Blogging code of conduct

There’s a thing out there now called the “blogging code of conduct“, which has been invented by a guy called Bill O’Reilly, who’s responsible for, amongst other things, uber-useful terms like “Web 2.0″. The idea seems to be that bloggers should commit to being “civil” and controlling the types of comments they get.

I don’t really see the point, to be honest. If you’re getting nasty messages, there’s a simple solution - ignore it. If that doesn’t work for you, make people sign in before they can post.

I’d like to officially announce this is an Anything goes blog. Say what you want, as long as it’s not about reality TV.

Biggest loser
Wooops. Okay, just the once. I promise not to be civil.

This is the kind of show I normally wouldn’t watch, even for a bet. The idea of watching untalented, witless nobodies sitting around talking about themselves and having life-changing experiences to order live on camera is normally enough to make me puke.

However, this show is more fun than most, mainly because you can play the “Spot how fast they ditch the Brooks shoes after they leave the house” game. As far as I can see, the average evicted loser swaps to Asics about 5 metres outside the gates.

Anyway, in recent news, a guy called Courtney was evicted. Strangely this didn’t happen because:

• he didn’t lose much weight
• he has a girl’s name
• he had hideous glasses
• his hair made him look like a st. bernard dog
• he has the most hideously hairy man-boobs ever seen on Australian television

No, apparently he asked for it. Sure….

Three cheers to whoever it is who wrote his biography on the Biggest Loser website. It’s one of the finest pieces of imaginative fiction I’ve read for quite a while. I particularly like these bits:

With striking looks, a sharp mind and great sense of humour…

Courtney’s weight problem is the only thing stopping the character from being super-hot…..

Good one.