I agree 100% with the above. In addition, I find that a blog permits me to document some of my programming beliefs with example code. I can then cite these en

I agree 100% with the above. In addition, I find that a blog permits me to document some of my programming beliefs with example code. I can then cite these entries when in discussion with fellow programmers. It's very easy to show someone an XSLT script that recursively generates primes as an example of why I believe XSL transforms are very close to Functional Programming.