Zen, Feminism and Technology: It Doesn't Get Much More Inclusive Than This

Perhaps it's an issue you never seriously thought about, but blogger Garr Reynolds did: Does Apple's Steve Jobs or Microsoft's Bill Gates possess more Zen-like qualities during public appearances? Jobs obviously wins in the "simple is more" department. "Wow," says Lee of Australia, while author/marketer/blogger Seth Godin points out that the contrasting images in Reynolds' comparison are a "vital and essential warning sign to anyone who has ever considered giving a presentation." Just for curiosity's sake, which computer mogul captures more blog buzz? (Jobs' June spike coincides with Apple's Intel chip announcement).



Feminist voice, and T-shirts
Never let it be said that women's voices aren't represented in the blogosophere. Today's most popular blog post (and 10th most-shared link) is a LiveJournal Cereta's essay on male privilege. The blogger at Alchemy Without Moles applauds with a two-word review: "oooh, thinky." And for women upset with the slogans on Abercrombie & Fitch's new T-shirts, the Countess is holding a contest for alternative feminist T-shirt slogans. Protein Wisdom calls it what it is: a girlcott.

VOD, and the Ping of Death
First came Apple's deal to load ABC's TV shows into the video iPod for $1.99 a show, and now NBC and CBS are getting into the video on demand (VOD) biz as well (today's No. 19 top link). Or as Good Morning Silcon Valley describes the agreement: "New from Comcast: Pay $.99 to watch an episode of a show you could record for free on DVR."

And what's the ping of death, you ask? It's among the top 10 worst software bugs, as chronicled by Wired News (today's No. 5 top link). Others include the Mariner 1 space probe (wrong computer code), Therac-25 medical accelerator (which delivered a bit too much radiation to hospital patients), and the Ping of Death, the code responsible for the ever-popular "blue screen of death."

Chemical weapons...found?
And todays' disturbing blog discovery is a claim made in the most-shared news story from The Independent Online -- that U.S. troops used "white phosphorus" for more than illumination purposes during the 2004 assault on Fallujah? Juan Cole at Informed Comment offers an analysis; "hope like hell this isn't true," says John Cole at Balloon Juice.