Arnie Posted October 24, 2005 Report Share Posted October 24, 2005 http://www.arniesairsoft.co.uk/forums/inde...ule&module=blog (linked to top right of the forums and from profiles) I started the blog system on here not so long ago. Blog space is only give out to members that I wish to give it to. I've got one.. well just to ramble on in, but blogs will happily be given out to others that can write worthy material. FarEast has his own space, as he's a nice chap and always posts useful information from Japan on here, he also agreed to give the system a try out I guess the general idea behind the system is to allow forum regulars to report on happenings local to them that may be of interest to others in one place of their own. (it also cuts down on legwork I have to do myself to update forum content). Link to post Share on other sites
Hissing_Sid Posted October 24, 2005 Report Share Posted October 24, 2005 I suppose I could give it a try but feel free to give me a kick up the *albartroth* and/or take it off me again if I don't write enough in it. Link to post Share on other sites
Ghost_Rider Posted October 24, 2005 Report Share Posted October 24, 2005 I wouldn't mind giving this a shot. Link to post Share on other sites
Hardcore_Mitsuko Posted October 24, 2005 Report Share Posted October 24, 2005 Same here. I used to have a livejournal but didn't write an awful lot in it. I might write a bit more in an arnies blog since it would be in a nice convenient location Link to post Share on other sites
Spedz Posted October 24, 2005 Report Share Posted October 24, 2005 Aye same here as long as Arnie doesn't mind that is! Link to post Share on other sites
cadetrichards Posted October 24, 2005 Report Share Posted October 24, 2005 I wouldnt mind giving it a go, I have quite a bit of spare time on my hands Link to post Share on other sites
Ghost_Rider Posted October 24, 2005 Report Share Posted October 24, 2005 Why not give me and hardcore one between us - save space? Link to post Share on other sites
HaVoC Posted October 24, 2005 Report Share Posted October 24, 2005 I'll give it a shot. I have too much s...time on my hands... Link to post Share on other sites
Lord Jebus Posted October 24, 2005 Report Share Posted October 24, 2005 Erm..'spose it's out of question for me.. 'Life of a spammer'.... Link to post Share on other sites
Arnie Posted October 24, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2005 Added a select few to the group so they can use the feature Please remember that it's you blog, but the usual forum rules apply. Link to post Share on other sites
Prometheus Posted October 24, 2005 Report Share Posted October 24, 2005 I'd be willing to write a weekly thing. Mind you it might not always concern airsoft. It might concern world events too. I like to express my opinions on things, as some of the other forum members already know. I only ramble when I'm really into things. Airsoft mostly though. I know you don't have a lot of bandwidth to give up arn. I could keep it too that though. Find nice articles or something. I could do a little to help out noobs too. A blog of links to special thread that cover most of the common repeat threads. /ramble ~P Link to post Share on other sites
HaVoC Posted October 24, 2005 Report Share Posted October 24, 2005 (edited) Thanks Arn! As a way of saying thanks, have this free action figure Hmm, only problem I can find is that the 'random gallery image' feature shows images from your private galleries as well as public ones. Edited October 24, 2005 by HaVoC Link to post Share on other sites
Shao14 Posted October 25, 2005 Report Share Posted October 25, 2005 Added a select few to the group so they can use the feature Please remember that it's you blog, but the usual forum rules apply. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> What? Does it mean I have to read Jebus' blog and make sure it's spam free?!??! Link to post Share on other sites
Sledge Posted October 25, 2005 Report Share Posted October 25, 2005 No offense, but surely the idea is to encourage those with knowledge or info above what might be considered normal for an average airsofter to share that knowledge. I can see how this applies to Far East (living in HK gives him advance knowledge of a lot of stuff) and Hissing Sid (lot of technical knowledge). But Lord Jebus? What exactly are you going to share with us? It would be like giving me a blog so I could share my random gibberish on a weekly basis. Link to post Share on other sites
doc_newstead Posted October 25, 2005 Report Share Posted October 25, 2005 (edited) FarEast lives in Japan you nerk. Where's my blog eh? Sledge would like it, but I don't think the BBFC would... Edited October 25, 2005 by doc_newstead Link to post Share on other sites
Spedz Posted October 25, 2005 Report Share Posted October 25, 2005 Weeps ;_; Link to post Share on other sites
Sledge Posted October 25, 2005 Report Share Posted October 25, 2005 Japan, Hong Kong, Syria, they're all not in Britain. Oh, and I vote for the Doc Newstead blog. Link to post Share on other sites
Arnie Posted October 25, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 25, 2005 Um, AFAIK Lord Jebus doesn't have a blog or the facility to create one Link to post Share on other sites
Sledge Posted October 25, 2005 Report Share Posted October 25, 2005 Oh thank Christ for that. *Wipes sweat from brow* Why is a forehead only referred to as a brow when you're wiping sweat from it? Link to post Share on other sites
Arnie Posted October 25, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 25, 2005 Hmm brow: words for "eyelid," "eyelash," and "eyebrow" changed about maddeningly in O.E. and M.E. (and in all the W.Gmc. languages). Linguists have untangled the knot into two strands: 1. O.E. bræw (Anglian *brew) "eyelid," from P.Gmc. *bræwi- "blinker, twinkler" (related to Goth. brahw "twinkle, blink," in phrase in brahwa augins "in the twinkling of an eye"); the sense must have shifted before the earliest recorded O.E. usage from "eyelash" to "eyelid." 2. O.E. bru "eyelash," from P.Gmc. *brus "eyebrow," from PIE base *bhrus (cf. Skt. bhrus "eyebrow," Gk. ophrys, O.C.S. bruvi, Lith. bruvis "brow," O.Ir. bru "edge"). The sense must have been transferred in O.E. at an early date from "eyebrow" to "eyelash." Lacking a distinctive word for it, the Anglo-Saxons called an eyebrow ofer-bru, and in early M.E. they were known as uvere breyhes or briges aboue þe eiges. By c.1200, everything had moved "up." Bru/brouw (from bræw) became "eyelid;" and brew/breow (from O.E. bru) became "eyebrow." It remained the word for "eyebrow" in Scot. and northern Eng., where it naturally evolved into colloquial bree. In southern Eng., however, M.E. bru/brouw took over the sense of "eyebrows," in the form brues, and yielded the usual modern form of the word. To make matters worse, if possible, some southern writers 15c.-17c. used bree for "eyelashes," in what OED calls "a curious reversion to what had been the original OE. sense of bru." By 1535, brow had been given an extended sense of "forehead," especially with ref. to movements and expressions that showed emotion or attitude. Browbeat "to bully" is first recorded 1581, originally "to bear down with stern or arrogant looks." When my son was learning to talk, he called them eyebrowns, but it has no connection to brown; the -n- in the O.N. (brun) and Ger. (braune) forms of the word are from a gen. pl. inflection. http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=brow and http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?l=b&p=19 ..best I can do at short notice. Don't forget phrazes such as "a furrowed brow" etc. Link to post Share on other sites
Sledge Posted October 25, 2005 Report Share Posted October 25, 2005 Hmm. I've taken this thorny issue to Off Topic, where I feel the forum's finest minds can address it fully. On with the blog stuff! So, who else is getting a blog? And what they doing in it? Link to post Share on other sites
Trigger Happy10 Posted October 25, 2005 Report Share Posted October 25, 2005 I have a *beep* load of free time. I'll try it out if you want. And sledge should have a blog to raise random points like the one about brow vs forehead. Link to post Share on other sites
snowman Posted October 26, 2005 Report Share Posted October 26, 2005 (edited) Maybe you could give Blogs to 'select' people and disable their forum posting ability? Just had a quick shuftie around the blogs and, already, some seem to be the usual 'stream of nothingness' content. FarEast's and Ghost's at least mention airsoft stuff, but who gives a *beep* if someone got a call on their mobile phone in the middle of the night? Jesus, talk about 'vanity publishing'... Can people at least TRY and make Arnie's Blogs airsoft related? Cheers. Edited October 26, 2005 by snowman Link to post Share on other sites
Arnie Posted October 26, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 26, 2005 I agree somewhat blog posts should be in some way interesting or Airsoft related. Don't just make posts in there because you feel you ought to. Mine may not be directly Airsoft related all the time, but that's because if I can all Airsoft related banter goes on the front page. Link to post Share on other sites
TMC Posted October 26, 2005 Report Share Posted October 26, 2005 I'm actually going to be writing up a big article about different LBEs, including standard load bearing equipment, plate carriers, armour vests and so on... So calm down already snowie. Link to post Share on other sites
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