January 25, 2003
Why Do So Many Journalists Use Similar Blogger Templates?
Here's the new weblog (allegedly) published by the great columnist Dave Barry, the design of which is blamed on journalist and Dot Con author Ken Layne.
Is it me, or does this look strangely similar to the mysterious site of A. Beam, namesake of Boston Globe journalist and weblog critic Alex Beam? (Scroll up on Instapundit for much more on the old and amusing Alex Beam controversy.)
Perhaps it's just a coincidence. Or is Ken Layne the mastermind uniting 'old media' with the Blogosphere?
Update: Page, in fact, the Last Page, (an excellent site that I recommend, hence its existence on the massive blogroll) carries forth the torch on this blog-investigation. I assure you, dear reader, that we will get to the bottom of this. Or my name isn't Oscar Jr.
Posted by oscarjr at January 25, 2003 08:23 PM | TrackBackPage:
If you write this just to feed my rampant paranoia, thanks!
If not, double-thanks. I expect to be posting proof any day now of a Layne/Barry/Beam arrangement. The fact that Glenn Reynolds ignored my hypothesis must mean something, right?
Anyhow, thanks for visiting. I'm surely sane.
Posted by: Oscar Jr. at 04:01 PMJim Treacher has issued a denial on my blog that Ken Layne is behind his blog. The plot thickens.
Posted by: page at 04:02 PMAt one point Welch thought I was A. Beam. And I was damn sure HE was A. Beam. Whoever A. Beam is, I wish he (she?) would come back already!
Posted by: Jim Treacher at 04:02 PMYes, I saw that. It's a plausible denial.
And now Dave Barry's puppies are gone. Caught, Layne is flushing the evidence. I expect a. beam of light in blogistan to be going dark (well, darker) soon, too.
Posted by: Oscar Jr. at 04:02 PMDespite my prediction in the post above, I hope a. beam returns, too.
Posted by: Oscar Jr. at 04:03 PM
