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Boundless blogs.

Publication: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
Publication Date: 30-APR-07 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Boundless blogs.(Science & Technology)(Their uses are infinite: from family snapshots, to politics, to a recipe for mai tais)

Article Excerpt
Byline: Lewis Taylor The Register-Guard

Blog, Blog, Blog.

If your eyes still glaze over when you hear the word "blog," it may be time to give blogs, aka Web logs, another chance.

These personal Web sites may have had a bad name in the past - the Urban Dictionary Web site defines a blog as "A meandering, blatantly uninteresting online diary that gives the author the illusion that people are interested in their stupid, pathetic life" - but they've matured a lot. And thanks to a host of new Web sites that make blogging free and easy, now's a great time to start one.

"The great thing about blogs is they're so specialized," says Jeffrey Morgenthaler, head bartender at El Vaquero restaurant in Eugene and author of a mixology blog (you can find it at www .jeffreymorgenthaler.com.

"(The best part) is being able to connect with like-minded people. My area is so specific. There aren't a lot of people in town that I can talk to about this stuff."

Although Morgenthaler is interested in a highly specialized area - namely mixology, the more artful side of bartending - there are...

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