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Weblog as Avatar in Cyberspace

i'm in the middle of reading an incredibly long article about weblogs and amateur publishing (among amateur other things). for the most part, i was following along until i came to these sentences:

In terms of self-representation, the homepage is like a statue carved out of marble labelled carefully at the bottom where the weblog is like an avatar in cyberspace that we wear like a skin. It moves with us - through it we articulate ourselves. The weblog is the homepage that we wear.

wow. i've got to be honest and say that i've never thought of my blog that way. but if i did, my weblog would be like a big cape that occasionally has a moustache or maybe some sideburns. (link via 601am)