Tuesday, October 11, 2005
Inching back to normal
Whatever THAT is.
First of all, it has been cloudy and rainy since Sunday afternoon. This Never Happens. It's not that we don't appreciate the moisture, but it's just kind of freaky and weird to see all this water falling out of the sky.
Next, Caro came home sick from school Monday, something that happens even less frequently than the sky/water thing. One of the bugs going around finally caught up with her. Happily, tonight she is feeling better, and thinks she can go back tomorrow. At least it's a short week due to parent/teacher conferences.
Ran across something kind of amazing tonight, which of course I will share with YOU!
Did you know blogging was predicted by a noble Russian novelist in 1839?
Odoevsky suggested in future there would be a kind of connection between houses that would allow people to communicate quickly and easily, the way they do now via the Internet.
“Houses are connected by means of magnetic telegraphs that allow people who live far from each other to communicate,” Odoevsky wrote.
Even more interestingly, Odoevsky suggested every household would publish a kind of daily journal or newsletter and distribute it among selected acquaintances, a habit which Russian bloggers immediately recognized as blogging.
However, Odoevsky, a prince and a wealthy man, could not imagine people taking so much bother to keep their acquaintances updated on their daily affairs. He suggested the job would be carried out by the butler.
Click here to read more
First of all, it has been cloudy and rainy since Sunday afternoon. This Never Happens. It's not that we don't appreciate the moisture, but it's just kind of freaky and weird to see all this water falling out of the sky.
Next, Caro came home sick from school Monday, something that happens even less frequently than the sky/water thing. One of the bugs going around finally caught up with her. Happily, tonight she is feeling better, and thinks she can go back tomorrow. At least it's a short week due to parent/teacher conferences.
Ran across something kind of amazing tonight, which of course I will share with YOU!
Did you know blogging was predicted by a noble Russian novelist in 1839?
Odoevsky suggested in future there would be a kind of connection between houses that would allow people to communicate quickly and easily, the way they do now via the Internet.
“Houses are connected by means of magnetic telegraphs that allow people who live far from each other to communicate,” Odoevsky wrote.
Even more interestingly, Odoevsky suggested every household would publish a kind of daily journal or newsletter and distribute it among selected acquaintances, a habit which Russian bloggers immediately recognized as blogging.
However, Odoevsky, a prince and a wealthy man, could not imagine people taking so much bother to keep their acquaintances updated on their daily affairs. He suggested the job would be carried out by the butler.
Click here to read more
Comments:
Post a Comment
Links to this post:
