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The fifth stage remains my favorite: Phase five: Loud popping. Meta-blogging gets too self-referential and people start to disappear up their own butts with loud popping sounds Read the rest at Kumquat’s Musings

The Washington Post on the conflict of weblogging and corporate working: “The Internet creates a veil of separation between you and other people,” said Gregory Alan Rutchik, managing partner at the Arts and Technology Group, a San Francisco firm specializing in copyright and publishing law. “Don’t be misled by the fact that you’re sitting in […]

I think I’m a bit of a Woggler/Togger mix: Typical post: 4:30:23 p.m. – Stupid right wing commie nuts like X and Y really upset me. This country was founded on the principle of guns and happiness or something, wasn’t it? What’s all this peace crap? We’re the best. Love it or leave it. Semper […]

I started blogging in 2000 over at GeoCities and then quickly joined the Blogger craze as everyone rushed to get their most intimate thoughts and feelings instantly searchable and readable by millions of people. It has been a delight to see weblogging come from the underground and begin to give ordinary people a true taste […]