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World's Oldest Blogger Dies

bschmock — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 20:20:49 -0500

The BBC reports that Olive Riley passed away at the age of 108 in New South Wales, Australia. Olive had posted more than 70 entries on her blog (which may not be working at this time) since 2007. On June 18th, he was moved into a nursing home with a bad cough. Regardless, she was still able to post her 73rd and 74th entries before she left this world Saturday, July 12, 2008.

For Olive's last posts, see a temporary blog that was created for Olive by a retired journalist and friend from Sydney: World's Oldest Blogger.

Downsville Political Organization to Report from Democratic Convention

Steve Hanson — Wed, 14 May 2008 12:36:09 -0500

The local Downsville political blog Uppity Wisconsin has been selected as the Wisconsin member of the Democratic Convention State Blogging Corps.

Uppity Wisconsin will live blog directly from the floor of the Democratic Convention. The members of the state blogging corps were announced this morning by Howard Dean in a web video.

Note - Steve Hanson, publisher of the Chippewa Guide is also the editor of Uppity Wisconsin, and will be a major part of the Uppity Wisconsin reporting team in Denver.