R.I.P. Babatunde Olatunji: I first saw Olatunji as the opening act at a Grateful Dead new year's eve concert at the end of 1985. (That night was also the first time I saw the Neville Brothers, which started me on a strange odyssey through the Meters to Jazzfest and James Booker, but that's another... (Miscellany)

Enhancement to Radio's 'recently updated' page: You know, the ol' Recently Updated page here at Salon Blogs might be even cooler if it included a title or brief excerpt from the most recent post. It would make the page something of a composite blog ezine. How hard would that be? I realize this takes a back seat... (Products)

Operation Iraqi Liberation: It's been over three weeks since this (Who's leading Who?) appeared in my in-box and it still creeps me out every time I go take a look. I think it's the phallic nose. And, no, I've never thought this conflict was merely about oil, but it still amuses me to imagine... (Miscellany)

IM status seen today: Spotted this IM status message from the environs of Chaif consulting today: YANKEES MAGIC NUMBER - 156... (Memes)

Google as OS: Every few years some new technological framework comes along to challenge Microsoft's dominance of the desktop. Since the advent of the Internet, Microsoft has managed to fight off Netscape (IE), Java (.Net), application service providers (Hotmail), remote process calls (SOAP), and U.S. antitrust law (Bush). OK, I'm waving my hands here.... (Best Practices)

OK, OK, dullest blog: This one keeps showing up on my screen, so I might as well note it. The Dullest Blog in the world is a deadpan satire of inconsequential web journaling. It's like shooting fish in a barrel. Yahoo's crack crew of editors can hardly contain their mirth:Web logs have reached critical mass... (Weblog Concepts)

Blasphemy supersedes pr0n: In the recent community server crisis I failed to notice that Jan Haugland's Secular Blasphemy has edged out Pornographer's Picks for the No. 10 spot in the Salon Blogs rankings, knocking PP out of the top ten for the first time ever. Soon he will pass RFB in the rankings, then... (Salon Bloggers)

CSS layout problem in my personal blog: I've been trying to sort out the design elements at X-POLLEN. Right now I'm trying to track down a CSS (style sheet) error, and it helps me visualize the various design blocks to give them distinct colors and ugly borders. The problem is in the left two-thirds (links) area of the... (Weblog Concepts)