"I didn’t know I was this geeky until I discovered the online world through my office’s 2400 baud modem back in ’93." Tag Archives for whedonesque
Watching Whedon’s Dollhouse
One of the many perks of running Whedonesque.com, is… Hang on. There aren’t a lot of perks, really, other than the pleasure of being boss of a site that’s well respected and much quoted. Yeah, we got invited to the … Continue reading
I’d like to thank everybody I’ve ever met
Entertainment Weekly has compiled a list of the 100 Greatest Websites. Our very own Whedonesque.com is on it, in the ‘POP-POURRI: EVERYTHING ELSE THAT DIDN’T FIT BUT IS STILL AWESOME’ section, alongside YouTube, Facebook, Wikipedia, The Onion, and NPR and … Continue reading
I hope they like frogs
Checking my Amazon Associate reports, I notice that four people ordered Cuisinarts through the links on my sites this Quarter. I repeat, four U2log/Whedonesque readers ordered 30 dollar Cuisinarts. Why? Update: I had a closer look and it appears they … Continue reading
When is a blog not a blog
Well, in any case, not when Joss Whedon decides it isn’t, dammit. Whedonesque.com was named ‘Blog of the week’ at The Times today and in the comments on the post announcing it, a number of our users ask why Whedonesque … Continue reading
Progress
Ten years ago, when I built one of my first websites, it got mentioned first in the Irish Times, then in The Guardian. It was featured on the BBC, as well as appearing in most Internet magazines and books on … Continue reading
Whedonesque #70 in USA Today Top 100 People of 2004
I’m always away when the good stuff happens at Whedonesque. Joss is posting left right and centre and USA Today ranks the Whedonesque community #70 in the top 100 people of 2004. 70. The Whedonesque gang. It’s hard for some … Continue reading
U2log.com first among many, not money
I was just going over to Plasticbag’s to steal their comment disclaimer for u2log.com when lo and behold, Tom writes: “U2log.com – one of the first and best single-subject magazine-style weblogs. I’m not a great fan of U2, but it’s … Continue reading
Kinja, a first look
So many new web apps, so little time. Kinja is a new weblog syndication web app weblog portal thought up by Meg Hourihan (Megnut, of Blogger fame) and Nick Denton (Gawker, Gizmodo, Moreover). Apparently Meg’s leaving the company at the … Continue reading
SXSW
Just got word from the SXSW Interactive Festival people: “WHEDONesque.com” has been selected as a finalist for the 2003 SXSW Interactive Festival Website Competition in the “Weblog” category! [...] After a final round of judging, the winners of each category … Continue reading
