Salon blogs: now what?: It seems like eons ago in internet time that I began blogging at Salon; in 2002, most people had no idea what blogs were, had never heard of them. I started reading a handful of these new blog things after I became unemployed that June. Blogs looked like fun, something constructive... (Salon Bloggers)

WikiNews to chat with bloggers: Jimmy Wales is inviting bloggers to chat about Wikinews: Wikinews is our collaborative writing project to report the news on a wide variety of subjects using a wiki. On Saturday, February 5, 2005, 22:00 UTC (timezone conversion), we are having an open IRC chat on how Wikinews can interact with weblogs.... (Journalism)

Welcome, BlogCruiser readers: These days its hard to keep track of all the blogs on blogging out there. BlogCruiser is a weblog that reviews blogs. They recently checked us out and awarded us nine stars (BlogCruiser: Radio Free Blogistan). Thanks! Glad to hear the design is pleasant though I have some ideas for changing... (Blogosphere)

Meticulous paranoia: From MZ comes this link to the Elite Network that controls our lives... uh, yeah. So how come the EU shows up in two different parts of the org chart?... (Memes)

Layoffs at Grateful Dead Productions: By now, most tapped-in Deadheads have heard that GDP is shutting its doors and outsourcing its merch business, laying off most of their longtime employees. Here's a report supposedly from an insider (while I can't vouch for the veracity, it's interesting enough to pass along): ...awful news from GDP today. All... (Miscellany)