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"Let’s get this straight up front: I am now writing a blog post, not blogging a blog," writes Forrest Wickman at Slate, the good people who brought you the great two-spaces-after-a-period debate. Oh yes. Oh yes. They are at it again, this time with a post in which he takes on the matter of what to call this thing we do.
How was GetYourOilOffOurCoast.com not already taken?
"I know really, really, really smart people that work typically at depths much greater" than the well
But it's just so fun to talk about!
Democrats look for the silver lining
Plus 3 not-so-amazing facts
Web guru Jeff Jarvis thinks so
The Obama administration vows to "prosecute to the fullest extent of the law"
A time to mourn and speculate
None of them looks too good
Nick Carr questions Web orthodoxy
Limited scientific knowledge is just the beginning
Wait, what were we talking about?
The MSNBC anchor continues her substantive coverage
"It's complicated"
Fair warning--the drinking starts right away
Rachel Maddow takes us on a disturbing trip down memory lane
And other homespun wisdom from the mind of James Carville
Some are already declaring success
Market value isn't everything
The Fox News host takes "Obama's Katrina" a few steps further
Sorry, Minerals Management Service
Number crunchers take a second look
The Department of Justice launches a preliminary inquiry
Talk about a Hail Mary
No one is especially happy with the oil giant
The beleaguered chief gets more beleaguered
The FDA considers flibanserin, a new drug, next month
The struggling firm aims to become the Internet's biggest newspaper
The Facebook founder speaks from the pages of The Washington Post
Did a pioneering scientist build life from scratch?
The Journal discovers a privacy breach
Really, really low-tech
There's a lot to love
Bloggers are a little concerned
A camera-equipped prototype turns up
The Onion predicts where Google's telecom ambitions might lead
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