gunnyg
11-14-02, 07:38 AM
Apparently, Weblogs, or Blogs for short, are all the rage on the Internet these days.
Example:
http://gruntdoc.com/
As far as I can see, they are little different than having your own messageboard, like mine...
http://www.network54.com/Forum/135069
N54 (my messageboard) allows the owners to set controls for them so that others can not respond, or respond only under certain conditions, etc.--and they are free, although they attempt to coerce you into paying a monthly fee for no pop-up ads, and other features that can be added if you pay up--sorta like a regular bait and switch routine that merchants are famous for.
Anyway, they claim that the main purpose of these Blogs are to make any PC user a creative journalist by enabling him/her to publish on the webb a daily journal of whatever your rant happens to be..
A Google search indicates that Marines are climbing onto the bandwagon also. Like I said, to me it appears to be no different than a regular messageboard, available free to anyone who wants one, as are now, apparently, blog space for bloggers--or maybe I'm missing something here.
Ref/Google
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=weblog+blog+marines+usmc
DickG
Example:
http://gruntdoc.com/
As far as I can see, they are little different than having your own messageboard, like mine...
http://www.network54.com/Forum/135069
N54 (my messageboard) allows the owners to set controls for them so that others can not respond, or respond only under certain conditions, etc.--and they are free, although they attempt to coerce you into paying a monthly fee for no pop-up ads, and other features that can be added if you pay up--sorta like a regular bait and switch routine that merchants are famous for.
Anyway, they claim that the main purpose of these Blogs are to make any PC user a creative journalist by enabling him/her to publish on the webb a daily journal of whatever your rant happens to be..
A Google search indicates that Marines are climbing onto the bandwagon also. Like I said, to me it appears to be no different than a regular messageboard, available free to anyone who wants one, as are now, apparently, blog space for bloggers--or maybe I'm missing something here.
Ref/Google
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=weblog+blog+marines+usmc
DickG