WOLves

Vocal Local Yokels

Yep, that describes me to a T...how well you know us bloggers! THX, Steve!
He gives us two more directories to add our links. I've really been hoping for Blogs By City because I'd really like to meet some local bloggers! isn't quite so much fun, but, hey, you can't have everything!

It's Banned Books Week!

Now, how did that one get away from me?
At About.com:

Banned Books Week is observed each year at the end of September to remind us of our first amendment rights.

Each year, books in our schools and libraries are challenged as inappropriate for one reason or another. Few books are actually removed from the shelves, however, and this is largely due to the efforts of teachers and librarians to keep the books in their collections and educate the public on their right to read what they want to read.

Carnival of the Vanities #106

The Carnival is up, this time with a Giligan's Island theme, at Last One Speaks

Helping Bloggers add an Income Stream to their Blog

Darren Rowse is a well-recommended blogger with some good ideas!

Hi there – just a quick note to let you know of a new blog that you or your blog’s readers might find useful – ProBlogger.

Over the past 12 months I’ve had hundreds of emails from people asking me for tips on how to add income streams to their blogs – usually people are interested in Adsense or Amazon. I’d written a few articles on the topic but due to increased demand since Google Adsense started allowing Bloggers to run their ads on ‘Blogger’ Blogs I’ve decided to just start a new blog on the topic with heaps of free Blog Tips and Advice. So far I’ve got over 100 tips on different income generating programs, general blog tips, Search Engine Optimization etc.

So if you run Adsense or another type of advertising or affiliate program on your blog (or are considering doing so) you might find the tips and links that I’m posting at ProBlogger helpful.

Calista's Wednesday Links

Grammar Now
Nifty search engine for definitions, grammar and literary phrases. Site offers a weekly grammar tip of the week. Grammar questions can also be answered by email. Check out the extensive list of
grammar links on the page.

Mediabistro
Membership community of industry freelance professionals; journalist, publishers, editors, agents, publicist, and artist. Offers listings, resources, forums, and benefits. A portion of the site's content is open to non members.

Script Shark
Website of Baseline / Film Tracker, Script Shark offers industry information, paid script evaluation services.

The Proof is in the Clicking

How many blogs have more readers than this? A lot, I'm sure.

DAN'S RATINGS IN A FREE FALL

By MICHAEL STARR and VINCENT MORRIS

September 28, 2004 -- Dan Rather's ratings in New York continue to tank in the wake of the fake-documents scandal.
The "CBS Evening News" averaged 160,000 viewers last week on WCBS/Channel 2 — down from 231,000 viewers the week before.
More at the NY Post

200 Things

I've never done one of these things! Jeremy must've known we needed something fun. Life is too freaking serious these days!
If it's in bold, I've done it!

01. Bought everyone in the pub a drink
02. Swam with wild dolphins
03. Climbed a mountain
04. Taken a Ferrari for a test drive
05. Been inside the Great Pyramid
06. Held a tarantula.
07. Taken a candlelit bath with someone
08. Said ‘I love you’ and meant it

The Storyblogging Carnival is here!

Take a gander over at The Back of the Envelope for some fine short fiction. Best blogged stories anywhere!

The Tech Article I'd Like to See...

I would've done this myself, but don't have access to enough of the information. Maybe this is even two articles.

What I'd like to see is a definitive piece on the various aggregators and a comparision of the number of blogs they include, features, etc. for purposes of making an informed decision when choosing a primary aggregator. There are a lot of different ways people use their aggregators, and while right now I get what I need from Bloglines, if my needs change, maybe there's something better for a different kind of purpose. I'd like to be able to easily and quickly figure this out.

When it comes to tracking a specific subject or news item, I'm running into some difficulty. So far, neither Feedster nor Technorati has given me results that actually relate to my query. So I'd like to see something that imstructs on the best way of using all this stuff with a minimum of frustration!

One Sure Way to Keep Down that Pesky Website Traffic

Came across this while looking up some news stories this AM:

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So they want you to pay them to get their promotional messages -- this is, after all, what the website associated with a TV station is all about, isn't it????