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Scripting News, the weblog started in 1997 that bootstrapped the blogging revolution.
Today's links

NY Times: "Many of the fired prosecutors were investigating high-ranking Republicans." Permanent link to this item in the archive.
NPR: "Under questioning from a string of antagonistic senators, Sampson repeatedly contradicted his former boss, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales." Permanent link to this item in the archive.
Ponzi and Chris sent a really cool house-warming present. ";->" Permanent link to this item in the archive.
Story of My Life.com, "launching soon, is a unique way for you to preserve your life's memories and stories, pictures, videos and more to be treasured for generations to come." Permanent link to this item in the archive.
IHT: "King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia has told Arab leaders that the U.S. occupation of Iraq is illegal." Permanent link to this item in the archive.
Rex Hammock: Why I BlogPermanent link to this item in the archive.
Fox News: "As Cathy Seipp lay dying, her nemesis took his parting shot on the web." Permanent link to this item in the archive.



     

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~About the Author~

A picture named dave.jpgDave Winer, 55, is a visiting scholar at NYU's Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute. He pioneered the development of weblogs, syndication (RSS), podcasting, outlining, and web content management software; former contributing editor at Wired Magazine, research fellow at Harvard Law School, entrepreneur, and investor in web media companies. A native New Yorker, he received a Master's in Computer Science from the University of Wisconsin, a Bachelor's in Mathematics from Tulane University and currently lives in New York City.

"The protoblogger." - NY Times.

"The father of modern-day content distribution." - PC World.

One of BusinessWeek's 25 Most Influential People on the Web.

"Helped popularize blogging, podcasting and RSS." - Time.

"The father of blogging and RSS." - BBC.

"RSS was born in 1997 out of the confluence of Dave Winer's 'Really Simple Syndication' technology, used to push out blog updates, and Netscape's 'Rich Site Summary', which allowed users to create custom Netscape home pages with regularly updated data flows." - Tim O'Reilly.

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