Gadget Lovers Answer: What Would (Steve) Jobs Do?
If you were Steve Jobs, what products would you invent next? The bloggers at Engadget asked, and the submitted results make up today's most-cited blog post, featuring everything from the first-place Apple Tablet to the stand-up iWedge to the MacBaby. Reaction comes in a variety of languages and in anticipation of Apple's newest announcements this week.
Can you hear the kerplunk?
The most-cited link and most-cited news story among bloggers today details President George Bush's continually falling poll numbers, especially now that conservatives like William Kristol (Monday's No. 15 top blog post) of the Weekly Standard are expressing doubts about the Iraq policy on Fox News (the point of today's No. 2 top blog post). "Majority of Americans hate America" deadpans Wonkette, while Balloon Juice asks, "how do you go down from rock bottom?"
The BoingBoing campaign
BoingBoing's campaign against Smart Filter, whose filtering technology found a photo of Michaelangelo's "David" and classified is as "nudity," is picking up steam, according to BlogPulse Conversation Tracker, now that BoingBoing is asking other bloggers to post the photo of their web sites, too.
Passings
Today's burstiest person, Linda Smith, a British comedienne who died this week, continues a several-day pattern of deaths of famous performers and actors. "I am gutted," mourns the Incurable Hippie blogger, calling Smith "one of the funniest people ever."
Oscar Buzz: Best Foreign Film
Check out today's BlogPulse Spotlight for a look at potential winenrs in Sunday's "Best Foreign Language" film category at the Academy Awards ceremony.
Posted by Sue MacDonald at March 1, 2006 11:14 AM
