LONDON, ON (The Skwib) — Yesterday the writer of the popular blog, Prawned! was found draped across his keyboard, unconscious.
Patrick Jones, aka Dedred S., was pronounced dead at the scene by the medical examiner.
Jones was known as an insightful and amusing commentator on the gaming and shrimping industries, and appeared as a regular commentator on many television and radio programs. He was also quoted extensively in Shrimper’s Times, the magazine of the shrimping industry.
Sorrowful family and friends are still trying to understand what happened to Jones. The blogger quit his full-time job as a successful lawyer to follow his blogging passion less than a year ago and everyone said he seemed “incredibly happy.”
“His blog was doing so well,” his sister Bethany Jones told The Skwib. “It was getting tons of hits.”
More than hits. According to the web experts, Prawned! was in the top 100,000 sites on Alexa (a website that tracks traffic on the web.) It received hundreds of comments on a regular basis, and had an inbound link score of more than 1,000.
“How could he die? I mean, he appeared on CNN!” his baffled sister asked.
“I was worried about him,” Felicia Jones, his mother said. “He seemed to be getting thinner and thinner, and his color looked terrible. ”
In his report, the medical examiner cited the cause of death as “blogging exposure”, though he noted that the physical cause of death was starvation.
I spend a lot of time thinking about the death of print, the digital revolution and the massive changes we’re in the midst of, but sometimes it pays to remember that media shifts have happened before. So, I’ve taken a page out of Mad Kane’s book, and tried my hand at a song parody. You should know that I also tried to record this, but I have decided to spare you my ham-fisted attempts to sound like the Kingston Trio. Probably for the best. I already feel badly about mauling Pete Seeger’s song.
(Sung to the tune of Where Have All the Flowers Gone, with apologies to Pete Seeger)
Where have all the readers gone?
Long time passing
Where have all the readers gone?
Long time ago
Where have all the readers gone?
Radio took them every one
When will they ever learn?
When will they ever learn?
Where did all the radio go?
Long time passing
Where did all the radio go?
Long time ago
Where did all the radio go?
All are watching the TV show
When will they ever learn?
When will they ever learn?
Where have all TV shows gone?
Long time passing
Where have all TV shows gone?
Long time ago
Where have all TV shows gone?
Now reality every one
When will they ever learn?
When will they ever learn?
Where have all the viewers gone?
Long time passing
Where have all the viewers gone?
Long time ago
Where have all the viewers gone?
Gone to weblogs every one
When will they ever learn?
When will they ever learn?
Where have all the weblogs gone?
Long time passing
Where have all the weblogs gone?
Long time ago
Where have all the weblogs gone?
Gone to Facebook every one.
When will we ever learn?
When will we ever learn?
Copy:
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Jones had seen The Matrix at least a dozen times, and one day, it just seemed to describe reality better than the demented ramblings of Sir Isaac Newton.
Last night I had that terrible dream where I got slowly digested over a 1000 years again. I wonder what it means?
But in real world — totally looking forward to the Hutt Annual BBQ this weekend. Life has been so good since I captured that Solo loser!
