Comments for cliaz.net http://www.cliaz.net pretty much a sandbox Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:32:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Scotland, so freaking epic by cliaz.net » Blog Archive » Dublin http://www.cliaz.net/2009/10/16/scotland-so-freaking-epic/comment-page-1/#comment-10397 cliaz.net » Blog Archive » Dublin Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:32:39 +0000 http://www.cliaz.net/?p=609#comment-10397 [...] aside though, Dublin was pretty awesome. I was staying with girls I’d met on the Isle of Skye in Scotland, a bunch of yanks studying for a semester in Ireland. While I’d only met 4 on the tour, there [...] [...] aside though, Dublin was pretty awesome. I was staying with girls I’d met on the Isle of Skye in Scotland, a bunch of yanks studying for a semester in Ireland. While I’d only met 4 on the tour, there [...]

]]> Comment on Roma by cliaz.net » Blog Archive » Rome http://www.cliaz.net/2009/08/11/roma/comment-page-1/#comment-8284 cliaz.net » Blog Archive » Rome Thu, 20 Oct 2011 00:40:29 +0000 http://www.cliaz.net/?p=407#comment-8284 [...] fondly my last stay in Rome, I decided to book at the same hostel again – the Ivanhoe. When the check in chick told the [...] [...] fondly my last stay in Rome, I decided to book at the same hostel again – the Ivanhoe. When the check in chick told the [...]

]]> Comment on Venice by cliaz.net » Blog Archive » Pisa http://www.cliaz.net/2011/10/11/venice/comment-page-1/#comment-8283 cliaz.net » Blog Archive » Pisa Thu, 20 Oct 2011 00:08:03 +0000 http://www.cliaz.net/?p=780#comment-8283 [...] cliaz.net pretty much a sandbox « Venice [...] [...] cliaz.net pretty much a sandbox « Venice [...]

]]> Comment on Roma by cliaz.net » Blog Archive » Milan http://www.cliaz.net/2009/08/11/roma/comment-page-1/#comment-8256 cliaz.net » Blog Archive » Milan Mon, 17 Oct 2011 22:49:58 +0000 http://www.cliaz.net/?p=407#comment-8256 [...] I’ve said it before (near the bottom) but I’ll say it [...] [...] I’ve said it before (near the bottom) but I’ll say it [...]

]]> Comment on Berlin, a city reborn by cliaz.net » Blog Archive » Berlin http://www.cliaz.net/2009/09/21/berlin-a-city-reborn/comment-page-1/#comment-8190 cliaz.net » Blog Archive » Berlin Thu, 13 Oct 2011 21:26:15 +0000 http://www.cliaz.net/2009/09/21/berlin-a-city-reborn/#comment-8190 [...] us to rise any earlier, we barely managed to make our 11am New Berlin Walking Tour. Now, I’ve raved about these tours before, so I won’t do so again, but it was well worth our [...] [...] us to rise any earlier, we barely managed to make our 11am New Berlin Walking Tour. Now, I’ve raved about these tours before, so I won’t do so again, but it was well worth our [...]

]]> Comment on Kuala Lumpur by Martin http://www.cliaz.net/2011/09/17/kuala-lumpur/comment-page-1/#comment-8151 Martin Wed, 12 Oct 2011 12:04:50 +0000 http://www.cliaz.net/?p=682#comment-8151 Love it! It's like you did all the cool stuff I did, and then some. (I never did go to the mosque. Or try stingray.) I did warn you about the afternoon rain, though :-P Love it! It’s like you did all the cool stuff I did, and then some. (I never did go to the mosque. Or try stingray.) I did warn you about the afternoon rain, though :-P

]]> Comment on Erlenbach by cliaz.net » Blog Archive » Weinlese – the Wine Harvest http://www.cliaz.net/2009/09/29/erlenbach/comment-page-1/#comment-673 cliaz.net » Blog Archive » Weinlese – the Wine Harvest Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:12:26 +0000 http://www.cliaz.net/?p=593#comment-673 [...] method was quite different too. Being a large producer of wine, the Kerner family (same guys who made the oil) had much more machinery to speed things up. Tractors galore (loved driving them around, mad fun), [...] [...] method was quite different too. Being a large producer of wine, the Kerner family (same guys who made the oil) had much more machinery to speed things up. Tractors galore (loved driving them around, mad fun), [...]

]]> Comment on Alright let me explain… by cliaz.net » Blog Archive » A quiet little town called Lisbon http://www.cliaz.net/2009/09/10/alright-let-me-explain/comment-page-1/#comment-594 cliaz.net » Blog Archive » A quiet little town called Lisbon Mon, 21 Sep 2009 12:34:10 +0000 http://www.cliaz.net/?p=561#comment-594 [...] (shat all over Nando’s) we spent the evening putting our affairs into order – hence my angry post early thursday [...] [...] (shat all over Nando’s) we spent the evening putting our affairs into order – hence my angry post early thursday [...]

]]> Comment on Alright let me explain… by Martin http://www.cliaz.net/2009/09/10/alright-let-me-explain/comment-page-1/#comment-507 Martin Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:44:50 +0000 http://www.cliaz.net/?p=561#comment-507 But I thought Macs just worked :-P But I thought Macs just worked :-P

]]> Comment on Apparently I ramble by Martin http://www.cliaz.net/2009/08/16/apparently-i-ramble/comment-page-1/#comment-407 Martin Sat, 22 Aug 2009 22:02:18 +0000 http://www.cliaz.net/?p=413#comment-407 The people who say you ramble – fuck 'em. Arguments: a) For whom are you writing? This is your blog, where you express yourself. Yourself, in your own style. Perhaps your personal writing style is a little differently to how you speak, but probably not very much. So if people – your friends – cope with the way you speak, they should be able to cope with the way you write. b) Can you really portray your experiences in 500 words or less? I doubt it. If I wanted to read "$CITY_A is nice, weather is awesome, drinking heaps with friendly strangers, shame I have to leave so soon, next stop is $CITY_B", I'd ask you to send me a postcard. Don't make yourself boring just because people have short attention spans. c) At the time you are writing these posts you remember more about these places and events than you ever will again. The more you write down now – the little things, the ones that sound like rambling but really just capture what exactly made the trip personal and not a sequence of images from a travel catalogue – the more value you will have from these posts in the future. I hardly blogged my World Cup games at all, and I really, really regret it. There's a few cool bits and pieces I remember, but so much is gone. OTOH, reading accounts I /did/ post, I am reminded of the quirks that made the trip uniquely mine. /Martin P.S. Yes, I did the 10 push-ups. The people who say you ramble – fuck ‘em.
Arguments:
a) For whom are you writing? This is your blog, where you express yourself. Yourself, in your own style. Perhaps your personal writing style is a little differently to how you speak, but probably not very much. So if people – your friends – cope with the way you speak, they should be able to cope with the way you write.
b) Can you really portray your experiences in 500 words or less? I doubt it. If I wanted to read “$CITY_A is nice, weather is awesome, drinking heaps with friendly strangers, shame I have to leave so soon, next stop is $CITY_B”, I’d ask you to send me a postcard. Don’t make yourself boring just because people have short attention spans.
c) At the time you are writing these posts you remember more about these places and events than you ever will again. The more you write down now – the little things, the ones that sound like rambling but really just capture what exactly made the trip personal and not a sequence of images from a travel catalogue – the more value you will have from these posts in the future. I hardly blogged my World Cup games at all, and I really, really regret it. There’s a few cool bits and pieces I remember, but so much is gone. OTOH, reading accounts I /did/ post, I am reminded of the quirks that made the trip uniquely mine.

/Martin

P.S. Yes, I did the 10 push-ups.

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