Blogging

[Madeliaette]

well i managed to post yestrday....so m,aybe it was just a site issue and they finally sorted it out.

[RJDiogenes]

I hope so.

[scottydog]

For your FURTHER enjoyment, here's the latest spam comment to reach my HEROES blog:

"Dear Scott i like your blog and i will like to propose to you why dont you open a new page where you talk about foods? maybe some new recipes for people who like to cook a nice dish of <a href="http://http://www.primegroupfoods.com" rel="nofollow">macaroni pasta</A> that will be great if you can do that..."

For pete's sake. I get these daily and it's amazing how people just seem determined to waste much of the world's time. And now here I am wasting yours by sharing it with you!

[Lupine]

Heroic food?


Actually now that I think about it the potato could quality as it protected much of Europe from famine.

[Madeliaette]

but corn, rice and barley are more popular worldwide staples.....

[RJDiogenes]

You could do a Blog on the guy who invented the Hero Sandwich.

[scottydog]

Heroic food is very blog-worthy. As is heroic toilet paper.

The possibilities are endless....

[Lupine]

Imagine a world without TP.

[scottydog]

Imagine a world without TP.

That's it, I'm writing a TP-as-hero blog right now!

But if we're going to nominate a product as heroic, certainly our personal computers merit consideration. I've written a Steve Jobs piece, but surely there were early pioneers in this area that deserve recognition. Can any of you suggest some names?

[RJDiogenes]

We should idolize Al Gore for inventing the Internet. We wouldn't be here without him.

Other than that, I would nominate Charles Babbage.

[scottydog]

...I would nominate Charles Babbage.

Wow! That's quite an extraordinary story! I'd love to visit that museum in London to see all his inventions up close.

[Madeliaette]

you can learn about Babbage at the PHM in Sydney - they have an exhibition there on him in the computer area. (my son would probabaly be able to quote it word for word......)

[RJDiogenes]

He was quite a character. It also makes you wonder how the world might have been different if certain people had been paid attention to during their lifetimes.

It also reminds me that I need to read The Difference Engine.

[scottydog]

It also makes you wonder how the world might have been different if certain people had been paid attention to during their lifetimes.

This sounds like the premise for a good book!

[RJDiogenes]

It probably would be. As amazing as the acceleration of progress has been in the last two or three thousand years, when you look closely you can see that there was potential for it to be a lot faster.