For easy reference, Web sites mentioned are hyperlinked here as well as within the text of the column. I was among the anxious when the site went down. After all, it could have been the end. The Internet is like that.
Websites have a spooky tendency to silently vanish between one day and the next.
Fortunately it was only a technical glitch and when it reappeared after several days' absence a virtual sigh of relief was heard 'round the Web. It's really nothing but an organized list of links to online news sites, but therein lies its particular strength. Building your own 'newspaper' can be a bit time consuming, but once you've chosen the links you want, you'll be able to go directly to the news and views you want every day. If you enter your zip code, crayon will automatically add links to your local papers. There are three page layout choices, simple page, frames browser and two windows.