What happens when a blog goes out?

A fine example of the effects of the digital culture on our lives.

Last Sunday Blogging pioneer Dave Winer unexpectedly closed Weblogs.com, his free blog-hosting service, leaving thousands of bloggers without access to their blogs. (Article)

The content of this Blog-site (just like the one you are reading right now) was just plain-type texts written without special significance or purpose. They were ideas and thoughts expressed on the free time of 3000 people. The buissnes world and the stock market didn't collapse. Nobody heard it on the news. Nevertheless, these blogs were valuable for the people who created them. Because a blog is common-knowledge. A blog is alive...

"I just have my fingers crossed that my girlfriend gets her blog back," said software programmer Tom Gortell. "She feels like someone just sucked out her brains. I don't get it, it's just an online journal, right? But she feels like her entire life has been stolen."