Popular WebLog/OnlineDiary/community service. Has an OpenSource engine written in PerlLanguage.

http://www.livejournal.com/
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Anyone got experience to share re: '''free hosted''' version of LiveJournal, vs other common alternatives?

I am not a blogger (hopefully never will) but am interested in a user friendly, public viewable calendar with a few notes/links, etc.

Thanks from DavidLiu