Whenever I start my rap on micro-content - I use the example of UpComing.org and it’s poor events that are being slammed into one RSS 2.0 text description.

I often recall that it was at that moment when I realized that maintaining structure in micro-content was perhaps my next life’s calling.

So I scan Waxy.og with especial affinity and warm fuzzies - as Andy Baio is my kind of guy.

So when he pointed to this Sims image - it brought together lots of warm fuzzies for me - not only because my good friend Don Hopkins worked on the Sims and I used to play SimCity with abandon - back when I had time to play.

But also because it represents us - watching ourselves - through virtual lens of IRC channels, trackback and Technorati rankings. We’ve achieved perfect balance and self monitoring.

Certain other blogosphere leaders also used to play SimCity - too - so I post this image dedicated to the spirit of virtual characters playing themselves - much like our burgeoning new forms of micro-content are taking on a life of their own.

This is a train that is leaving the station.

Here’s the image [via Waxy.org links via]:

It’s a Sim, playing The Sims, in The Sims 2.

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