http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005-2007 by the authors Thu, 9 Jun 2005 12:07:02 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/ Phillip WinnSunday, August 26, 2007, marks the switch of all Blogcritics.org article feeds from full-content to short-content. This is the result of several converging factors, and is unfortunately a permanent decision (as permanent as any decision can be on the web, that is). We are aware of all of the reasons that this is a Bad Idea, and we are aware that some of you will be quite upset about having to click on something to read the free content, and we're sorry. Unfortunately, despite great effort, full-content feeds are not currently economically viable. Two other factors are involved: full-content feeds have resulted in an unprecedented level of content theft, with BC content appearing on many websites, usually spam sites, without attribution or permission. This duplicate content causes a cascading set of problems, not the least of which is that search engines generally aren't favorable to duplicate content, and don't always guess correctly. Finally, our RSS advertising partner is strongly in favor of short-content feeds. We hope that you'll continue to subscribe to BC via RSS, and when an article grabs your eye, it's only a click away, still free on the BC website. Thank you for your understanding. Administration0@blogcritics.org Sun, 26 Aug 2007 12:00:00 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/06/09/120702.php ZudfunckIt's been a while since I posted but I just got out of the Nuthouse.My Blog ZuDfunck is using a new Blogging technique called Storybook Blogging. We incorporate the use of Icons to enhance the content being presented a lot like the old storybooks we read as a kid, hence Storybook Blogging.We would love to have you visit! Since my last posting I have migrated to a MAC. I know what with all the Intel news of late I am still trying to figure out what it all means but It is one Sweet operating system and the computer is just SOOO PURTIE. All shiny aluminum case and the icons are just so different from Windows. Can you tell I am still in love? Anyway, we also went into video Blogging what's being called Vlogging and I am still figuring that all out. SO with all that's new with ZuD won't ya'll come and make a visit when you can? Culture30781@blogcritics.org Thu, 9 Jun 2005 12:07:02 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/02/15/082815.php ZudfunckThe times is full of phone-y stuff. First the mergers will redo the landscape of Telephony. Nokia is aligning with Bill Gates. And Three original TV shows, including a spinoff of "24" are making their debut on Verizons's new high speed cellular phone network.ZuD still has a 2 year-old Nokia he got free. I'll listen to jams off the PC and watch my sports on cable. How nineties is that?Also posted at ZuDfunck's Sampler Culture25531@blogcritics.org Tue, 15 Feb 2005 08:28:15 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/02/12/081725.php ZudfunckI can only do so much of the local press what with scalded babies and all. So I turn to blogs a few times a day using Bloglines to keep it perking. I also must have my fix from the nytimes, peppered with a little latimes for all the media stuff that breaks out there, and that dear Zuddies is how I stay contently informed. Now I take that infusion and share it with you here at the Sampler. I don't charge a fee or require a subscription. Just a commitment to visit often and give me my props. As you can see we recently modified the template so content displays more precisely and hopefully concisely so the browser is captivated by the content. Results may vary. Thnx for visiting ZuD.com and do come back now, Hear? Culture25404@blogcritics.org Sat, 12 Feb 2005 08:17:25 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/05/20/154713.php ZudfunckFor thirty plus years Jimmy has grappled with what is Dial A Trip.Intended to be akin to an acid trip via the phone, DAT was legal and safe.Inspired by the sound collage work from the White Album epic, Revolution # 9. Composed on a Sony reel to reel recorder with sound on sound, using his LP record collection and writings.Irrelevence was born or maybe evolved.Originally a three minute blurb, it became longer and was formatted like a radio show via the phone with different segments.We'll tell ya more in future posts, so keep an eye on this site as it tells the long and winding tale of ZuDfunck, Dial A Trip & Irrelevence. Music15831@blogcritics.org Thu, 20 May 2004 15:47:13 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/05/04/053945.php Zudfunck Shouldn't one dream about the opposite sex or conquests of grandeur?I dreamed about a PowerPoint chartlike image and populating them with address book entries. If you take the above image and its representation a bit further, each entry would have an emoticon set off by that person's attributes. The emoticons would be put within a sphere and animated. Depending on the command the icons would display certain activities, but would not leave the Sphere.Exploratory title: PowerPoint Address Book Petri Dish SphereThis Post originally appeared @ ZuDfunck Culture15373@blogcritics.org Tue, 4 May 2004 05:39:45 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/03/27/080108.php Zudfunck While surfing found this interesting Bio of a town Zud likes to visit in the Summer. These 'graphs stood out: In 1899, Grand Marais was in its peak population years. The lumber camps and mills were thriving, and there was an active commercial fishing industry. The population was well over 2000, with probably another thousand people working in the lumbering camps surrounding the town. The harbor teemed with ships bringing in goods and people and taking out finished lumber products from the mills. A daily train ran from Seney and connected with other lines leading all across the nation. An active business community provided all kinds of services to the workers and their families. Grand Marais had doctors, lawyers, bankers, photographers, a hospital, an opera house, social clubs, good schools for the many children, hotels, boarding houses, restaurants, department stores, livery stables, churches, and a cigar maker, to mention just a few.In 1911 the lumber companies decided it was time to move on, and in May announced that the railroad would close in November. Residents packed their bags, locked their houses ,and caught the train out. By 1915 there only about 200 people were left in the almost-abandoned town. In that year most of the business buildings along Lake Street were destroyed by fire. So therein is the storyline, if you review that history, the 2K population, the bustling thriving commerce. Then the decision to close the town. That last train ride out, for hundreds of families. Where do they go? What will they do? That ride out of Town must have been dramatic. The sound of the train whistle. The smoke of the engine, climbing out of the station. Point of View from the train Point of View from the town The coastline View, the climbing & disappearing Locomotive The abandoned stores, hospital. The Opera house, the Hotels. Then once everyone has left, The fire... If no one will populate the town, The Town Dies and consumed in despair Burned to the Ground, by some dark deranged spirit or force.You literary types that roam this realm should be able to put some meat on that...Z Culture14113@blogcritics.org Sat, 27 Mar 2004 08:01:08 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/01/05/120032.php Zudfunck"Maybe what happened this year will help everybody in the future," USC coach Pete Carroll said during an interview with ESPN after Sunday night's game (full USA Today article).Now there is a gracious Dude! Let's take that thought and apply it to tweaking the system so we never have this kind of controversy again, a controversy that resulted in more Bling Bling for ABC. Ratings haven't been this GOOD since 2000 so don't look for Too much change, just enough to Quiet the crowd til next time. More Zudfunck... Sports11455@blogcritics.org Mon, 5 Jan 2004 12:00:32 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/01/03/160347.php ZudfunckI entered the Blogopshere quite by accident some 30 days ago and have since become perplexed beyond recognition. I was a blogger and didn't know it back in the seventies & eighties, using the Bell System. I maintained an answering machine that logged my ramblings and doled out wisdom freely. Last year I became acquainted with the web and created a website that dispersed sound files of previous Blurbs as well as new ones. I went to Typepad because I was tired of sound files and thought I would get into Text pontificating, but since having made the switch, I have done more point & shoot type of blogging and little of the preaching. Part of the reason for this is the brand of Electronic Exhibitionist rambling I have witnessed since arriving in the Blogosphere. Which brings me to my Point...What's up with all this Unabashed Shameless Posturing in Public? What didn't your Mama do, that calls on you, to bare it all in Public? I've shaked my ass a little But you guys! Holy Moly I know more about you than I really feel safe knowingThe lack of decorum Is quite disturbing And yet I continue to be involved.I must admit there is a realism to your displays And as such a kind of tiltilation To hear of this intimacy or that But doesn't your mate complain? Or your peeps or Ma or Dad What do they say to this unabashed lack of privacy?I am not judging Just asking for an explanation on how this is evolved and where it is going. Call me Curious Zudfunck Culture11418@blogcritics.org Sat, 3 Jan 2004 16:03:47 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/01/02/221508.php ZudfunckCheck out this review of a DVD version of the Film, Northfork that follows - has anyone Seen IT? Do tell... By PETER M. NICHOLSFew films make better use of a commentary and making-of documentary than "Northfork," Michael Polish's stunningly atmospheric, often mystifying tale of a wondrous visitation on the high plains of Montana. Mr. Polish wrote the screenplay with his twin brother, Mark. This is their third collaboration - "Twin Falls Idaho" and "Jackpot" are the others - and on a DVD released today by Paramount they talk about hardships on the set while revealing something of their own evocative if not immediately fathomable imagery and vision. In the 1950's a hydroelectric project flooded millions of acres and inundated the real town of Northfork. In the film, which stars James Woods, Peter Coyote, Nick Nolte, Anthony Edwards and Daryl Hannah, a squad of "evacuators" politely urge residents to leave their homes...More ZuDfunck Video11402@blogcritics.org Fri, 2 Jan 2004 22:15:08 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/12/30/145216.php ZudfunckHere is why I don't feel at home speaking on Bloggers. I did a post at Blogcritics.org and got a reply back:If you are interested in finding out about Blogcritics Bloggers, then check out the archives. I found "Our happy hate crimes :)" by Al Barger to be compelling (it got well over 100 comments). Don't ever bring up Randy Weaver or David Koresh when Al Barger or Mac Diva are watching. I just made this mistake, and it started again (see InstaPundit Glenn Reynolds, paranoid). Of course, this is the type of blogging that you are referring to (it all started with a debate about the politcal leanings of Instapundit). I don't have a problem with it, and I especially like when people add humor (Al Barger and Mac Diva do this well). There are other types of things going on with posts and comments, though. I just posted On Being Offended, which I think has a positive message about tolerating the views of others. Keep in mind, though, that critics tend to criticize.Who is Instapundit and why does everyone focus so intently on him?I think I will focus on Sports and have some more Aspirin.More of the same at ZuDfunck's BloG Culture11332@blogcritics.org Tue, 30 Dec 2003 14:52:16 EST