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Dirs (command)
Ben Dirs is a freelance writer and journalist. He was a sports journalist for the bbc.co.uk, BBC news website from 2001 to 2017. Whilst at the BBC he covered a wide range of major sporting events. He provided live blogging on sports including boxing, golf and rugby for people who cannot watch live television coverage, often for people who live abroad. Dirs is the author oseven books He lives in Manchester with his dog Doris, a Boston Terrier. * ''We Could be Heroes: One Van, Two Blokes and Twelve World Championships'' with Tom Fordyce published 3 July 2009, charting the madcap escapades that resulted from trying to become the world champion in something. * ''Karma Chameleons: No-one said the search for happiness would be dignified'' was published in 2010. * ''Everywhere We Went: Top Tales from Cricket's Barmy Army'' about the Barmy Army was published in 2012. * ''The Hate Game: Nigel Benn vs. Chris Eubank, Benn, Eubank and Boxing's Bitterest Rivalry'', documenting the boxing mat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blogging
A blog (a truncation of "weblog") is a discussion or informational website published on the World Wide Web consisting of discrete, often informal diary-style text entries (posts). Posts are typically displayed in reverse chronological order so that the most recent post appears first, at the top of the web page. Until 2009, blogs were usually the work of a single individual, occasionally of a small group, and often covered a single subject or topic. In the 2010s, "multi-author blogs" (MABs) emerged, featuring the writing of multiple authors and sometimes professionally edited. MABs from newspapers, other media outlets, universities, think tanks, advocacy groups, and similar institutions account for an increasing quantity of blog traffic. The rise of Twitter and other "microblogging" systems helps integrate MABs and single-author blogs into the news media. ''Blog'' can also be used as a verb, meaning ''to maintain or add content to a blog''. The emergence and growth of blogs i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
