Most probably don't know, but Weblogs4Hire was built in direct response to Meg's article Blogging for Dollars: Giving Rise to the Professional Blogger.

Where the \:// comes from in \http://: "For HTTP, it was assumed that content may reside on different networks. Anyone who remembers the early Internet (pre-NREN, 1985 or so) will recall that there were LOTS of different, fragmented networks out there. CS-Net, CERFNet, BayNet, SesquiNet, etc. all served their little corners of the world. Some were TCP/IP, some were X.25, some were IBM-based, and all talked through gateways. The space between the slashes in a HTTP URL was originally supposed to be where the gateway or network name was specified. So a URL might have looked like "http:/csnet/www.somewhere.edu/file.html" if the modern Internet hadn't sprung out of its commercialization in 1991."

0wnz0red by Cory Doctorow: "Programmers who hack their own bodies don't need exercise and never get sick: A new short story from one of science fiction's bright young stars."

To do list: Ability to change password. Ability to delete own skills. Weekly email status report. Number of hits to indivudal skill or user pages. RSS feed of news skills and users.

Many Hackers Too Fat For The FBI: "Mike Sweeny, fueled by renewed patriotism after Sept. 11, wanted to offer his 20-plus years of experience in computer security to the FBI. But he was disheartened by job requirements that required him to have a college degree, be under 37 years old, morally irreproachable ... and physically fit."

After one official day of beta testing, we've got 24 users and 20 skills, and the site doesn't crash every five minutes. Thanks to everyone who's sent in alerts about bugs and feature requests.

The Base Stylesheet: "The 'consensus default' rendering of all HTML 4.0 elements in Mosaic-derivative Web browsers (Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer). It is intended as a basis for editing or "cascading in" other stylesheet modules, an informative reference, a complement to the HTML 4.0 specification, an exercise in stylesheet architecture, and a browser testing tool. The Base Stylesheet captures the status quo in order to move beyond it."

China blocking Google: "China appears to have blocked access to the popular search engine, Google. The site was repeatedly inaccessible when tested by BBC News Online using a system developed by researchers at the Harvard Law School. "

My 'secret' project, Weblogs4Hire.com, is now accessible. Weblogs4Hire is all about connecting webloggers with the organizations that need their skills. From the about page: "Weblogs4Hire.com is a free job site for webloggers. If you're looking for work as a personal trainer, chef or landscape architect then use one of the other job sites. If you want to weblog professionally, this is the place to post your availability."

Coming soon ... my secret project ... Weblogs4Hire.