a bit ot

Apr 04, 2005 16 Replies

Does anyone ever read those blogs? i started one today and havent got a clue how it spreads around the world and if its only a girly teenager thing or not.


"Julian 'Penny for the guy' Hales" wrote in message news:qRe4e.1475$ snipped-for-privacy@fe3.news.blueyonder.co.uk...

A couple of months ago somebody asked me what a blog was. I couldn't answer them, apart from munging web and log into "blog". I went online and surfed around trying to find out what defines a blog and what all the blogging fuss was about. I still haven't figured out what separates a blog from a personal web page - they both seem to subsist on content that interests the publisher more than anyone else.

Who's got a link to a site they can hold up as an example of a good blog site? Still curious as hell what all the blog fuss is about.

WmB

Political blogs are very popular and widely-read.

Well, what's the URL?

The only one I look at reqularly is

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Good automotive site.

My understanding is that the term "blog" is a conjunction of the term "biographical log" or "bio-log" kind of a chronological free flowing narrative or journal not unlike a diary.

Here's an interesting discussion on the topic:

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Hope this helps.

Kaliste

Kaliste Saloom IPMS #30703 Lafayette, LA USA

Kaliste Saloom wrote: (snip)

It's my understanding that 'blog' came from 'Web log' - a kind of online diary of daily (or periodical) events and/or opinions. Usually, they are politically-driven but there are plenty of others.

Frank Kranick

On further review, you are correct!

Kaliste

I know nothing about politics, not thru ignorance as i try

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Havent a clue really what a blog is suposed to be like............i thought it was some kind of dairy online done daily.

Many "blogs" are extremely popular and well known. Matt Drudge's website is basically a "blog".

Not really since he doesn't provide any commentary. The Drudge Report is more of a news portal.

Why didn't you mention modelling amongst your interests?

A blog is whatever the blogger wants it to be.

True, but I have heard him (and others) refer it it as a "blog". He just puts little-to-no effort into it. Minimalistic html...and relies on

*others* to provide the commentary...lol.

Ah, these should suit me just fine then.

WmB

" WmB" wrote in news:H3f4e.134$ snipped-for-privacy@newsread2.news.atl.earthlink.net:

Think of them as editorials or commentaries that won't get printed in the local paper.

Try this on for a definition:

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Isn't a blog just a really huge turd....as in big log............

I forgot too, i guess as i do modelling it will get mentioned, as you can imagine other things are on my mind at the moment!

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