Welcome to another blog walkabout, where I take a wander around the globe to see what’s occupying the minds of other bloggers.

Today’s blog walkabout is a little different, however, because I want to start by visiting five Scottish bloggers, all of whom I met at a recent blogmeet here in Edinburgh.

Informationally Overloaded is run by Gordon McLean, who was also runs the Scottish Blogs directory. Gordon has been running his own website since 1998, yet when you meet him, he seems strangely sane. I guess he can probably update the code in his sleep! Anyhow, he spotted this rare bird on a visit to New Lanark. I woudn’t want to be a mouse around these parts.

My thanks also go to Gordon for arranging the blogmeet.

Next stop is Redemption Blues. Chameleon writes with a fiery precision, whether reviewing Command and Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars from the series of real time strategy games, one of her favourite passions, or refuting a columnist from the UK newspaper The Guardian who was critical of the value of political blogging. Chameleon’s co-conspirator The Hungarian takes care of the technical side of running the site. An intense, thought-provoking read.

Chris over at The Scottish Lemon is a Canadian living in Glasgow. She writes about travel in a way that makes me feel I’ve been to places that I’ve never visited, and her travel narratives are accompanied by a sprinkling of photographs to further enhance that feeling. (And as an aside, anyone who enjoys listening to Bill Frisell is fine by me.)

Rosie Bell is a songwriter/singer, born in New Zealand and now living in Edinburgh. She writes about music, politics and literature. I enjoyed reading about her visit to Morningside, an area of Edinburgh I know quite well. I’ve just bought a copy of her CD, “Early Warning”, and I’m looking forward to hearing it.

The last Scottish blog I’ll visit today is Peggy Race’s Day to Day Life of a Very Lazy Gardener. I had to laugh when I read about the family’s two gerbils, Hendrix and Cobain, and how a surprising turn of events unfolded. I’ll just know I’ll never listen to The Man the same way again.

Let’s hop over to Canada now, and visit Peter Haslam’s Necessary Skills, a blog about self-learning and managing change. Peter wrote recently about the differences between spectators and participants. I’ve certainly been one of the former group in the past, but I find myself in the latter group more often these days, which I’m sure can only be a good thing.

Mick Real from Brisbane, Australia writes in his relaunched Mick’s World about a number of things which interest me from a blogging perspective. He asks a question which most savvy bloggers can relate to in “What’s Up With Technorati?“. The blogger’s directory of choice is certainly going through some dramatic changes. Oh, and if you want to get down to the nitty gritty of Technorati search, here’s the link to their no-frills search page.

Nicholas Chan is a young blogger who writes about living in Malaysia. He writes with enthusiasm and humour, and his photographs give a great view of what life is like in his part of the world. I enjoyed his post about the new Chili’s Grill & Bar which was due to open shortly in Penang, and the reference to “beta testing”! Keep up the good work, Nicholas.

I’ve been reading Eva McKinnon’s Stranger in Suwon for the past few months. Eva is teaching English in South Korea for a year. She often posts photos showing what life is like in Suwon and the surrounding area, and has also taken some great shots in the capital, Seoul. I hope you get your laptop fixed soon, Eva.

Our last stopover for this weekend is Gabriel V’s Project Afterlight, a relatively new tech blog from the Philippines. Gabriel gives us a helpful roundup of file hosting services for transferring large files from one PC or Mac to another. I’d only heard of one of these services before reading this, so I’ll be saving this one for the future in my del.icio.us bookmarks.

I hope you enjoy reading these blogs as much as I did.

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