/whereisjorn/ Dec 2003: Jorn's vocal political opinions, particularly his views on the mid-east conflicts (that have at times moved well into vitriol), have turned many people against him = metafilter discussion:
-He is a nutball, his own opinions are deeply suspect, and he finds really interesting links. lots of bad bad and good
-Jorn did use "weblog" first in this context, but the term existed in the "log of activity by your web server" sense for years before that. right, I like that.
-Nobody is excusing Jorn's anti-semitism. Some people doubt it, others acknowledge it but find it of no bearing on the value of the external material he points to, but no one is excusing it, period.
-It's fine that you, Anil, have decided all things Jorn-related are beyond the pale, but I certainly don't have to draw the line in the same place. You might want to take the self-righteousness down a notch or two.Oh, and the attributions have always struck me as elegant and interesting.
-He is not alone, but rather represents a certain fringe of the liberal left that somehow has let their anger at Israel's mistreatment of the Palestinians turn to anti-Semitism.

k re original spelling "WebLog" as seen on Jorn Barger's Robot Wisdom WebLog page from December 1997 [and in his] subsequent correspondence like this Usenet post from June 1998: The Robot Wisdom Weblog is a free, eclectic, independent, illustrated news digest, updated several times daily since December 1997. Its sources include but are not limited to the newest issues of: Salon, Village Voice, Guardian (UK), The Nation, Progressive Review, Columbia Journalism Review, NY Review of Books, Feed, Nerve, Scientific American, Boardwatch, Lingua Franca, Slashdot, Fast Company, New Scientist, Covert Action Quarterly, and Risks Digest.

He's A Hustler, Baby - re k - sarah hatter . . .who, on a fantastically irregular basis, publishes essay-style bits of writing at sarahhatter.com and on an almost bi-daily basis she posts to her psuedo-weblog, Things I Am Over!

to throw a wrench into the MetaFilter "post a link and a comment" system I've been wanting some new & interesting reading material. So: if you could only have one weblog to take with you to the desert island, which one would it be? February 14, 2001

A Sociological Look at Metafilter.Com - not updated since these few 2004 entries? links, though, eg to Adorno & Horkheimer...
Kevin Kelly ('senior maverick at Wired') on Ask Metafilter
http://www.kk.org/