I've said it before, and will say it again: Google Loves Weblogs!

Could this be the end of dentistry? "A genetically modified mouthwash has been developed which could effectively eliminate tooth decay, scientists claim. The mouth rinse contains a friendlier GM version of the bug that rots the teeth which does not produce enamel eroding acid. When the solution is squirted into the mouth, the good bugs take over from the Streptococcus mutans bacteria and prevent them from returning. According to the researchers, a single five-minute treatment costing less than $100 would last a lifetime."

Good morning from my home computer now running Windows XP. My computer is so much more stable its unbelievable. (Based on less than an hour's useage, if you are running Win98, have atleast a 500 Mhz machine and don't really care if Bill Gates is watching your every move, I recommend you upgrade.)

Bill, I don't mean to imply that you should leave spelling, grammar and style out of your posts; just that your readers, on a whole, will not object to finding a occasional misspelled word. Online, you are what you write. If I want to make a quick post, I'm not going to drop it into Word for a spell and grammar check, I'm going to post (and fix it later, if necessary.) That's just me.

Collecting Telephone Books: "It all began in 1953 in Cortland, New York. In those days, almost every U.S. telephone book had plain gray covers like shirt stiffeners, with a title and a small line drawing vignette. That year, when our new telephone book arrived, it occurred to me that the drawing changed every year, but I couldn't remember any of the drawings from previous years. I set aside the outdated Cortland phone book, and kept saving them for a couple of years, until they went out in the trash."

Doc Searls: "Andrew Sullivan's A Blogger Manifesto does not contain a single link. Even to Blogger."

With ten thousand channels, everyone's a television star. Junk Yard Wars, tonight, featured the "Law Dawgs" from Modesto, California. Next time I get pulled over by one of the police officers, maybe if I ask for an autograph I'll get out of a ticket.

Kottke discussion on the bottom-up journalism of weblogging: "individual webloggers, each acting in their own self-interest (the "simple-minded component parts" Johnson refers to), post bits of information to their weblogs. Then the feedback loop starts. Readers and other webloggers take those initial bits of information, rework them, and feed them back into the system in the form of weblog posts, email feedback, or comments on individual weblog posts. Rinse. Repeat."

People expect email to be prompt, funny and not spellchecked. They expect the same from your weblog.

Radio Userland is The Screen Savers download of the day, and both Leo Laporte and Megan Morrone have Radio Weblogs. It doesn't look like either of them are actually going to use them, though.