BOSTON - Iowans who don't want to stay glued to their televisions have a new way to keep track of the happenings at the Democratic National Convention in Boston this week.

Meet blogs, short for Web logs.

A Web log allows a person from the delegation to post frequent updates about what their delegation is doing at the convention. With no editors and no deadlines, blogs offer a raw account of the events.

Two Iowa delegates are blogging from the convention, offering Iowans an inside view of the event. Christina Butts of Des Moines and Daryl Lewis of Clear Lake are running separate blogs.

The Iowa Democratic Party may even blog from future conventions, said spokesman John McCormally. Iowa party leaders recently revamped their Web site and weren't able to set up a blog before the convention, he said.

"It's a great way for people back in Iowa to keep track of what's happening at the convention," McCormally said.

Delegations from Colorado, Oregon and Texas have official blogs set up this week. Butts and Lewis are blogging independently.

Even some national news outlets are sending correspondents to the convention as bloggers. Convention officials gave press credentials to just over 30 bloggers, who join the 15,000 traditional media journalists covering the convention this week.

-Visit Delegate Christina Butts' Web log at www.geocities.com/icbutts66/conPH/conPH.html

-See Daryl Lewis' blog at druryforiowasenate.blogharbor.com/blog.

-A complete list of bloggers who are attending the convention and frequently posting updates, visit www.cyberjournalist.net/news/001461.php.