Blogroots redesigned

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It’s almost scary, how this monster called “Blog” is growing and evolving. Blogroots has been redesigned in the style of pb, Meg and Matt’s upcoming book. The new BlogPopuli page is an eminently practical implementation of Trackback being directed to the aggregation and display of audience-generated content. Excellent, excellent work.

For my part, here are some mentions of blogs in Philippine mainstream media: “Enter the portal…” (Philippine Daily Inquirer, 2BU section), KaBlog! (PDI, Infotech section). That last one was rather bitin.

How Jologs Naman

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Jolog defined. Apparently it came from either (1) a Quezon City disco named “Jaloux,” which is French for “jealous,” or (2) “diyolog,” which is an abbreviation for dilis, tuyo, itlog. (Tagalog for fish fry, dried fish, and egg.)

Real World Style

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CSS for the Real World. (That is, the world that keeps using Netscape 4 and can’t/won’t upgrade.) Neat giraffe motif. This entry is in italics because of the IE5 block width problem.

The Roco Factor

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The Roco Factor. Teddy Benigno sees promise in Raul Roco. I do too, but despite his popularity with the clerisy, it will be the thronging, starry-eyed Filipino masses who will ultimately decide. If Roco wants to edge out pro-Erap sympathy votes, he will need to pull a “Flavier,” and make at least a few highly visible movie cameos. Wink, wink.

Nonplus and Dean Mack

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I’ve been adding a lot of new links in the background, including but not limited to Stepan, the guy behind Blogtree; and Dean, head of the Baltimore blogger group. (No, I’m not in Baltimore just yet, but I’m moving in two weeks.)

Those of you who are wondering why your link doesn’t appear in the list, remember that the main index blogroll chooses 25 blogs randomly everytime you load. The full list of linked blogs can be viewed on the links page.

Accidental Shekinah

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After service, I tried a few snaps of the church’s stained glass windows. They came out okay, but I didn’t expect the sun shining through the glass to completely wash out the Crucified Lord’s head in a blaze of white. Oops.

Today’s readings of the Old and New Testament lessons at church were done by a pair of young English children, complete with dainty, refined country English accents. Absolutely delightful. Some tea?

Photo taken with an Aiptek Mini Pencam 1.3MP.