What is?
What is a blog? What role do blogs play on this ever-changing, ever-expanding stage we call the Web? Will blogs forever alter the way we communicate or merely fade into oblivion?

Many have speculated, pondered, commented and opined about these very questions but the definitive answers remain as elusive as ever. The purpose of this project is to step back from the rhetoric and simply let blogs speak for themselves and allow those who will listen to develop their own conclusions.

31 Flavors of Blog examines thirty-one distinctly different blogs and displays the diverse and innovative ways blogs are being used to communicate, educate and entertain. Each "flavor" provides a sampling of the incredible variety of blogs on the Web. A new blog will be featured each day during the month of March.

Think of this project as a trip to the ice cream parlor where you sample new and exciting (and sometimes disappointing) flavors all loaded onto that tiny pink plastic spoon. And after you're done sampling you can sit back and reflect on how blogs are shaping the Web or simply wipe that bit of fudge from the corner of your mouth and sample some more flavors.

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Flavor 31 = Venture Capitalist Blog

VentureBlog

Author: Andrew Anker, David Hornik and Naval Ravikant
Blog Birthday: February 23, 2003
Location: Sillicon Valley
Organica Score: 19
Flavor Analysis: VentureBlog has only recently been made publicly available though it's been in existence for a couple of months. The site was conceived through discussions among three venture capitalists about the lack of content created by the venture community. These are the type people that helped fund the Internet boom of the late '90s.

The blog primarily sticks to "writing about the venture process, new technologies, the economy, media and life in Silicon Valley."

It's interesting to hear from those investors behind the giant dot coms we all know and love.
URL: http://www.ventureblog.com/
(logged March 31, 2003 by eric j)

Flavor 30 = Real War Bloggers (Sir)

LT SMASH

Author: Anonymous Soldier
Blog Birthday: January 15, 2002
Location: Somewhere in the Middle East
Organica Score: 180
Flavor Analysis: "L.T. Smash" is the blog nickname for a reservist in the U.S. Navy who arrived in the Gulf last December. L.T. Smash's accounts range from the ordinary and the oddball to the touching. He prefers to remain anonymous for obvious reasons and his blog has achieved enormous popularity in recent months. This blog can give a real-time perspective unprecedented in a combat situation.
URL: http://www.lt-smash.us/
(logged March 30, 2003 by eric j)

Flavor 29 = Political Action Blog

LMEC - In Parliament

Author: Labour Middle East Council
Blog Birthday: January 15, 2002
Location: United Kingdom
Organica Score: 39
Flavor Analysis: The Labour Middle East Council (LMEC) was established in 1969 in the wake of the Arab-Israeli war and the occupation of Arab territory. LMEC focuses most of its work in the Parliamentary Labour Party and the Labour Group in the European Parliament.

One of LMEC's principal aims is to brief Members of Parliament, in particular within the Parliamentary Labour Party, on issues of current concern with regard to the Israeli - Palestinian conflict. This blog distributes that information.
URL: http://www.lmec.org.uk/In_Parliament/in_parliament.html
(logged March 29, 2003 by eric j)

Flavor 28 = Blogvertisements

Raging Cow: Pasteurize This!

Author: Dr. Pepper and a bunch of bloggers
Blog Birthday: Sometime in early 2003
Location: Plano, TX
Organica Score: 1
Flavor Analysis: Dr. Pepper delivers a "grass roots" blog to promote a new milk product called Raging Cow. This corporate run "blogvertisement" is a sort of new experiment in "viral marketing." The premise is to recruit top bloggers, give them various incentives and ask them to blog about the product.

Doc Searls points out that it "seems ironic that a company would want to manipulate a phenomenon that’s so generally bent on exposing things. In my view blogs are the antidote to viral marketing.”

It's uncertain whether this blog has been successful but after a short read I can't say that it's going to change the way blogs are developed and maintained. Most good bloggers are passionate about something and that becomes evident in their blog. I just can't see people being passionate about Chocolate Milk. Now if Apple or Volkswagen or some similar "cultural icon" product started a similar blog it may achieve a certain level of passion.
URL: http://blog.ragingcow.com/
(logged March 28, 2003 by eric j)

Flavor 27 = Wikis Are Like Blogs On Steroids

Wikipedia

Author: Ward Cunningham but anyone can be an author
Blog Birthday: January 15, 2001
Location: Portland, OR
Organica Score: 225
Flavor Analysis: No, Wikis are not blogs but they are very close cousins. Since Wikis are similar to blogs they deserve examination in this project. If you're wondering what a Wiki is the short definition explains: A Wiki is a collection of interlinked web pages, any of which can be visited and edited by anyone at any time ( collaborative software ). See Wikipedia:Overview for more info

The interesting thing about Wikis is that anyone can edit any page. It's the very definition of collaborative and the coolest thing about them is that they actually seem to work. Instead of a site of vandalized pages Wikipedia has some good information about a lot of topics.

Wikis and more specifically wikipedia, are like blogs in that they allow posts without any sort of editorial restraints. They are closer to community blogs like metafilter and slashdot than the traditional online journal. Imagine a blog where anyone can edit the posts. That's a Wiki.
URL: http://www.wikipedia.org/
(logged March 27, 2003 by eric j)

Flavor 26 = Funny Girl Blog

Que Sera Sera

Author: Sarah Brown
Blog Birthday: October 31, 2001
Location: Tulsa, OK
Organica Score: 95
Flavor Analysis: Simple, unpretentious, and absolutely hilarious. Sarah can write a four word post that leaves me in hysterics. Stop by to read about her life as a receptionist, aspiring author, and obsessive Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen fan.
URL: http://queserasera.blogspot.com/
(logged March 26, 2003 by matt wood)

Flavor 25 = CMS For Blogging "e-zines"

:: monoki ::

Author: Alex Rainert and Kevin Kearney
Blog Birthday: June 01, 2001
Location: N/A
Organica Score: 26
Flavor Analysis: A sort of hybrid "e-zine" (whatever that is) that provides satiric commentary on politics, religion and just some weird crazy stuff found on the net. The site Utilizes the categorizing and archiving functionality of blog tools (specifically Movable Type) to deliver a quality publication that rivals similar non-blog powered sites. It's all about the CMS (Content Management System) and this site demonstrates that blogging tools provide content management for the masses.
URL: http://www.monoki.com/
(logged March 25, 2003 by eric j)

Flavor 24 = Metablog for God

blogs4God - a Semi-Definitive List of Christian Blogs

Author: Kathryn Lively, Jen Kibler-McCabe, Dr. David Heddle, Rick Stilwell, Gary Petersen, Kevin Pierpont, Joshua Claybourn, Richard Hall, Dean Peters and all the people registered.
Blog Birthday: July 29, 2002
Location: Caribou Coffee shop in Rockville, MD
Organica Score: 92
Flavor Analysis: Much more than just a blog, this site provides links to "innovative, interesting and inspiring web logs under one roof." The blog works similarly to other "metablogs" like Metafilter and Slashdot. Yet it's also a clearinghouse for blogs maintained by Christians but it does not seem to necessarily mean the content has a religious theme. It features 8 categories, Apologia, Church Polity, Journals, Metablogs, Ministries, Pundits, techBlogs and Zines.
URL: http://www.blogs4god.com/linker/index.php
(logged March 24, 2003 by eric j)

Flavor 23 = Gone Fishing Blog

Andy's Fishing Blog

Author: Andrew
Blog Birthday: November 26, 2002
Location: Washington State
Organica Score: N/A
Flavor Analysis: This blog may not be the world's greatest read but it serves a purpose -- sharing fishing information with friends. Actually, this type of blog is interesting because it's really targeted to an extremely specific audience: a few fellow fishermen in the northwest United States. Not many random surfers are going to be spending a lot of time with Andy's Fishing Blog. But that's what makes it worth noticing. This is the ultimate utility blog.
URL: http://www.slickid.com/blogs/
(logged March 23, 2003 by eric j)

Flavor 22 = Blogging Pundits

InstaPundit.Com

Author: Glenn Reynolds
Blog Birthday: August 8, 2001
Location: Knoxville, TN
Organica Score: 250*
Flavor Analysis: Blogs are at their best when ranting about some political gripe and love him or hate him, Glenn Reynolds is the king of the pundit category. Few have reached the level of blogging success Glenn Reynolds has acquired over the past couple of years. He's even spun his success into a regular blog on MSNBC.com.

Instapundit has been credited (correctly or not) with getting Trent Lott ousted from the U.S. Senate Majority Leader position. He, and other bloggers, kept some of Lott's racially charged comments in the public awareness long enough for the "big media" to pick it up.

For better or worse, Glenn Reynolds is the Matt Drudge of Blogging.
URL: http://www.instapundit.com/
(logged March 22, 2003 by eric j)

Flavor 21 = Blogging With Disease

Living With Diabetes

Author: Kathleen Weaver
Blog Birthday: February 28, 2003
Location: Dallas, TX
Organica Score: 3
Flavor Analysis: Living With Diabetes details Kathleen's life with the disease while trying to stay in shape and live a normal life. This site hits close to home for me, since my wife and father both have diabetes. People don't understand how much the disease can affect your daily activities and how much work it takes to control. This site give a good glimpse into the daily routine of checking blood sugar, counting carbohydrates, administering insulin, and recovering from lows and highs. Through greater understanding of the disease comes a better chance for a cure.
URL: http://www.kweaver.org/
(logged March 21, 2003 by matt wood)

Flavor 20 = Adult Content Blogs

The Wandering WebWhore (Warning: Adult Content)

Author: Trixie
Blog Birthday: March 02, 2001
Location: N/A
Organica Score: 2
Flavor Analysis: This is an adult blog. While the content is definitely adult (has that been mentioned before?) the blog is mainly just the free journal part of a larger fee-based adult site run by Trixie herself. She describes herself as a "full time 'WebWhore.' Besides doing phone sex and live video conferencing fantasy shows, she built and maintains an amateur adult site and blog.

Her blog discusses everything from the war in Iraq, to her favorite fonts to Thanksgiving Dinner with family. Trixie is definitely not your stereotypical adult entertainer (she loves Bill Maher and listens to NPR) and her blog lets readers glimpse (don't all blogs?) the person behind the voice, pictures and video.

Did I mention the content was Adult? If you don't have pop-ups disabled a disclaimer even greets new visitors.
URL: http://tastytrixi.blogspot.com/
(logged March 20, 2003 by eric j)

Flavor 19 = Mobile Blog

Mobile Tracker

Author: Jon Gales
Blog Birthday: February 28, 2003
Location: USA
Organica Score: 5
Flavor Analysis: News and reviews of the ever-confusing world of wirless gadgets. Why do we need this? Because as the site's tagline says, "You can't trust the salesman." This is another community blog that features dozens of different brands of phones and PDAs. This is a rather new blog.
URL: http://www.mobiletracker.net/
(logged March 19, 2003 by matt wood)

Flavor 18 = Appliantology Blog

Fixitnow.com: Kicking Appliance Butt All Over the Globe!

Author: Scott M. Brown, M.S., P.E.
Blog Birthday: May 27, 2002
Location: New London, NH
Organica Score: 7
Flavor Analysis: The Samurai School of Appliantology? Yes, and it's a wonderful school. The Samurai Appliance Repair Man runs a blog that gives appliance tips, instructions, humor, news and much, much more. This site has everything. The design is a refreshing throwback to something from the mid-90s, refusing to conform to the traditional blog templates that so boringly populate much of the Web.

For a while I wasn't sure this site was a real appliance site or just some extremely clever parody but I'm now convinced that it is, in fact, genuine. It is just so infused with tongue-in-cheek humor that it can easily be mistaken for an appliance humor site (if those exist).

The really cool thing is that the information is great. This is how an appliance site should be. Not too serious but chock full of information. Scott has found an excellent way to utilize blogs in a non-traditional way and incorporate the blogging methods into his larger site.
URL: http://www.fixitnow.com/
(logged March 18, 2003 by eric j)

Flavor 17 = Digital Library Blog

TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home

Author: David Rothman
Blog Birthday: 2001
Location: Alexandria, VA
Organica Score: 21
Flavor Analysis: TeleRead is dedicated to bringing a national digital library system to the masses. The site provides a wealth of news and information about digital learning. TeleRead is not just the name for the site, but for the broader proposal to increase federal spending to develop a national digital library to provide equal access to educational resources in the US and the world.
URL: http://www.teleread.org/blog/
(logged March 17, 2003 by matt wood)

Flavor 16 = For-Profit Blogging (maybe?)

Gizmodo : The Gadgets Weblog

Author: Edited by Pete Rojas, backed by Nick Denton
Blog Birthday: July 15, 2002
Location: New York, NY
Organica Score: 250*
Flavor Analysis: Gizmodo is a blog targeted at gadget freaks and never fails to satisfy by featuring the latest and greatest tech gadgets.

The site is backed by Nick Denton who plans to turn a profit by using affiliate marketing, advertising and syndication. If this blog ends up being profitable it will be one of the first complete blogs to earn a profit in the traditional way, by signing contracts and not by getting donations from benevolent visitors.

Who knows what this could mean for blogs of the future? We'll be watching.
URL: http://www.gizmodo.com/
(logged March 16, 2003 by eric j)

Flavor 15 = Doctor Blogging

kill as few patients as possible

Author: Craig Bradley
Blog Birthday: October 9, 2002
Location: Nacogdoches, TX
Organica Score: 9
Flavor Analysis: The personal blog of a doctor who ran a private practice until recently accepting a position as in the new urgent care component of the local Emergency Room. He blogs about things such as medicine, his faith and American Idol.

There are a number of "Medical Blogs" out there but this one seems to be one of the better designed and more personal. It provides interesting insight into the medical profession as well as illuminating life through the eyes of a doctor. The blog is also a part of a larger site includes a patient blog and a recount of his efforts to adopt a little girl.

The name of the blog is also a real winner in my book. "kill as few patients as possible" is from a book of the same name by Oscar London, M.D.
URL: http://www.drbradley.com/blog/
(logged March 15, 2003 by eric j)

Flavor 14 = Making a Restaurant Blog

The Making of a Restaurant

Author: Sandor Weisz and Luke Seemann
Blog Birthday: February 19, 2001
Location: Chicago, IL
Organica Score: 38
Flavor Analysis: Two guys decide to start a restaurant in 5 to 10 years. Inspired by some "very good" meals in Chicago they decide to start a blog to keep track of their ideas. The blog provides the traditional elements: comments, links and personal experiences mixed with a bit of humor.

The really cool thing about a site like this is you can see the idea begin to take shape and solidify into something real and hopefully profitable. This can serve as inspiration for others who are hesitant to start their own restaurant or any other business for that matter. Will it succeed? Will it fail? Tune in to find out.
URL: http://www.santheo.com/restaurant/
(logged March 14, 2003 by eric j)

Flavor 13 = Remote Blogging

Life in the Freezer

Author: Gillian Hadley
Blog Birthday: August 15, 2002
Location: Antarctica
Organica Score: 99
Flavor Analysis: Really remote blogging. Gillian Hadley ran a blog from August to November of last year recounting various adventures in the frozen tundra of Antarctica. Mainly just a lot of pictures to share with family and friends but the blog also provides an interesting look at life near the South Pole. One thing I learned is there is a lot of snow. Go figure.
URL: http://gillianhadley.blogspot.com
(logged March 13, 2003 by eric j)

Flavor 12 = Without Wires

Wi-Fi News: Stuporsized Service

Author: Glenn Fleishman
Blog Birthday: March, 2001
Location: NA
Organica Score: 250*
Flavor Analysis: Wi-Fi News is a all-you-can-eat buffet of news, articles, and discussions about the alphabet soup known as wireless networking. Come here to get your daily dose of IEEE 802.11a, b, and g, fortified with GHz, Mbps, and DHCP to make your coat shiny and smooth.
URL: http://80211b.weblogger.com/
(logged March 12, 2003 by matt wood)

Flavor 11 = Ivy League Law

Weblogs At Harvard Law

Author: Donna Wentworth and Dave Winer
Blog Birthday: February 7, 2003
Location: Cambridge, MA
Organica Score: 99
Flavor Analysis: Partly an experiment to understand how blogging technology might be used in all the activities of the university, for faculty, administration, students, alumni, staff.

The site engages students and faculty at one of the world's most prestigious law schools. Blogging is being used in more and more organized settings to improve communications and encourage individuals to start communicating in new and innovative ways. It will be interesting to see how other universities embrace this technology and use blogging in similar ways.
URL: http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/
(logged March 11, 2003 by eric j)

Flavor 10 = Regional PhotoBlogging

A Life Uncommon

Author: Dawn Mikulich
Blog Birthday: February 16, 2003
Location: Chicago, IL
Organica Score: 95
Flavor Analysis: One of my favorite blogs, and yes, I'm partial because it's about my hometown. Dawn combines stunning photography of the city of Chicago with a daily blog in an unorthodox format. Instead of the typical serial blog listing days of posts, A Life Uncommon features one new photo and blog post each day.

The site won the 2003 Photobloggie Awards for Photoblog of the Year, Best Daily Photoblog, and Best Photoblog using a Lomo camera. A Life Uncommon was also a Featured Site on Wander-lust. Dawn also publishes Chicago Uncommon, winner of the 2003 Best City Photoblog award, where you can purchase prints of her work.
URL: http://www.lifeuncommon.org/
(logged March 10, 2003 by matt wood)

Flavor 9 = Web Link Abuse Watchdog Blog

Don't Link to Us!

Author: David E. Sorkin
Blog Birthday: June 28, 2002
Location: Chicago, IL
Organica Score: 156
Flavor Analysis: This site was created by a law professor who mainly got sick of stupid linking policies. While the site hasn't been updated in a while the material and subject matter are still extremely relevant, especially for bloggers.

The site does a great job of describing itself: "Don't Link to Us! links to sites that attempt to impose substantial restrictions on other sites that link to them. The Linking Policy for Don't Link to Us! precludes us from requesting permission to link to a site, and compels us to link directly to the targeted page (i.e., a "deep link") rather than to a site's home page. Descriptions of sites' linking policies generally are accurate (though often not complete) at the time they are posted here but are likely to change over time. On occasion a web site will modify its linking policy in response to public ridicule. Perhaps their appearance in Don't Link to Us! will help encourage some of these sites to move forward into the 20th century ."

What is truly great about this popular blog is that there were enough bad linking policies to supply content for this blog for almost 5 full months. It brought awarness to the stupidity of corporations and the way they view the Web. And better yet, it initiated some change.
URL: http://www.dontlink.com/
(logged March 9, 2003 by eric j)

Flavor 8 = Marathon Blogger

Marathon? Marathon!

Author: Hollie
Blog Birthday: February 16, 2003
Location: Portland, OR.
Organica Score: 2
Flavor Analysis: Amazingly prolific blog about a woman training for the Portland Marathon. She posts daily reports on her diet, workouts, equipment, and even body measurements. The site is compelling and provides an in depth, first-person account of what it's like training for a marathon. Also, anyone interested in running a marathon may want to check out this blog for some tips or to find out exactly what is involved.
URL: http://marathon.cheezblok.com/
(logged March 8, 2003 by matt wood)

Flavor 7 = Disability (Choosability) Blog

Paul Campos' blog on ChooseAbilty

Author: Paul Campo
Blog Birthday: May, 2002
Location: New York, NY
Organica Score: 1
Flavor Analysis: Paul is in a wheelchair but his appropriately named blog (ChooseAbility) demonstrates that he and others like him are not "disabled" but literally choose ability.

Most of the blog posts are about people overcoming disabilities, how the media portray those with disabilities, how technology is serving (or not serving) the disabled and much more. It's a great source of information and really provides a perspective that is otherwise not traditionally seen.
URL: http://chooseability.com/weblogs/cpaul/
(logged March 7, 2003 by eric j)

Flavor 6 = Job Blogging

BostonWorks - The Job Blog

Author: Douglas Eisenhart, Jason Butler, Richard Cook, Jimmy Guterman, Nicole Noseworthy and Dean Wong
Blog Birthday: January 7, 2003
Location: Boston, MA.
Organica Score: 8
Flavor Analysis: Good example of a corporate blog. The Job Blog is part of Boston Works, a job site affiliated with the Boston Globe. The blog team posts news items and commentary about the national job market, employment issues, work/life balance, and anything else of general interest to us rats in the race.
URL: http://bostonworks.boston.com/blog/
(logged March 6, 2003 by matt wood)

Flavor 5 = The Homeless Blogger

thehomelessguy.net

Author: Kevin Barbieux
Blog Birthday: August 20, 2002
Location: Nashville, TN.
Organica Score: 231 (under http://thehomelessguy.blogspot.com; 7 under www.thehomelessguy.net)
Flavor Analysis: The fact that this site even exists is amazing. Kevin discusses his life of homelessness, his struggles, triumphs and musings.

The site provides insight into the homeless condition that many people would otherwise never see. This is a mighty endorsement of the true power of blogs.
URL: http://www.thehomelessguy.net/
(logged March 5, 2003 by eric j)

Flavor 4 = Blogging About Trademark Laws

The Trademark Blog

Author: Martin Schwimmer
Blog Birthday: February 3, 2003
Location: New York, NY
Organica Score: 121
Flavor Analysis: News, commentary, and history of the always entertaining world of trademark law. Sarcasm aside, this site is actually pretty interesting. Lots of interesting tidbits about the barbed wire, Stoli vodka, and Zippo lighters. Too bad none of it is under a Creative Commons license.
URL: http://trademark.blog.us/blog/
(logged March 4, 2003 by matt wood)

Flavor 3 = Food and Recipes Blog

In My Kitchen

Author: Deb Byer
Blog Birthday: October 30, 2002
Location: New York City
Organica Score: 13
Flavor Analysis: This quote is pasted at the top of the site - "A nickel will get you on the subway, but garlic will get you a seat." -New York Yiddish Proverb. This blog shares recipes and photographs of what the recipes will look like once they've been prepared. The cool thing about this type of blog is that the interaction is about one of the most basic human desires - food.

Visitors see a recipe, try it out at home and actually taste, smell and experience what Deb experiences. Unlike FoodTV or similar corporate sites, this site has a personal, conversational appeal. If you don't like a recipe you can comment about it and maybe figure out what you did wrong.
URL: http://www.murrayhill5.net/blog/inmykitchenblog/
(logged March 3, 2003 by eric j)

Flavor 2 = Postcards From Prison Blog

the prison blog

Author: David (no last name found)
Blog Birthday: December 01, 2002
Location: Somewhere in the UK
Organica Score: 1
Flavor Analysis: The blog is part of a larger site called Postcards From Prison, where you can send email postcards featuring images of prison life. The site's producers say the site "is intended to raise awareness of the uses society makes of imprisonment and punishment by using a mixture of images drawn from reality, the mass media, and fictional portrayals of prison and other forms of punishment."

The blog features news and commentary about prison issues from around the world, but much of it focuses on the UK and Europe. One post of particular interest is this one about prisoners who have created websites.

The blog doesn't focus on specific prisons or prisoners, and does not claim to take up the cause of those incarcerated. It focuses on a myriad of issues relevant to the penal system, from living conditions, prison management, prisoner demographics, and mainstream media coverage of prisons.
URL: http://postcardsfromprison.com/prisonblog.php
(logged March 2, 2003 by matt wood)

Flavor 1 = Blogging From an Oppresive Regime

Where is Raed?

Author: Salem Pax
Blog Birthday: September 04, 2002
Location: Baghdad, Iraq
Organica Score: 170
Flavor Analysis: The Blog is said to originate from Baghdad and provides a unique perspective on the "impending" War with Iraq. The blog features pictures, commentary, humor, links and more. The blog quotes Samuel P. Huntington - "the West won the world not by the superiority of its ideas or values or religion but rather by its superiority in applying organized violence. Westerners often forget this fact, non-Westerners never do." It is no mistake that this quote is featured prominently on the blog.
URL: http://dear_raed.blogspot.com/
(logged March 1, 2003 by eric j)

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Explanation
Flavor: A general description of the main theme of the blog based on simple observations.
Blog Title: Whatever is between the <title> tags on the main blog page.
Author(s): Name(s) of the indivial(s) responsible for the blog posts and content if a name is available.
Blog Birthday: The date of the first blog post on the site according to the archives.
Location: The geographical location that most of the blog posts originate from. For traveling blogs a home base is listed and for community blogs the locations of the primary blog participants are listed.
Organica Score: This is simply the total number of blog URLs linking to that blog on the day the blog is listed here. To calculate this score go to http://www.organica.us/search and enter the blog URL. All listed links are included in the calculation regardless of their "freshness" or "staleness." * 250 URLs seems to be the maximum number listed by Organica.
Flavor Analysis: A brief description of the blog, some general impressions and maybe a few comments or quotes.
URL: The full path to the blog.

Selection Criteria
Blogs selected for this project are chosen from a set of general goals rather than a strict list of specific requirments. The primary goal is to showcase the variety of blogs on the Web while also examining blogs that are serving an audience that traditional media is generally neglecting. An additional goal is to focus on unique blogs, blogs that aren't carbon copies of 1,000 other blogs on the Web. Also taken into consideration are specific achievements that some blogs have been recognized for either by traditional media or the blogging community. Finally, each blog must be at least 30 days old (or have at least 30 posts) and the latest post cannot be more than 180 days old.

This project is not definitive and there are many blogs that could have been chosen for each of the 31 Flavors. No preference was given to the selection of any specific blog. As unscientific as this project is the selection process is pretty random.

How to participate
This project is being headed up by Matt Wood and Eric Janssen but it is open to anyone who wants to participate. If you want to suggest a "flavor" to be featured contact webraw. Or you can fill out the form at the bottom of this page. You can also help out by linking to this page and inviting your friends to participate in this project.

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