What is the point of a blog? What does it do but detract from this group?
I went there, read your interesting dissertation and would have commented
but for having to sign up and putz with a web based format that is much
less convenient than usenet or even yahoo.
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Sounds like the rumblings of a grumpy, stodgy old fart!

A blog is a very good venue for posting information that's dynamic and
frequently updated. It's a good hybrid between a very focused
special-interest newsgroup and a full-blown web site. It's easy for the
author to update frequently and It allows a measure of interaction between
the writer and the readers. It can contain graphic images and file content
that newsgroups and news readers don't want to be bothered with. It's
especially good for chronicalling daily progress on projects and other
regular postings that a newsgroup might find to be tedious and arcane. You
don't have to register yourself if you just want to read it, so I'm not sure
what the 'convenience' ran't is about.

A blog definitely has a 'point', and a homebrewer's blog written by someone
with Farhan's credentials definitely has a place and a value. Keep up the
good work Farhan.

Joe
W3JDR