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Happy BlogDay 2006

Today is world BlogDay2006
August 31, a day when bloggers from all corners of the world publish on their blogs links to five other blogs. Thus blog readers can discover other blogs which they might not have even known existed. This particular date was chosen because the number 3108 resembles the word, "blog". (Don't you think so?)




Сегодня Интернет отмечает День блоггера. 31 августа, блоггеры со всех континентов опубликуют у себя ссылки на 5 других блогов. Таким образом читатели блогов узнают о существовании блогов, о которых они даже не подозревали. Эта дата была выбрана потому, что цифра 3108 по написанию похожа на слово blog



And so, five blogs I have been learning from and enjoying reading...



1) When the trouble and fighting broke out recently and yet again in the Middle East, I was eager for news and firsthand reports of what was going on. As everyone probably knows, there are many Russian emigrees living in the area. I went searching for them and discovered a blog which is a collection of their writings translated into English, with links back to the original posts in Russian.

2) I have a penpal who has become one of my closest friends in the world. We found each other through the magic of the internet and she lives, unfortunately, very far away, in Kiev. I am always eager for more news and pictures from Kiev. Veronica Khokhlova helps a great deal with this. She also lives in Kiev and writes Neeka's Backlog -- all in English, but hey, you can't have everything-- She posts pictures, news, links, reflections and opinions. I delight in watching her baby Marta grow and reading and seeing local news from Kiev. Neeka also writes the Russia and Ukraine sections for Global Voices online. (another very interesting site you might want to check out. They do the work of blogday EVERY day...)

3) A good blog for English-speaking students of Russian language or Russian-speaking students of English, or anyone interested in Moscow, is Raffi Aftandelian's maaskva: nashimi glazami. He writes the same text in Russian and English. You can even try your hand at writing ...as Raffi explains, "This blog is intended as a team project. To contribute, simply email me at the link below and i will send you an invitation and instructions. It is maintained by Raffi Aftandelian. Moscow, Russia. Этот блог задуман как командный проект. Чтобы в нем участвовать, пришлите эл. сообщение по ссылке, которая ниже. Этот блог ведет Раффи Афтанделян."

4) I like the Google book search blog.

5) And finally, last but not least, recently I discovered The Endicott Studio for Mythic Arts, where I read an interesting and beautifully illustrated article, Russian Fairy Tales Part I by Helen Pilinovsky (in English) and also Part II Baba Yaga's Domain. The entire site is absolutely stunning AND... oh how lucky, there is also a BLOG!!!

Believe me, it was difficult to choose just five blogs!


HAPPY BLOG DAY EVERYONE!

posted by Kate @ 1:16 PM