I don't recall ever paying for a TypePad blog, but apparently I did. I learned this today when I logged in for the first time in years to see that the site I had set up in 2005 was deactivated because my credit card had expired. Lucky for me, I don't have to pay anymore because TypePad has finally launched a free version of the service. TypePad Micro will be very familiar to anyone who has ever used Tumblr or Posterous in the past. I hate the term "micro-blogging," but that's essentially what this is in the eyes of some people. That is to say, it's a platform that makes it easy to quickly post items you find that you enjoy from around the web. You can certainly use it to write more traditional blog posts if you want, but the clear emphasis is on sharing links, photos, music, and other quick-share items from around the web.