How much proof do you: How much proof do you need?. There's no use denying it any longer. Elijah Wood is very, very gay.... (Miscellany)

I use an aggregator and I vote: Yesterday, JD Lasica published an introduction to news aggregators ("News That Comes to You") at the Online Journalism Review. He discusses the article in his New Media Musings blog, and—as an experiment in transparent journalism—has posted the full responses of all his interviewees on two story pages also at his blog.... (Weblog Concepts)

And then we were 9...: Brava to the Julie/Julia Project foodie blog, which passed me yesterday in the rankings, moving me to number 8. Sometime today, the Devil's Excrement (damn! I forgot to post the 1/23 Venezuela blog-day badge in time!) will pass me as well, leaving me in 9th place. There I will probably rest... (Salon Bloggers)

Worst... president... ever: The Daily Breeze quotes veteran White House journalist Helen Thomas (whose recently exchange with Ari Fleischer about unelected leaders made the rounds of the blogosphere) on the quality of the current presiding executive:She seemed to have sympathy and affection for everyone but George W. Bush, a man who she said is... (Miscellany)

Bloggers 'control' poetry?: Ron Silliman writes on the curious interaction between the blogosphere and the poetry world.... (Weblog Concepts)

Some personal guidelines for web writing: Paul Ford publishes a list of exhortations to himself about writing for the web (at his incredible Ftrain site):This list takes the form of a set of personal, first-person statements ("I do this," "I do that") rather than a set of injunctions ("Do this!", "Do that!") because these are my guidelines,... (Weblog Concepts)

When is a quota not: When is a quota not a quota?. Mark Kleiman unpacks the Big Lie in the way the right uses the poll-tested shibboleth word "quota" to oppose any and all affirmative action programs.... (Miscellany)