(((Just looking at these makes me ache for a hammock and a faintly mold-smelling antiquarian set of Robert Louis
Stevenson essays. Yes, walking through old rural France, under the unclouded stars, with a mule, and without a telecommunication device of any kind.... Surely it would almost be worth dying young in Tahiti to have such a blog-free, untrammeled existence.)))
"http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/mar/09/blog
Link: The world's 50 most powerful blogs | Technology | The Observer.
23. Gigazine
Created by Satoshi Yamasaki and Mazaki Keito of Osaka, Gigazine is the most popular blog in Japan, covering the latest in junk foods and beverages, games, toys and other ingredients of colourful pop product culture. Visitors first witness 'eye candy' such as David Beckham condoms (from China), 75 turtles in a fridge, the packaging for Mega Frankfurters or a life-size Ferrari knitted from wool, learn of a second X-Files movie moving into pre-pre-production, watch a vacuum-cleaning robot being tested and compare taste reports of Kentucky Fried Chicken's new Shrimp Tsuisuta Chilli....
gigazine.net
24. Girl with a one-track mind
Following in the footsteps of Belle de Jour – the anonymous blogger claiming to be a sex worker – the girl with a one track mind started writing in open, explicit terms about her lively sex life in 2004. By 2006, the blog was bookified and published by Ebury, and spent much time on bestseller lists, beach towels and hidden behind the newspapers of serious-looking commuters. Though she was keen to retain her anonymity and continue her career in the film industry, author 'Abby Lee' was soon outed as...
