in which schoolsmelt truly becomes a blog

When you're steeped in the web, you forget that not everyone is privy to the same sites as you are. Perhaps one day, you might even make an under-your-breath reference to some concept (such as the difference between the post-cheap-oil economies of North Korea and Cuba), leaving your fellow companions bewildered as to your meaning. Upon receiving a query, I explained the above sparse reference more fully, and so launched an interesting and amusing discussion about the above concept, as well as about certain friends' experience of my approach to information dissemination, and my interpretation of why that might be.

The unfortunate conclusion I reached is that, in trying to remain somewhat invisible,  here and elsewhere, I have also been selfish.

If the people I'm with don't pick up on my muttering, or follow up on a non-sequitor, I keep that information all to myself. It might not be all that interesting, or it could be the very thing someone needed to learn. It's also experienced as quirky, if not deeply weird. But the thing is, this is my blog, an officially designated space for information sharing. Nobody's forcing anyone to come here, as my site stats can attest . But seriously, the real thing is, I've got lots of things to share that haven't made it on here because they didn't fall under the rubric of research and writing and academics. But they're kind of cool anyway.

You may have seen them, or they may be completely new, but for at least the month of June, I'll include at least one cool link per post.

Here is the most beautiful commercial I've ever seen. Enjoy!

posted by: schoolsmelt at 20:38 | link | comments (3) |

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#1  01 June 2006 - 05:39

 

I've watched that so many times by now that I've got it memorized (and I can watch it in my head as I listen to the song on my iPod). So very cool. As a commercial it doesn't quite do its job though, because despite the many times I've seen it, I never remember what it's supposed to be advertising until the very end.

~Teena

Mo'nonymous

#2  11 June 2006 - 14:31

 

Rad. I'm very glad to be catching up on your blog and finding so much good stuff . . . smelt insight *and* links!

Mo'nonymous

#3  13 June 2006 - 10:06

 

Thanks, Teena! Glad to see you here - hope plans are going well!

schoolsmelt

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