I’m opening up the Barbelith Webzine for first person experiences and reactions to the situation in New York. E-mail me your experiences and thoughts.
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September 11th and weblogs…
September 11th 2001 was the busiest posting day ever for Blogger, as thousands of people ran to the web for information, discussion and to put their experiences in view of the world. Ev also launched a short-term Attack Search Page so that the world can get first hand accounts of what’s happened and what people are saying about the attacks. The same trend – running for information from the web – seems to have gripped the planet, resulting in the largest stress on the Internet ever – unfortunately with many people using the free, international space to blame and threaten countries, religions, ethnic groups and cultures across the world. Various sites have taken the strain of getting information out to the people, including Barbelith and Metafilter as major sites like CNN and BBC News temporarily collapse under the strain. To all New Yorkers – friends and strangers alike – while we fear what is yet to come, our hearts are with you at this time. And via Brainsluice, the picture that says it all.
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The only thing worth talking about…
There’s only one thing in the news worth even discussing today, and that’s the attack on the Pentagon and the World Trade Center. It’s impossible to get through to almost any news sites at the moment, but the Guardian is still up and running if you need to know what’s going on: Guardian Special Report. I’m going to refrain from comment until things have calmed down a bit, but in the meantime, if you want to discuss it, I suggest getting over to the Underground where various issues are being discussed.
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Why hasn't he looked for me?
You know what weirds me out? My father was a computer programmer for ICL in the early 70s. I know that much. So while he’d be over sixty now, if he’s still alive, I doubt that he’s completely computer illiterate. So what are the chances that he’s done a vanity search on the web for his own name? And it’s pretty much identical to mine. So it’s quite likely he’s seen this site. It’s quite likely he’s been here. That’s what gets to me. That he might have been here and still not got in touch.
Addendum: After a conversation with my mother, I suddenly realised that I don’t know whether it was my father or my first step-father (Brian Kelvin) that worked for ICL. I do know that my father was a computer programmer though.
This evening, for … well, I don’t really know why … I decided to ring a few numbers in the London area for people called Thomas John Coates. I rang up four or five, said I was looking for a friend of mine called Tom Coates, but I thought I’d come through to the wrong number, and then asked them their age. I don’t know why I did it really. Felt a bit shaky after ringing a three or four and decided to stop.
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On various David Carsons…
This David Carson isn’t the same graphic designer at all as this David Carson, yet they are both graphic designers and should both be slightly alarmed by this fake David Carson machine.
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Who's your Weblogger Twin?
So that lovely Firda lady set up this ridiculously entertaining piece of fluff quiz which determines who is your weblogger twin. I feed in all my information, and apparently I’m just like Ernie. After that, I’m like Firda herself. And only then do I even resemble myself. Some people outside my top ten include: Jason, Matt, Meg, Zeldman and Ev.
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In which I sort some clothes…
Of the things I had to do today, sleep for three and a half hours in the afternoon wasn’t one of them. Neither, indeed, was sort out my clothing into two piles: ‘regular wardrobe’ and ‘bit manky’. Neither indeed was talk to Matt Haughey about meeting Katy at Fray Day (which was way more fun than the sleep and the clothes-sorting even if I did get a bit jealous). Best wishes to everyone out there – I wish I could be with you…
Must see download of the day comes via Ain’t It Cool News – the new TV trailer for Lord of the Rings.
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I want Brainsluice back…
Question of the moment: Davo has been back from holiday for four or five days now. So when is brainsluice.com coming back online?