On Weblogs...

chromatic on 2002-09-04T05:10:49

“Aisle three has a new brand of Oat-ee-os, and man, I can’t believe how they’ve restacked the jalapeno peppers!”

-- Why do cell phones make us stupid?

Is she talking about overheard phone conversations, or a significant portion of personal weblogs? I can't tell.

Is she...

bart on 2002-09-04T07:52:10

You can't tell? Man, you must be using a cell phone a lot... ;-)

Everything in the article is about the behaviour of people when using a cellphones. The quote from the weblog is in that perspective.

So no, it was not a critique on weblogs in general, or even a critique of this particular weblog.

Re:Is she...

chromatic on 2002-09-04T14:37:52

Er, yeah, I don't really believe she was talking about weblogs when she described the way some people need to discuss their mundanities in public. Perhaps I should be a little less vague:

I'm eating a yogurt called "Lemon Squeeze". It's not really lemony, but it's very creamy. It's amazing, what you get for $0.38 these days!