We are developing the social individualist meta-context for the future. From the very serious to the extremely frivolous... lets see what is on the mind of the Samizdata people.

Samizdata, derived from Samizdat /n. - a system of clandestine publication of banned literature in the USSR [Russ.,= self-publishing house]
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Interblog _____ War

· I

phrase. An series of exchanges between two or more blogs contesting some factual, political or philosophical issue.

(coined by Natalie Solent)

Usage: “Aintnobaddude.com, Heretical Ideas and Samizdata.net have started another Interblog Gun War”

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Blognoscenti

· B

noun. A blog connoisseur.

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Crud (code)

· C

noun. When a blog is published with incorrect html which resulting in visible code on the page, rather than a clickable link or special character or formatted text. The unintentionally visible code is ‘crud’.

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Link rot

· L

noun. Over time any large list of links will contain an increasing number of dead links.

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Blogspot

· B

noun. The blog hosting servers operated by blogger.com. More blogs are hosted on blogspot than anywhere else.

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Instapundited

· I

tr.verb. To have your blog mentioned on Instapundit.com. Also: Instalanche.

Usage: “Holy shit, look at the hit counter! We must have been Instapundited!”

Also see: Slashdotted

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Blogstipation

· B

1. noun. To be unable to think of anything to blog about, i.e. writer’s block for bloggers.

2. noun. To be unable to post an article on your blog because blogger.com is down yet again.

(meaning 2. coined by Jim Treacher)

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Samizdata slogan of the day

· Slogans & Quotations

There are five Great National Delusions. The first is that there are solutions to all the problems. The second is that only a strong centre can solve the problems. The third is that the strong centre must embody one’s own views exclusively. The fourth Great Delusion is that heroic surgery is required, and the fifth, that the heroic surgeons must be oneself and one’s cronies armed with scalpels as big as machetes.
– Louis de Bernieres

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Yes, it was tragic but…

· Middle East & Islamic

The proprietors and staff of the Arab News express their condolences

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British Fashion

· Military affairs

Eager to exploit the growing market for British fashion across the pond, British designers have launched this sexy little number:

“The British Royal Air Force has developed and tested its own conventional warhead able to generate an electro-magnetic pulse. Some of the tests were done in the US, and US officials have said that the British weapon works better than the one they are trying to develop.”

Dahhhlings, this is simply the must have addition to the armoury of every serious anarcho-militarist this season.

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Meta-blogging

· M

verb. To write blog articles about blogging. Also: metablogging.

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Webwaffle

· W

noun. An article posted on a blog.

(coined by Tony Millard)

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