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I'm linking out - Finally

I remember receiving a comment in one of my posts which said something along the lines of, "You don't link out enough."

That's kind of true. I love to write, and so tend to post long, droning bits of misinformation whenever possible, and this usually sucks up most of the time that I might have to link to other bloggers.

However, for those of you who haven't seen them, Joe Bork [MS] keeps two sites in addition to his blog, and they're both completely worth the visit.

The first is a sort of photo blog, but they aren't really photos that Joe took. They're photos that Joe found, and I'm glad he did, because I never would have. Some of them are just too, too good...

The other site is a repository for Slashdot troll posts. People find great trolls, and then send them in to Joe. The result is a collection of some of the most offensive FUD to have ever made it to Slashdot, which is really quite impressive. It's the kind of thing you'd stick into a time capsule if you wanted future generations to think that the 21st century was mostly populated by people who thought it more important to crush, rather than support, the company that is behind the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. For those of you who don't know, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is the charity that almost has enough money to fund the curing of death. It's a very good thing (I have an earlier post about the foundation here - I honestly think it's worth a read, but I'm pretty biased).

I love Slashdot, but it's no secret that offensively stupid comments find their way into the responses.

There. I linked out, and it felt good.

I've got more writing coming today, but it isn't going to be up until most of you are eating dinner.

Have fun, then, with your days. I'm not going to be, which is why I'm not going to have time to post.

Have to get my nose back to the grindstone (whatever in the hell it is that that's supposed to mean).

Published Tuesday, July 15, 2003 4:47 PM by Rory

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Some Guy said:

I don't want to make this a flame war, but I'm not sure the Gates Foundation justifies Microsoft's behavior. (Insert interesting quip about the ends justifying the means here.) Maybe I can count my Microsoft purchases as charitable donations? Just my 2 cents. Anyway, I just subscribed to your blog and I'm enoying it very much.
July 15, 2003 5:30 PM
 

Rory said:

It *is* kind of a slippery issue. I guess that the reason I'm pointing out the Gates Foundation so much is that I think that there a lot of people who don't know about it, but who should. It is fairly nice to know that *something* good is being done with all that dough. There are people who would just sit on it, and love it just because it's money. Blah - It's a weird issue. Anyway, hi :)
July 15, 2003 5:36 PM
 

Joe Bork said:

Oh, great... Now I have to actually update the other two blogs that nobody else ever read. Until now. I need to clone myself or something, I think.
July 16, 2003 5:08 PM
 

Rory said:

"Now I have to actually update the other two blogs" Why do you think I wrote this? I got a real kick out of them, and I want *more* ;)
July 16, 2003 5:12 PM
 

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