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• 26 - Matthew Kuehl

  Oct 20, 2004 at 9:43 pm

  Still trying to figure this out.
  
  Matthew Kuehl

• 27 - Spear Shaker

  Oct 24, 2004 at 12:14 am

  Dylan as a closet conservative? His memoir Chronicles suggests just that. See the review - www.shakingspears.blogspot.com

• 28 - Gerald Wieczorek

  Oct 28, 2004 at 1:51 am

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  Terrorist Intel Letter and Data Base
  
  Terrorism Intel is an online newsletter dedicated to monitoring and providing insight into major terrorist threats and trends.
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  Add my news feed please.
  Gerald
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• 29 - Michael Walsh

  Oct 28, 2004 at 11:28 am

  Please add my blog to your listings.
  
  It contains photographs, descriptions and links to the works of Frank Lloyd Wright

• 30 - Free Press International

  Oct 30, 2004 at 6:10 pm

  Brave New World News

• 31 - wildman

  Oct 30, 2004 at 11:41 pm

  Bush vs Kerry:
  Look! It's time to ban anyone with a business degree from the whitehouse! Why not have 2 economic advisors 1 democrat and 1 republican. Do the same with the military and so on. I wouldn't mind my tax money going to campaigns if the money was equaly distributed between the candidates. I have a big problem with candidates raising money because it creates special interest groups. Obviously there are a lot of idiots running this country. My biggest question is why does the population let the government get away with it? I don't know enough about nader either but why can't we let the poor guy on the ballot? Why can't we open the elections to any person who isn't rich? I have talked to bums and drunks who are smarter than the people who run this country. A business degree doesn't make you wise. I would like everyone to read this at least twice. If you agree then let's do something about this. Have a great day.

• 32 - temps

  Nov 09, 2004 at 7:38 pm

  Please add my blog to your listings.

• 33 - evening bulletin

  Nov 15, 2004 at 7:14 pm

  Please add my blog to your listings

• 34 - Eric Olsen

  Nov 15, 2004 at 7:54 pm

  Guys, we don't have "listings," if you would like to join, please send me an email saying so. Thanks.

• 35 - Vivian

  Nov 15, 2004 at 9:58 pm

  Please include my anti-war peace blog.
  Thanks for the grat resource

• 36 - Eric Olsen

  Nov 16, 2004 at 8:43 am

  Again, for anyone who has left a comment here, please read the final paragraph in the post and if you wish to join, send me an email (ecolsen2003ATcsDOTcom) with the requested information and I will be happy to sign you up. Thanks.

• 37 - Michael A. Edwards

  Nov 18, 2004 at 3:20 pm

  I'd like to become a blogcritic

• 38 - Brock Felt

  Nov 18, 2004 at 8:51 pm

  I would love to join, I have a website with success orientated information. Please let me know how I can join

• 39 - Tmobile

  Dec 04, 2004 at 7:11 pm

  Ok, it is true

• 40 - Aaman

  Dec 04, 2004 at 9:37 pm

  Eric,
  
  How do I join the yahoo group - bit late, but might as well - I love being a part of this esteemed company

• 41 - The Sandman

  Dec 14, 2004 at 5:51 pm

  Please add to yoor listings. Thank you!

• 42 - Eric Olsen

  Dec 14, 2004 at 6:21 pm

  we don't have "listings" - if you wish to join please send me an email per the last paragraph above

• 43 - jadester

  Dec 14, 2004 at 6:37 pm

  if you're wondering how to get your blog on the listing on this site, go back to the top of this post and read the original article, carefully. Note the bit where Eric asks people who want to join to e-mail him a few necessary details. That's all there is to it.
  Of course, if you don't post an article of your own for a week or so, your name disappears from the site's blogroll, until the next time you post an article (i.e. comments don't count for this)
  So if you JUST want your site listed on BC, you'll have to pay, or forget it

• 44 - Eric Olsen

  Dec 14, 2004 at 6:40 pm

  thanks J, and I would add, pay BIG

• 45 - Eric Berlin

  Dec 15, 2004 at 1:59 am

  Hi Eric,
  
  Sorry to bug you -- I know you must be very busy.
  
  Quick question: how do I track down the Yahoo Groups Blogcritics site -- I can't seem to find it on Yahoo (or anywhere). I'd love to get some reviewing on.
  
  Having a blast with blogcritics.org so far, by the way. If only I could get paid to blog...
  
  Cheers and thanks,
  
  Eric Berlin
  Dumpster Bust: Miracles from Mind Trash
  http://dumpsterbust.blogspot.com

• 46 - Eric Olsen

  Dec 15, 2004 at 8:03 am

  hi Eric, very glad to have you aboard - the URL is in your introductory instructions, just before the signature

• 47 - Eric Berlin

  Dec 15, 2004 at 11:44 am

  Ah, of course! The most obvious place of all!
  
  Thanks very much, Eric, glad to be aboard.
  
  ~EB

• 48 - Randy

  Dec 29, 2004 at 1:19 pm

  Fans of Blogcritics.org may appreciate the Music History site, which includes recent articles on Andy Summers and Stephen Stills. Use the address below and then click the link for the 'Index' to access all articles:
  
  http://hometown.aol.com/nightfly62/Nightfly.html

• 49 - Nick Jones

  Dec 29, 2004 at 3:36 pm

  Call me a noob, but how does one start up a blog to begin with?

• 50 - Eric Berlin

  Dec 29, 2004 at 3:43 pm

  It's very easy (and free!). There are many websites that will help you get started, provide server space, and even technical support.
  
  I'd recommend: www.blogger.com.
  
  If anyone has alternative suggestions, I'm sure that would be helpful as well.
  
  Eric Berlin
  Dumpster Bust: Miracles from Mind Trash
  http://dumpsterbust.blogspot.com

• 51 - Z.Z.Bachman

  Dec 29, 2004 at 6:54 pm

  Eric's suggestion is a good one. Blogger is the most painless way to get started.
  
  Caution... Blogging is like running a small business. They are easy to start, but you need to put effort into keeping it up and running with interesting content. Obtaining and keeping "customers" is also another discussion :)
  
  

• 52 - Eric Berlin

  Dec 29, 2004 at 7:10 pm

  ZZ -
  
  I know there are books on blogging out there, but do you know of any good ones (or websites or other materials) that talk about generating a consistent level of content, adding design features, expanding a reader base, taking a blog to the "next level" (whatever that is), monetizing, etc.?
  
  ~ Eric B.

• 53 - DrPat

  Dec 29, 2004 at 8:26 pm

  There is a "new: one advertised at tBlogger home site.

• 54 - Amit

  Dec 30, 2004 at 9:59 am

  I am a big fan of britney spears and my blog revolver around her and her music.

• 55 - Matt Egan

  Dec 30, 2004 at 2:47 pm

  May I recommend Biz Stone's new book, Blogging: Genius Strategies for Instant Web Content. Especially helpful if you are using blogger. It caters to both novice and advanced bloggers.
  
  Personally, I bow at the feet of the Wordpress software. But only after hacking the shit out of blogger first to cut your teeth.

• 56 - Eric Berlin

  Dec 30, 2004 at 2:48 pm

  Matt - Thanks very much. If you don't mind my asking, what does Wordpress offer that Blogger does not?

• 57 - Matt Egan

  Dec 30, 2004 at 3:50 pm

  Eric,
  
  Wordpress, like Moveable Type and other more dynamic blog apps, allows you to categorize posts with the click of a button, which is especially helpful if your blog focuses on multiple categories, and you would like your readers to be able to isolate content from one category. Wordpress is also extremely easy to work with, and rewards you for learning just enough html and css to turn your blog into something very user friendly.
  
  Its also free, and there is a legion of Wordpress devotees who devote hours upon hours to building plugins and hacks that allow you to further expand the app.
  
  You'd need to get a domain name, which has a nominal cost yearly, and then you could get with www.cyberwurx.com, which offers discounts to blogcritics, and pay them about 5 bucks a month to host your blog.
  
  If you like tweaking, apps like Wordpress are for you. If you don't care about design or expanding the user interface of your blog too much, and you want it totally free, blogger is for you.
  
  Eric--If you want more details, by all means email me from my blog. The email link is on the right menu under the other column.

• 58 - Matt Egan

  Dec 30, 2004 at 3:54 pm

  actually--it looks like you already have that domain. You're halfway there!

• 59 - Matt Egan

  Dec 30, 2004 at 4:05 pm

  or not. I thought you had dumpsterbust.com registered, but it looks like someone else does. Maybe thedumpsterbust.com?

• 60 - Eric Berlin

  Dec 30, 2004 at 4:15 pm

  Matt - Thanks for checking that out. As far as I know, I still own it -- a pal of mine registered it for me some months back -- it's probably under his name.
  
  I'll likely e-mail you a bit later, if you can put up with the hectoring...
  
  ~ Eric B.

• 61 - Matt Egan

  Dec 30, 2004 at 4:36 pm

  By all means email me if you are interested in more info.

• 62 - Nick Jones

  Dec 31, 2004 at 2:21 am

  I have to think of a good name for my blog. 'Against the Grain' has probably been used somewhere. I'll have to think on this when I'm not so tired.

• 63 - Eric Berlin

  Dec 31, 2004 at 2:51 am

  Against the Grain -- one of Bad Religion's best... assuming you know this? A BR/Old School punk tribute blog? Now that I could get with...

• 64 - Danielle

  Jan 05, 2005 at 10:29 am

  Please add my this blog to your listings.

• 65 - Eric Olsen

  Jan 05, 2005 at 10:46 am

  there are no "listings" - if you would like to join, please send me an email

• 66 - Nick Jones

  Jan 05, 2005 at 1:30 pm

  Sorry, Eric B., but even back in the Seventies I was always more into avant-garde music than punk, and I don't know Bad Religion at all.
  
  More possible titles:
  
  Nick Jones' Ashes
  Nick Jones' The Ashtray
  (Nick Jones is my nom de Internet, and the name of my main addiction.)
  
  Everbody's Got One (as in the saying "Opinions are like assholes,...)

• 67 - Eric Olsen

  Jan 05, 2005 at 2:47 pm

  to me the obvious answer is avant garde punk

• 68 - Wayne Moran

  Jan 12, 2005 at 5:13 pm

  Best blog on the net for social commentary! Thanks.

• 69 - Eric Olsen

  Jan 12, 2005 at 6:08 pm

  if you do say so yourself Wayne? Are you interested in joining Blogcritics?

• 70 - Rick

  Jan 13, 2005 at 6:12 pm

  can i join?

• 71 - Eric Olsen

  Jan 13, 2005 at 6:25 pm

  sure Rick, just send me an email with the relevant info

• 72 - wilson ng

  Jan 14, 2005 at 6:30 am

  Joining....
  
  If you want a comment, I scroll up and down thinking there was a link where I can officially join, but this link is the best one I can manage. Hope this is right, but hope you can make it easier for many people to join the group.

• 73 - Aaman

  Feb 02, 2005 at 4:55 pm

  Oh no - the spammer found this post!

• 74 - lipgloss2005

  Feb 08, 2005 at 7:23 pm

  I just starting my web journal. Thanks for the info.

• 75 - Jack Smith

  Feb 19, 2005 at 12:23 am

  Jack Smith. Freelance web designer specialising in flash. Based in London, England.