Here is an interesting article about blogging and its relationship to mainstream journalism. Not that I have any illusions of grandeur — mine is a humble knitting blog, but there are indeed others out there who are making a difference!
Next up: pictures of Hallowig progress! How do you like this font? I have been playing around with some CSS style — still not sure what I am doing except I am a treading water in the deep end of the programming pool
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The blog is looking great and thanks for the link to the article–my students are going to be looking at blogs today, and I think I’ll send them this link for a bit of extra info!
Thanks for the link — interesting reading. I love the changes you’ve made to your “decor.”