When I postedthe last list of niche blogs , a commenter expressed surprise that a Tumblr is a blog . Yes , Tumblr is a blogging platform , although it is also a social web . It ’s the same with Twitter , although it is referred to as a “ microblogging ” program because of the limitation on schoolbook . Is Facebook a blogging platform ? Yes , if you choose to utilize it as one , although the public will only swing in to see what ’s new if you post interesting subject thing on a regular basis . Ablogis a website that is update on a regular basis like a journal , and in fact the word “ blog ” is short for “ web log . ” The updating with Modern textile is what keeps us going back for more . Are you ready to explore some new and interesting undivided case blogs ?
1. Ask the Past
Ask the Pastis a blog by Johns Hopkins history prof Elizabeth Archibald . She quote advice from old books , oftenveryold book , whether it’sgoodadvice or not . Mostly not . Here are some other example posts :
How to Keep Your Cat , c. 1470How to Mouse - Proof Your Cheese , 1649How to Fart , 1530How to recount if Someone Is or Is Not Dead , c. 1380How to Sober Up , 1628
If you commence reading at the home pageboy , you may be busy all day .
2. Small Town Noir
The blogSmall Town Noirtells the story of people who were contain in New Castle , Pennsylvania , between 1930 and 1960 . Diarmid Mogg became interested in the town and its the great unwashed when he establish some mugshots on eBay , and researched the narrative of those masses in the local newspaper archives -not just their offense , but their entire life as well as they can be rebuild .
Although Mogg is in Scotland , he continues tocollect and search the mugshotsthat the New Castle constabulary have out some fourth dimension around 1990 . The stories are sparse but captivating , and the blog as a whole serves to chronicle the history of a turn down American town and the mundane hoi polloi who lived and died there .
The mugshot above is ofJohn Saul , who was arrested in 1957 for disorderly deportment . But the real taradiddle occur afterwards , when he got involved with holding a woman against her will for the role of whoredom , a criminal offense that involved some of the town ’s notable politicians .
3. WTF Renaissance
“ Like most Fashion Week attendant , Chris and Uma judged shows on the timber of their gift bags . ”
The Twitter feedWTF Renaissancegives modern captions to Renaissance and other Hellenic paintings , or , more often , details find in Renaissance paintings . You ’re sure to find something in there to make you smile .
4. Illustrated Twitter Typos
It ’s hard to get every alphabetic character right when you ’re squeeze from a phone . For some citizenry , even large keyboard keys and little words will trip you up . So it was inevitable that a land site dedicated to Twitter typos would come in along . Illustrated Twitter Typosnot only showcases the funniest typos , but testify the “ Freudian literal error ” illustrated . misspelling are included as well as typos , as long as they ’re funny , and indeed misspellings make up the majority of queer entries . The answer are unintented punning .
5. Pop Sonnets
Pop Sonnetstakes innovative , conversant songs and renders them into Shakespearean language . That ’s all , but it ’s sure enough enough to make you laugh , particularly if your favorite Song dynasty is there . It might well be : the birdsong posted so far range from “ I Will Survive " by Gloria Gaynor to “ Rude ” by Magic ! If not , you could hint a song .
6. Real Anime Food
Have you ever had a yen to try out the formula for dishes people eat on telecasting ? If you ’re an anime sports fan , Real Anime Foodcan avail ! The unnamed blogger is an anime fan and recreational cook . AboutSukuyo ’s Mystery Croquettes(from the showKill la Kill ) , she say :
That ’s followed by the recipe and directions illustrated by photographs . There are nine pages of formula so far .
7. Lego Academics
“ The @LegoAcademics overlooked one somewhat unlikely ' risk ' on their morality approving form . ”
Stockholm scientist Ellen Kooijman ( Alatariel Elensar ) designeda LEGO set featuring adult female scientist . It was blame up and manufactured by the LEGO company , and Donna Yates , an American archeologist in Glasgow , Scotland , buy one of the firstResearch Institute setsas shortly as they went on sale -plus a few special patch for creative thinking ’s interest . She recreates panorama from her own life in archeology and academia and posts them to her new Twitter account , Lego Academics . It has becomea hit among scientists and academicswho relate to her LEGO scenes .
Theimage aboveincorporates theT. rexfossil let in in the set . Other vignettes mete out withdrinking as stress substitute , dealing withbudgets , and a dinosaur fogey thatwants to be involvedin research . Yates pronounce she ’s been a LEGO fan since childhood , and will proceed to station such scenes “ as long as it ’s funny . ”
8. Ryan Gosling Disneyland Cats
Four years ago , there was a spate of fresh blogs feature Photoshoppedimages of unrelated topicsspawned bySelleck Waterfall Sandwich , which is now defunct , as are most of the spinoff blogs . Mental_floss reader shavenwarthog secern us his favorite wasBea Arthur Mountains Pizza , which still has three pages of images . you may also still chequer out the archive ofTony Danza Space Pretzel , too . But the longest - subsist of these image blogs isRyan Gosling Disneyland Cats , which is still being update , although infrequently , in 2014 . It must be the dependent affair .
9. It’s Like They Know Us
" I am get so much body of work done . tot are prosperous . "
publicizing and stock photos are an endless source of drollery , because they show an idealize example of the complete living and whatever it is they are trying to sell . One blogger saw how ludicrous the depictions of parentage , gestation , and particularly suckle are , and cogitate up snarky caption . The result is the new blogIt ’s Like They Know Us . Anyone who has ever been around a child can relate .
