The Showcase Carnival of New Blogs makes a stop in the tropics this week, as I’m pitching the tent here on Maui. Many of you may consider it already Tuesday, August 28, but from where I sit (about as far to the west asyou can reasonably sit)it’s still August 27 – and that means on with the carnival!
The “can’t believe I haven’t seen this one yet” award goes to Haiku Reviewer, whose entry, reviewing “Please Hammer, Don’t Hurt ‘Em” warms the hearts of haiku-loving yaks (and others) everywhere.
JD at I Do Things (So You Don’t Have To) offers “I am Working My Way Through 31 Days of Blogging Tips So You Don’t Have To.” A quick peek at the rest of this one suggests this may be the “keep an eye on me” blog of this month’s carnival. Quirky enough to perk my interest, ironic enough to keep it, and just random enough to make me head back to see whatI won’t have to do next.
Alex Landis lost his job. Time to dance! …and in addition to the dance video, Alex offers some dead-on insights on the difference between a job and a career – and why you should seek the latter.
INTJ Personal Development offers “What I Think About Video Games and the Human Race,” an interesting post-Wii look at gaming and the development of gaming tech written in a style both gamers and non-gamers will appreciate.
Our friends at The Pet Haven offer “More Fun Pet Quotes” (and listoffers a very entertaining read – even though they forgot the ever-popular, “Dogs have owners, pets have staff”).
The Bookworm says “Hello World” at a new book review site. Bibliophiles take note!
Systems Thinker Blog discusses The Joy and Power of Discovering our True Selvesin a post which highlights the need to seek and useour individual talents to discover the callings in our lives.
That’s all for this time around, but be sure to join us in two weeks’ time when the carnival makes its next stop over at Pet’s Garden Blog. Many thanks, as always, to Pet for all her hard work and effort keeping the carnival on its feet. Our prayers also go to Pet and The Master of the Universe for Pet’s quick and relatively painless recovery from this week’s spinal surgery. We hope to see her blogging again soon!
Blogging less than three months? Want your blog featured at the carnival? Head over to the Blog Carnival websiteand send us a link. We’ll see you at the carnival!
I tried to send an article to this carnival, but it’s not here so something went wrong. I filled out the form on the carnival page and got an email autoresponse that made me think I was signed up. In the interest of not making the same mistake in the future, I’d like to know what went wrong.
Comment by Wayne Vinson — August 28, 2007 @ 12:38 am
Hey! Thanks so much for including me in this edition of the carnival AND for the v. nice blurb. I appreciate it!
Comment by I Do Things — August 28, 2007 @ 9:20 am
Thank you so much for including me and for the great blurb! Could I use that quote on my site, with a credit to you? Thanks again–this is a great idea for a blog, and I’m looking forward to reading more of what’s new out there.
Comment by JD — August 30, 2007 @ 11:10 pm
[...] I also forgot to announce that the Showcase Carnival Of New Blogs is up, The Random Yak, did a fabulous job, posting the carnival, while on vacation in Hawaii. Aloha to the Carnival of New Blogs! [...]
Pingback by » Blog Archive » PLaying Catch-Up — September 6, 2007 @ 5:35 am
Wayne: no idea what happened. Could have been a glitch somewhere in the e-mail. Try submitting another entry to the next carnival, and let’s see whether it was a temporary glitch or something connected to your website.
JD: Glad to have you use any quotes with attribution. I wouldn’t say it if I didn’t mean it. Enjoyed the blog and will definitely keep reading. In fact, I already have you on rss.
Comment by Random Yak — September 6, 2007 @ 12:47 pm
Thanks for the permission and the kind words. This is a great carnival!
Comment by I Do Things — September 29, 2007 @ 11:11 am