10 Questions with Jet Fisher of The Overdrone
Ten Questions with Jet Fisher of The Overdrone
1. Describe your blog in five sentences or less.
Trapped in a small town in Illinois, The OverDrone’s consciousness spreads on tendrils of pure thought to encompass the world. The return from this global purse-seine is a paltry one or two entries a day; music, oddities, drawings from The OverDrone’s own hand, tattered culture, all in third person. And plus there are contests to win drawings sometimes.
2. Link us to one post from your blog that best defines who you are.
The Day Indie Died - An episode during The OverDrone’s larval or pupal stage which hapened to coincide with a cultural moment. The OverDrone witnesses the birth of Britpop.
3. What sets you apart from other bloggers?
Third person, Geography, Physical Distance, Compound Eyes.
4. When and how did you first discover blogging?
Stumble Upon in the early part of this decade.
5. What is your biggest pet peeve related to blogging or the internet?
The OverDrone feels that the internet will create a generation of navel gazing shut-ins lacking in the skills needed to rebuild the world in the aftermath of Global Warming.
6. Name one plugin, blogging widget, or service that you can’t live without.
The OverDrone uses and loves StatCounter because of all of the wonderful ways he can look at the data, exciting stuff.
7. If you could choose anyone, living or dead, to write a guest post for your blog,who would it be and why?
Samuel Pepys Tha’ OB (Original Blogster).
8. How has blogging made you a better person?
It is awesome to see that someone from the Ukraine or Malaysia is reading something that you wrote. When The OverDrone lived in the eighties there was no such global network. Blogging has given The OverDrone hope.
9. What are your tips for becoming a better blogger?
Post daily, link often. Write even when you don’t want to.
10. Name one great blog that you read on a regular basis. What makes it unique?
Pharyngula, because of the squid links, the science and the occasional Cthulhu reference.
Ooops, should have spell checked that last sentence. Make that squid links. Great to see me in print somewhere else. Keep luvvin blogs!