Have you ever wanted to make your own blog? You could write a diary, explaining where you went and what you did. Or you could write about interesting web sites. (This blog does both!)

You can make your own blog in under five minutes.

Here's how to create a blog. Go to blogger.com and click on "Create your blog now." Invent a user name (I used "earbox"), a password, display name ("Ear Box"), blog title ("Ear Box"), blog address ("earbox") and type your email address; then finally pick a style - I chose this pink color scheme. (You can change all of these later.) On the next screen, type your first story.

You type in html, so you can style your text, making lists, tables, anything. But you don't need to use any html: you can simply type plain paragraphs separated with blank lines, just as you would in email.

Later, you can change your settings, edit your old stories, or post new stories - by going to blogger.com (perhaps by clicking the B icon at the upper-left of every blogger page) and logging in with your username and password.

When you're satisfied with your infant blog, you can ask your friends to "See my blog at earbox.blogspot.com"

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