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Learning for Free from iTunes U

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The LA Times in an article entitled The iPod Lecture Circuit talks about how iTunes is making hundreds of lectures from elite academic institutions like U.C. Berkley, Harvard, Yale, Duke, Stanford, MIT and others, available online for free.  28 colleges and universities now post select courses without charge. 

The article states, "Retirees in Long Beach and Weaverville, Calif., halibut fishermen in Alaska, data entry clerks in London, casting agents in New York -- all separated from the classroom by age, distance or circumstance -- are learning from some of the world's top scholars.

Apple began working with Duke University in late 2004 to broadcast classes from its website using iTunes software and has expanded the service to other schools. Separately, some universities started putting lectures on the iTunes store in the form of podcasts, which are free video or audio recordings that anyone can download to their computer or iPod.

The downloads have surged since May, when Apple began featuring lessons on the iTunes home page under the heading iTunes U. For example, the 86 courses UC Berkeley offers are now being downloaded 50,000 times a week, up from 15,000 before Apple's promotion."

You can find some lectures from some great divinity schools, like Duke Divinity and Yale Divinity. Check it out.

Monday Morning Medicine

"A cheerful heart is good medicine"  Proverbs 17:22a

So what would you do to get an iphone?  Will you be buying one this summer?  They are coming June 29th.  Check out the latest ads from Apple, that is if you are actually considering on buying one, otherwise, don't tempt yourself. Comic strip from GeekCulture. HT - Kevin Cawley

What Gates and Jobs Would Do Differently

Bill Gates and Steve Jobs were on the same stage recently.  Josh Quittner has a pitch-perfect review here about what it was like to be in the room.

Adam Lashinsky from Go West says, "Perhaps the best moment of the evening came when veteran investor Lise Buyer, a daughter of journalists, asked what easily was the best question of the evening: What did each man admire about the other and wish he had been able to do differently? Their answers were deeply sincere and reflected the strengths and weaknesses of their respective companies. Gates said he admires Jobs’s “taste,” and implicitly acknowledged the many criticisms over the years that Microsoft is a rather artless imitator, a ruthless company that goes for profits over style. Jobs noted that Gates always got “partnering” better than he did, in part because Microsoft, initially a software-only company, needed others from the beginning. Jobs acknowledged there, without using these words, that if only Apple hadn’t remained so closed so many years ago it could be Microsoft’s size today."

There final comment is here. 

The Fax I Sent President Bush

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Last night Daichi and I were watching the Documentary entitled The Lost Boys of Sudan and I was moved to do a number of things.  One of which was to send a fax to President Bush that expressed the basic thoughts that you find in the fax that I sent him below.

I came across this suggested letter at the poverty.com site.  I found it to be a helpful and informative site.  After you check it out, consider writing a letter yourself.

Being a part of i-neighbors and founder of the East Hollywood Neighborhood, I am easily able to send faxes to any political leaders.  I just write a letter on-line and they send it for me.  Check out i-neighborhood when you get the chance.  Here is the letter (click the letter to see larger picture of letter):

Podcast of the Week: Emergent UK Resources

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One of the weekly posts I would like to make over the next couple of months is - Podcast of the Week - where I will introduce you to some excellent resources in the form of free podcasts.

This week I would like to recommend Emergent UK Resources.  You will find some rich resources in the podcast.  For this podcast features people like: 

• Dallas Willard on the Kingdom of God - 11 talks
• N.T. Wright on What's the Problem with Jesus? - 10 talks
• Michael Polanyi on Tacit Knowing Truthful Knowing - 4 talks
• Interview with Todd Hunter - 3 parts

Some other speakers include Jason Clark, Alan Jamieson and John Maxwell.  If you want to subscribe to this podcast, simply go to iTunes and search for Emergent UK Resources.

Emergent UK Resources also has a website where you can download mp3's as well as some written documents from people like Alan Hirsch, Leslie Newbigin, Len Sweet, Brian McLaren and others.  You really should check it out. If you go to this site, you will also be able to get to the iTunes store. 

Students Use Chat Lingo in Class

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I think it will be interesting to see where things will land when it comes to using chat language in papers.  Here is a recent article from the Associated press talking about how students use chat lingo in class.

It says, "An increasing number of Austin's eight-graders submit classwork containing "b4," "ur" "2" and "wata" - words that may confuse adults but are part of the teens' everyday lives."

While a number of teachers are instructing students against using these abbreviation, "Some educators, like David Warlick, 54, of Raleigh, N.C., see the young burgeoning band of instant messengers as a phenomenon that should be celebrated.  Teachers should credit their students with inventing a new language ideal for communicating in a high-tech world, said Warlick, who has authored three books on technology in the classroom."

Within the last few months I find myself using text messaging on my phone a lot more.

Choice Blog Entries: Books, Journals and the Future

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So You Want to Write a Book...
Brian Orme shares some "sobering statistics" from Nielsen Bookscan, a company that tracked 1.2 million books in the US in 2004 and found that 950,000 sold fewer than 99 copies, another 200,000 sold fewer than 1,000 copies, only 25,000 books sold more than 5,000 copies, fewer than 500 sold more than 100,000 copies and only 10 books sold more than a million copies each.  The average book in the US sells about 500 copies.  I guess blogging is a good idea then.  When you decide to write a book, make sure you have something to say.

Articles from  Leading Theological Journals
Ben Myers at Faith and Theology links to several of the leading theological journals that have released their first issues for 2007.  You will find some interesting  articles including a tribute to Stanley Grentz, an article on John Howard Yoder and new work on Karl Barth.  Those of you with an interest in theology should check it out.

Forecast of the Future
Gordon MacDonald shares at Out of Ur about James Martin's new book entitled The Meaning of the 21st Century.  Martin comes out of the world of Oxford and "spends most of his time ruminating on the social and economic impacts of computers and technology."

Forecasts for the Next 25 Years

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As a part of the World Future Society, I receive various publications that talk about forecasts, trends and ideas about the future.  Here are some of the latest forecasts for the next 25 years according to the World Future Society.

Forecast #1:  Hydrogen fuel cells will be cost competitive by 2010.  By 2012, fuel cell power is expected to cost around $400 per kilowatt-hour.  Fuel cells will power cars and allow each home to have its own non-polluting electricity generator.

Forecast #2:  The era of the Cyborg is at hand.  Researchers in Israel have fashioned a "bio-computer" using the DNA of living cells instead of silicon chips.  This development may soon allow a computer to connect directly with the human brain.

Forecast #3:  By 2015, New York, Tokyo and Frankfurt may emerge as hubs for high-speed, large-capacity supersonic planes.  NASA's X-43 A Scramjet recently flew at 7,000 mph (nearly ten times the speed of sound).  These hyper speed planes will whisk passengers across continents in the time it takes most people to drive to the airport.

Forecast #4:  Schools based on classrooms and a human teacher will dwindle over the next 25 years.  Why sit in a classroom when you can visit virtual worlds and experience your subjects?  An "avatar" a personalized interactive guide, will answer all of your questions and help you pose new ones.

(While I am mentioning all of the forecasts for the future, I don't necessarily think all of them are ideal)

Forecast #5: Speculation in hydrogen energy stocks could create an investment bubble, as happened with the Internet.  When investors see the huge potential of hydrogen energy, the stocks of companies with promising technologies may skyrocket to unsustainable levels.

Forecast #6: Ocean currents may surpass wind as an energy source.  Turbines driven by ocean currents could generate four times more electricity than windmills.  At one site alone - in the Channel Islands off the coast of France - the potential electricity could match that produced by three nuclear power plants.

Forecast #7: A snail may save your life.  A non-addictive painkiller one thousand times more potent than morphine could soon be on the market, thanks to research on conotoxins, the distinct set of chemicals found in tropical cone snails.  Future medicines from the snails may help treat heart disease, depression and spinal cord injuries, among other ailments.

Forecast #8: Weapons of mass destruction will be even easier to obtain over the next 15 years.  Terrorists may move from bombs to creating havoc on the cellular level.  The weapons of the future - genetic engineering and nanotechnology - require neither large facilities nor mass materials.

Forecast #9: The convergence of genetic engineering, nanotechnology and robotics will allow humans to change their bodies in profoundly new ways.  In the next 15 years, people may be able to re-arrange their genes to change their physical features, extend their lifespan, merge their brains with computers and their bodies with robots, among many other remarkable developments.

Forecast #10: Robots and smart environments will improve care and independence for the elderly.  Intelligent walkers will help seniors get around while sensors on the handlebars monitor their vital signs.  Handheld devices will track senior citizens' movements and guide them around town, keeping people mobile and independent.

Intel Chip - Faster and More Energy-Efficient

The New York Times reports that "Intel, the world's largest chip maker, has overhauled the basic building block of the information age, paving the way for a new generation of faster and more energy-efficient processors. 

Company researchers said the advance represented the most significant change in the materials used to manufacture silicon chips since Intel pioneered the modern integrated-circuit transistor more than four decades ago."

A little later in the article is says, "The Intel announcement is new evidence that the chip maker is maintaining the pace of Moore’s Law, the technology axiom that states that the number of transistors on a chip doubles roughly every two years, giving rise to a constant escalation of computing power at lower costs."

It looks like they will be coming out with something at the later part of the year.  I'm glad that Apple connected with Intel.  I'm guessing that the beginning of 2008 is going to be another time to buy a nice Apple.

iPhone - Apple's Latest Wonder Gadget

Steve Jobs and Apple has done it again.  The keynote address basically introduces the phone of the future.  It is really cool. It combines a widescreen iPod, a really cool new phone with visual voicemail and other really helpful features like merging calls, and an internet device with features from both google and yahoo and some cool high tech features.   To appreciate the 200+ new patents for this phone, you really need to check out the keynote address.  The only bad news is that it's not coming until it gets authorized by the FCC.  Shares of Apple rose more than 8.3 percent, while Palm feel nearly 5.7 percent and Blackberry dropped 7.85 percent.  Projected arrival of the iphone: June 2007.

The San Francisco Chronicle gives a concise overview at what happened at the Macworld Expo.  Gizmodo has a photo gallery from Macworld 2007 and Engadet has a video of the iphone at Macworld 2007. 

My Top in Reads in 2006

This year I read so many good books that it is really hard to limit it to ten.  I was tempted to write on my top 20, but decided against it.  If you want to know my top 20 reads from last year, just e-mail me and I will send you the list.  This list is in no particular order, in fact I am simply going to order them by the title of the book, verses the author.  You will also notice as you look through the list, that they definitely didn't have to be written in 2006.  That would be another list.

TOP TEN READS THIS PAST YEAR

Embodying Forgiveness - A Theological Analysis by L. Gregory Jones

Emerging Churches by Eddie Gibbs and Ryan K. Bolger

Learning to Listen, Learning to Teach by Jane Vella

Life on the Vine by Philip  D. Kenneson

New York and Los Angeles: Politics,  Society and Culture  edited by David Halle

Power Failure: Christianity in the Culture of Technology by Albert Borgmann

The Hidden Power of Electronic Culture by Shane Hipps

The Medium is the Massage by Marshall McLuhan and Quenin Fiore

The Original Revolution by John Howard Yoder

Unfettered Hope: A Call to Faithful Living in an Affluent Society by Marva Dawn

Choice Blog Entries - Harvard, Technology and

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N.T. Wright's Harvard Lectures
You can download the 2006 William Belden Noble Lecture series by N.T. Wright at Harvard now.  The three talks were:  God the Creator: The Gospel in a Gnostic World; Jesus the Lord: The Gospel Anthe New Imperialism; Spirit of Truth: The Gospel in a Postmodern World.  HT: Alastair

The New 100 Most Useful Web Sites According the The Guardian
The Guardian Unlimited shares there list of best websites.  They list 100 sites in 20 categories.  Some of the categories include:  Applications, Blogs: Reading, Blogs: Writing, e-mail, Maps, News: Mainstream, Video and more. HT: Jonny Baker

Umberto Eco on Writing for Others
Byron at Nothing New Under the Sun shares a great quote by Umberto Eco on Writing for Others.  The quote starts out saying: "[There is] another view common to bad writers - namely, that one writes only for oneself. Do not trust those who say so: they are dishonest and lying narcissists.  There is only one thing that you write for yourself, and that is a shopping list.

All About Blogging

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3 Factors to Consider Before Starting a Blog
Darren Rowse at ProBlogger shares some helpful advice to think about before starting a blog.  It is advice that is also helpful for current bloggers.

111 Instant Blog Post Ideas
Easton Ellsworth at Blog Chalk Talk shares a bunch of ideas that you can look at when you want to blog but you are not quite sure what you want to blog about. 

Blogging to Peak in 2007
Daily Times "A new voice for a new Pakistan"  writes, "Could blogging be near the peak of its popularity?  The technology gurus at Gartner Inc. believe so.  One of the research company's top 10 perdictions for 2007 is that the number of bloggers will level off in the first half of next year at roughtly 100 million worldwide.

Top 10 Google Searches 2006

BBC just came out with an article entitled "Social Networks Top Google Search".  Bebo was the most searched term in the most popular search engine for 2006 and MySpace was the second most searched term.  The article states "The top 10 searches were dominated by web 2.0 developments, such as video site Metacafe, music streaming service Radioblog and encyclopedia Wikipedia. 

Here were the top ten Google searches for 2006

1. Bebo
2. MySpace
3. World Cup
4. MetaCafe
5. Radioblog
6. Wikipedia
7. Video
8. Rebelde
9. Mininova
10. Wiki

Choice Blog Entries - Vision, Barth and Medium

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Thoughts About Vision
John Santic at Towards Hope gives us some wonderful reflections on how our perceptions of the world are based on how we are scripted, and how as Christ followers we should be scripted by a different story.  This is a must read. It is such a meaningful and inspiring post.  One of the best posts on "vision" that I've read in a while.  I have to give you a little taste of his post, this is from the fourth paragraph:  "As Christians we are (should be) scripted by a different story while embedded within a plethora of other destructive narratives for the sake of redeeming them.  Not a story of self-exertion, but one of restoration and sacrificial, cruciform love.  One of trust in God and the dreams he has for the entire world.  We are to be scripted by the life and story of God in this world and the momentous event of the resurrection and its significance."  I would post it all, but it is easier to just go and visit his post.

Download Barth Conference 2006
Michael Pailthorpe at Intellectus Fidei lets us know that the 2006 Karl Barth Conference lectures are available on CD through Princeton Theological Seminary as well as available for downloading, if you e-mail PTS Media. Here are the title of the talks:

• Barth’s Lectures on the Gospel of John, John Webster, University of Aberdeen (ID# 7558)


• 'Living Righteousness': Barth and the Sermon on the Mount, A. Katherine Grieb, Virginia Theological Seminary (ID# 7560)


• The Heart of the Matter: Karl Barth’s Christological Exegesis, Paul Dafydd Jones, University of Virginia (ID# 7556)

• Thy Word is Truth': The Role of Faith in Reading Scripture Theologically with Karl Barth, Paul Molnar, St. John’s University (ID# 7559)

• The Same Only Different: Barth’s Interpretation of Heb. 13:8, George Hunsinger, Princeton Theological Seminary (ID# 7557)\

Reflections on Evangelism: How the Message Got Separated from the Medium
Mark Van Steenwyk shares some great thoughts evangelism from the Reformation until today.  Here is a little blurb from his post:  "As religion becomes privatized, and abstracted from regular practices, religious fidelity becomes more about a set of privately held beliefs instead of the shape of one’s life. This is modernism at its best—ideas separated from culture, things abstracted and fragmented, put into little boxes for analysis.  During the Modern Era, religion continues to fragment and the Gospel is reduced down to a set of core propositional truths ABOUT Jesus Christ.  Evangelism becomes about conveying this sets of propositional truths.  Religion in the West has, therefore become a set of beliefs—rather than a way of life."

Congratulations: YOU are Time's Person of the Year

"Yes, you.  You control the Information Age.  Welcome to your world."  That is the tag line to Time's announcement that the Person of the Year is YOU.

A couple of paragraphs into the story Lev Grossman writes:

"But look at 2006 through a different lens and you'll see another story, one that isn't about conflict or great men. It's a story about community and collaboration on a scale never seen before. It's about the cosmic compendium of knowledge Wikipedia and the million-channel people's network YouTube and the online metropolis MySpace. It's about the many wresting power from the few and helping one another for nothing and how that will not only change the world, but also change the way the world changes.

The tool that makes this possible is the World Wide Web." 

The last paragraph in the article:

"Web 2.0 is a massive social experiment, and like any experiment worth trying, it could fail. There's no road map for how an organism that's not a bacterium lives and works together on this planet in numbers in excess of 6 billion. But 2006 gave us some ideas. This is an opportunity to build a new kind of international understanding, not politician to politician, great man to great man, but citizen to citizen, person to person. It's a chance for people to look at a computer screen and really, genuinely wonder who's out there looking back at them. Go on. Tell us you're not just a little bit curious."

TOP TWENTY COUNTRIES THAT VISIT THIS BLOG
1.  United States
2.  Canada
3.  United Kingdom
4.  Netherlands
5.  Germany
6.  Australia
7.  Sudan
8.  France
9.  Japan
10. Hong Kong
11. China
12. Spain
13. Mexico
14. Sweden
15. India
16. Ukraine
17. Italy
18. Belgium
19. Turkey
20. Philippines

TOP TEN SEARCHES THAT BROUGHT PEOPLE TO THIS BLOG RECENTLY
1.  the world is flat chapter summary
2.  jr woodward
3.  dealing with disappointment
4.  crystal methamphetamine
5.  tedd haggard
6.  dream awakener
7.  anne marie ciarcia
8.  lisa williams medium blog
9.  advent spirituality
10. friend ship quotes

TOP 25 CITIES THAT VISITED THIS BLOG THE LAST 10,000 HITS
1.  Los Angeles, CA
2.  Anaheim, CA
3.  Vancouver, BC
4.  New York, NY
5.  Santa Ana, CA
6.  Plano, TX
7.  Fayetteville, NC
8.  Orlando, FL
9.  Philadelphia, PN
10. San Francisco, CA
11. Raliegh, NC
12. Gig Harbor, WA
13. Calgary, Alberta
14. Washington D.C.
15. Richmond, VA
16. Ames, IO
17. London, England
18. Corunna, MI
19. Atlanta, GA
20. Toronto, Ontario
21. Mainz, Germany
22. Salt Lake City, UT
23. Pasadena, CA
24. San Jose, CA
25. Portland, OR

It seems as if my top cities change every so often, but typically cities in California tend to dominate.  During this read six California cities made the top ten. 

The Third Sunday of Advent

Today is the third Sunday of Advent.  To celebrate this season of hope, I wanted to share some thoughts from different parts of the blogosphere as well as some thoughts from my friend Matt Mabrey that we shared at our service today while lighting the candle of joy.

At Advent We Wait
These thoughts from Aaron Ghiloni are about Advent in general.  Here is how he starts his post, "At Advent we wait.  Anthropologist talk about "liminality" - a moment of transition where the meaning of one's life is ambiguous, uncertain.  This is what happens at Advent, we are in the liminal state.  We stand on a threshold - neither outside nor inside, only in-between.

We wait.  We've left the runway, but haven't landed.  We've finished the exams, but haven't graduated.  We're engaged, but not yet wed.  Already, but not quite yet."

The Third Sunday of Advent
Tod Bolsinger quotes John Whittier saying, "Somehow, not only for Christmas, But all the long year through, The joy that you give to others, Is the joy that comes back to you.  And the more you spend in blessing, the poor and lonely and sad, The more of your heart's possessing, Returns to you glad."  John Greenleaf Whittier.

Lighting the 3rd Advent Candle
Scot McKnight has some great thoughts and verses on the candle of joy.  "This is the candle of JOY.  As the coming of Jesus, our Savior, draws nearer, our joy builds with our anticipation of his birth."  Click to read more.

LIGHTING THE THIRD ADVENT CANDLE AT KAIROS LOS ANGELES
(by Matt Mabrey)
Last Sunday we lit the candle of Peace.  We relight it and the candle of Hope [relight the candles] as we remember Jesus, born in Bethlehem, our Hope and Peace. This week, as the numbers of lit candles in our wreath overtake the unlit, we remember the joyous coming of Immanuel, God-with-us, into our darkened world.  The third Sunday of Advent is a Sunday of Joy.
C: We rejoice for the Lord has taken away his judgments against us and has turned away our enemies.

The Lord our God is in our midst, removing disaster and dealing with our oppressors, saving the lame and gathering the outcast, bringing us home and restoring our fortunes.  Surely God is our salvation. In him we will trust and not be afraid.
C: We rejoice for the Lord has taken away his judgments against us and has turned away our enemies.

Our culture seeks joy in distraction.  Romance novels, sports, movies, video games, and more, pop culture offers an unlimited number of diverting stories to quell our angst.  A hidden indulgence here, a new purchase there, our culture seeks joy in diversion, fearing to face the demons that enslave us.
C: We rejoice for the Lord has taken away his judgments against us and has turned away our enemies.

We light the candle [begin lighting the candle] of Joy, celebrating the birth of Jesus when light descended to earth to eclipse the darkness. We light this candle in jubilation, for in Jesus there is forgiveness of sins, renewal, and life everlasting.
C: We rejoice for the Lord has taken away his judgments against us and has turned away our enemies.

All About Blogging

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State of Blogosphere
Dave Sifry at Technorati gives the 2006 third quarter state of the blogosphere report.  Here is part of the summary:

• Technorati is now tracking more than 57 Million blogs.
• Today, the blogosphere is doubling in size approximately every 230 days.
• About 100,000 new weblogs were created each day
• There is a strong correlation between the aging and post frequency of blogs and their authority and Technorati ranking (the longer the blog has been in existence and the more posts, tends to increase the blogs authority.)
• The globalization of the blogosphere continues.  Data appears to show both English and Spanish languages are a more universal blog language than the other two most dominant languages, Japanese and Chinese, which seem to be more regionally localized.
• Coincident with a rise in blog posts about escalating Middle East tensions throughout the summer and fall, Farsi has moved into the top 10 languages of the blogosphere (pushing out Dutch), indicating that blogging continues to play a critical role in debates about the important issues of our times.

The following is a chart of the posts by language this past quarter.  As you can see, English and Japanese are the languages of choice for many bloggers.  Holding steadily in third place is Chinese, though dipping this quarter to 10 percent of the total volume.  Dutch was nudged out by Farsi.

Blogs and Wikis Move In As E-Mail Overload Becomes Unbearable
We have all experiencing the weight of getting too much spam in our e-mail, which is why for many blogging and Wiki's are replacing the way we pass on a lot of information with each other.  Thomas Claburn at Information Week talks more about how collaborative software lets people communicate without the management and security hassles of e-mails.

15 Blogging Tips and Tools
In this post, Easton Ellsworth shares eight tools and seven tips when it comes to blogging.

All About Blogging

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Half of Singapore Teens Have Blogs
According to the Bangkok Post "Half of all Singapore youths 15-19 years old are blogging or podcasting on the internet, with the figure expected to grow further, a study said Friday."  This is an increase from the slightly older group where 46% of 20-24 year olds comnunicate through blogs and 18% of people 39-39 blog.  The biggest reasons given for the popularity of blogging among youths are self expression and peer pressure.

Yahoo Blogging Service May Get Makeover
"Yahoo may remake its blogging and social networking service Yahoo 360, the company said Thursday. 'Yahoo 360 may be doing a 180[degree turn],' said Bradley Horowitz, Yahoo's vice president of product strategy at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco."   It seems part of the reason for this is because according to PC World, Yahoo is in sixth place among the top blog hosting services.  Here is the order:

1.  Google with Blogger - 21 Million
2.  MySpace Blogs - 16 Million
3.  Microsoft's Windows Live Spaces - 9.8 Million
4.  Six Aparts varios Blog Services - 9.3 Million
5.  Xanga - 7 Million
6.  Yahoo 360 - 5.7 Million

31 Days to Building a Better Blog
Problogger always has some great tips about blogging.  Back in August of 2005 he did a series where he shared all that he had learned about  "{how to make your blog better."  In this blog entry, he gives access to all of his tips on this topic.  Overall he wrote 47 tips, and readers added another 169 tips.  He has a link to where you can see the "complete collection of links to all 216 tips" in this entry.

Live Apple Keynote and Event Coverage

If you are an apple addict, you don't need to read this, but for those of you who are either new to the world of apple or if you are a creative person, you might want to know that today at 1 p.m. Eastern and 10 a.m. Pacific Steve Jobs is having his semi-annual keynote address for new Apple Products.  MacRumorsLive is giving minute by minute updates.  He