Comments on: Book Meme 123.5: My Contribution

By: Dean in Des Moines

Dean in Des Moines — Thu, 31 Mar 2005 21:11:40 +0000

“The standing wave ratio meter, abbreviated ‘SWR meter’, is useful in determining wheter or not an antenna has been cut to perfect performance.”

from Become A Licensed Ham Without Knowing Morse Code by Gordon West

I guess this depends on what genre the book nearest you is.

By: Sunil Bajpai

Sunil Bajpai — Mon, 28 Mar 2005 12:33:05 +0000

The word meme, invented to rhyme with gene, refers to a concept that persists and flourishes in society, because it has high survivability. Much like genes that survive even when individuals or even entire species are wiped out.

I’m only beginning to be acquainted with blogs and don’t know whether to venture an opinion. But they appear to be a mechanism for perpetuation of ideas that deserve to survive because they can invade the minds of a great many bloggers. In that sense, emergence of blogging may be evolution of life to the next level.

However, if you always turn to 123.5, I would write books with at least 123 pages and put special thoughts, plus of course my name, on the fifth line. That would give the idea some chance of survival. Every body would do that and, therefore, we might as well give up the complicated rule and stick to commenting on the title pages of the book.

By: View from the Isle - Professional Blogging & Blog Consulting

View from the Isle - Professional Blogging & Blog Consulting — Thu, 24 Mar 2005 23:00:33 +0000

123.5 book meme continues
Amy continues the 123.5 book meme…Contentious » Book Meme 123.5- My Contribution. Here’s the amazing thing about this technique (my post, …

By: John Grillo

John Grillo — Thu, 24 Mar 2005 09:47:35 +0000

Okay… I’ll try it out too, but I’ll do it as a comment to your posting.

From Yookoso: An Invitation to Contemporary Japanese by Yasu-Hiko Tohsaku.

“Vocabulary lists and flash cards can be useful as a review or as a self-test.”

Sheesh - I haven’t studied Japanese in a long time… do you suppose it’s a sign? It’s kind of strange that it would be the closest book to me at the time.

By: Alex Barnett blog

Alex Barnett blog — Thu, 24 Mar 2005 05:06:13 +0000

The Magical Morphing p18s4/ Bibliomeme / Book 123.5 Meme / Page 23 / whatever

By: Dave Taylor

Dave Taylor — Thu, 24 Mar 2005 01:39:56 +0000

On the other hand, if you can’t think of anything to post to your blog, maybe it’s because… you don’t have anything to say. Sometimes writer’s block is your subconscious saying “you aren’t there yet, bub.” Believe me, I read a lot of weblogs and there are unquestionably a percentage of postings that, well, would have been better as ‘bloggers block’ than as the articles that appear.