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2005 Bloggies

Monday, February 7th, 2005

According to the 5th annual weblog awards a “weblog” is defined as a page with dated entries. The winners will be posted sometime between Sunday, March 13 and Tuesday, March 15. Some of the categories are:

Best New Weblog
Weblogs that began during the year 2004.

Lifetime Achievement
Webloggers who have been blogging at least since January 1, 2001.

Weblog of the Year
This is it: the category for the best weblog overall.

Best-Kept-Secret Weblog
The best underrepresented weblogs.

Best-Designed Weblog

Best Community Weblog
Weblogs where everyone is invited to post.

Best Group Weblog
Weblogs written by an exclusive group.

Best Writing of a Weblog
Weblogs with great writing, from personal journaling to professional journalism.

Most Humorous Weblog

Best Computers or Technology Weblog

Best Web Development Weblog
Weblogs completely about Web design and development.

Best Weblog About Politics

Best Entertainment Weblog
Weblogs about music, movies, television, and/or theater.

Best Food Weblog

Best Non-Weblog Content of a Weblog Site
Many sites contain more that just a weblog. This is for those pages with something extra.

Best Photography of a Weblog
Photoblogs and other weblogs that regularly feature photography.

Best Tagline of a Weblog

Best Web Application for Weblogs
Something that helps you publish, make comments, anything that has to do with developing a weblog.

Best Article or Essay About Weblogs

Best Meme
A replicating idea that spread about weblogs.

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Submit Your Blog

Friday, February 4th, 2005

Directories and search engines specializing in blogs:

Others

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MP3tunes from MP3.com founder

Thursday, February 3rd, 2005

Michael Robertson is putting up some of the money he made from MP3.com to launch a startup, MP3tunes, next week in San Diego.

Unlike Apple’s iTunes, Yahoo!’s Musicmatch or most other services that sell downloadable songs, MP3tunes will use the popular music file format MP3 without any encrypted “digital rights management” features that restrict how the file is used.

Robertson said songs will sell for 88 cents; albums will cost $8.88.

MP3.com founder announces Internet music encore

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Site Trackers

Wednesday, February 2nd, 2005

eXTReMe Tracking Account. After placing the trackercode on your page, it will automatically activate as soon as the first visitor hits your site.

Site Meter is a free, fast, and easy way to add a web counter to your web page. Not only does it display the number of visitors to your web site, it also keeps statistics on the number of visits each hour and each day.

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Origins of Cyberspace Library

Tuesday, February 1st, 2005

On February 23, 2005, Christie’s in New York will sell Jeremy’s Origins of Cyberspace Library. This library on the history of computing, networking, and telecommunications documents the scientific and technological foundations of the Internet. What makes the Origins of Cyberspace so special is that it goes to the very beginning of the developments that led to the modern digital world.

Among the contents of the Origin of Cyberspace library are key founding documents concerning the following:

? The first programmable computer
? The first electronic computer
? Origins of the stored-program concept
? The first software
? The mathematical theory of communications
? The mathematical theory of data communications
? The origins of neurocomputing
? The origins of artificial intelligence
? Landmarks in the history of mathematical logic as they apply to computing
? The history of the computer business
? The foundation of the world?s first electronic computer company
? The origins of bioinformatics
? The origins of telecommunications

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