Category Archives: Blogging

Tres cool artwork

May 21, 2008 – 7:56 pm

Well - as you may have noticed - we’ve finally uploaded our u-beaut blog header (those of you using Firefox may have to hit ‘reload’ while holding down the shift key). We’re pretty pleased the place no longer looks like Seattle at all hours of the day and night
Although the blog’s called ’skepticlawyer’ [...]

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Now I’m really disturbed

April 6, 2008 – 9:25 pm

Someone found my blog via a google search for “whale penis”. I didn’t even know that I had used that second word in this blog! I know I used the word “whale” in a post featuring a picture of a little boy swimming with a whale.
I don’t even dare think why someone might be searching for that [...]

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Blogging meme: Gimme three good reasons why you blog

February 12, 2008 – 8:39 pm

I’ve been unwell the last few days, otherwise I would have written a few posts on different issues: students suing schools for lack of support with learning disabilities, apology to stolen generation, other things. But before I get to that, I thought I’d answer Bruce’s meme of 3 good reasons why I blog.
(1) To keep [...]

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Best Blog Posts 2007

January 3, 2008 – 8:08 am

The first of the selected posts (two a day will be published each weekday through January) is up over at Online Opinion. James Farrell gives a useful backgrounder to this year’s selection process over at Club Troppo.
UPDATE: All the BBP2007 are tagged as ‘features’ over at OLO, in case people were wondering which ones [...]

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You can tell I’m busy when…

November 15, 2007 – 3:57 pm

I can’t even find the time to write blog posts! I have received a number of queries asking where I am, whether I’m OK and indeed, whether I’m still alive. Yes, I’m OK and still living and breathing.
Shortly, I am buried under marking. I’m 40% of the way there. I hope to be at least [...]

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Bloggers don’t (or shouldn’t) live by shitfights alone…

November 14, 2007 – 10:26 am

… So fatfingers has set up a poll for Catallaxy’s best commenter. The software restricts him to 30, so he’s left a few people off the list and gone for a goodly sprinkling of our regulars. ‘Best’ is probably best left to you, but for me it means manners, avoiding ad-homs and trying to present [...]

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More on defamation and blogging

October 25, 2007 – 10:37 pm

It seems that the threat of defamation proceedings for blog posts is alive and well in Australia. Check out this post on The Local at blogs.com.au.
(Hat tip to the inestimable Jim Belshaw)

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Defamation and anonymous blogging

October 22, 2007 – 11:40 pm

Has anyone else ever put comments up in online forums, or in response to newspaper stories or blog posts? If you’re reading this post, I suspect that you might have been tempted to do so. You know the drill then. You are required to enter your name in a box headed “Name”, and then you [...]

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15 minutes of fame

October 16, 2007 – 11:00 am

“In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes.” (Andy Warhol)
Seems like it’s my turn to have 15 minutes of fame. On Sunday, The Age had an article about legal blogs, featuring a quote from yours truly at the end. The hard copy is even better because it has a picture of the banner [...]

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Missing Linking ongoing

September 2, 2007 – 7:15 am

Just a quick word to remind y’all that Missing Link is still going strong over at Club Troppo; for those of you interested in a pretty useful round-up of the best in Ozblogistan, the latest issue is available here.

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