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March 15th, 2010

The dullest blog in the Economist

My dullest blog in the world appears in the latest issue of The Economist. From Analysing the web: Blog mining:

“I NOTICED that the doormat was at a slightly crooked angle. I reached down and moved the mat back into its correct place.” Thus began a recent entry on The dullest blog in the world. Although this publication is something of a satire on the internet’s inane blogs, scientists are finding—to their surprise—that useful information can actually be mined from the tedium of the blogosphere.

The dullest blog in the world is here, or you can follow it via Facebook or Twitter.

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3 Responses to “The dullest blog in the Economist”


  1. joe says:

    In the whole spectrum of dullness, the Economist occupies a particular level of their own. And they don’t even bother to link to the source. How rude.

    March 15th, 2010 at 10:16 am
  2. chris clark says:

    How does it make you feel Dave when you realise you are being mined? Is it very painful? Do you get compensation and is there a danger of over-mining? Have Greenpeace been told of this new attack on the environment?

    Will this post iteslf be mined? Are there mines within mines ad infinitum? What is the smallest conceivable mine?

    You can tell I should be doing something else!

    March 15th, 2010 at 12:16 pm
  3. The Church Mouse says:

    If I were you, I would be seriously tempted to add “as quoted in the Economist” to my CV.

    March 17th, 2010 at 1:41 pm