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If you haven't seen the Better Bad News show on AutoLink, it's just 12 minutes, it's a classic, funny, and states the case so well. Pass it along, let's make sure everyone sees this. Permanent link to this item in the archive.

On today's Diane Rehm Show, former CBS correspondent Tom Fenton, says the networks are no longer in the news gathering business.  Permanent link to this item in the archive.

News.Com has some kind of weblog with an interesting post about Rob Glaser and Steve Jobs.  Permanent link to this item in the archive.

I'm learning to use del.icio.us and have some basic questions. Permanent link to this item in the archive.

Next question: I've seen that del.icio.us has the concept of "related" tags. Is the algorithm for determining what's related described somewhere?  Permanent link to this item in the archive.

Declan McCullagh: "Apple Computer's attempts to strong-arm Web publishers into divulging their confidential sources illustrates how bloggers, Internet journalists and other online scribes remain second-rate citizens." Permanent link to this item in the archive.

I'm interested in knowing what lawyers think of this. Will it be overturned on appeal? Will it be appealed? Permanent link to this item in the archive.

John Palfrey: "Some have suggested that the answer for bloggers is to establish a professional association. This seems like a mistake to me -- perhaps even completely the wrong way to go." Permanent link to this item in the archive.

Doc Searls: "There is enormous room for improvement in blogging tools." Permanent link to this item in the archive.

Pictures: Mets vs Nationals in Spring TrainingPermanent link to this item in the archive.

Movies from yesterday's game: 1, 2, 3, 4Permanent link to this item in the archive.

Hey the Dowbrigade is coming down for spring training! Permanent link to this item in the archive.

Google Desktop Search API? Permanent link to this item in the archive.

According to John Battelle, Google Desktop Search (GDS) in its final non-beta form, will have an API. I'll be interested to hear what other developers think, but to me, right now, it's a big yawner, for a few reasons.

1. GDS isn't that useful, most of my work is stored on the net so I can find it where ever I am, so while I needed desktop search a few years ago, Google's came too late to make a difference.

2. It does a great job of indexing spam, so when I search for stuff, I get all the spam that's been sent to me on the search subject. I was surprised how much there is.

3. It's a resource hog, so it got uninstalled a long time ago.

4. An end-run around Microsoft? Feh. Google is the new Microsoft. I'm interested in end-runs around Google.

     

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