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The two major players in the personal
(Google). Although these two well established names have been around the longest and have the largest user base for personal blog sites, there are plenty of alternatives if their style is not for you, each with their own differences and reasons why you may or may not wish to use them.
The blog of today is quite different from the blog of just a few years ago. Many are into ‘casual blogging’ where a blog post is not just (long) text written out but perhaps just an image or sound clip.
Interested in which of the best blog sites offer alternatives to the big players? Let’s go over some WordPress and Blogger alternatives that you might want to check out.
Tumblr (also known as a Tumble log) is a widely known blogging service which
here on MakeUseOf before. Tumblr really excels in two areas: so-called “photo blogging” and its sense of community.
Tumblr’s community is centered around the follow, like and the reblog. If you ‘like’ a post – similar to Facebook – it will show at the bottom of the post. Reblogging is much the same but in addition it will post the item back to your Tumblr as well.
You can import the best blog site posts from a number of other services including Twitter, RSS feeds, or even AOL Instant Messenger.
Posterous is another “microblogging” service like Tumblr. You are able to post images, text, video and audio. Like Tumblr, you can change your theme easily but unlike Tumblr there is no “reblog.”
Posts can be imported from any number of sources and will also be “sent out” to Facebook and Twitter. One of the simplest ways to submit a post – and in fact to start your Posterous account, is to send an email to . After doing so you will automatically be set up for an account and your blog created.
Not usually considered a “blogging” service, Twitter is actually a microblog by definition. If you are able to write your thoughts in 140 characters or less Twitter is actually a great way to communicate with others.
One of the reasons Twitter has been so successful is that you do not have a lot of time investment to get started and to keep updated. If you leave your profile on public anyone can read your posts just like a regular blog site.
Another popular blogging service for the best blog sites out there is Xanga. One of the older blogging sites, it is definitely more for personal use.
Although Xanga used to be very popular it has waned somewhat recently with the rise of other sites, but is still popular especially with the younger crowd.
Weebly is a hosted website and blogging service. Your account is free and ad-free, and if you want to upgrade to a domain and for certain other features there is a professional account available for a fee.
The one thing that I like about Weebly is how customizable the pages are. However, I think that is the same exact reason that more people do not use it. It is more complicated (than sending an email, as with Posterous) so for casual blogging it is more of a time commitment.
Which blogging service is for you?
As with many things in life, it depends on your personal tastes. Check out each site to see how it meshes with your personal style and how frequently you want to blog. For ease of use, I think Posterous or Tumblr win. For short messages, Twitter is great.
Let us know if you use any other hosted blogging service that you thing should be on the list of best blog sites, and what you like about it!
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From: Ragin Cajun
Subject: Fun on the Bayou, Part 7This story contains graphic language and details of homosexual acts and
If you are offended by such activities or if you are underage,
please read no further.This is one of a several chapters about my sexual exploits in college
during the mid 1980's.
These stories are true, but please keep in mind
that most of the sexual activities noted occurred between close long-term
friends that had no possibility of being exposed to AIDS at that time.
Now, safe sex is not an option, it is a requirement.Names have been changed to protect the not so innocent.********************************************************************************KENNYOne day while I was sitting around watching my soaps, there was a knock on
the door. When I answered it, I was surprised to see Kenny standing there
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had a high school sweetheart, who was also a friend of ours, and they Lolita Sites were
planning on getting married after he graduated in May. Kenny was what you
could call a mentor to both Carl and me. When we started as freshmen at
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school was at Kenny's place for one reason or another. Kenny is not what
many would consider drop-dead gorgeous, but he is extremely cute in a
preppy sort of way. He is 6'4," 175 lbs., brown hair, and green eyes.
body is mainly smooth with only a minimal amount of hair on his chest and
lower body."Hey man, what's going on?" I asked."God, my girlfriend is driving me crazy
about the wedding.
We just had a
huge fight and I needed to get away for a while." He said."Maybe a few tokes will calm your nerves."He smiled and said, "You must have read my mind, but I may need a whole
fucking crop to get over this shit."Kenny came into the living room and sat on the couch.
I got the bong out
of my room, sat down next to him, and started loading it up. Between the
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guiding light in the capitol
(remember that show, it was so good!!!), we talked about nothing in
particular.
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Kenny asked."He has a three hour lab that started at noon, and then he has a meeting
for a group project that is due next week.
I really don't expect him home
until later this evening."When Kenny heard this, he became extremely agitated."If something really bothering you, I'm more than willing to help?
I'm not as close to you as Carl, but if you need anything.""Thanks, man, but I think only Carl can help me.
I don't want to bother
you.""Well, whatever.
If you want to talk, I'm open.
Do you want something to
drink?""Yeah, do you have any liquor?""Is the pope Catholic?
What do you think?"Laughing lightly, Kenny said, "I'll take anything you've got handy."I went to the kitchen and got each of us a 7&7, and when I returned, I
reiterated that I could help himany time that Carl wasn't available. We
went back to watching television, and after chatting for a while he finally
began to open up."God, I'm so horny and frustrated.
I've been cut off until after the
wedding, like her cherry would grow back or something, and we haven't had
sex in almost two months."Finally, I realized why Kenny was looking for Carl: Kenny was another one
of those guys that Carl "helped out". (See the dangers of drug abuse. This
is your brain ...)I then surprised Kenny by saying, "Carl and I have been helping each other
out for quite some time. If that's the reason you dropped by, I would have
no problem helping you too."Kenny smiled like the Cheshire Cat and said, "I really need to get off
bad. I haven't cum in nearly a month because I've been waiting for her to
cave.""What do you want to do?""Head would be great!!
I'll get you off too.""Well strip and lay back on the couch.
I'll take care of you."Kenny was an extremely slender guy, so when he took off his shirt and
shorts, I was not surprised to see the slight demarcation in his ribs and a
but when he removed his underwear, I was in for
the shock of my life.
Kenny has a 9" long, 5.5" thick, cut dick with two
huge lemon shaped balls. (Now, you know why I didn't tell you his dick size
earlier!)He sat on the couch with his legs spread, and after I removed my clothes, I
knelt between his legs and began to lick around his head and up and down
his shaft to lubricate it. He tasted awesome, and you could just smell the
sperm built up in his nuts. After I had dribbled enough spit over his dick
and balls to drown someone, I began my descent Lolita Sites on his pole.At first, Lolita Sites I could only get about three-quarters of the way down, but after
a few minutes of trying to relax my throat, I was able to stick my nose in
his pubes."Fuck, that feels awesome! Lolita Sites
I've never had anyone who
could do that
before." He said excitedly through gritted teeth.After I had bobbed up and down on his dick about a dozen times, Kenny
realized that he could face-fuck me, so he grabbed me by the head, stood up
and began ramming his schlong down my throat. He continued to do this for
about five minutes when he slowed down because he was about to cum.By this point, I knew that I just had to have that dick up my ass. Instead
of letting him slow down to delay his orgasm, I grabbed his ass cheeks and
caused him to again ram my throat while I increased the speed and suction
on his dick. About a minute after doing this, Kenny began to scream that he
couldn't hold it and he let loose with a torrent of cum in my mouth. I
tried to savor the taste (it was a great tasting wad), but it was just too
much and I had to start swallowing. When he calmed downed, Kenny slumped
down on the sofa and stared at me with the most dazed look on his face."Fuck, that was the best blowjob I ever had!" he said."Well, I've been having a lot of practice lately.""I can tell, but why did you make me cum so quick? I really wanted to hold
off.""Because I want you to fuck me, and I want it to last.""No shit! You think you can handle it?""Yes, I wouldn't want it if I couldn't!""I've only fucked a couple of other guys before. It felt great, but I know
I hurt them.""What? Mike and Dewayne couldn't handle you?""What?! One was Mike, but the other one was another dude. How did you
know?""How do you think? Come on, let's go to my room!"Kenny got up from the couch and followed me to my bedroom. I lay on the bed
and asked him to suck me off. Kenny kneeled between my legs and quickly
devoured my cock. While he was sucking me, I reached into the dresser and
got the Vaseline. I asked him to lube me while he sucked me. In no time, he
had three fingers twisting and turning in my ass. The pleasure was so
intense that I soon erupted in him, and he swallowed every drop. When I was
done, he removed his fingers from my ass and placed his head at my
quivering hole. I knew that I wanted it, but I began to get a little scared
because I never had anything this huge in me before. To overcome it, I told
him to take it easy. Kenny slowly inserted his rod in me. At first, it slid
in easily, but when he got to the last couple of inches, I started feeling
it. I told him to slow down and to ease in until he bottomed out. After
another couple of minutes, I felt his pubes and huge balls against my
crack. I told him to hold it there until I got used to it. When I didn't
feel the "painful" stretching any longer, I told him to move in and out
slowly. As he picked up speed, I could feel my prostate getting the best
massage ever."Come on fuck me, Kenny. This ass is all yours!" I screamed.Kenny then began to pound me into the mattress. I loved it so much that my
dick was as hard as it had ever been. After 10 minutes, sweat was pouring
off both of us, but he kept at it. Finally, after being fucked for nearly
20 minutes, Kenny began to tense up, and I knew he was close. I began to
quickly jerk my crank, and in no time, I blew cum all the way up to my
face. This triggered Kenny, and he blew another huge load in me.Afterward, we lay next to each other."Shit, I never knew you could cum like that while getting fucked." Kenny
said in amazement."Well, don't be upset, but I'm gay.
I've been with several guys over the
past year, but their dicks were nothing like yours."While we continued to talk about my sexual discovery and his lack of sex, I
kept fondling his dick and felt it starting to stir again. He asked if it
was all right to fuck me again, and of course I said yes. He blew another
wad in me 30 minutes later, after he had totally fucked me raw and made me
cum twice more.Thank God, Carl didn't come in until after midnight, and he was too tired
to even think about getting off.TO BE CONTINUED********************************************************************************If you would like to comment, or critique, please let me know at
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Blog sites and your children
By Jonathan Stromberg
In the last article, I looked at the dangers that chat can pose to a child or adolescent, and now I would like to talk about how
can increase the risk of a child been approached by potential predators through chat sites.
is basically an on-line journal. It is a very simple mechanism to control and provide content to a web page. The user just creates an account and begins posting content to his or her blog.
Content can be pictures, music, video or text. This blog is often then freely available to the public.
A predator could start up a conversation with your child by getting their chat name from the child?s blog/web site, by searching the user database profiles or by joining a chat room for which the child is a member.
are generally open to anyone in the world to read.
A public forum is far too free a medium for those who are not fully aware of the consequences of their actions. Children really don't understand that ANYBODY could be reading their blogs and do not understand that just because you don't write all of your information out at one time, that someone can compile it.
Children must be educated about the dangers, and taught that they should not give aw something that should be closely guarded.
Websites like the ones below enable children to sign up for their own free blog and say anything and everything. None of these sites are supervised or monitored in any way:
livejournal / ...
my diary http://www.my-diary.org/ ...
open diary /
diaryland /
These are particularly popular sites for creating blogs, and with just one glimpse at some of the blogs
one can discover a great deal of information about a large number of children and adolescents. In one particular blog of a 13 year old girl, it is possible to view her picture, get her first and last name, the school she attends, her e-mail and her chat address. It would very easy now for anybody to log on and start a conversation with her in chat or send her a letter through her email, and thus attempt to enter into a relationship with this girl.
Parents everywhere should be warned about the threats to children who blog. Many parents would be shocked to find what kind of information their kids are posting on the Web, including personal information that would allow a molester or other criminal to exploit them.
Parents are urged to monitor what their kids are doing, and take steps to protect them. If your child has to blog, make sure that they understand the dangers and what kind of information not to share, and make sure that you monitor the blog regularly.
When it comes to the Internet, parents worry about pornography and sexual predators. But when it comes to precautions, only half of the parents surveyed by Family PC Magazine are taking advantage of the commercially available filtering and monitoring software that helps to protect children from the dark side of cyberspace.
Outrightly banning the Internet would be somewhat extreme, and of-course it is impossible for parents to stand behind their child every minute they are on the computer. Therefore the only way to know exactly what your children are doing while they are on the Internet is to get an Internet monitoring and filtering program.
can assist parents to lessen the potential dangers that Internet chat can expose to their child in the following ways:
enables the parent to monitor exactly how the Internet is being used. It monitors what sites have been entered into, what times they were looked at, and, of particular relevance to this article, into which chat rooms the child has entered, what exactly was talked about and with whom.
Secondly, iProtectYou enables the parent to restrict the times in which a child may use the Internet. As mentioned in the article 'The Internet and your child,' children and adolescents often make use of the time when parents are not at home to use the Internet, but with this program the childs' use can be limited to a time when the parent is able to keep an 'real time' eye on how it is being used.
Thirdly, iProtectYou enables the parent to block sites, words and programs that are deemed inappropriate for their children. This means that, for instance, the aforementioned blog sites could be blocked, and even the word 'blog' itself could be blocked, making it impossible for a child to gain access to any site of such a character.
Finally, with iProtectYou the parent can approve sites, words and programs that are deemed suitable. This function can be used in conjunction with the blocking function to give the parent total control over which chat sites their children can access. For instance, all sites could be blocked, or all sites with the word 'chat' in them, and access granted only to a small number of approved sites such as those listed in the article 'Chat sites and your children'
provides a comprehensive range of solutions to the problems arising from chat sites and children, and is highly recommended to parents who are concerned about their child's safety.
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