Archive for the ‘2005 Best of Blogs’ Category

Come on keep voting!

Monday, January 16th, 2006

Don't worry, you can vote more than once!  Just only once a day.  So ... let's get those votes going! And please don't forget to vist the nominated blogs and our gracious sponsors. Powered by Qumana

Ready … Set … Vote!

Thursday, January 12th, 2006

The time has come ... the day is here ... it's time to start the popular vote portion of this extravaganza.  The management apologizes, again, for the delay.  You know, you'd think it would be easy to find a good piece of polling software.  It isn't. So ... here you go ...

Code Talkers

Thursday, January 12th, 2006

Well we have figured out the script issue.  When in doubt get out your wallet and buy something.  Now we have to enter each of the blogs, yes all 200 blogs, into a poll system by hand coding each entry as a link into the poll boxes and then we ...

Best Overall Blog Finalists

Thursday, January 12th, 2006

Whew! The last category! After a late start and a bit of confusion, we finally have the finalists for the Best Overall Blog category. Sorry about the delay! The Muttering Muse http://www.themutteringmuse.com/ Michele Agnew: http://micheleagnew.com/ The Sarcastic Journalist http://shenuts.com/ Urban Semiotic http://www.urbansemiotic.com/ ZazzaFooky http://www.zazzafooky.com/index.php?nonewskin=1 The Sound of Muzik http://www.muzikdude.com/ Fighting Inertia http://fightinginertia.blogspot.com/ Paper Napkin http://papernapkin.typepad.com/ The Art of Getting By http://www.theartofgettingby.com/ Abstract Utopia http://www.blogsofrealplay.com/Members/Utopia/

Just when you thought it was safe…

Thursday, January 12th, 2006

Just when you thought it was safe to go into the water, out comes the sharks! Well in this case, we are having some minor difficulties with the voting script, but I assure you, we will make sure every vote counts even those dead people in Chicago! I see our ...

Rules Are Rules!

Wednesday, January 11th, 2006

The BoB Awards last year turned into a popularity contest more than a blog winning on its merits.  We wanted to eliminate that this year and make the popularity of a blog be important but no the deciding factor.  We have devised a formula after many hours of time at ...

Because I Said So!

Wednesday, January 11th, 2006

We are about to the finish line!  We have some great mommy blogs and with over 300 nominees, it was the toughest category.  We had to eliminate blogs based on their popularity!  I think we have Overall blogs left and then we can start the voting.  That is if the ...

In Tune With Blogging

Wednesday, January 11th, 2006

These blogs are the finalists in the Music Blog category!  We are getting close to the voting now so I appreciate your patience!  You can keep voting in the comment section, but it won't count but it does make my email thingy ping alot!  That of course is music to ...

You got schooled!

Wednesday, January 11th, 2006

I wish I could have been homeschooled....wait my Mom as teacher?  Not bloody likely!  Here are the education and home school blog finalists! The Education Wonks:  http://educationwonk.blogspot.comWhat It's Like On the Inside:  http://www.whatitslikeontheinside.blogspot.comRamblin' Educat:  http://educat.blogspot.comThe Reflective Teacher:  http://therefectiveteacher.wordpress.comPractical Theory:  http://www.practicaltheory.org/serendipityvSKOOL: http://www.vskool.org/www/vskoolblog.htmlDid You Know?:  http://universalfacts.blogspot.comTim Frederick's ELA Teaching Blog:  http://timfrederick.typepad.comHere in the ...

The Purple Finger and a Coffee Buzz

Wednesday, January 11th, 2006

I had this image of bloggers all over the world with a purple index finger after voting there favorite blog.  In case you haven't noticed, we are far behind in the voting process.  Why?  Well 2000 blogs are a lot of blogs to read in a week, although I think ...