TUE, JAN 14, 2003 Once Upon a Blog. A long time ago, in the hazy middle years of the decade nineteen-hundred-and-ninety, between the darkest reaches of dial-up and the Ethernet, a creature was born. It was not of this earth but, rather, the first-born child of the Internet. Its name was ... blog. A blog, short for "Web log," is an interactive, online personal commentary. Blogs tend to look something like the Web page you're reading right now, with text generally written by the page's editor, called a blogger, who espouses his or her various opinions about any number of subjects, from current events to pop culture to preferred brands of model airplane glue. "Like Kryptonite to Stupid," the site of Oliver Willis, is a good example of the multiple-themed blog: Willis addresses foreign policy, sports, and Britney Spears, among other sundry items. The blogger will often link to online articles (a news story on CNN.com, for example) that provide context for the issue(s) the blogger wants to address. Many bloggers also offer prominent links to other blogs that the blogger finds interesting, useful, or fun. InstaPundit.com, which Professor Glenn Reynolds created and updates several times daily, offers commentary on politics and also links to scores and scores of other blogging sites. Some blogging sites are not controlled by an individual; rather, anyone who wishes to participate can register and blog away 'till your heart's content. Many bloggers generally address themes that have little or nothing to do with politics. Megan McArdle, for example, focuses her blogs on economics, a logical choice since she happens to have an M.B.A. Her site, JaneGalt.net, invariably addresses politics, but her background means that she can analyze economic issues in ways that many journalists cannot. Anil Dash does not shy away from politics either, but his blogs often reveal his strong technology background. Just as McArdle is more likely to blog confidently, competently, and articulately about Alan Greenspan than most writers, Dash can assess the FCC -- in both political and practical terms -- better than most journalists. More on Blogs. Web blogs first appeared in the late 1990s. As bloggers began compiling lists of other blogs, a community began to emerge in which information, ideas, and opinions were exchanged and developed. If you'd like to know more about the history of the blog, Rebecca Blood's history and perspective on blogging is an excellent source. The Tintinnabulation of the Blogs, Blogs, Blogs There are thousands of bloggers out there, and we can't show your all of their sites. But some have already submitted their sites to us (see below). You, too, can show us your blogs by using the form above. Unfortunately, we may not be able to link to all submissions, and we will not be able to post your sites immediately. Please note: The sites listed below have been submitted by visitors of this Web site. In listing the links below, the producers of this site are not approving, supporting, or in any way responsible for the content of the sites listed. A City Slicker http://city-slicker.blogspot.com/ A Simpler Way http://asimplerway.com/ Tony Adragna: Shouting 'Cross the Potomac http://quasipundit.blogspot.com/ The Agitator http://www.theagitator.com/ Alexandra http://outoflascaux.blogspot.com/ Bobby Allison-Gallimore: The Rattler http://people.ku.edu/~bag/ Apilog http://www.xs4all.nl/~adampost/apilog/apilog.html Ashurban http://www.usterror.com/ Atlantic Blog http://www.atlanticblog.com/ Jimmy Ballard: Jimmyz28 http://jimmyz28.blogspot.com/ Ursula Barzey http://www.barzey.com N.Z. Bear http://www.truthlaidbear.com/ Richard Bennett: Richard Bennett's Omphalos http://www.bennett.com/ Tim Bishop http://geodog.thebishop.net/ Blog.org http://blog.org/ Roger Bournival http://angrycyclist.blogspot.com/ J. Bowen: No Watermelons Allowed http://nowatermelons.blogspot.com/ Sam Brown: Kikuchiyo News http://kikuchiyo.blogspot.com/ Mark Byron http://markbyron.blogspot.com/ Dougal Campbell http://dougal.gunters.org/ Chad Canipe http://www.chadcanipe.com/ Jay Caruso/ Jane Fich http://www.jaycaruso.com Joshua Claybourn http://www.joshclaybourn.com/ Alan Cook http://www.gadflybuzz.com/ Kat Cooper http://www.blogland.com/mysinglemomlife/blog/ Corky The Magic Paperboy http://www.emptybottle.org/ Will Cox: Cox Crow http://www.coxesroost.net/journal/ A Coyote at the Dog Show http://coyoteatthedogshow.blogspot.com/ Dawn is Me http://www.dawnisme.com/blog.htm Michael Demmons: The Daily Diatribe http://www.michaeldemmons.com/ DialogNow http://www.dialognow.org/ Ben Domenech http://www.bendomenech.com/ Dragonleg: Shattered Buddha http://dragonleg.blogspot.com/ Driving With Dawn http://www.drivingwithdawn.com/index.shtml A.C. Douglas http://acdouglas.com/ Duckboy and Company http://www.campc.com/ Mike Everett-Lane http://www.nycbloggers.com/ Final Protective Fire http://robinroberts.blogspot.com/ First Draft by Tim Porter http://www.timporter.com/firstdraft/ Paul Frankenstein http://paulfrankenstein.org/ Gyongyi Gaal http://www.neuroprosthesis.org/blogger.html Steve Garfield http://offonatangent.blogspot.com/ Ray Garraud http://www.raygarraud.net/ Gathering my way http://www.gatheringmyway.blogspot.com/ Gyongyi Gaal http://www.neuroprosthesis.org/blogger.html Stacey George http://www.staceygeorge.com/ Michael Gersh: Zero Base Thinking http://michaelgersh.blogspot.com Jonathan Gewirtz http://chicagoboyz.blogspot.com/ Jesus Gil: Ibidem http://atleticorules.blogspot.com/ Colin Glassey http://radio.weblogs.com/0114729/ Google Village http://googlevillage.info/ Googlology http://googlology.info/ Brian Griffin: Cincinnati Blog cincinnati.blogspot.com Barney Gumble http://mwowatchwatchwatchwatch.blogspot.com/ Sean Hackbarth: the American Mind http://www.theamericanmind.com Halavais News http://alex.halavais.net/news/ Health Science Blog http://polypedal.berkeley.edu/blog/ Henry Hanks: Croooow Blog http://tvh.blogspot.com/ Leigh Hanlon: Hanlon Vision http://www.hanlonvision.com/ Paul Hardwick: Privacy Digest http://PrivacyDigest.com/ Kevin Holtzberry http://kevinholtsberry.com/blog.html Hesiod: Counterspin Central http://counterspin.blogspot.com/ I am a cheeseburger http://mfdh.blogspot.com/ The Inscrutable American http://inscrutable.news-portal.com/ Institutional Economics http://www.institutional-economics.com/ Intellectual Orgy http://tinkrbel.greyduck.net/ Interesting Monstah http://www.interestingmonstah.com/ Iransara in English http://www.iransarai.blogspot.com/ David Jackson: C-spin Journal http://c-spin.com/ Dan Johnson, Jr. http://getthatjob.blogspot.com/ Dan Johnson, Jr. http://quotesblog.blogspot.com/ Guy Johnson: Always the Wit http://guyjohnson.blogspot.com/ Tom Johnson http://www.unproductivity.com JunkYardBlog http://junkyardblog.blogspot.com/ Michael Kelley http://weblog.mkelley.net/ Jason Kenney: The American Idle: J's Notes http://jsnotes.blogspot.com/ Iggie Krug http://www.iggie.com/ Kurukshetra http://www.kurukshetra.org/app/dot Laurie: Cocokat in Slumberland http://slumberland.blogspot.com/ Large hearted boy http://blog.largeheartedboy.com/ Laurable's Poetry Weblog http://laurable.com/log/ Chris Lawrence http://blog.lordsutch.com/ Bill Lazar: Bill Says This http://www.billsaysthis.com/ Slade Leeson: Yelling @ Nothing http://jaded.politicals.com Sheila Lennon: Subterranean Homepage News http://www.projo.com/blogs/shenews/ Jenny Levine: Lagniappe http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/ Lez http://kts_baby.pitas.com/ Liberty Think http://www.libertythink.com/ Martin Lindeskog: Ego http://egoist.blogspot.com/ Linkfilter http://linkfilter.net/ Liquid Courage http://liquidcourage.blogmosis.com/ Lonewacko http://tolstoy.com/lonewacko/blog/ Derek Lowe http://dlowe.blogspot.com/ Ryan MacMichael http://www.vegblog.org/ Jay Manifold http://avoyagetoarcturus.blogspot.com/ Maggiesonic http://maggiesonic.diaryland.com/ Nick Marsala http://arrogantrants.blogspot.com/ Ian McKenzie http://www.ismckenzie.com/ Roger McShane: Politiscope http://www.politiscope.com/ MG: Bad Samaritan http://www.badsamaritan.com/ Ed Mick http://www.revealedtruth.blogspot.com/ Mousemusings http://mousemusings.com/weblogs/ Kevin Murphy http://www.funmurphys.com/blog/ Natasha http://mars-or-bust.blogspot.com/ Nicholasjon http://www.nicholasjon.com/ Paul Norton http://crypticreign.techieswithcats.com/ Miguel Octavio: The Devil's Excrement http://blogs.salon.com/0001330/ Ian Oeschger http://www.brownhen.com/ Shannon Okey http://www.bitter-girl.com/blogger.html Andrew Olmsted http://andrewolmsted.com/archives/001012.html#001012 Onino (in Italian) http://onino.splinder.it/ Orb: Just Orb http://www.justorb.com/ Andy O'Reilly http://www.worldwiderant.com/ Oursbrun - out of the woods http://www.oursbrun.com/blog/ Overtaken by Events http://overtaken.blogmosis.com/ Suman Palit: The Kolkata Libertarian http://www.palit.com/tkl.asp Randy Paul http://beautifulhorizons.blogspot.com Doug Payton: Considerettes http://www.thepaytons.org/essays/considerettes/ PejmanPundit http://pejmanpundit.blogspot.com/ Tom Planck http://www.tomplanck.com Procrastination http://zackandamber.blogspot.com/ Quest for Balance http://www.xanga.com/ Solonor Rasreth: Solonor's Ink Well http://solonor.com/blogger.html Aakash Raut: University Blog http://uis.blogspot.com/ John Ray: Dissecting Leftism http://jonjayray.blogspot.com/ Reforming Project Management http://weblog.halmacomber.com/ Alan A. Reiter http://reiter.weblogger.com/ Resonance http://www.etherfarm.com/brain/etherblog/index.shtml Rewrite! http://rewrite.blogspot.com/ Will Richardson http://www.weblogg-ed.com/ Stephen Rittenberg http://www.doctor-horsefeathers.com/ Martin Roth: Christian Commentary http://www.martinrothonline.com Heath Row http://www.cardhouse.com/heath/ Patrick Ruffini http://www.patrickruffini.com/rants/ Wyeth Rutyhven http://www.wyethwire.com Marlon Sarmiento http://marlon.hatesit.com/ Heidi Schallberg http://www.kcbusstop.com/ Sed nobis http://www.sednobis.com/ Christine Selleck http://www.bigpinkcookie.com/ Christine Selleck http://www.pixelog.org Al Sessions http://www.fultonchaindesign.com/mt/ Noah Shachtman: Defense Tech http://www.defensetech.org/ Kathy Shaidle: Relapsed Catholic http://www.relapsedcatholic.blogspot.com/ Stefan Sharkansky: Shark Blog http://www.usefulwork.com/shark/ Marlana Shipley: Stitching for Sanity http://stuffisneet.net/mt/ Shellen http://www.shellen.com Howard Sherman: Nuggets http://nuggets.blogspot.com/ Chuck Simmins http://www.simmins.org/journal.html Laurence Simon http://users2.ev1.net/~file13/blog/ South Knox Bubba http://www.southknoxbubba.net/skblog/ Beth Skwarecki http://loxosceles.org/ Statutory Construction Zone http://www.statconblog.blogspot.com/ Steve Smith: Smythe's World http://www.smythesworld.blogspot.com/ Mike Spenis: Feces Flinging Monkey http://www.FecesFlingingMonkey.com/ Matthew Stinson http://portablematthew.blogspot.com/ Biz Stone http://www.bizstone.com/ Tech Law Advisor http://techlawadvisor.com/ The Doctor is in! http://www.doctormagnus.tk/ The Ghost of a Flea http://ghostofaflea.blogspot.com The Greatest Jeneration http://www.greatestjeneration.com/ The Illuminated Donkey http://bleak.blogspot.com/ Timshel Arts http://www.timshelarts.com/dustinthelight/ Gina Trapani: A One Woman Army http://www.scribbling.net/ Uomonero (in Italian) http://uomonero.splinder.it/ Jason Van Beek http://southdakotapolitics.blogspot.com/ Wallace http://www.biggolddog.com/streams.html Weblog Wannabe http://www.wannabegirl.org/ WeekendPundit http://weekendpundit.blogspot.com/ Bob Whaley http://cruelshoes.blogspot.com/ What's up with me? http://dona4jc.blogspot.com/ Wil Wheaton http://www.wilwheaton.net/ Mark Wickens http://wickens.ca/ David Williams: Portage: Stuff Worth Saving http://helloha.blogspot.com/ Pejman Yousefzadeh http://pejmanpundit.blogspot.com/
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