We are developing the social individualist meta-context for the future. From the very serious to the extremely frivolous... lets see what is on the mind of the Samizdata people.

Samizdata, derived from Samizdat /n. - a system of clandestine publication of banned literature in the USSR [Russ.,= self-publishing house]

Instapundited

tr.verb. To have your blog mentioned on Instapundit.com. Also: Instalanche.

Usage: “Holy shit, look at the hit counter! We must have been Instapundited!”

Also see: Slashdotted

Blogstipation

1. noun. To be unable to think of anything to blog about, i.e. writer’s block for bloggers.

2. noun. To be unable to post an article on your blog because blogger.com is down yet again.

(meaning 2. coined by Jim Treacher)

Samizdata slogan of the day

There are five Great National Delusions. The first is that there are solutions to all the problems. The second is that only a strong centre can solve the problems. The third is that the strong centre must embody one’s own views exclusively. The fourth Great Delusion is that heroic surgery is required, and the fifth, that the heroic surgeons must be oneself and one’s cronies armed with scalpels as big as machetes.
– Louis de Bernieres

Yes, it was tragic but…

The proprietors and staff of the Arab News express their condolences

British Fashion

Eager to exploit the growing market for British fashion across the pond, British designers have launched this sexy little number:

“The British Royal Air Force has developed and tested its own conventional warhead able to generate an electro-magnetic pulse. Some of the tests were done in the US, and US officials have said that the British weapon works better than the one they are trying to develop.”

Dahhhlings, this is simply the must have addition to the armoury of every serious anarcho-militarist this season.

Meta-blogging

verb. To write blog articles about blogging. Also: metablogging.

Webwaffle

noun. An article posted on a blog.

(coined by Tony Millard)

Hitnosis

noun. Being unable to stop yourself constantly refreshing your browser to see if your hit counter or comments section has increased since the last time you did it (i.e. about 1 minute ago). This often occurs when a ‘memorable number’ is coming up (such as a blog’s hit counter crossing 10,000 or 100,000 or 250,000 visitors etc.) or an unusually large surge of posted comments are attracted by an article.

(coined by Perry de Havilland)

Whoring (for hits)

intr.verb. Posting things on a blog purely to generate an increase in visitors. The term is often intended humourously, but not always.

Link whore

noun. A blogger (qv) who will go to any lengths to get other bloggers to link to them (the term is usually intended to be humourous). Also: Link slut. Both terms are in fact gender non-specific.

Blogathy

noun. When you just don’t give a damn about posting in your blog that day.

(coined by Michele Catalano)

Samizdata slogan of the day

You liberals thinks that goats are just sheep from broken homes
– Anon