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"Blogging" is most certainly nothing new in 2006, or for 2005 (hitting it’s mainstream stride certainly last year and during the 2004 election).

But I fear that petmystone’s tightly focused audience of mostly family “may not get it.” What is blogging? Here’s a rather frank look at what a blog and blogging should be (#5 flew out the window a long time ago; don’t be shocked by the language, we’re all adults, I think).

So your editor/writer/code pimp will help. This will be a short series of posts about blogging, and maybe along the way, readers will learn a thing or two about the tools that aid in reading "blogs," be it their current web browser or a specialized blog tool

Lesson 1: Permalinks

If you have been illegally downloading music or surfing the web for any amount of time, you are familiar with the concept of a link (or more formally a hyperlink or anchor). Permalinks are nothing more than the same, a link. The purpose of a permalink to provide a “permanent” link—hence the name— back to a specific blog entry.

Each post’s title is a permalink on petmystone.com. Do you like a particular post or photo album? Click on the title. The link will take you to a specific page for that post. It’s a simple way of adding the page to your bookmarks too. Want more options? Right-click on the title for options like emailing the link to a friend.

Do-it-yourself (or homework)

1. Find the permalink for this entry. Click on it. Add the link to your bookmarks/favorites.
2. Right click on the title. What options are available? How could you send the link to a friend by email?

I’ll cover “comments and trackbacks” in Lesson 2.