Carnivals
96 entries
- The Death of the Carnival Submit Form
I have to take down the Carnival Submit Form. The http://www.blogcarnival.com web site is far more powerful than anything I could do in my spare time, so there's not the need that we used to have. More seriously, spam abuse...
# At September 13, 2006 2:32 PM | Tags: blog carnivals blogging carnival submit form spam - Carnival of Real Estate, Unschooling Voices
- Carnival of Motherhood
The Sisterhood Six Carnival of Motherhood has been added to the Carnival Submit Form. In the words of the carnival organizer: Mama bloggers can submit new or old posts about the monthly motherhood topic. Currently there is no limit to...
# At June 25, 2006 7:54 PM | Tags: blog carnivals blogging motherhood - Roundhouse Roundup
The Roundhouse Roundup has been added to the Carnival Submit Form. In the words of the carnival organizer: The Roundup is looking for blog posts regarding any size model trains and the boys (any age!) who love them. Blog posts...
# At June 22, 2006 3:54 PM | Tags: blog carnivals model trains - Big Rocks, Stupid People
We have a nice contrast in new carnivals today. One is about personal growth, and the other is about personal stupidity. First we have the BIG ROCKS Roundup. Welcome to the BIG ROCKS Roundup! This is a carnival to showcase...
# At June 13, 2006 11:15 AM | Tags: blog carnivals blogging carnival submit form carnivals - Lots of New Carnivals
The Cavalcade of Risk is dedicated to helping folks understand what risk is, and how to manage it. It's about business and finance, of course, but it's also about risks in our everyday lives and personal relationships. Submissions are due...
# At June 4, 2006 11:59 PM | Tags: art blog carnivals blogging employment religion - Rimfire Roundup Carnival
The Rimfire Roundup has been added to the Carnival Submit Form. This is a Carnival about rimfire shooting, featuring links to blog posts about all aspects of rimfire shooting and shooting sports. It's not limited to any particular caliber, only...
# At April 23, 2006 11:05 PM - Mediocre Media Carnival.
Mediocre Media has been added to the Carnival Submit Form. It is hosted by Centrerion, and posts to this carnival can include topics such as media bias, poor reporting, ignorance, and all the "you goofed" type of stuff the editors...
# At March 28, 2006 1:51 AM - Carnival of the Blue Stars
The Carnival of Blue Stars has been added to the Carnival Submit Form. The primary purpose of creating the Blue Star Carnival is to facilitate communication among bloggers who have a special and sincere interest in the well-being of soldiers...
# At March 23, 2006 8:11 PM - No More Bonfire, but Kid Comedy, Banned Blogs, and Maritime Monday are On Their Way
The Bonfire of the Vanities is no more. This was one of the most popular carnivals, but an inability to get volunteer hosts made it prohibitive to continue. It will be missed. On the plus side of the ledger, however,...
# At March 14, 2006 9:06 PM - Carnival of Rants, NFL
The Carnival of the NFL has been added to the Carnival Submit Form. It seeks anything NFL-related, although NCAA and high-school football are okay, too. Submissions are due every Tuesday, 8pm ET, and guidelines can be found here. The Carnival...
# At March 11, 2006 8:20 PM - The Carnival of Bauer
The Carnival of Bauer™ !!! has been added to the Carnival Submit Form. The carnival organizers have specified the following criteria for submissions to this carnival: Posts must be 24-related. Posts must be more than just a summary of a...
# At February 24, 2006 7:17 AM - Carnival of Asian Humor
The CARNIVAL OF ASIAN HUMOR has been added to the Carnival Submit Form. Submit your nominations for posts to be included in the carnival. Your best posts, cartoons, photos, humor of any ilk (political, irreverent…) and just anything in or...
# At February 23, 2006 1:26 PM - Carnival of France
The Carnival of France, Travel and Francophiles has been added to the Carnival Submit Form. This carnival is a weekly round-up of news, blogs, travel reports, photos and other findings related to France. Send e-mail to gofrance@about.com with your Web...
# At February 20, 2006 1:06 AM - Carnival of Entrepeneurship
The Carnival of Entrepeneurship has been added to the Carnival Submit Form. The Carnival seeks posts about starting and running small businesses. Real examples and tips are preferred over abstract topics. Submissions must be self-contained and "current, and should inform...
# At January 29, 2006 2:30 PM - Kansas and Debt Reduction Carnivals
The Kansas Guild of Bloggers has been added to the Carnival Submit Form. In the words of the organizer (Lyn of Bloggin' Outloud): If you live in Kansas and blog, I'd like to invite you to join the KGB. Your...
# At January 4, 2006 3:04 AM - New Carnivals
Three new carnivals piled up while Bruce was sleeping. The Vicarious Videos Carnival is looking for videos of a fairly specific sort. The videos submitted must be actual videos. (ie, no photos, gif, or flash animations, no pencil drawings, etc.),...
# At December 16, 2005 3:43 AM - Deutsch-American Friendship, Frugality, Bicycling
We have three new carnivals on the submit form. The Tour de Cycling Carnival is a carnival for bikebloggers, that is, people who blog about bicycling. Submissions are due every 3am ET the 1st day of each month, and you...
# At December 6, 2005 9:06 PM - Carnival of the Vicious, Invading Paleface Bastards #9
- Carnival Form News
A lot of changes to the Carnival Form have piled up. Here's a list of what's new and different. The Carnival of the Clueless is moving to Monday. The new deadline is 11pm Sunday night. The Carnival of Arnold is...
# At December 4, 2005 8:55 PM - Carnival Submit Form Delays
Several people have sent Bruce emails about new or proposed carnivals and some of them are getting a bit old. Things have been hectic for Bruce lately, so he's fallen behind. (Since I'm a superior life form, obviously the problem...
# At December 1, 2005 5:54 AM - Carnival of the Triathletes
The Carnival of the Triathletes has been added to the Carnival Submit Form. The carnival seeks all posts about triathletes and triathlons. Submissions are due every Thursday at 7pm ET, and guidelines can be found here. Respectfully submitted,Ferdinand T. Cat...
# At November 14, 2005 2:28 PM - Third Age, Positive Carnivals
Two new carnivals have been added to the Carnival Submit Form. The Third Age Carnival was originally launched on ThirdAge blog, the accompanying blog to ThirdAge.com, a Web site for readers age 40+. Topic categories include work, health, sex, relationships,...
# At November 10, 2005 12:55 PM - Carnival of Hurricane Relief
The Carnival of Hurricane Relief has been added to the Carnival Submit Form. The goal of this blog carnival is to keep the plight of the Gulf Coast hurricane victims in the public’s mind, to encourage continuing and long-term support,...
# At November 6, 2005 11:56 PM - Carnival of Gaming, Homespun Bloggers
The Homespun Bloggers have started a new carnival to allow their members to showcase their best posts. The Homespun Bloggers group consists of individuals who are doing at-home blogging on a small budget. You will find rules for joining at...
# At November 1, 2005 7:44 PM - Carnival of Knitting, Illinois Carnival #4
The Carnival of Kntting has been added to the Carnival Submit Form. The Carnival of Knitting seeks posts about knitting, crocheting, spinning, or weaving. In addition, for each edition there will be a special topic announced by the carnival organizer,...
# At October 28, 2005 5:15 PM - Carnival of the Magnolias
The Carnival of the Magnolias-- the new official carnival of the Southern Blog Federation-- has been added to the Carnival Submit Form. The purpose of this carnival is to highlight the best and brightest posts of the week written by...
# At October 23, 2005 11:10 AM - Ladies' Night, Cockroaches, and Feminists
Three new carnivals have been added to the Carnival Submit Form. Ladies' Night at Conservathink is a place where female bloggers can submit all of their juiciest gossip, whether heard through the grapevine, or the fruit of a satirical mind....
# At October 16, 2005 10:52 PM - Carnival of Agilists, Real Cancer
We have two new carnivals on the Carnival Submit Form. First is Real Cancer, Real Lives. In the words of the carnival organizer Real Cancer, Real Lives is dedicated to increasing the awareness of all forms of cancer – not...
# At October 6, 2005 4:59 PM - Bonfire of the Vanities #118 - Extreme Stupidity
Welcome to the 118th Bonfire of the Vanities. The purpose of the Bonfire is to help bloggers highlight their worst efforts of the week. More important, it helps us to come together and recognize that we are all fallible, and...
# At October 3, 2005 10:53 PM - A Small Mistake, a Big Pain
Every now and then somebody puts the wrong EMAIL address into the Carnival Submit Form, and the confirmation EMAIL bounces back to us with a mail delivery error. This is not a serious problem, unless somebody decides to submit a...
# At October 3, 2005 3:05 AM - Carnival of the Vanities 158: EZ Reader Edition
Carnival of the Vanities #158 was the first Carnival ever posted by Geoff of Expatriots United. Due to time constraints, most of the carnival was created by pasting the entire content of the submission EMAILs. This provides a great deal...
# At September 29, 2005 7:52 PM - Music, True Liberties, and Computing
We have no less than three new carnivals on the Carnival Submit Form. The Carnival of Music seeks posts about music: listening, playing, or writing it. Submissions are due Fridays at 1pm ET. The Carnival of True Liberties from Stop...
# At September 28, 2005 1:09 AM - Bonfire Coming to This Blog
The 118th Bonfire of the Vanities will be hosted right here next Tuesday. Use our handy form to submit your worst post of the week. Entries are due before midnight on Monday, October 3. If you don't mind foul language,...
# At September 27, 2005 1:39 PM - Virginia Blog Carnival, Carnival of Satire
We have two new carnivals on the Carnival Submit Form. The Virginia Blog Carnival is a carnival for Virginia bloggers! Submissions can be about any subject and are due every Sunday, 6pm ET. Guidelines can be found here. The Carnival...
# At September 16, 2005 5:02 PM - Carnival of Compassion, Moonbat Masquerade
We have two new carnivals on the Carnival Submit Form, and they couldn't be more different. The Carnival of Compassion seeks articles from people dealing with life, death, healing, and disease, as well as posts regarding advances in medical technology....
# At September 14, 2005 12:34 PM - Carnival of Campaigns
The Carnival of the Campaigns has been added to the Carnival Submit Form. The Carnival seeks entries that focus on political campaigns, candidates and potential candidates, with the current focus being on the budding campaign for US President in 2008....
# At September 12, 2005 5:50 PM - Carnival of Life
The Carnival of Life has been added to the Carnival Submit Form. The Carnival of Life is a self-submitted collection of pro-life posts, events, issues, and stories. Submissions are due every Tuesday, 11:59 pm, and guidelines can be found here....
# At August 31, 2005 12:41 AM - Carnival of the Cats #76
The 76th Carnival of the Cats will be right here on September 4th. Bruce and I usually spend about 6 hours writing the carnival and another 2 fixing trackbacks, so the carnival itself will probably not appear until the wee...
# At August 29, 2005 7:02 PM - Carnival Form Fixed
I would like to apologize to all Internet Explorer users for the goofiness caused by Bruce's incompetence Sunday night. After putting up the new version of the submit form, he tested it in Firefox to make sure it worked, and...
# At August 29, 2005 12:40 AM - Big Apple Fix, Carnival of Caption Contests
The due date for the Big Apple Blog Festival was incorrectly reported as 9pm ET Saturday. The correct deadline is 9pm ET Sunday. This is now corrected on the Carnival Submit Form. The Carnival of the Caption Contests has been...
# At August 29, 2005 12:12 AM - Carnival Form Improvements
We've made some improvements to the Carnival Submit Form. Because the number of carnivals is getting rather large (50 and counting) the form now has a link you can use to get all the carnival information in tabular format. Just...
# At August 28, 2005 11:56 PM - Expat Bloggers
The Expat Bloggers Carnival has been added to the Carnival Submit Form. The EBC is a new carnival dedicated to showing off posts by expatriate bloggers and other bloggers who have a cross-cultural focus, including third culture kids. Submissions are...
# At August 25, 2005 11:01 PM - Carnival of the Crazy
The Carnival of Crazy has been added to the Carnival Submit Form. This carnival is looking for the craziest finds - whether they are moonbat screeds or domestic/internations news bits that make you look twice. Unlike the Carnival of the...
# At August 23, 2005 4:21 PM - Big Apple Blog Festival
The Big Apple Blog Festival has been added to the Carnival Submit Form. The Festival seeks posts about New York City, especially those from NYC food and event blogs. Submissions are due every Saturday at 9pm ET, and guidelines can...
# At August 22, 2005 3:24 AM - Carnival of the Badger
The Carnival of the Badger has been added to the Carnival Submit Form. This Carnival is dedicated to all things Wisconsin. It can be about politics, current events, sports, or even dogs, as long as it's about the Badger State....
# At August 18, 2005 11:31 PM - A Tool For Carnival Hosts
Bruce added a new feature to our Carnival Moderators Page. If you have trouble sending trackbacks from your web log and you are hosting a carnival, you can use the new Carnival Ping Form to get your carnival edition added...
# At August 9, 2005 7:08 PM - Carnival of Healing, Carnival of Podcasts
The Carnival of Healing and the Carnival of Podcasts have been added to the Carnival Submit Form. In addition, Bruce has put together a new page for use by Carnival moderators. It includes a form for requesting that your Carnival...
# At August 6, 2005 4:20 PM - Walker and Personal Finance Carnivals
Two new carnivals have been added to the Carnival Submit Form. The Carnival of Walkers is devoted to the art and sport of walking. The summary page is at http://walking.about.com/od/walkingblogs/a/carnival.htm. You can find the most recent edition here. The Carnival...
# At August 2, 2005 6:15 PM - Blog Mela Now On the Carnival Submit Form
Blog Mela showcases the best posts about India. The schedule of hosts can be found here. For other information, go to this page. The most recent Blog Mela is here. Respectfully submitted,Ferdinand T. Cat...
# At July 29, 2005 1:40 PM - A Flurry of Carnival Changes
There's been activity on the Carnival Submit Form. Carnivalesque has a new information page and is now monthly. It will alternate between pre-modern history (1450 to 1850) and early history (before 1450). The Carnival of Liberty is moving from Mondays...
# At July 28, 2005 9:56 PM - Another New Carnival
The Hillbilly Carnival has been added to the Carnival Submit Form. According to the carnival organizer The Hillbilly Carnival shows the world what we dumb hillbillies are thinking about. Politics. Sports. Recipes. Photos. Music. The first edition can be found...
# At July 18, 2005 6:49 PM - Smarter Than I on Hiatus, RINO Sightings Joins the List
The Smarter Than I carnival, which features posts submitted by people other than the authors, is going on hiatus, and has been removed from the Carnival Submission Form for the time being. We have also added RINO Sightings, the official...
# At July 17, 2005 9:11 PM - Digested Readers
The new Digested Readers carnival is now available from the Carnival Submit Form. This carnival is devoted to book reviews. (The Girl Who Feeds Me would definitely approve.) Their first edition is here. The ping address for carnivals themselves (as...
# At July 5, 2005 7:43 PM - Carnival Form Updates
In between panic attacks, Bruce has been doing some overdue cleanup on the Carnival Submission Form. First, Harvey of Bad Example has written an excellent How-To post for people new to the Blog Carnival scene. Bruce added a link to...
# At July 1, 2005 2:45 PM - Tuesday
Wizbang: Senator Durbin apologizes for misunderstanding of apology Full of Crap: Carnival of the Vanities #144 Terriorists: If a Squirrel Falls in the Forest… Nickie Goomba: Durbin Does It Again Basil's Blog: Headline News Scrappleface: Durbin Decries Saddam's 'Junk-Food...
# At June 21, 2005 11:59 PM - Carnival of the Cats: Not Where You'd Expect It
The latest Carnival of the Cats is up at Music and Cats. You can find it here. At the time of this writing, every single link and trackback we've been able to find points to an invalid address somewhere in...
# At June 13, 2005 1:17 AM - Classiness and Cluelessness
We have two new carnivals supported by the Carnival Submit Form. The Carnival of Classiness showcases the top 15 submissions each week. The author seeks examples of "incisive original analysis, quirky topics nobody else is covering, fantastic graphics," or anything...
# At June 10, 2005 3:32 PM - No Need to Call Al Gore After All
Boxing Alcibiades is back, as is The Carnival of Optimists. As well, Sean Gleeson's blog is back, which means the Autorantic Virtual Moonbat is fixed. College students will once again be able to test their homework assignments against a realistic...
# At June 5, 2005 11:28 PM - Not an Optimistic Result
Due to the death of its host blog, the Carnival of Optimists is no more. I would like to wish Russell good fortune in this next phase of his life, but his EMAIL address no longer works. So, if you...
# At June 2, 2005 6:15 PM - Rundown, Carnival of Bad History
The Carnival of Runners has changed its name to The Rundown. The first issue under the new name can be found here. The Carnival of Bad History has also been added to the form. Their latest issue can be found...
# At May 31, 2005 10:54 PM - Carnival of Insanities, Carnival of Revolutions Now Available
The Carnival of Revolutions and the Carnival of Insanity have been added to the Carnival Submit Form. The Carnival of Revolutions seeks to document the progress of liberty on a week-by-week basis. The Carnival of Insanity documents the progress of...
# At May 23, 2005 6:47 PM - Bonfire of the Vanities #98, A Serious Mission
Welcome to the 98th edition of the Bonfire of the Vanities. Normally, the Bonfire is a chance for the blogosphere to poke fun at itself and have a few laughs. Today, however, the Bonfire has a vital mission. It is...
# At May 17, 2005 12:59 AM - More Carnivals
The Carnival Submit Form has been updated. The text for the Christian Carnival has been clarified. In addition, six new carnivals have been added. Tar Heel Tavern is for North Carolina blogs. Skeptic's Circle is for articles that apply critical...
# At May 12, 2005 8:05 PM - Carnival of the Cats, #59: A Meow is Worth A Thousand Words
Welcome to The 59th Carnival of the Cats, the only carnival devoted entirely to superior life forms. I thought I'd start off with a picture of my all-time favorite cat: ME. In this photo I'm trying to decide whether I...
# At May 9, 2005 12:50 AM - Lose One, Gain One
The Scian Melt-- a carnival devoted to topics relating to India-- is no longer running, so it has been removed from the Carnival Submit Form. In its place, we have the brand new Carnival of the Runners. You can see...
# At May 6, 2005 8:28 PM - Un-Capitalist Update, Carnival of Comedy
The help text for the Carnival of the Un-Capitalists has been updated to include a link to the submission guidelines. The Carnival of Comedy help text has also been updated to link to the official FAQ. (There will be a...
# At April 26, 2005 12:15 PM - Fun With Pings
As many of you know, we have a ping address here (http://www.conservativecat.com/mt/mt-tb.cgi/416) which carnival hosts can use to have the carnival post appear in our recent carnivals list. The list can be seen in the right-hand column of our front...
# At April 26, 2005 11:39 AM - Karnival of Kidz
The new Karnival of Kidz is now supported on the Carnival Submission Form. This is a carnival devoted to pictures and stories about your children or yourself as a child. I personally don't have any children, but Bruce has five,...
# At April 19, 2005 9:15 PM - Smarter Than I, Carnival of Cordite #9
The new Smarter Than I carnival is now supported by the Carnival Submission Form. Smarter Than I is a showcase of blog articles submitted by people from other blogs. This means that, for example, I can't submit any of my...
# At April 15, 2005 11:22 PM - What is a Carnival?
For whatever reason, Carnivals have become a key part of my plan for world domination, so I thought it would be useful to explain the concept. Carnivals are a technique for showcasing your blog. Most carnivals occur once a week....
# At April 13, 2005 11:55 AM - New Features on the Carnival Form
The Carnival Submit Form now contains a window into carnival-related posts on this blog. If your browser supports IFRAMEs (which Internet Explorer and Firefox both do), simply scroll down and you'll see the window on the lower right. In addition...
# At April 11, 2005 3:46 AM - Best of Me Symphony #72, Cat Carnival #55
The latest Carnival of the Cats is up at Enrevanche. As always, it's huge. There are a lot of funny pictures this time, although this photo scares me just a little. In addition, the Best of Me Symphony is up...
# At April 11, 2005 12:38 AM - Carnival of the Un-Capitalists
The Carnival Submit Form now allows you to submit entries to the Carnival of the Un-Capitalists. Of course, I imagine most of the people who visit this site would rather shoot themselves in the foot than participate in a Carnival...
# At April 9, 2005 8:54 PM - Carnival of Cordite #8
The eighth Carnival of Cordite is now available at Resistance is Futile. The Cordite Carnival celebrates the Second Amendment, which is the one the ACLU keeps forgetting about. To participate in future Cordite Carnivals, use our Carnival Submission Form. Respectfully...
# At April 8, 2005 7:15 PM - Carnival of Cordite, Optimists
The Carnival of Cordite now has its own blog site. The Carnival Submission Form has been updated to link to the new location. By the way, they are currently looking for guest hosts. Guest hosting is an excellent way to...
# At April 6, 2005 10:20 PM - Two-Fisted Vanity Carnivals
The Carnival of the Vanities and the Bonfire of the Vanities for this week are now available. As always, to participate in future carnivals, use our Carnival Submission Form. Respectfully submitted, Ferdinand T. Cat...
# At April 5, 2005 9:08 PM - Best of Me Symphony
The latest Best of Me Symphony is on display at The Owner's Manual. This edition features commentary by Kurt Vonnegut. Gary promises that Next week's edition will be "a special Hollywood USA gala". To participate, select an article from your...
# At April 4, 2005 1:12 PM - Carnival of the Cats #54
The 54th Carnival of the Cats is now up at CathColl.net. As usual, there are tons of entries, many of them featuring cats almost as drop-dead gorgeous as I am. I do worry, however, about Mack's relationship to his pet's...
# At April 3, 2005 9:49 PM - About Trackbacks
Bruce gets a lot of questions about trackbacks, so I thought I'd explain them here, with pictures. Trackbacks are a way of notifying a blog article that you've linked to it. The blog software sends a special message called a...
# At March 31, 2005 3:41 PM | Tags: blogging trackbacks - Carnival of the Optimists
The brand-new Carnival of Optimists has been added to the Carnival Submission Form. Submissions are due on Tuesday at 6pm. In the words of the host: Put the grunge away, stop fretting over what the tin-pot asshats ruling over Trashcanistan...
# At March 31, 2005 1:43 PM - Carnival of the Vanities, Carnival of Poets
The latest Carnival of the Vanities is up at EricBerlin.com. This is a special April Fools edition featuring trick links interspersed with the real ones. Matt Maynard of MatthewMaynard.net is starting a new semi-monthly carnival, the Carnival of the Poets....
# At March 30, 2005 10:53 AM - Best of Me Symphony, Cat Carnival, Dog Carnival
The Best of Me Symphony #70 is up at The Owner's Manual. This weeks special guest editor is country music singer/songwriter Kinky Friedman. Also up and running as of this writing is the Carnival of the Dogs at Mickey's Musings...
# At March 27, 2005 11:04 PM - Cavalcade of Canucks
The 14th Cavalcade of Canucks is up at My Blahg. This is a weekly roundup of posts by Canadian bloggers. Respectfully submitted, Ferdinand T. Cat...
# At March 9, 2005 11:39 PM
