Atlanta Metblogs

I was searching through some of the blogs linked from Dr. Hoefer's blog and decided to check out Atlanta Metblogs to see what it had to offer.

The purpose of the blog is to inform its readers about anything and everything that is happening in Atlanta, be it politics, sports, local events, or just places of interest. The design is rather simple and easy to follow, with postings on the left hand side and links to a photo gallery, recent comments, author pages, blog categories, and twitter updates.

The most recent blogs include all of the main topics the blog focuses on.
The first being a posting about the Atlanta Hawks and how good they are doing this season and encourages its readers to go cheer them on at their next game this Wednesday. This posting has a basic style, only using hyperlinks to other sites without any pictures, but the style of the author's writing makes it easy to read without having pictures to look at.
The second posting uses pictures, hyperlinks to sites and other blogs, and humor to promote the latest exhibit at the Georgia Aquarium, "Planet Shark."
The next posting was rather short, but to the point; it was about the Mattress Factory studio tour with links to photo galleries and another blog and a picture in the posting showcasing a couple of paintings.
I could relate to the next posting as the author was asking for help from readers to blog once a week to update their site. I guess even bigtime bloggers have trouble keeping a weekly blog...
The rest of the postings included topics of the recent mayoral race and its turnout, concerts, and restaurants.

The style of writing and the content of these postings made this blog interesting to read and to see all the happenings going around in Atlanta. From sports to sharks to art, this blog uses well-written postings, hyperlinks and pictures to get information to the public about all things Atlanta.


-Thomas Rowe

President Peterson says so, that's why.

Playing catch up, yet again.

Week of October 26, 2009.

President Peterson: Get Off Campus and Get to Know the Rest of Atlanta.

President Peterson brings up a good point. This is Atlanta, not only the largest city in Georgia, but the largest in the Southeastern United States. Of course there is something to do for everyone. 

Are you a sports enthusiast? Atlanta is home to MLB's Atlanta Braves, NHL's Atlanta Thrashers, NFL's Atlanta Falcons, and NBA's Atlanta Hawks. That is four major league sports right in our backyard! Tech students, use that discount. We are students and are, therefore, prime targets for discounts and free tickets. Take advantage of that!

Don't like sports? That's fine. Atlanta is full of history and culture. Within walking distance or a short MARTA ride, you can access Margaret Mitchell's home, the High Museum of Art, the World of Coke, the Fox Theater. The possibilities are endless. Atlanta is even hosting the world famous Rockettes!

No matter what your interests are, Atlanta has something for you. There is something to do at all hours of the day (and night). So get out there, pursue something that you like, and try something you have never tried before. Bud Peterson says so.

-Marie Singleton

Freedom Ship, The New Community? - Shaun

For last friday
This revolutionary idea may become the new city. The idea would help create close "urban" neighborhoods that would solve the sprawling of houses. Many people have already invested in the idea and many sequences of designs have been constructed. This ship would be the worlds largest floating community. The ship would allow for the residents to both work, play, and live on
the ship.

When the ship is finally finished it would be a mile long and offer many things that would better a community. First and best of all the ship would be completely energy self sufficient. It would include parks and playgrounds, apartments, businesses, schools, casinos and shipping malls.

The city would help create a sense of community without vehicles, but rather a mass transit line from one end of the ship to another. There will be wide walkways and even plants to give a sense of real earth. The ship will continually sail across the world instead of docking, instead the city will be supplied by air.
This idea chould help move several small sprawling areas onto a single area. With the invention of ships like these, the earths habitats could be reinvented without human interference.

Freedom Ship