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I’ve noticed, recently, when looking for reviews
of things I want (but usually can’t afford) I’ll trust the blogger over the
“professional” standpoint. Firstly, bloggers are usually writing for themselves,
and so a positive review is nothing more than a “hey, look what I got!” whereas
a negative post would indicate incredible disdain, a sort of “I’ve been burnt,
so don’t fall into the same trap will
you!”.My second point is - with a
blogger you have the resource to go back into the blog’s archives to determine
whether this guy’s on the right path. There’s also a blogger’s following, when
he posts a deeply controversial entry someone (ussualy a CAPS loving american
12-16 year old - w00t) is bound to speak his mind. Friends, separated by
hundreds of miles of www… won’t hold back on their opinions either. We’ve come
a long way since Amazon’s “Customer
Reviews”.Here’s my problem, I’m on a
bus right now from my place in Huntly to Elgin (a trip of 45km or so) and so far
it’s been overly hot (saying this, I have just this second discovered the cold
air stream coming from a small, user-friendly, vent above) it smells (people
smell), it’s infuriatingly tight (with 14″ iBook on lap) worst of all this
horrid trip is costing me $20, £9.50 in real
money.So - if you’re thinking of
taking a bus to anywhere in North East Scotland when you have the option of
train or taxi. Don’t bus it.
Really.What The Fuck. Also, today I’m
starting a mame on Flickr. “A Day In The Life”. I’m going to take photos and
notes on my P800 and get back tonight, assemble it and I’ll post a link soon as.
Hoorah for Flickr, save me from bus/smelly north-easter-induced
tedium.