Wow, guessed right in just 4 comments - congrats to Chief Ten Bear who got it right. Also to Randall, with the most creative answer (although I do like LA Payne's rhino flosser very much!)
It seems that a growing legion of critics is one of the sure signs of success. All large blogs have critics and detractors, and Boing Boing is no exception. Even our beloved lil' Neatorama has its trolls!
In regards to duplicate content raised by Jack Hynes and Ashley: I read Boing Boing daily (their website, not RSS). There's actually very little overlap between the two blogs on a daily basis, but that's a tangent. Anyway, when I did this post, I realized that there were a lot of good posts that I missed!
The Boing Boing gang do a great job of posting a wide variety of subjects, and it's easy to skip noteworthy posts simply due to the sheer amount of volume. This is a chance to catch up on some of the lighter side of Boing Boing.
In response to Greg: A large amount of Neatorama's posts are derived from via sources and suggestions - technically, this post is no different. It's a collection of links via Boing Boing.
I like doing collaborations - for example, Neatorama has a long-standing collaboration with mental_floss and a newer one with Bathroom Reader. In both of these collaborations, Neatorama feature articles that had already been published by these two companies. So, they're duplicative in nature - but our readers seem to like them very much.
Certainly no one is forcing you to read any of these blogs - and if you don't like the post, you certainly are welcome to skip it (or complain about it, I suppose.)
About RSS reader (aside): I don't know how you guys do it - I tried reading blogs from an RSS reader, but got overwhelmed by the process. Maybe I'm old school, but I like to bookmark a lot of blogs (and organize 'em according to topics). To visit these blogs, I "tab" open ten, twenty of them at once in Firefox.
Finally, I'd like to thank Neatorama's loyal readers for reading the blog - you guys rock!
Both of which have been on Neatorama before, of course. Zoomquilt One and Two. I suppose it's part of digg's charm that we keep re-discovering favorite sites of the past. :)
In regards to duplicate content raised by Jack Hynes and Ashley: I read Boing Boing daily (their website, not RSS). There's actually very little overlap between the two blogs on a daily basis, but that's a tangent. Anyway, when I did this post, I realized that there were a lot of good posts that I missed!
The Boing Boing gang do a great job of posting a wide variety of subjects, and it's easy to skip noteworthy posts simply due to the sheer amount of volume. This is a chance to catch up on some of the lighter side of Boing Boing.
In response to Greg: A large amount of Neatorama's posts are derived from via sources and suggestions - technically, this post is no different. It's a collection of links via Boing Boing.
I like doing collaborations - for example, Neatorama has a long-standing collaboration with mental_floss and a newer one with Bathroom Reader. In both of these collaborations, Neatorama feature articles that had already been published by these two companies. So, they're duplicative in nature - but our readers seem to like them very much.
Certainly no one is forcing you to read any of these blogs - and if you don't like the post, you certainly are welcome to skip it (or complain about it, I suppose.)
About RSS reader (aside): I don't know how you guys do it - I tried reading blogs from an RSS reader, but got overwhelmed by the process. Maybe I'm old school, but I like to bookmark a lot of blogs (and organize 'em according to topics). To visit these blogs, I "tab" open ten, twenty of them at once in Firefox.
Finally, I'd like to thank Neatorama's loyal readers for reading the blog - you guys rock!