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BugMeNot.com was created as a mechanism to quickly bypass the login of web sites that require compulsory registration and/or the collection of personal/demographic information (such as the New York Times). *Why not just register?*-It's a breach of privacy. -Sites don't have a great track record with the whole spam thing. -It's contrary to the fundamental spirit of the net. Just ask Google. -It's pointless due to the significant percentage of users who enter fake demographic details anyway. -It's a waste of time. -It's annoying as hell. -Imagine if every site required registration to access content. *Is it ethically justifiable to do this?* -You'll have to find your own way there my friend. However, there is an interesting discussion happening over here.

2005 blogs voted best
the articles about blogging are disappointing. 1 in sixapart is ok, I agree with the endpoint - stop thinking of it as 'weblogging' - there's lots of different things we're doing (or why aren't we!?) - writing space.

... ... Ah +(8/9)+ http://www.subtraction.com/archives/2005/0126_fictitious_w.php:
[what I was asking in yesterday’s post was, “What is a weblog?” The question itself is so open-ended and suggests no definitive answers that even those who pose it seem to do so a bit wearily, which explains why I didn’t come out and state it that way. It deserves to be asked though, and I think a reasonable if still evasive way of answering it might be, “What is a book?” The most literal answer might be: it’s a technological vehicle for the delivery of ideas. But the form itself suggests few inherent purposes, uses or opportunities beyond the very basic one of communication, so why should a blog?] wrd.

see also latest top 10 list from Cnet - and - Daypop top links, etc, each day.

slashdot discussion of Google Blogs February 2003
-This has the potential to be huge... Not only could you search the Internet, but you could refine your searches just to other people's thoughts, etc. Mark another one up for Google being one of the best tech companies in the business world. -Look, Google is a great search engine, but that doesn't mean that everything it touches turns to gold. -Google's "things touched/things that are 24-karat gold" ratio is exceptional.
via Google-buy-Pyra notes at interconnected.org.

and from my before, fish.cx.