Some days I wish I had a link blog
Some days I sorta wish I had a link blog, because I go through a ton of things every day I'd like to point others towards, but don't have a few paragraphs worth to say about them...
The obvious solution that probably comes to mind is sucking in something like del.icio.us bookmarks in some form, but that won't really happen because I have zero desire for the world to see all of my bookmarks, which means I'd have to maintain two sets, and I'm way too lazy for that. I also have this mental block about that sort of thing, as it's way too easy for it to devolve, and what you will and won't link to has to be thought out -- or at least I'd want it to be -- and it's not a responsible area to be throwing cycles towards.
However, if I did have a linky-blog-dealy, two from the last hour I'd probably link to would be Broke Mac Mountain, because it amused me and broke up my day, and It's True, because it made me feel stupid, which also generally amuses me. Plus, if something makes you feel stupid it's something to learn from, and chances are people smarter than me would get it.
I'd probably also link to a set of benchmarks MacWorld Labs did on the iMac Intel Core Duo, aka the ICBM, which show somewhat disappointing results across the board -- most specifically when it comes to Rosetta. I'm assuming these'll be published in their actual dead-tree rag, and if the wording is the same, they deserve some serious props for pointing out the issues. It's often way too easy to just print the results handed out by the PR department in the Mac world, as it's very easy for Apple to make their life harder.
Posted by drunkenbatmanJanuary 31, 2006, at 03:04 PM
Comments (18)
Posted by: Ian at January 31, 2006 03:35 PM
I'm thinking about switching my pretty much non-existant blog over to a link blog using del.icio.us, but I have the same concern of not wanting to share everything. So far my plan is to use a simple tag like "blogthis" to designate which links I will pull over. Making sure the links that get blogged have been thought out is another issue entirely...
Posted by: AJP at January 31, 2006 03:50 PM
Some days I sorta wish I had a link blog, because I go through a ton of things every day I'd like to point others towards, but don't have a few paragraphs worth to say about them...
I hope to GOD you mean in addition to the standard DrunkenBlog, not replacing it. Please clarify. I don't care about links, that's why I have /. and Digg so do what you want but not at the expense of what you already do.
Posted by: Sam Pullara at January 31, 2006 03:51 PM
I also did some benchmarks targeted at developers who will be switching to the new Intel Macs. It turns out for that kind of work, it is an awesome platform.
http://www.javarants.com/C1242049796/E20060127125720/index.html
The things that developers use that Rosetta is required for are generally not important applications and perform adequately (Word, Excel, Photoshop, etc.)
Posted by: Kevan Emmott at January 31, 2006 04:00 PM
Just tag the things you want to display on the blog with a special tag (say, drunkenblog). Then have your del.icio.us pulling script/whatever only pull that tag.
Posted by: Jamie at January 31, 2006 04:16 PM
It cant be that hard for the del.icio.us people to create an option to make each added bookmark as private, like Flickr does.
Posted by: matonmacs at January 31, 2006 04:27 PM
I think that should be Macword Labs, not Mac User.
Posted by: Thomas Swift at January 31, 2006 05:34 PM
I subscribe to your blog for the quality commentary. The links you'd provide would be great, but I like to read what YOU have to say about them.
For example:
and It's True, because it made me feel stupid, which also generally amuses me. Plus, if something makes you feel stupid it's something to learn from, and chances are people smarter than me would get it.
I went to it and laughed, but what you wrote made it even better.
All the best on your decision.
Posted by: Abhi Beckert at January 31, 2006 06:08 PM
What would be really cool is an app that automagically uploads one of your bookmark folders as an RSS feed.
Hmm... weekend project? What browser do you use db?
Posted by: IV at January 31, 2006 06:39 PM
This sounds like a "linked list" section of daringfireball.
It works quite well in its current implementation imho.
Would be fantastic to have it here.
Posted by: Peter da Silva at January 31, 2006 06:53 PM
Here's how you get one of your bookmark folders into RSS on Panther or Tiger:
-----8<-----cut-here-----
#!/bin/sh
# Usage: delerirss user label
curl "http://del.icio.us/rss/$1/$2"
-----8<-----cut-here-----
In a CGI?
-----8<-----
echo "Content-type: application/xml"
echo ""
/usr/local/bin/delerirss drunkenbatman linkblog
------8<-----
Posted by: Mark Stultz at February 1, 2006 05:29 PM
Wow. I just now realized that 8
Thanks for the brokeback mountain parody. It's a running joke at the office. And at home. And school. And on WoW.
Posted by: xcopy at February 2, 2006 12:11 PM
i tried to get into the whole del.icio.us thing but i just found the way it organizes links kinda frustrating. it's a good idea... but somewhat poorly executed, in my opinion.
Posted by: benni at February 2, 2006 02:53 PM
Hrhr, why don't you use the blink? ;-)
http://blink.wirdreibei.de
Posted by: xen ix at February 3, 2006 04:13 AM
I fully understand what you are saying. I have the same problem. There is so much that I want to write about, but I don't have time.
If I only could blog full time. Of course, I need money to have a roof over my head and put food on the table, but still, I want to live off of something that I enjoy. Not because I have to.
Posted by: Wes McGee at February 3, 2006 02:16 PM
Well, I don't know why you don't just post the links as is in the blog.... you don't have to apologize if you don't have anything to say.
However, if you want to make it look like a sidebar and you can hack into (or bribe a college kid with beer to hack into) MT, you can go the route that What Do I Know? or Acts of Volition do.
Posted by: jo at February 16, 2006 11:47 AM
How about http://jots.com (lets you keep specified links private if you wish)!
Posted by: Tom Morris at March 5, 2006 04:33 PM
How about the OPML Editor? It's very easy to run a linkblog in that - see my blog for an example.
So just use del.icio.us for bookmarks you *want* to be public. Or use Simpy, which lets you flag bookmarks as public, private, or only viewable by a select group. It'll even sync your del.iciou.us bookmarks.