This Day in Blogging History: Teargas football in Gezi; Carpet sample contest; Amazon's plogs

One year ago today

Protester kicking away teargas cannister: Uncredited photo of a woman in at the Turkish anti-government/pro-democracy protests kicking away a tear-gas cannister.

Five years ago today

What shall we do with a carpet sample? A contest to see who could come up with the coolest uses for carpet samples, and the winners came up with some jim-dandy ideas.

Ten years ago today
Amazon Says Get Your Plog On: After a visit to Amazon today, I see that they are beta testing plogs (Personalized webLOGS) on their main page.