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Today's newsletter is quite early because I'm creating it from a cybercafe in Rome. Cybercafes close quite early here, and I want to make sure I don't have to go running out of ancient Rome just to send a newsletter. I'm sure you understand. Such is the life of the blogger (though the name doesn't really fit). The authors of this article would understand. What force could be so powerful that it would drag someone away from the Roman Forum? Readers, on the other hand, are less dedicated - I had someone tell me the other day that they actually miss the occasional issue. Yikes! But that's the way it's supposed to be, why I have archives and search and research capabilities. The idea of a blog is that my manic dedication means that you, the reader, don't have to be. This article surveys many of the tools available that allow readers to be less dedicated. That would be death to any other sort of publication, but it is life to a blog. Now I'm off to dodge the traffic and maybe find a café latte. See you tomorrow.

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