How this weblog works
It might be worth explaining a little about how this weblog works. When you come to the front page, you will see all the latest entries written by the William Crawley. The most recent will be at the top of the page. Scroll down the page for previous entries.
On the right hand side of the page, you'll see a calendar. When any date on that calendar is blue, that means there was one or more entry published on that day. Click on the date and the page will display that day's items.
At the bottom of each entry are two words - "permalink" and "comments".
Permalink simply means "permanent link", and is useful if you want to bookmark a particular entry, or send it by e-mail to a friend.
"Comments" means just that. Click on it, and you will be able to add your comments to that particular entry - more of which in a little while.
Clicking on an entry's headline takes you to that item's own page, where it is printed in full with all the comments which have been published. From there, if you want to go back to the main index page, you can click either the words "Will's World" at the top of the page, or on the word "MAIN" which you'll find on a beige bar. On that bar you might also see the words "PREVIOUS" and "NEXT" - these simply take you directly to other entries in chronological order.
A word about comments
The main thing which makes blogs different from a newspaper column or even TV or radio broadcast is that it is a conversation between the author and the audience. So the success of this weblog will depend on you letting us know what you think about what's been written.
We are aiming to publish as many comments as possible in this weblog, though unfortunately we can't guarantee to publish every e-mail you send. E-mails will only be published after we have had a chance to read them first.
Try to keep your comments short and relevant to the blog entry you are commenting on. As you might expect, we won't publish e-mails which are abusive or offensive.
You should also be aware of our privacy policy, which, for technical reasons, is a bit different from our usual.
One other thing...
We also want to say a word about RSS. You might have seen a little orange rectangle with these letters on other ´óÏó´«Ã½ News pages and on other websites, but you might not know what it's about.
Put simply, if a site provides an RSS link, it means you can see its entries in a much quicker way than coming to the website. You can, for instance, see an automatically updated list of headlines in your "bookmarks" folder, if you use an internet browser such as Firefox. Or you might use a specific program to browse lots of sites quickly.
There's lots more about how RSS can make browsing the internet easier on this page, but my tip is that you should do what I did and ask a friend who knows how to use it to show you. Once you see it in action, you'll not go back.
Comments
Just watched your documentary "Sorry for your Loss". I have been waiting for a kidney transplant for 12 years. I am a member of NIPKA ( Northern Ireland Kidney Patients Assoc) and Ulster Hospital Patient Focus Group.
New campaign called GLAD (Giving Life After Death) encourage organ donation and the difference this wonderful gift makes to so many peoples lives.
Trying to change perception of death. Death need not be a taboo subject. Something positive can come out of it.
All those vital/life-saving organs cremated or worm food. What a waste. General public not same to realise all your blood is sucked out of you
before burial or cremation
Please re-examine issue of organ donation, the wonderful transformation of before and after transplantation.
William,
You may be interested in two courses that a good friend of mine, Roderick White, will deliver at Queen's (as part of the School of Education's open learning programme) titled 'What future will science bring us?' Rod will focus on Teilhard de Chardin's approach to science, technology and religion. Intriguinly, the course will be framed "in this new beginning for Northern Ireland".
Cheers,
Jose
I've linked the site to Three Thousand Versts of Loneliness (recently rated 18th best political blog in Ireland by Mick Fealty of Slugger and included in Iain Dale's forthcoming guide). A link would be appreciated. My blog deals with politics and culture.