The NYT has an intriguing hypothesis: blogging isn’t good for you*. The author profiles the rapid-paced lifestyles of several well known bloggers, and reports on the recent demise of two among them, both at the relatively young age of 50. After which, he delivers the shocking news (shocking, perhaps, to someone who has never known people who toil on the lower rungs in the high tech industry) that professional bloggers eat poorly, sleep too little, and suffer from deadline-oriented stress.

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