Samba Boys

Found a great blog ‘Samba Boys’ on the Brazilian side – well worth a look:

Ronaldinho Dentucho


This is Ronaldinho Dentucho.He is a parody of Ronaldinho who appears in Brazil’s most-viewed comedy programme Casseta & Planeta.Dentucho means “toothy”, and is a play on “gaucho” – which is how Ron is still known in Brazil.There’s another gag in the name Pau Grande. It is where Garrincha was born and also means “Huge Cock”. “Im in Switzerland doing merchandising for my piece…” says Dentucho.The actor is Helio de la Pe

Zen and the art of blogging

Read Terence Blacker’s piece in the Independent yesterday complaining about irresponsible bloggers – “in the blogosphere there is no accountability”. I can see the argument up to a point, but surely blogs are ‘community policed’, where credibility can quickly ebb away? Maybe this is an opportunity for journos and bloggers to get together, as the threat of bloggers was also voiced to me by another journalist recently who expressed anxiety that bloggers are eating away at their livelihood.