A few weeks back, the New York Times had a great piece on "the greying of the Web." Older people are giving the lie to the grey-haired Luddite stereotype and taking the ‘Net with blogs and their own social networking sites where they connect, share stories, gripe, and cheer just like the younger folks do.…

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