Vikki is keeping a web diary of her operation and hospital stay for BBC News Online.

BBC: NEWS | Health | Web diary: Breast removal

What on earth makes someone like Casey Anthony release a video diary on the web?

FORBES: Sometimes People Should Censor Themselves Online - Yes Casey Anthony, I'm Talking to You

And now anyone with a modem and a few dollars can become his own publisher by using simple software to create a blog -- a kind of diary of opinion or a running journal that also provides links to articles and other Web sites.

WSJ: Caught in the Web