As many of you know RobotWisdom was the proto-Weblog and Bjorn Barger the father of blogging. I have posted about him several times. He has drifted in and out of view since 2003, but now Ogi Djuraskovic has a very nice history of the site and Barger – Jorn Barger and Where “Blog” Came From .
“The characteristic of genuine heroism is its persistency. All men have wandering impulses, fits and starts of generosity. But when you have resolved to be great, abide by yourself, and do not weakly try to reconcile yourself with the world. The heroic cannot be the common, nor the common the heroic.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“What can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence.” – Christopher Hitchens