Where Else Do You Hang on the Web? And Why?

wxwax

tsk1979 wrote:

Actually, you know what, in most commonwealth nations(Nations which were once under the british empire) and in many non-commonwealth non english speaking nations, the language of choice on the internet is english. Most countries which have migrated from english are either the far east ones, or the ones like Spain/Germany etc., where the language is different but the script is english like.

Let me get this straight: English is the language of the internet in Commonwealth countries like Australia, New Zealand, Canada and South Africa?

Wow.

You couldn't tell by our members' postings.

wxwax

tsk1979

wxwax wrote:

Let me get this straight: English is the language of the internet in Commonwealth countries like Australia, New Zealand, Canada and South Africa?

Wow.

You couldn't tell by our members' postings.

If you look at the postings, esp by teenagers today, you wont be able to make out that english is the language of choice in the US! :D

marlinspike

Hmmm....I think I might be pretty unique in my browsing habits, though I haven't looked at all of the posts yet
1911forum.com, mbca.org forums, dpreview.com (mainly nowadays just for the front news page) and washingtonpost.com

SpeshulEd

Nice post...I spend too much time on the internet...

www.thefuzz.net - friends band site, has a mb that we all talk on.
www.taperssection.com - my other expensive hobby is taping live music.
www.oink.me.uk - downloading music stuffs. bit torrent. anyone want an invite?
www.fredmiranda.com - gotta see whats for sale.
www.woot.com www.dealnews.com www.slickdeals.com - gotta see whats for sale on the net
www.xbox-scene.com - modded xbox stuff
www.pitchforkmedia.com www.tinymixtapes.com - music news
http://www.archive.org/audio/etree.php - live music for my listening enjoyment

plus countless other feeds on my custom google home page, i spend a lot of time checking out photos on smug mug, and searching google and froogle for lenses.

wxwax

Excellent, spesh, a bunch of links I've never seen before!

SpeshulEd

this place and all of those are all the reasons I never get any work done at the office.

rahmonster

What a cool thread.:D

I frequent:
http://www.newenglandphotographers.net/index.php
(local photography group)

http://www.eldersweather.com.au/index.jsp?lt=dist&lc=n05&d=-1
(local weather conditions)

www.ebay.com.au

http://www.itv.com/f1
(formula 1 news)

http://aquatic-photography.com/
(Combines my two hobbies )

I dunno I go alot of places.

wxwax

Schumacher's closing in on Alonso.

wxwax

BTW, anyone know of a good film discussion forum?

I registered at IMBD and I'm keeping an eye on JoBlo's. Rotten Tomatoes wants too much personal info to register.

Just looking for thoughtful discussions of current and classic fillums.

SpeshulEd

we should have a "movie talk" thread, maybe even a "tv talk" thread too.

I'm not on any film type mb's but I do talk a lot on other mb's about movies and stuff in designated movie talk type threads. Its not a whole forum, but you can at least talk about movies and whatnot and recommend movies and stuff to your friends.



I watch a lot of tv too...entourage, deadwood for example, thats why I recommended the tv talk one.

wxwax

SpeshulEd wrote:

we should have a "movie talk" thread, maybe even a "tv talk" thread too.

I'm not on any film type mb's but I do talk a lot on other mb's about movies and stuff in designated movie talk type threads. Its not a whole forum, but you can at least talk about movies and whatnot and recommend movies and stuff to your friends.



I watch a lot of tv too...entourage, deadwood for example, thats why I recommended the tv talk one.

I agree, I like to talk about movies, without going overboard about it. Dunno if there are enough interested folks here to make it work, tho.

BigAl

POTN I enjoy the macro section
Outdoor Photo SAfrican photography site.

BTW, what's wrong with Ozzie, NZ and SAfrican English?

gus

Just a few of mine...actually just looking at some of the posts here...some of you lot are pretty weird :uhoh


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SpeshulEd

wxwax wrote:

I agree, I like to talk about movies, without going overboard about it. Dunno if there are enough interested folks here to make it work, tho.

I say we do it! Everybody watches movies now and then, even if you're not big into them. Its always nice to find a suggestion for a good movie or to hear about whats coming up.

Mike Lane

gus wrote:

Just a few of mine...actually just looking at some of the posts here...some of you lot are pretty weird :uhoh


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:lol

StevenV

gus wrote:

...some of you lot are pretty weird :uhoh

Gus, you say that like it's a bad thing.

rahmonster

wxwax wrote:

Schumacher's closing in on Alonso.

Isn't he....

Ferrari Forever !lynnma:giggle

W.W. Webster

wxwax wrote:

Schumacher's closing in on Alonso.

When does his 'A' sample come back from the lab? :giggle

thebigsky

wxwax wrote:

BTW, anyone know of a good film discussion forum?

I registered at IMBD and I'm keeping an eye on JoBlo's. Rotten Tomatoes wants too much personal info to register.

Just looking for thoughtful discussions of current and classic fillums.

If you have Itunes, you might like 'Mark Kermode's film reviews' which is a podcast you can subscribe to. It's taken from a Friday afternoon BBC radio show and it's very popular, he's quite a character and his reviews are always spot on.

wxwax

thebigsky wrote:

If you have Itunes, you might like 'Mark Kermode's film reviews' which is a podcast you can subscribe to. It's taken from a Friday afternoon BBC radio show and it's very popular, he's quite a character and his reviews are always spot on.

I don't have tunes, but thanks for the tip, I'll see if I can find another way to play it.

thebigsky

Here's a link to Kermode's page on the BBC site, there are various options for listening on there.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/fivelive/entertainment/kermode.shtml

You'll love him or loath him

Charlie

wxwax

thebigsky wrote:

Here's a link to Kermode's page on the BBC site, there are various options for listening on there.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/fivelive/entertainment/kermode.shtml

You'll love him or loath him

Charlie

Excellent! Thanks.

DavidTO

wxwax wrote:

I don't have tunes, but thanks for the tip, I'll see if I can find another way to play it.

How can you not have iTunes? I mean, you just bought a MacBook. It's in there. Did you delete it?

Also, as far as film discussion, all that I've seen is fan-boy BS.

wxwax

DavidTO wrote:

How can you not have iTunes? I mean, you just bought a MacBook. It's in there. Did you delete it?

Also, as far as film discussion, all that I've seen is fan-boy BS.

I don't use it. I have about 100 CDs and a player at my elbow at home, only play them infrequently. I don't habitually listen to music, it's annoying and an energy drain. I pick my monents.

DavidTO

wxwax wrote:

I don't use it. I have about 100 CDs and a player at my elbow at home, only play them infrequently. I don't habitually listen to music, it's annoying and an energy drain. I pick my monents.

K, not to belabor the point, but you have iTunes, and you could listen to the podcast mentioned above.

Andy

wxwax wrote:

I pick my monents.

Why do you hate Music?

DavidTO

wxwax wrote:

I have about 100 CDs

I didn't know Gordon Lightfoot had that many albums out.

Andy

DavidTO wrote:

I didn't know Gordon Lightfoot had that many albums out.

Waxy pWned!

wxwax

DavidTO wrote:

K, not to belabor the point, but you have iTunes, and you could listen to the podcast mentioned above.

I bought a Mac already, you can stop now!