Life as an Exchange-guy

If you work in IT and you need a free simple way to write up work instructions or FAQs, a blog is a pretty easy and free choice.
This blog was a good resource for someone who was writing up some troubleshooting posts for Exchange server.
Kind of makes you wonder what happened, and if he is still an Exchange-guy.

Orphaned blog: Life as an Exchange-guy - Assisting the MS-Exchange/Windows Administrator community
Post history: 29 posts, from April 2007 to February 2010.
Author: Dean T. Uemura

Stephen Smith - Confessions from a Church IT Director

Bridging the gap between having a personal blog for fun and giving good tips for things like computer use can be tough. You never really know who's reading your content, and it can be tough to keep blogging when it feels like you're just throwing your posts out onto a busy internet where no one is listening.

This blogger put his thoughts out there from his job as an IT director at a church. Kept it up for a year and then called it quits back in 2008.

Orphaned blog: Stephen Smith - Confessions from a Church IT Director
Post history: 10 posts, from August 2007 to August 2008.
Author: Stephen Smith

Excel2007 slow to open file

Some blogs are just a one or two shot deal.
A quick answer to a commonly answered question, and sitting as a placeholder on the internet if anybody's looking for the answer.

This blog has some helpful tips for Excel 2007. Two posts and done, hanging out there for 6 years.

Orphaned blog: Excel2007 slow to open file
Post history: 2 posts in April 2008.
Author: zoom

THE PLAYLIST

Sometimes good ideas start out as blogs, then move on to other sites. The Playlist was a very active blog for 8 years, with thousands of posts, but then the site moved over to indie Wire.

Orphaned blog: THE PLAYLIST
Post history: 11,780 posts, from March 2002 to October 2010.
Author: (several)

MASSACHUSETTS LIBRARY ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE REPORTS

Sometimes a good way to keep a blog alive is to have a whole bunch of people contribute to it.
But sometimes, that's not good enough.

This blog had 17 authors, and an impressive posting record for 3 years,
but it has now been silent for 4 years.

Orphaned blog: MASSACHUSETTS LIBRARY ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE REPORTS
Post history: 324 posts, from February 2007 to May 2009.
Authors: Barbara Friedman, Millie Gonzalez, Becca, Jennifer Koerber, Mat, Clayton, Gerry Deyermond, Brenda, JLS, Danguole, Aurora, Zach N, Beth Gallaway, chris@dover, Michael C., jmgold, Charlotte Canelli