The Local Blogsphere Weekly Report


Welcome to what will be the first of what I hope to become a regular weekly post on the happenings of the local ‘blogsphere’, with the word ‘weekly’ being less of a ‘once a week’ and more of a ‘hopefully I’ll remember to post” pun.

Basically, the blogsphere is “a collective term encompassing all blogs and their interconnections”, the interconnections in this case being of course blogs of Fiji content. While I’ll admit that our blogging circle is small, it is a growing circle. And because this is a circle, I will try and include all blogs of local content, regardless of whether you blog about the life cycle of Fijian roaches or the alcoholic content of the new Fiji Bitter Premium beer.

However, I will stay away from the countless political blogs out there, as we’d like to stay neutral when it comes to politics since we like our exercises free of…persuasive nature.

Now, on to the good stuff:

I like beautiful blurs: Albie falls in love! Sparks fly, food is cooked, and saliva is exchanged. Tissues and a hug are highly recommended for this read.

Meanwhile, Back in the rural areas: With the country is supposed turmoil, Labasa trudges on, as its just another day in the friendly North. A few pictures of the rural life are posted.

Melbourne: cieart (with a small c mind you) enjoys what Melbourne has to offer, going on a shopping spree, shivering in the unexpected cooler tempreture, and attending a raggamuffin concert to boot.

ICT Information Warfare and RFMF: Digital Fiji examines the Fiji Military Forces latest foray into the new information age.

A boy has his toys and guy his gadgets: Freelancer45 gets out his giant product/service hammer and lays the smackdown review on a Philishave 40 from MHCC.

Vanua Arcade Sandwich Bar:After a momentary hiatus, the lunch crew of Lunch in Suva are back with a hunger for new restaurant/food reviews (lame – ed). First up…Weird Korean Fusion Focaccia. Favourite line from the review – “The staff seem generally confused but they are competent enough.” ^_^

May of Mayvelous had a post of her moment in the spotlight in which she was featured in a teen magazine, but due to overwhelming requests from raving fans for more autographs, she’s decided to make said post hidden. However, a congratulations is in order for appearing in a teen magazine. Cheers May! :)

Software Piracy: Navinesh examines software piracy, its apparent rampage in the Pacific due to lack of education/awareness, and what can be done to do the right thing.

Fiji TV Editing: This is a great read. Jonathan Segal goes on TV and gets misquoted. Amazing how ‘Segal says‘ and ‘Segal agreed‘ can totally mess up the entire take on the issue.

The Reality of Blogging: Blog responsibly, and if you’re going to kick shit at someone, do so with your real name. Rizwan talks about blogging with credibility.

Think we’ve missed a local blog that you think should go up on the blogsphere list? Email us at failedparadise@gmail.com and tell us or leave a comment :)

Note:Promoting Suva has alot going on. Rather then list what they posted over the past week and fill up your entire screen x5, or post one event and risk the anger and suicide bus drivers from the other events that were missed, we’ll play fair. Just follow the link ;)

  1. #1 by Navinesh on March 3, 2008 - 9:28 am

    Thanks Wilson for featuring my blog.

    cheers

  2. #2 by Mayvelous on March 3, 2008 - 9:39 am

    A good roundup post and thanks.
    I just make my post private cos’ my brother keeps bothering me, saying it’s too personal and stupid and I got annoyed with it.
    Anyways, enjoy the week.
    May

  3. #3 by Wilson on March 3, 2008 - 10:48 am

    @navinesh

    Cheers! Keep posting and you’ll always be featured ;)

    @ may

    thanx. I laughed when i read that your brother had something to do with the post being made private >< He’s always up to something hehe

  4. #4 by Mayvelous on March 3, 2008 - 10:57 am

    Oh yah, he made bullshit critics and comments almost every line of my post. I got so fed up with him and made it private.
    Then he goes, “Oh, you said you don’t care about what other says and now you got scare with my comments, hahaha!”
    I just want to !%#@!$!#%@^!$!@!$ at him! Garrrrrrrrr!

  5. #5 by Wilson on March 3, 2008 - 11:03 am

    hehe feel the love ^_^

  6. #6 by freelancer45 on March 3, 2008 - 1:39 pm

    vinaka wilisoni…I am up for doing a piece specifically for failedparadise.

    Thanks for keeping firmly saying NO to all those chest porns!

    peace!

  7. #7 by freelancer45 on March 3, 2008 - 1:41 pm

    bloody hell no edit :(

    EDIT: Keeping *US

  8. #8 by Wilson on March 3, 2008 - 1:49 pm

    lol @ freelancer45

    you could always delete your comment and repost ;)

  9. #9 by jonathan on March 3, 2008 - 1:55 pm

    Thanks, Wilson.

    When FijiTV wants a good quote on bloggers, I’ll send them your way.

    jonathan

  10. #10 by Wilson on March 3, 2008 - 2:41 pm

    hmmm after reading your recent adventures with FijiTV, i think i’ll give that one a miss ;)

  11. #11 by meg on March 8, 2008 - 10:00 pm

    very interesting thanks Wilson! I especially enjoyed “lunch in Suva”, just the thing for visitors from the west. Another blog I like is una bolviana en Fiji ( http://daniboliviana.blogspot.com/ ) but she hasn’t posted so much lately. They need to lower the price of internet in Savu2 for her!

  12. #12 by Mberenis on August 20, 2008 - 11:11 pm

    I like this blog because it reminds me of myself. Thanks for posting!

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