Wow. Well, here's one thing that google is doing for its new acquisition: it's placed a 'blog this' button in the Google toolbar. Dave Winer notes how much better it would have been had they used the Blogger API. Standards count.

With another ICANN meeting taking place this week in Montreal, this article about new unrest in Rio really hit home.

This is a fascinating meditation on identity. I can't stop looking at it. (Click on the page anywhere to see the larger image.)

I gave my website an overhaul last night. Voila: the new look Lextext.com. Nothing fancy, but it's the start of a general recoding/redesign of everything on my server. The homepage will evolve into a new weblog, and the good ol' icann.blog will become a sub-category. After two and half years of single-subject blogging, I think it's time to branch out.

The googledance has just ended, and I've dropped a few pegs in the rankings of 'bret.' I'm proud to say though that in the Google Images directory, I'm now the third-highest ranking non-hurricane.