Now online: "Beyond the Beyond" by Bruce Sterling, the first blog launched by Wired Magazine. Forthcoming launches are said to include a Mac-related blog from veteran Wired News correspondent Leander Kahney. From the "Wired Blogs" home page:
Wired News and Wired Magazine Blogs are new features that allow our writers and readers to post their thoughts on recent developments and ideas in their corner of the Web. As a new site feature, these blogs will grow and develop into living, breathing areas for the exchange of links, thoughts, and information.
Mr. Sterling explains that he will not be incorporating comments into said blog:
I plan to blog to this site EVERY SINGLE DAY except for weekends and major nondenominational holidays. Minor planetary calamities such as military invasions, Microsoft worms, electrical blackouts, abject market collapses, a patch of California the size of Rhode Island catching fire from climate change — not only will these mishaps not slow me down in my blogging duties, they will probably SPEED ME UP. Note that there is NO COMMENTARY ALLOWED in my pristine, high-toned blog here. Why? Because you might be a spammer, that's why! When I have a big red anti-spam button I can push that will cause Homeland Security to arrest you immediately and deport you to Guantanamo, then you may comment. Until then, no blog-reader of mine will ever be forced to endure your lame illegal product pitches, and that goes double for you harebrained flamers and trollers.
Incidentally, I understand these sites will all use a weblog-building tool from Tripod — part of the Terra/Lycos family of companies, which owns Wired News, but not Wired Magazine, which is owned by Conde Nast.
Link to "Beyond the Beyond."
