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#100588 04/10/2003 1:50 PM
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I'm at a loss to find a clear definition of the new term (to me) Blog.

Blog appears to be a verb - I, you, she/he/it blogs

It also appears to have nounal forms - a blog and a blogger.

Is it to do with web logs, as it appears to me?


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#100589 04/10/2003 1:56 PM
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web log.. web-log.. weblog.. we blog..

-ron (we be blogging now!) obvious

blog - to keep a daily journal in public, for everyone to see
- Ambrose Fierce, The Devils Lake Dictionary


#100590 04/10/2003 1:57 PM
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yes on all counts.

to blog, to write a blog, to be a blogger.

they're pretty hot stuff, lots of people blog, not sure how many actually read them...



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#100591 04/10/2003 1:59 PM
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with timing like that, all I needed was a cloak..


#100592 04/10/2003 2:02 PM
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and give me the mantle to wear...

dang. 29 whole seconds...





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#100593 04/10/2003 2:17 PM
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afaik, blog comes from web log - record of internet diary. i've read recently that first (we)blog was established quite long ago. it was some kind of journey diary of some american travellers couple. yet, it's a kind of very popular form of entertainment nowadays in poland, esp. among youth, but not only. there've been even some books published on the base of blog's.


#100594 04/10/2003 3:01 PM
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afaik, blog comes from web log

Now *that's mantling! And double barreled to boot.


#100595 04/10/2003 3:21 PM
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white font

Hey! Where's the "alert"!?


#100596 04/10/2003 3:24 PM
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the "alert"!?

It was wearing the Mantle of Invisibility.


#100597 04/10/2003 3:28 PM
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In reply to:

the "alert"!?

It was wearing the Mantle of Invisibility.


I knew I could count on you, Faldage, to see right through that.
-joe (transpicuous) friday


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count on you, Faldage

Just doin' muh job, ma'am.

Faldage of Fong
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#100599 04/10/2003 3:51 PM
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I knew I could count on you, Faldage, to see right through that

See here!


#100600 04/10/2003 10:09 PM
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>I'm at a loss ...

There's a first time for everything Pfranz!


#100601 04/11/2003 10:53 AM
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Yes, I know. Terrible to have a reputation to keep up, isn't it?

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#100602 04/25/2003 9:03 PM
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Check this out if you are a wannabe blogger...
http://www.blogspot.com/


#100603 06/02/2003 5:12 AM
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Here's an interesting article on the blog "phenomenon"
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/30954.html


#100604 06/02/2003 6:17 AM
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All I wanted - all I ever wanted - was a definition of the term ...


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>All I wanted - all I ever wanted - was a definition of the term ...


So you ought to be thanking us all for the extra service, doncha think?



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All I wanted - all I ever wanted - was a definition of the term

And you got it

web log.. web-log.. weblog.. we blog..

-ron (we be blogging now!) obvious


so kwitcherbitchen.


#100607 06/02/2003 10:25 AM
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web log.. web-log.. weblog.. we blog..

-ron (we be blogging now!) obvious


Yep, and this was the information I was after. Let the games continue.



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