Microsoft Word documents contain private, hidden information. PDF files do not. Microsoft Word bytes Tony Blair in the butt. Ouch. Genius Labs Secret Ops will note this for future projects.

The new Google Ads seem like a great way for bloggers to make some side cash. I signed up and put the code in my template (my archives are still not quite right but I'll mess with that tomorrow). I'm thinking I will try them for the month of July. I'll keep you posted. Update: Wow. These ads are freakishly well targeted. Social software and an ibook. I'll probably end up buying something.

It's the first ever Epinions blogger (not including my test). Powered by Sideblog. Cool.

Blogging at Epinions with Sideblog.com. Cool, now you can publish a blog in the About Me section of your Epinions site. What a great way to drum up traffic and increase revenue. I haven't tried installing a blog at Ebay yet, but I bet it would work there too. Could be a great way for small Ebay businesses to increase sales. Once Amazon offers more member customization, I could start a blog there too. Sideblog: expanding the blogosphere!

It'd be cool if there were a cheap, handheld device that you could use to play Flash Games with. Maybe there already is.

Sidepop: What are sidebloggers blogging about? Wow, I blogged about a sidepop the other day and Chris has already built it. The kid's a phenom!

If I hosted a show on E! that highlighted what was popular, new, fun, or weird on the web each week, then The Illustrated Catalog of ACME Products would get a minute or two on this week's episode of "Web Soup with Biz Stone." (via kottke's sideblog)

This would be cool.

It's hot tonight but not as hot as last night so I can sit here and blog without sweating. I love the newfound cooperation between Safari and Blogger Pro. However, I just realized that the icons in my BlogThis! toolbar are old skool. Might have to make some suggestions.

Wow. And spell check works too. Safari+Blogger=Good.

I just ran software update and downloaded Safari 1.0. BlogThis! for Mozilla works perfectly. Nice.

Even thought I don't look like a real adult, I technically am. I'm in my late twenties and this is what I did on my day off:

- Mowed my mom's lawn
- Set up a friend's iBook
- Talked interdimensional travel with Burgy
- Ignored the "check engine" light in my car

Exactly what I did in high school. Nice. I should have been doing crazy amounts of "hunch over my mac" work that I have heaped upon myself. Tomorrow is a new day.

Sideblog is coming along nicely. Make way for the sideblogosphere. What are sidebloggers blogging about? We'll need a sidepop.

Apple - Mac OS X - Panther - Font Book is good stuff.

I only had to work for a few hours at Wellesley today. Now I'm working at home on official Genius Labs business. (By the way, the new G5s are out. I'll take a baker's dozen.) Goldman, how's that BlogThis! coming? I will continue to drink soda and listen to The White Stripes until it arrives. I have no faith in medicine.

Sideblog is now accepting new sign-ups. (For a limited time!) Get your sideblog on.

NYTimes: The Corporate Blog Is Catching On.

I've got my iPod hooked up to a couple of beat PC speakers as a makeshift stereo because I'm sick of watching the RCA logo when I use the DVD player/TV as a stereo. (Yeah, I don't have a stereo. But I have a clock radio from 1985 RadioShack that wakes my lazy ass up with a serious siren. Nothing like getting that adrenoline up first thing!) Okay, so here's my idea: somebody should make a stereo that you snap an iPod into. Right in front, the iPod faces out. The unit comes with a remote control and sells at Target for $99 because all it is, really, is speakers. Oh yeah, and it'd be cool if it also charged up the iPod.

The guy in Memento should have just had a blog and one tattoo: remember.blogspot.com. He could have prevented all that potential ink poisoning.

Blogger New: "The new version of BlogThis! for Internet Explorer is not compatible with Mac IE. We are creating a version that will work for that browser." Nice.

I knew I'd been switched over to the new Blogger when my BlogThis! stopped working. Does anyone have a Mac IE fix? Am I going to have to stumble through it again? I've already had a few requests. While I'm at it, I have a feeling that a "coping with the switch to new blogger" group of some kind would probably be well received. Cool, I'm in the future with my new Blogger interface.

Blogging and Grapefruits: "The American public was first introduced to the grapefruit at the 1893 World’s Fair in Chicago. At first, most Americans had little idea what to do with this over-sized sour orange and many considered it the fruit of the hoity-toity and of those with French aspirations. Slowly but surely through the work of a few dedicated believers it gained popular acceptance and is now a breakfast staple. It is now responsible for one-fifth of all citrus production in the United States." Blogging is following the same path. Soon it will be a breakfast staple. Nice.

Found at evhead: AuctionDrop, "You drop it off. We sell it on eBay." I had a dream about this a while back except Ebay owned the stores.

Google Store -- Discreet Yet Stylish Hooded Fleece Sweatshirt: "Now that your site's a number one search result, you can't show your face without being hounded by fans. Not to worry. This classic fleece hooded pullover sweatshirt shields you from scrutiny as it protects you from the elements."

MY UNITED BLOGS OF WHATEVER
Modified lyrics by Biz Stone
(from a three-margarita lunch with Jen Garrett)

I went over to Kottke.org and read Jason’s post, he was, like, all "Usability,"
And I was like, "Whatever."
Then I click over to Megnut and she's all like, "Hey, why does iced coffee cost more?"
And I'm like, "Yeah, whatever."
So later I'm at the Scripting News and Dave is blogging and he's like, "Standards,"
And I'm like, "Yeah, whatever."

Coz these are my United Blogs of Whatever,
And these are my United Blogs of Whatever,
And these are my United Blogs of Whatever.

And then it's three a.m. and I'm on Metafilter, reading through some comments,
This dude writes something and he's like, "Hey, pancakes," I'm like, "Yeah, whatever."
Then I'm working on Sideblogger.com,
Shellen comes up and is like, "Hey, I thought I told you..."
And I'm like, "Yeah, whatever."
And then up comes Evhead, I'm like, "Yo, Evhead, what's up?"
He's like, "Nothin," and I'm like, "That's cool."

Coz these are my United Blogs of Whatever,
And these are my United Blogs of Whatever.

My friend Kathleen has a really cool job hosting a new show on TLC called For Better or for Worse. It airs Saturdays at 10pm and the concept is Trading Spaces meets wedding planning. The fourth episode airs this week. We at Genius Labs urge you to tune in.

A summer question regarding coffee - megnut.com. Meg, I've asked about this at Starbucks. They said its because the coffee is about twice as strong. Also: I use soymilk in mine, and they charge me extra for that even though they give away other kinds of milk. My iced coffee costs three bucks!

My mom needs a job. Preferably in the Wellesley area or its surrounding environs. She's highly extroverted so everybody usually thinks she’s a) cool or b) a little crazy. Either way, they like her. Email me if you want to hire a people person.

FrontPage To Embed Blogging Tools: "The new package will also include prebuilt functionality to ease creation of Web logs or blogs, Microsoft said."

Apple Store - Chestnut Hill. Nice.

Great blog-ups of my panel by Denise Howell and Heath Row. It's as if you were there soaking up the glitz and glamour.

I'm back from speaking at a weblog conference. It was web geeks meets business jocks. Finally met Jason Shellen, Dave Winer, Anil Dash, and others. Dave pretty much told me he had assumed I was a jerk because of my self-proclaimed genius title. He has a point. Nevertheless, I may crash one of his Thursday meetings at Harvard. Wanted to talk more with Shellen. Also: David Weinberger's presentation rocked Natick. He's a powerpoint auteur.

I dreamed in walkie-talkie last night. Three 18 hour days of reunion at Wellesley and I had a small army of students and volunteers to wrangle. Note to self: when all ability to communicate via radio goes dead, don't be perplexed, it's probably just an alum who has wandered up to the top of the bell tower and shut down the main repeater because all those voices were disturbing the view.

I'm really busy at Wellesley this week and tomorrow is Reunion weekend. If you are on campus and you see me coming towards you in a golf cart filled with alumnae know this: I need glasses but don't have any because I accidentally tricked the doctor. You have been warned.

Coming soon: a book about Chip Kidd's book covers. (Via Jason)

Social software: "The term has been around for more than a decade, though not always with the meaning that is now evolving..."

Searching alternate realities with Google News: what if I lived my life as "christopher stone" instead of "biz stone"? Just like Sliders.

The Chronicle: Colloquy Live: The discussion (auto update): "Many academics have jumped on the blogging bandwagon, in which they maintain Web logs with their views on various issues, and links to other articles and Web sites. Some academics have embraced blogs as a new way for speedy, scholarly discussion. Others fear blogging may be a fad that may not encourage the most rigorous discussion."

Gecko Man! (Powered by Kapton Nikes): "A new material covered with nanoscopic hairs that mimic those found on geckos' feet could allow people to walk up to sheer surfaces and across ceilings, say researchers."

Sideblogger.com will soon be available to power your sideblog. Stay tuned!

I played a little tennis this morning. Sort of. I'm still working out the fine line between a batting cage and a game of tennis. But it reminded me of an old idea I had. There should be a device that people can use to chat while playing sports like tennis or golf to enable discussion to take place over the distance. Maybe just an earbud that uses a nearby cell phone to link two or more people? Otherwise you're just yelling across the court. Maybe there already is something like this.