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Some fresh Thanet Blogging for you

I am always on the look out for fresh things in the world of Thanet blogging and have recently come accross one or two blogs that are new to me. Some found me and others I found.

Urban Fallout is a blog by a person who comes from Thanet. He/She started blogging 3 months ago and seems to ave a working class and political slant to their blogging. It is refreshing in that it does not consider Thanet to in isolation but addresses narional issues as well. This blog seems to produce a new post every week or so.

Thanet By Air. Thanet's other pilot it seems has a sense of humour. the blog has been going since early 2007 and updates only sometimes. Nothing too seriouse here but some interesting photgraphs in the side bar.

Thanet No2ID Blog is one that I think made it to the Thanet Blog List but it seems on the whole to be a political blog that is talking to itself. I'm not sure if this is beacue the author (Gary) is not so hot at networking or if no-one cares about this issue (which seems to get no "air time" from other blogs) but it seems a shame to leave even one blog out in the cold.




Let us not forget that we live in Kent as well as and so I give you County Councillor Ray Parker’s Blog a man who has started to realise that the voice of Thanet is strong indeed.

On the subject of Kent has anyone noticed the Monsters of Kent blog? It's been going since Januaray 2007 and is active into it's second year. With a couple of posts each month. It's a bit odd but worth a look.

For that mater what about Save Kent? Save Kent has been going since April and I'm not sure what to make of it yet.

The Green Moral is an ecological blog by yours truely. The focus is on green issues and environmentally friendly living. It is part of a massive project that I will talk about further when I feel the time is right.

It a bit of an eyesore with all that bright yellow (Firefox users might want to create a GreaseMonkey script) but there is a political(ish) voice from the mainstream fringe in the UKIP Thanet Blog. They seem strapped for cash with all those adverts but who am I to judge? (if the site owners want to contact me I can offer good rates for a usability makeover).

Daktari's Ramblings a blog started this month. Let's hope its a good one.




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Mrs Tara Plumbing wrote:

Thanks for this - as I always say - you have far too much time on your hands!

Daktari's ramblings are well worth a read.
BUT - most of the links in your blog here - well - In my opinion if you post white righting on a black back ground then you actually do not want people to read what you have written!

NoToID is one I read and have great sympathy for. - But obviously it is a single issue political blog.

For me I'm all for no to I.D. and for FREE public toilets - especially at the beach.
18/08/2008 10:01:45

Mrs Tara Plumbing wrote:

Do you think perhaps I meant to say white writing?
18/08/2008 10:02:52

Matt B wrote:

I thing perhaps you did mean that.

I agree that white on black is hard to read but it is strangely popular when people start especially if they like rockier music. I think it may be (sub) cultural but the "dark and moody" can be achieved with black on white - it just takes more work. I blame blogger for offering a white on black rather than a dark themed black on white.

I wouldn't mind betting we still don't know all about every Thanet blog out there.
19/08/2008 17:14:38

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