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Worse than ‘blog’

The term “trackback” when referring to comments to a computer journal article bugs the silly shit out of me.

The person who coined this term needs to be surgically attached to the person who coined “blog” and thrown off the Golden Gate Bridge (after having been set on fire with a large magnifying glass.)

Indeed.

26 Replies to “Worse than ‘blog’”

  1. hey, no throwing people off the bridge. it costs us a lot of money to fish those dipshits out of the bay. ;p

  2. Not the Golden Gate, I’ve got buddies there who deal with enough jumpers

    How about the empire state building? Taller, more splatness.

  5. BLOG BLOG BLOG BLOG BLOG BLOG BLOG
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    oh, sorry. I’m having Internet withdrawals and it is making me EVEN MORE ANNOYING than usual!

    beer is the answer!!

  6. i don’t even understand the logic of the word “trackback.” contextually it makes no sense. therefore, it doesn’t exist in my world.

  7. I have successfully disabled the part of the brain where annoyances directly annoy.

    Therefore, these annoyances are in theory. I am untauntable on them. It is a very successful adventure.

    So your blog is powerless to affect me.

    Neener neener neener. 😛

    Hee! 😀

  8. think you’ll need some “special” brownies. and then just wander the festivals and you’ll make bank.

  9. And it’s needless to boot. Coined words should fulfill some purpose in my worldview.

    For instance, “w00t” is a valid coined word, as is “owned.” (or “0wn3d”) – they exist to fulfil a specifc area where “I won!” or “wee!” would not – they impart that the user is aware of the online/gaming context, etc..

    What does one do to an article? Comment. Online makes little difference, a comment is a comment.

    WTF are we tracking back to? A log?

    Perhaps we could use “Supplemental” or something… fuckers.

  10. has a great idea for a recipe where one includes mint while making the butter extraction (I also want to add a touch of vodka to extract the EtOH-soluble compounds) for cooking.

  11. i don’t touch any of that. i’m completely lost on it.

    (okay, really i make the mistake once in a while.)

  16. …the sound a sick baby makes? You know, right about *then*.

    Ew.

    Yeah, that’s my response. It’s a journal, or a diary, or an op/ed column (or screed, or rant). And I’m a word-fascist.

    I know, I know, I know.

  17. You’re kinda hot when you’re cranky. Er, well, make that ‘all the time’, not just ‘when you’re cranky’. 🙂

  19. Oui. We’re painting the town pink next weekend. (I think much of our adventures have been pre-planned by others though).

  20. nice. hopefully the weather holds since its awesome here right now.

    keep me in mind and maybe i can meet up with y’all for a cocktail or something.

  24. lol. can i just write “I will not use the word “Trackback” in a sentence in polite company any longer” 500 times or something?

  25. How would you extrapolate from those words?

    Web Journal = Ebjo, Bjourna, Bjo?
    Web Diary = Ebdi, Bdia, (Sounds like Bidet?)
    Web Opinion Editorial = WOE, Boped, EbOpiEd, wOpie?
    Web Rant = Teh Intarant, brant?
    Web Screed = Ebscre, breed

    Oh, and no offense to Heather, but I find smmpi almost as annoying, if not more annoying than blog.

  26. *snicker*

    I don’t know. wOpie is funny, though it makes me think of penguins.

    I don’t really have a better term than “blog”, except “journal” – cuz the medium doesn’t matter, the use does. If the point needs to be made about the medium, then the discussion is about the Internet anyway, and not about journaling.

    In my HIGHLY snooty opinion, of course. *waves condescendingly at the plebes some more*

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