Hi, all! As you can see, we've done some sprucing-up over here at Casa del Winds of Change.NET. You'll find few new features on the right, plus a few font tweaks all around to heighten contrast and make reading easier. All that, and a search engine that works really, really well. We're still moving in, so there's more to come.
If there's a particular feature you'd really like to see us install for this blog, please click the Comments link below and tell us.
One of the new additions is something this blog has never had before: a tagline.
"Liberty, Discovery. Humanity. Victory."Now, here's your challenge: try and come up with a better one, and post your thoughts in the comments section. Or, if you think the one we have is the right one, tell us that with a simple "yours - ditto" comment.
We've covered many topics here at Winds of Change.NET over the last 9 months. Remembering 9/11, and the heroes of Flight 93. Military matters, from future US Air Force priorities to how special forces really operate and concepts like 4th Generation Warfare. Global politics, be it our policy toward Europe, Armed Liberal's Alternative State of the Union speech, Trent's work on North Korea, Commander Lawrence T. Peter's first-hand reports from Sudan, or the probable results of a limited Indo-Pakistani nuclear exchange. Recommendations and action, from a 10-point platform for bioterror readiness to the invention of the "Blogburst" in response to the SFSU incident. Technology that could change our world, from Bionic eyes that work to force fields, globally ubiquitous computing, and the choke points of a networked society. We also cover the things that make us human: World Series memories, 9/11 hero Abe Zelmanowitz, some Sufi wisdom, Islam's other voices and more.
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Can you capture that breadth, and the spirit of those who post here, in one meaningful and memorable tag-line? The winner will receive fame and acknowledgement here on the blog, as well as one free guest blogger post about anything they like.
Who will take it? Whose tag line will reign supreme? This much I do know: there are more smart people reading this blog than there are writing it. We look forward to your ideas.
Frederick Douglas said, "When men sow the wind it is rational to expect that they will reap the whirlwind."
That by itself would be an excellent tagline. In its spirit, I might also suggest: "Reaping -- and riding -- the whirlwinds of history."
Another quote I like: "We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails."
Hey, these are good! Thanks!
Hi all:
here are my trite contributions:
Tacking on to the winds of change
Winds of change are neither hurricanes nor tornados fresh air in a stale climate
xavier
'Winds of change, blowing every time you move your teeth' - a nod to old Bob, there
"America, Science, World Politics, and More: On Matters of Common Concern"
> not great, but maybe a basis for something more poetic?
"Open the window, and let in the winds of change."
...kind of a pun, but I sadly have a weakness for those!
A.L.
I don't have a sharp tagline for you, but I do have one comment on your design. As this site appears in my browser window (Mozilla), there is a narrow (about one-third of the screen) column of text on the left, and a wide (the other two-thirds of the screen) band on the right. That right-hand band has the team listing, search function, etc.; but it ends and turns into blank, unused space after only two full screens of data. Here I am, several screens down, still limited to reading your site in a narrow column that is bounded by vertical dotted lines at about the one-third mark, and with an additional white border inside that. The actual text is about a quarter of a screen wide.
You're wasting a lot of valuable real estate, there.
"The answer is blowin' in the Winds of Change."
"The internet winds up at Winds of Change."
or
"Winds of Change winds up the internet."
The change in the wind signals a wind of change.
Actually that sounds a little stupid, but I can't think of anything else.
How about: "Sic Semper Tyrannis." An end to all tyranny (I believe).
"...'tis an ill wind, indeed, that blows no good."
Not original, but apropos, I think.
Keep on bloggin'...
"It's An Ill Wind That Blows No Change"
And with that lame example, you know why my blog doesn't have a tagline!
"Winds of Change: We Write About Stuff."
Okay, maybe it needs a little work.
"Breaking wind -- what a change"
or (more seriously)
"Flying down the waves of the unknown, sailing on the Winds of Change"
I don't have a suggestion for a tagline, but I would like to see author and category based archives.