Search Google's AdWords - Type a keyword to see what ads are currently running that include those words. If a word has not been purchased, a charity will be displayed. Nice.

The Web Diarist as Pitchman "Under a deal she made last September with Richards Interactive, [a blogger] received a free Nokia phone and a stipend to offset phone charges. In exchange, she had to supply a permanent link to Nokia [and] "write about it every once in a while." Thanks, Kingsley.

Oh yeah, and Girls Eating Sandwiches. Hot.

Good stuff this week on the Living Web...
Time traveller busted for insider trading - Damn!
Gary Hart's blog - Politics and blogging.
Flagpole-sitting is not a crime in Texas - Unless...
X-Ray of President Bush - He's no Ah-nuld.
The Great Render Race - Is Adobe getting PC on us?
US Occupied Iraq 6 months later - Management by chaos.
Soldier Bloggers - An new front line.
So much more, but it's Friday night and I'm Blogging.

When I got home last night I discovered a small folded document had been slipped under my apartment door. It was from a special agent with the US Department of Defense, Investigative Service. It said “It is necessary that I speak with you in connection with an individual’s security background investigation in support of our national defense.” It had a neighbor’s name on it. It turned out to be a normal thing but at first I thought I was being recruited by SD6. Nice, I want a Ford Focus!

Gizmodo: Alcohol-powered fuel cell "In a few years beer might not just get you drunk, it might also be powering your PDA." I was ahead of my time when I poured Sam Adams into the keyboard of my powerbook.

Business Blogging in Boston: "Keynote speakers include David Winer, Berkman Fellow, Harvard University and Former CEO of Userland Software; Dr. David Weinberger, Author of 'Small Pieces Loosely Joined' and Co-Author of 'The Cluetrain Manifesto'; Tony Perkins, Creator and Editor-in-Chief of AlwaysOn; and Jason Shellen, Associate Program Manager for Blogger."

Amazon should make their trivia quiz nickel thingy available to associates to put on their sites. I like.

Matt explains why there are Google ads on Metafilter: "When google asked me if was game for it, I weighed all the drawbacks: the 'selling out,' the look of more textads, some members protesting, etc, against finally getting some sort of steady financial support to keep the site alfoat longer than I would have originally." I like it. Good stuff.

Microdoc News on Google: "Behind the minimalist home page of everyone's favorite search engine, Google, lies 382,000 web pages." Apple only has 125,000.

A cover I designed last summer: Clutching at Straws "Lefty knows a piece of cake when it's offered. Fifteen grand in cool cash to get into a safe that he could crack with both arms tied behind his back." I read part of this book too. Fun, pulpy stuff.

Something Suspicious Is in the Air : "For instance, near the Jefferson Memorial, I saw a five-foot-tall metal box that was hooked up to an electrical outlet and equipped with a high-tech antenna and chrome-dome receptor. What was it?" (reg. req'd)

Google News Search: "greg yaitanes"

How To Write A Book Fast: "How to Write A Book On Anything in 14 Days or Less... Guaranteed! A Guide for Professionals." Nice.

Amazon.com Trivia: "We're so excited about what we have to offer that we'll pay you to learn more about Amazon.com."

French's Mustard press release: "FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: For the record, French's would like to say, there is nothing more American than French's mustard." Via Patrick.

H&R Block's logo is a green square. A block is like a square. US money is green. A green block. An effing green block. Nice.

I went to my friend Alex's art show today. Did he have his hair styled as pigtails with a purple bejewelled barret? Yes. Is he still a cool guy who paints fantastic murals? Yes. Was there also a guy named Glen from H&R Block attending because he somehow heard about it? Yes. Glen is only seasonal right now but he would like to be full time. H&R, hook Glen up--the guy sneaks into local art shows on the weekend. He's cool.

UrbanDictionary's definition of Blog:

n. (short for weblog) 1. summary of webmaster activities in the form of a journal, hosted on a website
2. short writings on the internet of poor quality

That second definition would make a good title for a blog. Or a book about blogs... Hmm.

LiveJournal Stats. Cool.

Former Vice President Al Gore Joins Apple's Board of Directors: "Al brings an incredible wealth of knowledge and wisdom to Apple from having helped run the largest organization in the world–the United States government–as a Congressman, Senator and our 45th Vice President. Al is also an avid Mac user and does his own video editing in Final Cut Pro."

CafePress now has audio CD's, "Once we receive your content, we'll create sample audio streams so your customers can listen before they buy." and data CD's, "Perfect for: Software, Video (MPEG and other formats), Presentations (Powerpoint and other multimedia), Data, Photos and more."

US Department of Laughs: "If you spot terrorism, blow your anti-terrorism whistle. If you are Vin Diesel, yell really loud." Funny captions to vague emergency clip art.

Welcome to the Nanolution :: AO - "For me, the most exciting development in Minispace is the emergence of Nanopublishing, a.k.a. "thin media." The idea here is to harness the energy that exists in the new media ecosystem and apply it to a standard, magazine-style revenue model."

Slashdot - Children Of Dune Tonight: "My wife and I are having a Dune party. We're having Spice Beer, Slig (Tofu) dishes and Freman cakes (pumpkin pie)." Nice, they are seriously getting their Dune on. GET YOUR DUNE ON!

Watch the Prologue and then GET YOUR DUNE ON! It starts tonight. I am going to watch it at the House of Fred with Brother of Greg. I am going to Stoughton, MA a man and coming back... a god!

English Sans French | csmonitor.com "Let's get to the heart of the matter thing: A huge big percentage of the words in modern today's English are of - gasp! - French origin beginnings. What if, as a result of the current diplomatic dispute today's falling out between lands, the French demand ask for their words back? We could all be linguistic hostages captives."

Kevin Sites Blog First-person account of a news correspondent's life on the front lines.

'Children of Dune' took Wellesley native a year of work: "Sarandon was interested in 'Children of Dune' when contacted, but locking her up for the part meant a meeting with Yaitanes. Since the director was already deep into the film's production in Prague, getting away to Los Angeles was out of the question. Instead, a telephone interview was arranged. It was a simple-enough solution - except for the fact that Yaitanes had planned to propose to his girlfriend, Genna, on the night for which the call had been arranged."

Boston Herald: Greg Yaitanes on Children of Dune: "I thought of it as something like The Godfather in the future." Nice!

An email I just got:

hi,
I am out of the country right now so I WILL SEND ONCE I GET BACK (DAMN GERMAN KEYBOARD!! CANT FIX THE CAPS LOCK) THANKS;
ISABELLA

Maybe its just me but I thought it was funny.

Posters for Peace. Nice.

Welcome to the Nanolution: "Everything is made up of tiny little bits. If we can just take the time to learn all about one little piece of the puzzle, the rest of it will fall into place. Small really is the new big." Yeah, I wrote it. So what.

Children of Dune has taken over The Internet Movie Database! COD is coming. Not the fish. The Scifi miniseries.

I missed this on my birthday: CNN.com - Blogging goes mainstream - Mar. 10, 2003 "Other notables seeking to capitalize on the rise of the Web's so-called "Blogosphere" include Terra Lycos, America Online and Google." Must have been all those margaritas.

Strange coincidence? It think not. Watch Greg Yaitanes talk about his upcoming Children of Dune (click scifi link above) tomorrow on The Biz. That's right, it's called "The Biz." Where's my royalties at? Women be shoppin'.

Business Blog Answer Man: "How can a blog benefit my business? Is it true that blogs get high search engine positions without expensive and uncertain search engine optimization? Will blogs replace email marketing? Is there an email equivalent of a blog? Will my boss laugh when I tell him that I want to blog for the company? Isn't blogging just another Internet fad like personal websites? Blogs are a hot item these days and businesses are asking questions. The Blog Answer Man is available to answer your business-blog (b-blog) questions." Fee based phone sessions are also available. What? He's a businessman!

E! Online News "Don Johnson is said to be suing mad over a tabloid report out of Germany (Berlin tabloid BZ—no relation to BIZ) that said the actor had come under investigation for a reported $8 billion border stop right out of Miami Vice. Or Nash Bridges."

IF MONDAY, MARCH 10, IS YOUR BIRTHDAY "This is going to be a year of sudden changes as things that have been bubbling away under the surface for a very long time finally burst through. No matter what you are doing at this moment in time, you will be doing something completely different 12 months from now. A new life, and a new world, awaits you." Happy birthday to me!

Custom Blogoshperes: For years I’ve wished there was such a thing as Blogger-in-a-Box™—an easy way for companies or groups to launch their very own version of Blogger (SimPyra?) Now I’m thinking it would be really cool if you could install a custom Blogosphere at a company or site. Measure the intellectual climate of your workforce. Check out the top word bursts, top links, top blogs, citations, search, etc. Good stuff. We’re gonna work on this at Genius Labs and get back to you.

Genius Labs has several consultants tasked to various locations throughout the general whereabouts of the New England Area and beyond. Jen Garrett reports: "I should also mention: Springfield is beat." (She's huge in Sweden.)

Google's Memory Upgrade - How Blogger Could Improve Google's Web searches "Google is a tool for discovering new places to visit on the Web, and Blogger is a tool for recording those visits." That's it. Google are building the Memex.

My site and email was down yesterday. If you tried to email me, it should have bounced. Try again? Thanks!

Starting Fire with Ice: "Be careful to avoid dripping water onto your tinder. The tinder will first smoke and then ignite. Carefully add more tinder and very small sticks until a good fire is established." Good to know.

My blog in Japanese (found at kottke.org). What's really cool: when you click the links, they're in Japanese too. Nice, I'm learning Japanese.

Blogging at Wellesley is a directory of Wellesley College students, faculty, staff, and alumnae who blog. Mostly so I can try to keep track. It's a work in progress and its mostly Xanga blogs right now.

Daypop Top News Bursts are heightened usage of certain words on the front page of news sites within the last couple days.

About Biz Stone. Nothing new here, just that I finally put up a legit "about page" after all these years.