Opinion piece on why Facebook is kicking MySpace’s butt. MySpace has been barf for a while, and it only gets worse.

From the PI Magazine blog: how to find info on college students via school directories

Kroll’s report on the NC Highway Patrol contains “metadata” that references oil firms that have nothing to do with NCHP. Essentially Kroll inadvertently released data about another client in its report on NCHP, which ain’t good.

Free, open source tech analysis threatening the likes of Gartner? Is the tech analysis biz the next to go the way of newspapers?

Review of Ford’s new crossover the Flex. We love our older Ford crossover, the Freestyle. I’ve always enjoyed owning a car that no one’s heard of.

Seth offers the best description of the strengths and weaknesses of the Kindle that I’ve seen. He’s right that this “1.0” version missed some opportunities, but I think he’s also right that this is just round one. Round 5 will be interesting.

Word of Mouth Manual Volume II – Free PDF version

Service emails (or RSSes) a book to you in small chunks on a daily basis. Absolutely cool idea. What shall I read first?

Each day this site provides the one word used most on Capitol Hill on that particular day.

A new type of ice cream scooper. Looks kind of like the Pampered Chef chopper my wife used for so many years.

HuffPost is experimenting with local news aggregation. Starting in Chicago.

Free 15 minute introductions to topics you would cover in an MBA program. Provided by FT.com

Dan emailed me this article comparing TypePad to WordPress. I’ve been on TP for almost four years and have been happy, but I’m open to change if it’s highly beneficial. Not sure I want to face migrating thousands of posts though.

New media outlet for Greensboro. Focuses on small biz advertisers.

Emergence of SaaS competitive intelligence offerings, comparison to traditional installed solutions, and where the CI software market may be heading.

Even newspapers like the Wash Post screw up the hyperlocal angle.

Fred Wilson’s take on the hyperlocal story in WSJ. He thinks the content needs to be peer produced and aggregated.

Coder offers route to success: avoid bells and whistles, ask lots of questions, and meet requirements of user as they’ve described them.

Site for free, public domain audio books

DC allowing police to set up checkpoints in high crime areas, requiring ID to prove residency, business or legitimate purpose to enter area.

Perhaps the Bush Admin misremembered key intel findings, dozens or hundreds of times, in the run-up to the war?

Sticker Shield is a static adhesion sheet that surrounds a decal or sticker, making it easily removable and transferable from one surface to another.