tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8657703.post6632215464669193442..comments2007-02-07T20:24:03.515-08:00Ed Reifhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03618654734152044877noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8657703.post-85361750759501589442007-02-07T20:26:00.000-08:002007-02-07T20:26:00.000-08:00Hi Ed,<BR/>LOL - I do have more than a teaspoon of a site at http://www.purplewren.com<BR/><BR/>My book is "who moved my cheese"<BR/><BR/>I forgot I started a blogger site.<BR/>I wonder how I can update it or get rid of it...<BR/><BR/>Thanks. <BR/>SandySandra Renshawhttp://www.purplewren.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8657703.post-29667261452551856632007-02-03T11:58:00.000-08:002007-02-03T11:58:00.000-08:00Let the BUNTICs begin!<br /><br />There are 55 million blogs out there someplace — and just about that many egos too!<br /><br />Now there is the BUNTIC, a term coined by Ed at Hotel@nyware. Ed’s suggesting that to make a BUNTIC will mean to gather together 2000.<br /><br />Tino Buntic began an ambitious project on January 14 when he announced he would showcase 2,000 bloggers by posting a thumbnail of each blogger’s mug.<br /><br />(My previous entry about his project is here: "Can he gather MM bloggers?")<br /><br />Tino has caused quite a stir among bloggers. He’s gathered about 1,200 blogger’s photos already and is trying to process more each day. If you haven’t seen Tino’s 2,000 bloggers post yet, check it out HERE.Larryhttp://www.larryhnetka.com/wordpress/archives/2007/01/31/buntic/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8657703.post-67345079468692431702007-01-31T17:54:00.000-08:002007-01-31T17:54:00.000-08:00Ed<br />Thanks for the comment - the Long Tail link is good: and I don't have shares in Amazon ):<br />One of many great things about Covarrubias is that you get to talk to Balinese about things they are interested in and know about, which you don't find in the guide books - like Leyak (check out Wikipedia but not while you're eating).Des Walshhttp://www.thinkinghomebusiness.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8657703.post-13928545867397147092007-01-31T15:59:00.000-08:002007-01-31T15:59:00.000-08:00Hi Ed,<br /><br />Thanks for leaving a comment on my blog, <br /><A href="http://sellsmartnews.blogspot.com">SellSmart News</A>, it was my <b>first</b>. Motor on over to my other blog, <a href="http://web.mac.com/ardellmartin/iWeb/GetSmart/Welcome.html">Smart Car Tour</a>, and leave me a comment there too.<br /><br />As far as my favorite books go, my list could look like this:<br /><br />Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas<br />Hunter S. Thompson<br /><br />The Rum Diary : A Novel<br />Hunter S. Thompson<br /><br />A Rich Man's Secret<br />Ken Roberts<br /><br />Gifts From Eykis<br />Wayne W. Dyer<br /><br />Curious George Flies a Kite<br />H. A. Rey, Margret Rey<br /><br />The Old Man and The Sea<br />Ernest Hemingway<br /><br />Consciousness Explained<br />Dennett, Daniel C.<br /><br />I am currently reading:<br /><br />The Irresistible Offer<br />Mark Joyner<br /><br />Brand Hijack<br />Alex Wipperfurth<br /><br />The Art of the Start<br />and<br />Rules for Revolutionaries (again)<br />Guy Kawasaki<br /><br />Crossing the Chasm<br />Geoffrey A. Moore<br /><br />Six Degrees<br />Watts, Duncan J.<br /><br />My personal library to date contains 2161 books, a <A href="http://hotelanyware.blogspot.com/2007/01/2000-books-on-my-reading-wish-list.html">buntic</A> and change. so I am a little behind on my reading.Richard A. Cookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11214262742602953355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8657703.post-58691481590062849002007-01-31T09:05:00.000-08:002007-01-31T09:05:00.000-08:00Hi, Ed. I'm reading "The Audacity of Hope" by Barack Obama. Thanks for welcoming me to the 2000 Bloggers nerighborhood.<br /><br />Vanessa<br />www.vanessabyers.netVanessa Byershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05402224838223270820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8657703.post-34617711498003921942007-01-31T09:01:00.000-08:002007-01-31T09:01:00.000-08:00Love the new 2000 Books header - pretty cool! What another BIG reminder of how much is out there! <br /><br />Hugs,<br />Holly<br /><a href="http://www.hollyscorner.com">Holly's Corner</a>Hollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16835998605137846857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8657703.post-24411983535362957952007-01-31T08:28:00.000-08:002007-01-31T08:28:00.000-08:00I don't think I have an overall favourite book, but recently someone asked me to recommend an autobiography, and the first (and only) book that came to mind was Doris Lessing's "Under My Skin," which is brilliant. (And there are, I think, two more following that one.) Does that count?<br /><br />Incidentally, thanks for the comment, and I looked at the Steven Pinker link. I have very mixed feelings about Pinker. When I started reading the article, and they went into the 'pass the salt' thing, my immediate reaction was to scoff. If he had trained as a language teacher (or even not trained, just taught WITHOUT training) pragmatics would be one of the first things he learned - what he was saying was SUCH old hat. Why is it being presented as something new? Similarly with the swearing thing, which is no news at all to anybody at all who has learned a second language, let alone taught a language.<br /><br />But perhaps most people don't think of things like that, and so it is news. Maybe we need people to write it down for the layperson. It just seems like ... cheating, somehow, to make money out of making a big deal out of something any semi-trained half-arsed language teacher knows.<br /><br />I'm trying to remember the other things Pinker has said in the past that have irritated me, but can't. But every book of his I've read has left me half-admiring and half-pissed off.<br /><br />Thanks for the link, though! That was one I hadn't seen, and I appreciate it.<br /><br />(If you want a balance to Pinker, read "Educating Eve," by someone whose name I can't remember. (Geoffrey someone?) He loathes Pinker, and while most of his book is a very logical and interesting refutation of "The Language Instinct,", the last chapter is where the writer goes off the rails and gets really, really mad - almost incoherent with rage, from what I remember - his dislike of Pinker really overwhelms everything and his editors let him down badly. It is highly entertaining if you're into academic catfights. (But I might be remembering it in a skewed way - I seem to remember reading something of this fight on the web somewhere and that may have coloured my reading...)Badaunthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13421084688117792172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8657703.post-51063493727468876752007-01-31T00:17:00.000-08:002007-01-31T00:17:00.000-08:00Hey Ed<br />I have taken a picture of the cover of my battered old copy of Covarrubias (see previous comment) but don't know how to upload or send it. Amazon and other book sites have no pics of the book.Des Walshhttp://www.thinkinghomebusiness.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8657703.post-26484266294352293722007-01-31T00:09:00.000-08:002007-01-31T00:09:00.000-08:00Reading Miguel Covarrubias, <i>Island of Bali</i>. He went there in 1937 and in a couple of stays over a period of about 20 months created a record of life and customs in Bali unequalled before or since. On my last couple of visits there in the 80s and 90s I understood so much more of Balinese life for having read Covarrubias. I'm pretty sure it's out of print but Amazon indicate they can get copies. No one should go to Bali without having read it.Des Walshhttp://www.thinkinghomebusiness.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8657703.post-87169200754163968742007-01-30T20:35:00.000-08:002007-01-30T20:35:00.000-08:00Ed, Remember The Alchemist, A fable about following your dreams?Cherylhttp://creativereiki.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8657703.post-57786269930934101552007-01-30T17:35:00.000-08:002007-01-30T17:35:00.000-08:00Being Digital N. Negrononte, dated but goodAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com