Web logs, or blogs for short,
have been popping up all over the internet in various forms since the 90’s.
Originating from email lists, bulletin board systems, and other early internet
social networking tools, blogs are basically personal online journals created
by individuals about any topic imaginable. A blog is usually laid out in a
reverse chronological order with the newest post at the top and every thread
allows users to comment. Anyone can blog these days; knowledge of HTML (hypertext
markup language) or FTP (file transfer protocol) is no longer necessary due to
modern web publishing tools. Some blogs tend to concentrate on certain subjects
and others are more like day-to-day personal interactive diaries. As of 2011,
there were an estimated 156 million public blogs in existence. No wonder why
the Garland County Library has its very own web log where we post about what’s
happening at the library, exciting upcoming events, and absolutely useless
knowledge.
Here are just a few of my
favorite blogs. And, no, they don’t have anything to do with anything.
And, of course,
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