In an online argument about the Best British Blog award cases for and against a mass media, national newspaper-supported award for the best weblog were presented. The issues cut to the heart of the relationship between mainstream top-down media and personal publishing. What should that relationship be like? [Blogroot]

Medienkritik wird nun mehrheitlich aus dem Internet erwartet. US News: “Keep an eye on bloggers.” [Scripting News]

On Language: Blog William Safire, in his weekly language column in the New York Times Magazine, discusses the origin and meaning of the word ‘blog’: “The first use I can find of the root of blog in its current sense was the 1999 ‘Robot Wisdom Weblog,’ created by Jorn Barger of Chicago.” [Blogroot]

Das nukleare Bedrohungspotential als einfache Map verkleidet, irgendwie wird mir unheimlich beim Blick auf Europa, andererseits wie schön ist da Australien, Afrika, der Ferne Osten und Südamerika.