DU and Bucky Rea introduce the Friday Blog Box!

[Skinner]

This week DUer Bucky (aka Bucky Rea of the Brown Bag Blog) has written his first "Blog Box" for the DU homepage. The Blog Box is a weekly roundup of all the news from the Blogosphere. Check it out:

Blog Box

December 10, 2004
Compiled and written by Bucky Rea, The Brown Bag Blogger

Blogs are hot. Blogs are trendy. No, wait: blogs, my fellow net-Democrats, are totally post-modern-trendy-hot. An unremitting barrage of words, ideas, and stolen graphics zoom past you on a million web logs on the World Wide Information Super Autobahn every minute of the day. If you step out there, you get plowed over. If you blink, you miss something.

So I suggested a couple of weeks ago to DU that we, as a cybercommunity, really oughta keep track of some of the better jalopies zoom-zooming along out there in that gridlock of data and opinion. And EarlG was all like, "yeah, cool, but you read that stuff, Buckaroo, and tell me what you find."

And what did I find? I found that blogging is red hot. Blogging is sexy. No wait, blogging is red-hot sexy, independence-day sexy, auto-sexy, do-it-yourself sexy, hang-it-out-the-window-and-see-if-the-sailors-whistle sexy. Blogging, my fellow net-Democrats, has arrived. And Democratic Underground is here to make sure at least some of it is covered for you, even if you do blink.

Now on with the show...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/blogbox/04/001.html

[Deb]

1. I love it, an instant Friday favorite

TGIFBB! :yourock:

[papau]

2. Excellent - I really enjoyed it

:-)

[mdhunter]

3. Awesome feature, and much appreciated.

I guess I blink often during the week - lot on there was new to me.

Love the format, I think this is definitely a keeper.

[nostamj]

4. OMG

I actually got a mention! thanks! (and a GREAT new feature too!)

[Bolo Boffin]

13. Make that two OMG

Thanks much, Bucky, for the mention. I think the feature's off to a great start.

[Botany]

5. Do it yourself sexy?

If it is do it yourself sexy will it be like Bill O'Rielly on the phone?

Luffa Love to all!

:bounce:

[T Town Jake]

6. Responding to a post of yours is a bit...

...like passing a Highway Patrolman on the Interstate. It can be done legally, to be sure, but one always feels a little uneasy about it.
Nevertheless, and that said, I think this latest offering from DU is cogent as hell to our times - and quite good as regards content. Thank you.

[da_chimperor]

7. Great idea, you're really packing on the features

:yourock:

[byronm]

8. Get your own blog here

http://www.progressiveblogs.org

:)

We will be adding support for more themse, more customizations of layout as well as support for your own domain name and simplified links.

Its free - just signup as the site says and we will get you up and running!

[nostamj]

9. this site makes it REAL easy

(and, they respond to your email when there's a problem too!)

[ExclamationPoint]

17. Those are great bumper stickers and tees!

I want to get the enlist republicans one :evilgrin:

[prairierose]

10. Great Idea....

thanks very much bucky!!!

:yourock:

[Bucky]

12. Thankee, Rose. Glad to pleezya.

I'm glad to help bring some attention to a few underobserved spots as well as keeping an eyeball on the Biggies

[newyawker99]

15. Good job Bucky!

:thumbsup:

:bounce:

[prairierose]

18. Love your little graphic about education n/t

[cheezus]

11. meta-blogs are even sexier!

now if only someone could just consolidate all the meta-blogs... wow

[graywarrior]

14. This saves my vision from fading due to being on DU 25 hours a day.

[proud patriot]

16. great

:thumbsup:

[proud patriot]

19. kick

:kick:

[BlueMan]

20. Thanks For the Plug

My li'l blog saw a big increase in hits after the mention here...

Who Really Won?

[KoKo]

21. This is really kinda Neat....like Howie Kurtz rates the Blogs...but from a

Witty, With It, Dem/Liberal side. This is upbeat, fast pased, glib and with it...

Glad to see it on DU...and hope its a feature whether weekly, bi-weekly or monthly..

Having someone on the internet do a Blog Run of the Newest is a good start to what "might be" for the internet.

Don't think I'm trashing this by comparison to Kurtz! What Kurtz started out as...and ended up as (classic, bought off Media Whore) are two different things.

Nice start off for you with this report! Enjoyable...THANKS!