I’m sure that all of you are familiar with George Orwell, and most of you have probably read his writing. I know that I read “Animal Farm” and “1984” in school, then again later.

Although the classics stick with me, I hadn’t really explored any of his other writings, but looking through the bibliography in the link above, I already see many things that I would like to read.

Britain’s “The Orwell Prize”, an award for political writing, is publishing George Orwell’s diaries, in blog format. The Website is The Orwell Diaries.

Besides the fact that it’s a look into the life of a great writer, one interesting aspect is that the diaries start on August 9th, 1938, and the blog was started on August 9th, 2008, exactly 70 years after the entries were written.

If you’re interested in reading more about the diaries, read the blog’s about page. I know I’m interested in reading the blog, and seeing what Orwell’s thoughts were. I hope you’ll join me.

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  I ended up taking last Thursday and Friday off to go camping and 4-wheeling, I should be posting about that pretty soon, but I realized yesterday that I missed my weekly link post.

Not having the routine made it easy to forget. Sorry about that.

This week, I’m getting spun up to step into my role of Tiger Cub Den Leader for my Son’s Cub Scout Pack, so time may be a little short this week.

I really enjoyed doing the "A Year Ago" post. It let me what I was doing back then, and it highlighted how different things are this year. Of course, I can’t believe that all of that stuff was a year ago, it seems like only months.

1 Year Ago

On the personal side of things, I was having some trouble with the brakes on my CJ-7, and learned a valuable lesson in the process.

I also found a website that let’s you know where you’re favorite sites are hosted, as well as one to let you know who else is hosted on your shared hosting server.

I was also getting ready to switch my blog from the port16.com root to port16.com/blog. Something I wish I had done in the first place, but I was glad that I ended up doing it pretty early on.

I hope everyone has had a good weekend, I know I did.

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I was looking through my Del.Icio.us bookmarks to find some common topic for today’s link post. There’s a whole slew of links there on far too many topics, but sometimes it’s hard to tie them all in together. This is one place I should implement “Phil’s 3 or more for categories” rule. I do tend to go a little crazy with categories.

Feeling a little inspired by a guest post on Pearl’s blog, “3 Crucial Things That School Never Taught You”, I decided to use Parenting as my theme for today. So, here goes:

- How to raise a Fun and Funny Child – Although the site name, BabyCenter, would make you think that it’s only about babies, they cover topics for children of all ages. This article gives you some insight into why a sense of humor is so important, but also how to help your child develop their own.

- How Not to Talk to Your Kids – This is a New York News and Features Article that’s really interesting. It discusses the difference, and long term implications, of praising your child for being “smart”, vs praising them for “working hard”. Really interesting, and I saw the difference in my own kids.

- OffSprung – This is a terrific blog that covers all sorts of parenting and parent orientated topics, and makes them funny to boot. I’m a big fan of being entertained while I learn, so this is a favorite.

- The DaddyCast – This is a great podcast from a working father. He discussed parenting topics, as well as relating his experiences. I’ve really been able to relate to a lot of his stories, as well as found his recommendations helpful.

- Fatherville – Terrific site for fathers. Advice and discussions about nearly every family situation, this site has some terrific articles, as well as a great forums and a blog.

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Sorry for the delay on Wallpaper Tuesday, I was at work until about 3AM this morning working with the local phone service to resolve some T-1 issues.

I picked this wallpaper because I would really like a set of those arms. I bet my productivity would really be increased. Except, I would probably have to take time out to fight Spider-Man.

This week’s choice for wallpaper is "Multitasking" by Professional-Icons. I found the wallpaper on Interfacelift, which was recommended by Art. Wow, some really great stuff out there. I’m willing to bet that I’ll start featuring some more picks from here.

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That’s right, it’s Wallpaper Tuesday! Today’s choice is titled and in my Dream, and I found it on DevianArt.com. Lots of great photos and artwork there.

If you have a favorite site for Wallpapers, post it in the comments and let me know.

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