The Best Blogging Idea

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This is not about the best blog, but only about the best I D E A for a blog.  There should be

1.  No danger of too much IMHO, neither of too much Wikipedia rehash.

2.  The material is in itself dramatic: no need for special effects and literary fiddling.

3.  The (daily) search for new material is instructive. There is no waste of time. You atually learn from your blog.

Such a blog could be maintained at a reasonable effort. A great example  is

http://iconicphotos.wordpress.com/

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Depending on your line of interest, you would see Queen Elizabeth photographed by Dorothy Wilding….

(The author tells the story of every photo.
He says that the Queen is wearing the George IV State Diadem and the necklace presented for her wedding by Nizam of Hyderabad.)

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or a picture taken by a hidden camera of people looking into a…

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Good Morning (30 April 2014)

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Good Morning my dear,

I have just opened my eyes; they are still swollen from the night. But I just could not lie there anymore. Liza! After such a long period of time finally I woke up again with excitement and that amusing knot in my stomach. You know the one that makes life worthy…
I read your letter yesterday and I am so happy that you have been doing well. Really, it is so great to see that somebody enjoys a calm and satisfying life without fame, richness and ego. Liza, I admire you!

As for your questions:  no, I still don’t dance. Or at least not ballet – but I dance a lot in my room with crazily loud music, you remember, as we did together back then! –  You are asking if I miss it and why I quit? Well, I hate these questions Liza. But to you…

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Papa Roach- Getting Away With Murder

“BLUNDERING THROUGH LIFE”

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i DID A POST A FEW DAYS AGO FOR THE WEEKLY CHALLENGE BLUNDERING THROUGH LIFE WEEK 17. I WAS JUST STARING AT THAT HEADLINE THINKING YES ACTUALLY RIGHT NOW I DO FEEL AS THOUGH I’M BLUNDERING THROUGH MY LIFE. NOT MY WHOLE LIFE MIND YA JUST MY CAREER PART OF IT. LET ME EXPLAIN….

I STARTED DOING THESE BLOGS WITH NO EXPERIENCE IN ANY WAY SHAPE OR FORM, I’VE NEVER EVEN KEPT A DIARY, NOW YOUR PROBABLY THINKING WHAT? A YOUNG TEENAGE GIRL DIDN’T KEEP A DIARY, NOPE NOT ME. NEVER SAW THE POINT! ANYWAY MY PLAN WAS TO GET THE EXPERIENCE IN BLOGGING AND LEARN HOW ALL THIS MEDIA STUFF WORKED AND PLAY WITH MY PHOTOGRAPHY, AS I LOVE TO TAKE PHOTOS. I ALSO HAVE A BLOG ON INSTAGRAM AND NATGEO, BUT I HAVEN’T REALLY PUT MUCH ON NATGEO BECAUSE ONCE YOU PUT PHOTOS ON THERE YOU CAN’T PUT…

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The Language of Dude Feminism

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The sort of language used to assert men’s dominance over women has a pretty recognizable pattern across the cultural landscape. Men, we are told, are in charge of things because they have something women (supposedly) lack: physical strength, honor, higher cognitive facilities, or the mystique of the male organ itself. Women, sadly “lacking” these qualities, need to be “protected” from the all-consuming lusts of strange men.

This can be spun as noble chivalry, brutal domination, or a playful battle of the sexes, but at the root it’s the same: women are denied the freedoms that men take as a God-given right, assigned subordinate status, and coerced into performative gender roles.

In this dialectic, men’s protective abilities and ravaging urges come from the same place and are both aimed squarely at women. Language, of course, did not create the patriarchy, but language is a powerful method of inscribing the possible, shaping…

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Whoa: Electromagnetic waves power iPhone notification lights on the Lunecase

Amazing

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Unlike many other smartphones, Apple’s(s aapl) iPhone doesn’t have an LED indicator for alerting you to incoming notifications. Obviously, that hasn’t hurt iPhone sales, but wouldn’t it be nice to know when you you have a message without the full iPhone display lighting up? Enter Lunecase, an intelligent case for iPhone 5, 5c and 5s handsets: The back of it lights up when you have an incoming call or text message.

If that doesn’t impress you, perhaps this will. Lunecase doesn’t use any of your iPhone’s battery to light up. Instead, the case captures electromagnetic energy generated by the iPhone, turning those formerly useless waves into usable energy. Take a look to see how it works:

By harnessing otherwise unused energy, the Lunecase doesn’t need to be charged nor will it affect an iPhone battery. It’s a very clever way to power the notification panels on the back of the…

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Lix 3D printing pen shoots past Kickstarter campaign goal

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Lix , a 3D printing pen that looks promising simply due to the fact that it actually resembles a pen , opened its Kickstarter campaign to backers this morning. Seven hours in, it has already passed its goal of around $50,000 by raising more than $87,000. The pen is available at a discounted price of $70 for the duration of the campaign.

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Graphene, that magical material, might actually be bad for the environment, and you

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While graphene might be wonderful for the future of electronics, it turns out that it might not be so wonderful for the future of the Earth’s lakes and streams. A team of University of California-Riverside researchers found that a form of the material moves easily through surface water, improving the chance that it ends up inside a living creature.

Graphene, which scientists could some day use to create super-fast computers and more efficient solar panels, is just an atom thick. Studies have suggested that nanomaterials like graphene can work their way into lung tissue and the bloodstream, where they could have a toxic effect or cause other damage. One study out of Brown University even showed that jagged pieces of graphene can pierce human cells and derail their normal functions. Silicon, the material that currently dominates the electronics industry, is nontoxic.

“The situation today is similar to where we were with…

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Survey says: we all love to binge on our favorite TV shows

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Still think American TV audiences don’t like to binge? Think again: Seven out of ten U.S. TV viewers consider themselves binge viewers, according to a study released this week by Miner & Co. 63 percent of those binge viewers burn through TV show episodes in one sitting at least once a week, while 17 percent even do so every day.

I know what you’re thinking: who has the time? Well, students for one, as the survey also shows that binge viewers are a lot younger than your traditional TV audience. But we also know that Americans do watch around five hours of TV every day on average, which is a lot of time for a few episodes of your favorite half-hour show.

But even if you wanted to take the number of binge viewers with a grain of salt, it’s still great to get some insights into their thinking. 61…

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