Crazy Bloggers and Technology's Lessons

First, the problem is not in your set. BlogPulse today features top links, but the results for key phrases and key people won't be available till later in the day.

But there's plenty of fodder within today's most shared links to keep BlogPulse readers interested. The top link, in fact, is a piece by political observer Peggy Noonan titled "The Blogs Must Be Crazy," one of the most insightful looks at the gap between mainstream media and bloggers. Personally, I've done both, and frankly, she's right.

So is The Daily Show's Jon Stewart, who had a little fun with bloggers this week. Catch the video.

How do mentions of "mainstream media" compare with mentions of blog-related journalism? BlogPulse's trend-graphing capabilities show that discussion of the former closely mirrors discussion of the later.



If you've wondered what cryptic instant-message verbiage and computer lingo means, Microsoft also provides a guide to "leetspeak". Pretty kewl.

The day's other technology lesson comes in the form of a creative computer guy who rigged his home camera to catch a burglar in action, even when the burglar stole the computer.

Speaking of computer guys and Microsoft, ABC has some quiet time with Bill Gates, head of one of the world's largest companies, whiel the BCC reports that China is now the world's largest consumer of stuff.

And on Capitol Hill, intelligence officials are delivering a message that opponents of the Iraq invasion has been harping for nearly two years now: that the war itself is a recruiting tool for terrorists. (Hmm...if CIA Chief Porter Goss says it, it's patriotic and informative. If the war's critics say it (for two years), they're catering to terrorists? How does that work?). Meanwhile, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, apparently, doesn't want to talk about it. He just wants Congress to cough up $82 billion more to pay for it.

TREND GRAPH OF THE DAY: Yesterday, we looked at the top-actor Oscar nominees, and today, we check in on the top actress nominees.