Wed 28 Jun 2006
boing boing: a directory of wonderful things
Posted by rt under Uncategorized[5] Comments
I just came across this great website, it’s called “Boing Boing: A Directory of Wonderful Things“. It’s a collection of blog-o-journalists who post of a variety of interesting topics. You get all the latest news about things that happen with extremely relevant topics like someone taking a picture of a ride at a Disney Theme park, or when there is (artful) porn to be found somewhere on the internets. And not just that, all of the site’s contributers helpfully promote what they are doing — and it’s always fascinating. For example, “Doctor Coryow” is speaking on behalf of the EFF, “Mark Katzenfelder” notes that his magazine continues to exist somehow, and “Jenny Jardin” lets you know when she is speaking on NPR.
Now I know what you are thinking — and don’t worry I’m thinking the same thing too: I’d pay hundreds of dollars a month for a website that combines all of this information in one place. But no, you get it all for free, all at http://boingboing.net. You know you want to.


June 29th, 2006 at 5:40am
Awesome!
June 29th, 2006 at 7:36am
joh3n: yeah, I’m surprised so few people have heard of this amazing resource yet. I’m just doing by bit to spread the love, though.
June 29th, 2006 at 9:09am
I love to laugh at some of the dumbass junk and opinions they post – but I have to admit that I still visit the site every (work)day and continue to find good material weaved in amongst the chaff. Furthermore, I actually like Cory Doctorow’s fiction (In books, not blogs, and I’ve had enough of the Disney posts).
Still, when they post stupid shit – they do it heroically.
June 29th, 2006 at 9:15am
geekpdx: I bought Eastern Standard Tribe, which I thought had a good premise. But the execution was terrible, awful just awful.
Awful.
June 29th, 2006 at 9:21am
I like his previously released collection of short stories better than EST, but I didn’t think EST sucked. I’ll let you borrow my copy of his short stories sometime if you’d like.