OpenID is an emerging open standard that lets you sign in to a given web site using a single URL. This URL can be a blog or web site that you own or it can be provided to you from a web site that you use. Learn more...
(e.g., http://paulkriebel.com/author/username)
OpenID's are available from provider web sites, those sites that issue and support the OpenID standard...like paulkriebel.com. In fact, if you'd like to obtain an OpenID from this site, register here..
paulKriebel.com uses OpenID to register and sign in visitors to the site. Most of this is for demonstrative purposes; however, if you'd like to register and use your OpenID here (i.e., to post to the blog), you can do so here.