Dive Blog
I stumbled across Divester today, a fairly new blog devoted to all things scuba. MLB and I are certified divers and did quite a bit of diving in the Caribbean during the 90s. It's been at least five years since our last dive trip -- a variety of other priorities have surfaced (no pun intended) -- and seeing this blog stirs up some good memories.
It appears that this site is a part of the Weblogs, Inc. Network empire, and as such, is suspect from an objectivity perspective. But posts like this one about a dive trip to Bonaire* alleviate most of my concerns along those lines, as it's brutally honest...something you won't find in most scuba magazines which seem to be in business primarily for the benefit of their advertisers.
If you're a diver, this might be a good addition to your blogroll, bookmarks or de.licio.us links.
*Bonaire happens to be our favorite dive destination. I may have to put up some scuba-related posts, now that the sport is on my mind again.
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No offense intended, Jason. I'm just naturally skeptical of blogs which appear to be grown out of a corporate entity, rather than as a result of an individual's passion. Anyway, as I said, the Bonaire post laid to rest any concerns I might have had about the blog.
However, you might as well get used to dealing with those concerns; I assure you that I'm not the only skeptic in the blogosphere. ;-)
Posted by: Eric at March 8, 2005 07:42 PMwell, just so you know the concept behind weblogs, inc is to help people get paid to blog about their passion! all of our blogs come from pitches from passionate people!!!
Posted by: Jason at March 8, 2005 08:30 PMOK, I'm learning something here, Jason. I'd like to shift this thread to email and ask you a couple of questions, if that's OK.
Posted by: Eric at March 8, 2005 08:43 PMAbout the publisher
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Suspect because it is part of Weblogs, Inc?!?!
The whole concept behind weblogs, inc. is to maintain church and state... allowing bloggers to blog without having to worry about selling advertising/making a living!
we have a seperate sales team that goes out and sells advertising and we never tall Erik or Cosimo what to blog--trust me, that wouldn't work anyway!!! :-)
best jason
Posted by: Jason at March 8, 2005 07:36 PM