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Re: louisgray.com: I Just Marked All Facebook Ads as Offensive. So Should You.

atramantano — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 20:36:56 -0000

You're absolutely right to mark them as offensive; problem is, the same ones keep popping up.

Re: Are we so in-touch that we’re out of touch?: 7 thoughts on what exactly technology does to us.

atramantano — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 14:09:48 -0000

Stephen,

Great use of the hot-fire extended metaphor here! In Their Eyes Were Watching God, two minor characters discuss what keeps a child off of a hot stove, nature vs. nurture. But, I think you point out here that it is the stove as source of the fire that is important in addition to our reaction. Our reaction to the natural events becomes less discussable as we have so many more man made events. And then we need speculation in order to place our understanding of the man made into the understanding of the natural.

Re: George Orwell: a Critic, Just Not Exactly a "Poet" Critic

atramantano — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 14:02:03 -0000

Evan,

I think you're right in pointing out the problem of comparing two icons from two different eras; it is the problem of comparing apples to oranges. I believe that analyzing cultural events as text involves a parallel to the "suspension of disbelief" when viewing fiction; in other words, I know that I am comparing apples to oranges when I compare Orwell to Thoreau (or, even more different, as I've done in another essay, Eminem to Bob Dylan), I just have to accept that that's what I do.

While the term "poet" and even "poetic" can be stretched, Orwell is not known as either. His critical approach is a direct one, one which I personally (I agree with Rob Horning on this) find to be a bit like Nicholson's character from A Few Good Men. I tend to be interested in the icons who are critical of culture, but particularly more so in those icons who are poetically critical.

In any event, thanks for reading and commenting!

Best,
Adam

Re: Comment count not working in blogger - Help please!

atramantano — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 20:49:50 -0000

I notice that people visit my blog to see what this feedburner looks like; in the spirit of honesty and to avoid the need for empty hits, I not longer use disqus through feedurner. actually, I no longer use disqus; although, some of my posts do have it, I'vve reverted to the blogger system.

So, still do visit if you'd like, but you won't see what the feedburned looks like on the site. I do use feedburner for my, feed, if you're interested in seeing that. Anyway, happy blogging!

Re: Why Twitter?: Philosophical, Artistic, and Practical Implications

atramantano — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 08:47:19 -0000

Thanks Leon!

Re: Are we so in-touch that we’re out of touch?: 7 thoughts on what exactly technology does to us.

atramantano — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 22:10:03 -0000

Yes, the variation, and the tendency to vary, to break new ground, is I think what so much of this new media is about. I keep repeating the mantra to myself when I wonder if I'm doing things wrong: "There are no rules." And it's the inadequacy of previous media that brings the new stuff into existence.

The stock market maybe was the closest thing to resemble current social media, but social media already far surpasses even the stock market in its accessibility, ability to comprehend and potential.

I'm not an economic expert, though I agree, the in-bred tendency is what has allowed for mutual collapse.

Re: To Facebook or Not to Facebook ?: for me, NOT

atramantano — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 20:21:08 -0000

thank you! I changed them all to one category. It's easier that way.

Re: To Facebook or Not to Facebook ?: for me, NOT

atramantano — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 20:08:08 -0000

Link exchange: done. I like to categorize them along the side--I put yours
as cultural analysis--tell me if you'd prefer it otherwise--I'm still
working on these categories.
Same here, I enjoy your blog as well. I enjoy twitter for the same reasons.
Facebook is like George Castanza from Seinfeld yelling about his worlds
colliding.

Re: Analysis of blogging on the net: why do we comment?

atramantano — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 14:57:50 -0000

Simon,

"I probably post more comments on other blogs and websites than I post on my own site, but my own site gives me a bit more space to expand my ideas"

--this is a very interesting notion. I'm not sure if that's true for my comment to post ratio, but I'm going to think about it from now on.

"I quite often post a reply to another site, but then find that inspires me to write a post of my own on the same subject (or go off on slight tangent)."

--I agree 100% and have already experienced this with his very post which started out as a comment on Alex Nesbitt's original post. The way I see it is, if you spend that much time and effort writing something, you might as well post it to your blog. And, it gives you the opportunity to extend the mutualism, or "link-love," by redirecting your audience to the primary post.

Lastly, I agree with the notion (as you and other commenters here have stated) of a few interested readers rather than masses of hits.

Re: Analysis of blogging on the net: why do we comment?

atramantano — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 10:22:04 -0000

Louis,
Will do, thanks for noticing that.

Re: Cultural Analysis Around the Net: Rocky IV Revisited

atramantano — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 22:59:03 -0000

Eleiva,

I got a weird feeling watching this movie too, and I am American. I agree with you that our worldview affects how we see art. However, I also think that we see our reactions to art, and then art makes us see ourselves.

Thanks for commenting,
Adam

Re: Comment count not working in blogger - Help please!

atramantano — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 13:30:42 -0000

FOR BLOGGER USERS

I don't know if anyone is still having this issue, but here's what I did to resolve it and it worked for me in blogger.

1--Set up a feedburner account and burn your blog's feed (www.feedburner.com)
2--In Disqus, go to admin, then tools and select "add a disqus feedflare to feedburner"
3--follow the instructions therein--you can select in your feedburner account to display feedflare at the bottom of posts. it's fairly easy to do. In fact, you don't have to use any of blogger's post footers, you can remove those in the edit Layout section of blogger.
4--if you're like me, you let your old posts maintain the blogger posting. I changed the name of these in the edit layout section to "blogger posts." You could also just not use any blogger post footer stuff and just use the feedburner, it all looks the same anyway.

to see what it looks like in my blog, visit. www.nyphilosopher.com

hope this was helpful
-Adam

Re: louisgray.com: 10 Pointers for Generating Traffic to Your Blog

atramantano — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 19:12:53 -0000

Mike,
This is an awesome post! I haven't seen things put so realistically else-where. I'm glad I found this post and this blog.

Adam