Chaucer hath a blog

[triskellian]

Sometime last month, when I was deeply immersed in essay-writing, bluedevi introduced me to Geoffrey Chaucer's blog, which is much more fun to read than anything I was reading for academic purposes.

In his most recent entry, he's answering problem-page-type questions, producing this gem (in response to a question about changing taps on a bath):

Oon man cardeth the woole, oon man spinneth the woole, and an oothir dyeth the woole a fayre colour. Oon man ys skillede yn the husbandrie of beestes, an othir yn the preparacioun of java-basid onlyne gamblynge interfaces, and yet an othir in the produccioun of artificiale guacamole flavour for potato crispes.

Naturally, there's a syndicated LJ feed: chaucerhathblog.

Comments

[onyxblue1.livejournal.com]

Ha! But I have to ask (and feel like an internet-illiterate schmuck for it), what does "a syndicated LJ feed" mean?

[triskellian]

It's a way of adding blogs from other places (and blog-like things - anything that has new entries added over time) to your friends list. Someone has to set the feed up (only paid users can do it IIRC, but there are lots already set up), and then you add it just like any other friend, and their new entries appear on you friends page. See http://www.livejournal.com/syn/ to get lists of the most popular ones.

And if you find one you want to create (look for an RSS or Atom feed, or sometimes I think places use an XML icon for it), and I'm right about paid users, let me know and I'll set it up for you.

[onyxblue1.livejournal.com]

Oh! Well, I will keep that in mind, if I find something outside of LiveJournal that's worth it. At least now I'm not an internet-illiterate shmuck.:-)

I looked at the Chaucer 'blog, and I just don't think I could handle reading it all the time. It's funny, but Middle English is something I can handle from one writer at a time. Maybe if I ever finish Malory.

[onyxblue1.livejournal.com]

I have found one that doesn't seem to be on the list. Would you create it for me, please? The url is http://aftermathblog.wordpress.com/feed/. Thanks Cheers!

I keep thinking that you've been awfully absent from Patchwork, but then I remember that Abigail is in the Rag and Bone Shop, and I can't see that.:-( I've missed you!

[triskellian]

I present aftermathblog for your delight and delectation :-)

We're about to leave the Rag and Bone Shop any second now (in fact, that's what I'm doing after checking LJ), so Abigail and co will reappear to public view, with a new quest and everything. Well, sort of a new quest ;-)

(Is "cheers" for "thanks" a Britishism?)

[onyxblue1.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

Yep, "cheers" is definitely a Britishism.:-)

I'm looking forward to seeing what our colorful heroine does next.