I have a distant cousin named Albert Vanderburg. Online, at least, he goes by the name “Panther”. We’ve never met, although we have exchanged email from time to time. Albert is, shall we say, an “outlier”. (I don’t think he would argue with that assessment.)

Panther lives in Hawaii, and is homeless. Nevertheless, he has maintained a blog since October 8, 1997. That’s a pretty early entry into blogspace! (Dave Winer, who claims to be one of the earliest—although I don’t know how to judge the accuracy of that claim—started on April 1, 1997.)