Blogosophy
Remember when some PDD posts received 30, 40, 50 and sometimes even 100 comments? I wonder why that doesn't happen anymore...
So I went looking for archives of the old PDD site, hoping to examine what kinds of posts solicited a lot of comments and converstaion. But I could not find those archives, which made me sad. It also made me think of this:
Ever since people starting making an artform out of the internet, or rather, using the internet as a medium for art, something has been gnawing at me. Today I finally realized (I'm slow) what it is: all the art that is created in this digital medium 1)Doesn't really exist in any spatial or dimensional reality 2)Is sculpted onto a non-tensile fabric of which we have no real control 3)Is as ethereal as the wind
So when I read, for example, Barrett's excellent blog, I am always a little sad. And I'm always hoping he's printing his writing out on real physical paper and stashing it away for his grandkids to read.
Posted by
vicarious on February 23, 2006 03:17 PM | Permalink
Comments
the impermanence of art is often its most compelling and poignant quality
Posted by: zk | February 23, 2006 04:09 PM
If you scroll down to the archives area on the right side of the page you will find what you are looking for.
Posted by: starfire | February 23, 2006 04:11 PM
thanks starfire
Posted by: vicarious | February 23, 2006 04:18 PM
I have noticed the drop off on comments. I figure it goes in cycles, like my attention. Sometimes I will visit this blog daily or even more often and be an active participant and then sometimes I get interested in something... what's that little pink piece of fluff? Oh, it's so lovely. What was I saying?
Posted by: ironic1 | February 23, 2006 04:39 PM
If you want 100 comments bring JED back and let her resume the crazy attacks!
Posted by: itwasJED! | February 23, 2006 04:46 PM
It's not neccesarily that I want 100 comments. I'm just curious about the ebb and flow of this thing, and what makes people want to participate and such.
Posted by: vicarious | February 23, 2006 04:48 PM
As a zealous anti-printing nazi all I can say is
heil harddrive!
Posted by: baci | February 23, 2006 08:48 PM
Thanks for the kind words! I'm flattered anyone even bothers with my stuff.
Anyway, all the old comments and posts should be there in the Blogger archives. I can't say I remember anyone ever getting 100 comments, though.
Paper is even less permanent than digital media. Think of people risking their lives to save their photo albums when their house is on fire. Or losing that novel they had in boxes under their bed. Backups. That's all you need. One on your hard drive, one on your removable media, one on the web. That way it lives forever, and brings shame and disgrace on your family for generations.
Finally, lay off Jed, people. She's in my Top 8 and is way cooler than you.
Posted by: Barrett | February 23, 2006 11:40 PM
I gotta disagree. CD's are built to last five years. You gonna be burning back-ups every five years when your 60? There is no guarantee there will be an Internet in 10, 20, 30, 50 years, much less electricity to run it. Even if there is, there's no guarantee it will be anything like today's internet. My point: Print, people, print! Then encase in non-poly plastic or cotton or hemp-based paper, store in a darkish, coolish place and it yours for at least a hundred years.
Posted by: vicarious | February 24, 2006 06:04 AM
Eyah...bring back Jed...AND Kelly...whatever happened to Kelly?...hard to have a I (Heart) Kelly fanclub without Kelly...
Barrett, your stuff Rawks...Same goes to you Starfire...you two fellas are as important an example and image to the hipness that is PDD (and Duluth itself) as there ever was...If I could give you two a medal...I would, though it'd probably be thrown together out of tinfoil and bits of string.
Posted by: in.dog.neato | February 24, 2006 07:14 AM
I believe the record for most comments is still held by St. G's haiku challenge from Nov. 11, 2004. The tally as I post this is 134 comments on that one. Of course, the numbers are never final.
Link: http://www.perfectduluthday.com/2004/11/29-minutes-and-counting.html
Posted by: Paul Lundgren | February 24, 2006 09:19 AM
And no, I'm no going to run the gauntlet now.
Posted by: Paul Lundgren | February 24, 2006 09:21 AM
The Galley Buster
not california burger
shat grease for 2 weeks
Posted by: mevdev | February 24, 2006 01:20 PM
The Galley Buster
not california burger
shat grease for 2 weeks
Posted by: mevdev | February 24, 2006 01:21 PM
if there are no rocks
left in Colombia now,
we've taken them all.
Posted by: in.dog.neato | February 24, 2006 05:08 PM
Paper is still considered one of the better archival mediums. All those magnetic bits have a tendency to... dance around a bit over time
Posted by: adam | February 24, 2006 09:57 PM