Juxtaposition of Reality and Fantasy
The burstiest people in the blogosphere represent the vastly different realms of reality (as re-created by the movie industry) and fantasy (as spun off by the movie industry).
The reality: Flight 93
David Beamer, the father of one of the passengers killed aboard Flight 93 in Pennsylvania on 9/11, ranks atop the list of burstiest people today for his thumbs-up review of the movie in the Opinion Journal. "It is not too soon for this story to be told, seen and heard," he writes. "But it is too soon for us to become complacent." Adds blogger Joe, at Joe's Dartblog: "There's something to be said for being made to remember."
The fantasy: Battlestar Galactica spinoff
Sci-fi fans are agog at plans for a Battlestar Galactica spinoff titled Caprica, and that's why producer David Eick is today's second-burstiest person with fellow producer William Adama at No. 3. The announcement is the subject of today's fourth most-shared link. The blogger at Raging Kraut, well, rages, while Poliblog is willing to give the effort the benefit of a doubt.
Google goes 3-D
Less than two months after acquiring Boulder-based @Last Software, Google has gone public with its free Sketchup 3-D download and a warehouse of 3-D images (todays No. 2 and 6 most-cited URLs, respectively). Random bloggers provide examples of the software's capabilities, including the Google logo itself.
Yahoo, too
Not to be outdone, Yahoo has released GoTV (today's No. 33 most-shared link) and Babelfish translation this week as well.
Posted by Sue MacDonald at April 28, 2006 02:05 PM
