The Blog in History - Proving the incredible recursiveness of the genre, I will now link you to this article I first caught on OpinionJournal.com. Of course, the precursor to the blog were those emails people would disseminate containing a summary of interesting weblinks, often with editorial commentary. The one I used to love was Media Grok, an irreverant look at media coverage of the Internet economy that captured the spirit of those wild days before the bubble burst. (Like so many survivors of the crash, it's gone over to paid subscription.) Of course, such emails reach a defined audience, even when they are forwarded on by the recipients. The wonder of blogs is how the potential audience is unlimited once a site is discovered. In theory, any site can grow organically and ultimately reach a massive following. So, Ben, is it time to put that webcounter on Beaverhausen?