A Sci-Fi Icon Dies; BoingBoing Takes a Stand
While Monday's bloggers mourned the deaths of well-known actors, today's blogosphere includes numerous tributes to another actors, Dennis Weaver, star of "Gunsmoke" and "McCloud", and science-fiction writer Octavia Butler, 58, who fell outside her home near Seattle on Saturday. Both are among today's burstiest blog personalities.
Standing tall
Butler, in particular, is being singled out for her writing achievements, not only as one of the few African-American women who wrote science ficition but also because she was the only sci-fi writer to win a MacArthur Foundatoin "genius grant." Writer Steven Barnes' personalized tribute at Dar Kush is today's most-cited blog post.
Censored, Boing Boing fights back
Without fail, BoingBoing is consistently one of the most popular blogs in BlogPulse's rankings, so it's understandable why the BB staff is miffed at BoingBoing being blocked/censored in several Middle Eastern countries (today's fourth-most-cited blog post). So it's fighting back...against the U.S. makers of Smart Filter, whose technology labels web sites as offensive or not, such that posting a photo of Michaelangelo's "David" classifies as "nudity." BoingBoing's team is not making any compromising deals, and bloggers are applauding them for it.
Oscar Buzz Builds
Check out today's BlogPulse Spotlight for a look at which nominess for best director are capturing the most traction.
Olympic look-back
Bodie crashed and burned, but the Flying Tomato flew to new fame during the recently completed 2006 Winter Olympics. BlogPulse trend graph captures some of the buzz...
Posted by Sue MacDonald at February 28, 2006 10:31 AM
