] Because nothing says "legitimate" like blog.

Best Slashdot Comment Ever.

AskJeeves Steps Into RSS with Bloglines Acquisiton

] this is placeholder site only...the official site for
] registration will launch in early March...

A conference about blogging is going to be taking place in Nashville.

BlogNashville

] Ever since the Communist party took power in 1949, the
] Chinese media has been tightly controlled by the
] government. Online publishing is a real threat to that
] control, and the government is clearly worried.

This author of this article maintains a blog at http://journalism.berkeley.edu/projects/chinadn/en/

Article: The 'blog' revolution sweeps across China | New Scientist

] Announcing AzBlog 1.0, the MetaWeblog-compatible plugin
] for the popular Java cross-platform and multilingual Azureus
] BitTorrent client.

] The client posts to your blog with the Title of the post
] being the name of the file or folder in the .Torrent
] file, the Description is extracted from the .torrent
] comments area, and then the link and enclosure tags
] with the actual link to the .torrent file. If you uncheck
] the option to Publish, then you should have a Draft that
] you can edit before you Post.

WritTorrent: BitTorrent Blog Client

I have a secret (not anymore) crush on Wonkette. In the spirit of the linked post, here are the two best Wonkette pickup lines I could think of:

* I saw you on MTV, and you rocked my vote. Can I rock your world sometime?
* Your blog makes me want to Wonkoff.

Neither of these would work, I'm sure. These would land somewhere between a slap and a restraining order. The former being almost a turn-on.

I love them redheads. This is a smart one too. Smart, cute, funny. Very rare. [bites knuckle]

I Went to the Ronald Reagan Awards Gala and All I Got Was this Lousy Turncoat

I am glad to see Salam Pax has a new blog. I had missed his sarcastic tone.

The return of Salam Pax: shut up you fat whiner!

] WaveIQ is our new software suite that can turn any mobile
] phone user into an on-location broadcaster. You can add
] information and commentary about restaurant reviews to
] safety tips. You can find a buddy, or track a truck,
] inspect a neighborhood for real estate or child safety.
] It's good for both social and business and it puts the
] power of blogging technology into the hands of the
] masses.
]
] We've spent three years developing this software and it
] lets you collect, share and broadcast information in ways
] not previously possible. We made WaveIQ so simple that if
] you know how to make a phone call you will understand how
] to use it at after a single glance. Suppose you're at a
] restaurant you like, you take a picture of the room or
] your plate, add a few words, then broadcast this instant
] blog to WaveBlog, our "Master Page"? where postings
] are organized by time, place and blogger popularity. Your
] posting may be shared with one friend or the whole
] world - it's your choice.

None of this you can use, but they have nice high res PDFs.. Woo.

Wavemarket

] "I think that bloggers have put the issue of
] professionalism under attack," said Thomas McPhail,
] professor of media studies at the University of
] Missouri-St. Louis, who argues that journalists should be
] professionally credentialed. "They have no pretense to
] objectivity. They don't cover both sides."

"These damn people with their own presses!"

The New York Times - The Internet: Web Diarists Are Now Official Members of Convention Press Corps

] "Welcome blah blah blah relationship capital blah blah
] blah social contracts blah blah blah media businesses
] blah blah blah identify the rabid fans of the iPod blah
] blah blah utility media blah blah blah this is the future
] of the Web blah blah blah RSS blah blah blah spam blah
] blah blah killer app blah blah blah business model blah
] blah blah advertising model blah blah blah Is this a
] product or a feature? blah blah blah A feature doesn't
] make a business blah blah blah leveraging relationships
] blah blah blah decentralized system blah blah blah
] privacy concerns blah blah blah profiling people blah
] blah blah.
]
] "Social networking is blogging dumbed down for the masses
] blah blah blah tribecaster blah blah blah widget blah
] blah blah What is the connection between social networks
] and blogs? blah blah blah the most efficient media
] platform ever blah blah blah read-write, not read-only
] blah blah blah All software is about people blah blah
] blah put this stuff in context blah blah blah monetizing
] relationships blah blah blah a new dimension to the Web
] blah blah blah I met my wife on Match.com blah blah blah.
]
] "Network diversity is good blah blah blah reputation
] management blah blah blah open standards and open
] platforms win always blah blah blah it's group voice blah
] blah blah social context blah blah blah The entire Web is
] a social network blah blah blah Join me in thanking
] tonight's moderators blah blah blah Goodnight."

Blogging: A world stuck on itself | Perspectives | CNET News.com

A study on group weblogs that focuses on Slashdot, Plastic, Kero5hin, and MetaFilter.

When the Audience is the Producer: The Art of the Collaborative Weblog [PDF]