shedding
I’m still wrapping up the semester, so it’s going to be a while before I have anything remotely resembling a thoughtful post, but I had the idea to post a list of blogs and whatnot I’ve given up on.
- Diesel Sweeties
I used to think this comic strip was charming in its skewering of indie rock and other subcultures, but I think it’s getting stale. This comic will definitely go in my “TVontheWeb” folder, but I’ve bid it goodbye from my LiveJournal friends. Besides the author was a condescending jerk when I wrote him a fan email years ago. - bOINGbOING
I’ve been reading bOINGbOING since picking up the print magazine in high school, but the blog started ruining the fun of blogging a few years ago. While it used to be links that Cory and Mark dug up from the bowels of teh Internets, now it seems to be a filter of offbeat links its huge user base submits. It seems like any internet meme eventually finds its way to the site, making it the Top 40 for Web geeks. I feel lame posting a link to this blog that has been or will be on bOINGbOING, so I’ve decided to stop reading it. - Slashdot
A few weeks ago, Sean remarked that he was surprised that Slashdot was even still around. At the time, I think I had just deleted it from my reader. Part of my lack of interest in the site is my waning interest in Linux as a user, but I think that it posts far too much non-news both about computers and geek culture. I know the links are geared toward prompting discussion, but, these days, it doesn’t even prompt reading, which is too bad because I’ve learned a lot over the years from reading the site.
There are more feeds I’ve dropped, but these are largely people I know personally and don’t want to call out publicly. I find it hard to say “no,” whether it’s to people or information sources, and I’m working right now to shed a lot of wasted effort both on- and off-line.
