? It’s about threats of violence in the blogosphere. Kathy Sierra of Creating Passionate Users has, for the past four [...]
The Language Geek
As if writing one blog isn’t enough, for a few months now, I’ve been writing a second one. It’s called Language Geek, and you can find it here. Language Geek is a couple of things: it’s a journal of my progress (and my inevitable set backs) in learning foreign languages. At the moment, I’m learning [...]
Blog for freedom of speech
Lorelle has put up a new blog challenge: blog about those who dare to speak out. From her post:
According to a news story on BBC News, Amnesty International is asking bloggers to show their support for freedom of speech.
Amnesty International is asking bloggers to highlight other bloggers and publicize cases where freedom of speech is [...]
Why System 13?
It occurred to me recently that I’ve not really explained why my blog is entitled System 13. Here’s the answer:
When I created my first blog at WordPress.com, I used netJosh as the title for a while, but I didn’t care much for it. I wanted my blog to have a title that held at least [...]
