According to xkcd, 2 people have died in a blogging accident. Extensive and in-depth yahoogling reveals that this is not in fact the case.
But what if it were?TOP FIVE BLOGGING ACCIDENTS
Death by blogging accident #1:
August, 2001. Busy updating her LJ list on her recent break-up with Cory Doctorow, DoctGrrl34 (just how does he do it?) fails to notice the insistent drip drip drip of her living room ceiling. Wracked with grief, she also misses the hiss of black smoke and fire-cracker like sparking coming from her power board. 11:02 p.m. her jellybean mac explodes.
Death by blogging accident #2:
The Right Hon. Rev Milo Kurtis wants to share his love of God with the world. And what better way than writing in his diaryland page while seated at the altar? Well, as centuries of bloodshed (and ID/creationists) have shown us, religious fervour is rarely a good thing. Caught up in a sermon about a particularly rousing chapter in the Old Testament, Rev. Kurtis knocks a half empty (or half full) communion chalice on to his lenovo keyboard, and is then smote by lightning.
Death by blogging accident #3:
Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson’s blog isn’t nominated for Best of the Blagosphere 2007, while co-presenters James May's and Richard Hammond's are. Disgusted with the low-brow opinion of the masses, Clarkson sets out to prove his superiority via a series of stunts in a borrowed Bugatti Veyron. Yes, well, no need to say more. We all know that blogging+arrogant prat+fast car does not end in awesome.
Death by blogging accident #4:
In need of a little light relaxation, Joe Malarkey takes his iPhone into his well-appointed WASP bathroom to catch up on his RSS feeds (and escape the wife and kiddliwinks). Just as he settles in for the long haul, an anonymous blog post flashes up: Linus Torvalds, Richard Stallman, Wil Wheaton in plane crash. Only Wheaton survives. Stunned, Malarkey drops the iPhone on to his Bud Light inspired rubber floor, whereby said iPhone bounces upward, shattering the crystal light fixture. Shards of leaded glass rain down, blinding him. Malarkey stumbles to his feet, trips over the bath mat, and cracks his head open upon the transparent Kohler sink.
Death by blogging accident #5
Determined to show his gift for techno-political punditry, Fake Bill Gates rocks back in his chair at a desk in the grad student common area at Harvard. Behind him, his code monkey friends are waiting on their code compiling—and having a three-way sword fight. An unfortunately timed rock and swoosh later, Fake Bill Gates’ surprisingly bloodless head tumbles to the floor.
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