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July 13, 2004
my favourite weblogs are written by cartoon cats
Last week, Metafilter linked to the weblogs run by several of the regular characters in the cartoon Achewood, and also Chris Onstad, official recorder and artist.
Nothing that special about diversifying the media output, but they became special when they'd integrated into my RSS reader. During the day, betwixt the regular feeds of protocol specifications, weather, and Japanese gadgetry, random posts started making me laugh, and wonder who the hell I was reading (it's hard to remember the real identities behind the 500ish feeds). They tended to be Achewood characters.
Even stranger was that you'd get several views of an event, and all the inner thoughts, plotting and scheming. Quite often they'd also be read in a random order.
Take for example this. A few minutes later I got the whole picture. It's a new form of drama, where the author has no idea how, when or even if the complete story is being read. Remember all those hypermedia literature experiments, jumbles of Director, Hypercard and VRML? Transpires it's just text and mental connections that's needed.
Achewood can take a bit of a while to tune into, but you're not too late. You've missed a potential printer upgrade, there's a pool war brewing, and remember: never ever complain about being served risotto. There's also been thoughts on meats, camping, and errr, hymens.
I just can't wait until they start reading each other's blogs!
Maybe I should get out more.
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