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Messages
from editor
"I
have visited
at Amazon, B&N,
Yes24, Aladin,
because it's
the easiest
way to get publication
details to me.
You really ought
to buy books
from your small,
local bookshop
- they need
your support!"
"The promise of the web was that everyone could publish, that a thousand voices
could flourish, communicate, connect."
Researcher's
motto: Someone,
somewhere, probably
knows the answer.
Log
Pronunciation: 'log, 'läg
Function: noun
Usage: often
attributive
Date: 14th century
Etymology: Middle English logge, probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to
Old Norse lAg fallen tree; akin to Old English licgan to lie.
1.
a usually bulky piece or length of unshaped timber; especially : a
length of a tree trunk ready for sawing and over six feet (1.8 meters)
long.
2. an apparatus for measuring the rate of a ship's motion
through the water that consists of a block fastened to a line and run out from a
reel.
3. the full nautical record of a ship's voyage
; the full record of a flight by an aircraft
4.
a record of performance, events, or day-to-day activities.
©Merriam-Webster, Incorporated
Weblogs
Named by Jorn Barger in December 1997.
Weblogs include a mix of links, commentary, and personal notes.
Weblog editors sometimes contextualize an article by juxtaposing it with an
article on a related subject; each article, considered in the light of the
other, may take on additional meaning, or even draw the reader to conclusions
contrary to the implicit aim of each.
There are thousands of weblogs: topic-oriented weblogs, alternative viewpoints,
astute examinations of the human condition as reflected by mainstream media,
short-form journals, links to the weird, and free-form notebooks of ideas.
Weblogs perform a valuable filtering service and provide tools for
more critical evaluation of the information available on the web.
Each is evidence of
a staggering shift from an age of carefully controlled information provided by
sanctioned authorities (and artists), to an unprecedented opportunity for
individual expression on a worldwide scale. Each kind of weblog empowers
individuals on many levels. |
Weblogs Directories
HotBot
/ Yahoo
Lycos
/ LookSmart
blogdex(MIT)
/ Blogger
EatonWeb
/ Weblogs.com
John Barger
Robot
Wisdom
2002
1.18
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