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Slovenia’s bloggers are the pride of the nation.
According to a recent study by Vidmar.net, there are over 40 blogs in Slovenia right now, half of them secretly written by Živa. That leaves another twenty, half of which are never updated. So, to quickly sum up, there are a total of ten active blogs here and almost all of them are updated from the psychopath wing of the Villette mental hospital.
Nevertheless, it’s time to break free and meet. Already in September, veteran blogger and dedek Sps suggested that bloggers in Slovenia gather together in Ljubljana for a gigantic celebration of the lizard. He even offered to pay for everybody’s drinks and food, although I could be making that up. No firm date was set, although a weekend in October was suggested.
Although I read plenty of Slovenian blogs, I’ve never actually met a Slo-blogger in the flesh. I don’t even have an idea what any of them look like, with the exception of anaiis, who broke on through to the other side a few days ago by posing topless on her blog. (Don’t miss her superb imitation of the classic painting Gabrielle d’Estrees and One of her Sisters circa 1595.)
At any rate, I recently got my hands on a schedule for SloBlogMeet 2004, and discovered that there will be lectures. Good ones, too. Here are five presentations planned for the event:
Naslov: Kako s Canon 1D Mark II fotoaparatom skrivoma fotografirati ljudi v njihovih domovanjih, Å¡e posebno takrat, ko so namenjeni pod tuÅ¡: Powerpoint predstavitev. (Udeleženci morajo biti 18 in veÄ?)
Title: Using the Canon 1D Mark II camera to secretly take pictures of people in their apartments, especially when they’re about to get in the shower: A Powerpoint presentation. (Must be 18 or older)
Speaker: A-Blog
Naslov: 50 razlogov zakaj je Slovenija zaniÄ?, HrvaÅ¡ka pa zakon.
Title: 50 Reasons why Slovenia sucks and Croatia rules
Speaker: SPS
Naslov: Zakaj so islandski gejzirji ustvarjeni za skrivanje Ä?loveÅ¡kih teles.
Title: Why Iceland’s geysers make great places to hide human bodies
Speaker: BeeBee
Naslov: Lepo je biti milijonar: Konfiguriranje tvojega iPod-a za vdiranje v online banÄ?ne raÄ?une.
Title: Who wants to be a millionaire? Configuring your iPod to Hack into online bank accounts
Speaker: D. Vidmar
Naslov: Najbolj dolgoÄ?asna predstavitev, ni kaj dosti za povedat.
Title: The most boring presentation imaginable so there really isn´t much to tell
Speaker: Živa
Keep in mind that this will be the first Blogmeet in Slovenian history and that, no, there won’t really be any lectures. So far it looks like the five above-mentioned bloggers will come, and I’m hoping to see novala and Brian there as well.
If this sounds interesting to you, and if you are a Slovenian blogger, contact sps and ask him to keep you updated. You can write to him in Slovene (or Croatian) at “sps{AFNA}email{PIKA}si.” Or just a leave a comment in this post with an address where you can be reached.
Hope to see everyone there!
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hmmmm… will anaiis be there?
What’s your lecture then? ;P
Damn and I thought nobody would ever figure me out.
If this sounds interesting to you, and if you are a Slovenian blogger, contact sps and ask him to keep you updated. You can write to him in Slovene (or Croatian) at “sps{AFNA}email{PIKA}si.” Or just a leave a comment in this post with an address where you can be reached.
Michael, why do you write ‘Croatian’ and not ‘Croat’ as the noun if you write ‘Slovene’ instead ‘Slovenian’?
‘Slovenian’ is the dominant term for both noun and adjective around the world and in fact is used exclusively by the Slovenian Chamber of Commerce (www.gzs.si), most Slovenian companies that have an international presence, UEFA, Euroleague, etc.
The problem with Slovenian/Slovene is that there is no authoritative source to say which one is correct. Most dictionaries simply mention both. The OED (”the definitive record of the English language”) lists Slovene as both “a person from Slovenia” and “the language of Slovenia.” (It also mentions “Slovenian” as a derivative.)
The BBC, in the meantime, seems to prefer “Slovene” as both noun and adjective. (”Slovene press,” “Slovenes have little real political choice”, etc…)
BeeBee: No lectures from me. Somebody has to sit in the audience and listen, after all.
But the same problem (i.e. no authoritative source) exists with regards to Croatian/Croat. The BBC still frequently uses the term Croat, and I don’t think I’ve ever seen a book referring to an old country called the “Kingdom of Serbs, Croatians, and Slovenes.”
Native English-speaking Croatians have had more luck championing their preferred term (to the point of the now the pocket Oxford even suggesting it is the dominant term) because of their greater presence abroad.
dictionary.reference.com/search?q=croat
lovely
WWW.2muchbeauty.com got hacked and almost totally deleted ,probably by Uber L33t Croatian Hackers it will be back . and SOON !!
BlogMeet still on !!! NOW ACCEPTING NEW PEOPLE
and for the record SPS is not MIA just WIA .
2mb shall be back online soon (probably by monday)
novala is going to join MM in the audience secretely making notes in her ancient notebook to have some foreign correspondence to add about Slovenija later in her weblog. Se vidimo!
I’ll be there… Do we have a final date yet?