Its time for another redesign. I was initially tempted to add a little more sassynes with images etc. But I decided to keep it clean and lean ;-)

I have removed a lot of javascript features, such as the pop-up window for commens, and I have also added more meta data. Some for the pleasure of the reader, others as experiments to see how they affect search engine rankings.

The design was inspired and based upon the work of Anders Jacobsen's blog.

A version of the new design can also be seen on my norwegian blog: jarle på norsk

Do you like the new design? Anything I could do different, or change to make it a better experience to view my blog?

Jon Steward and the Daily Show makes what I think is the most interesting political satire around. Usually scratching the surface of reality. In this interview Jon Steward and Lewis Lapham, editor in chief of Harper's Magazine discuss what is going on with the political system in the US.

This is most certainly one of the most thought provoking pieces they have done so far.

Daily show: Lewis Lapham

I can't help but wonder what goes on in the heads of the airlines staff throwing off people because of buttons. No matter the text on it.

John Gilmore: I was ejected from a plane for wearing "Suspected Terrorist

Shouldn't we be able to expect more in a free, democratic society?

Want to get updated on digital cameras? Ed Helms has made this fun feature for the Daily Show: Digital Watch: Digital Cameras

[Via Hollowcube]

Some of you might have noticed that theres a project going on to replace todays RSS formats with a format everyone can agree upon.

Yesterday Clay Shirky wrote a nice piece called "RSS, Echo, Wikis, and Personality Wars" where he talks about how Sam Ruby has moved the format process away from egos (Need we mention Mark, Dave and Sam?) and over to the actuall format.

Though both weblogs and wikis support conversational patterns, weblogs are "conversation as published comments" while wikis are "conversation as shared editing." Weblogs tend towards polarized or divergent views, while wikis tend towards convergent ones, which is just what you want for a conversation around standards.

[Via Mamamusings]

In the news today: Most Americans don't trust Bush on Iraq

The poll by the University of Maryland found that 52 per cent of respondents said they believed President George W Bush and his aides were "stretching the truth, but not making false statements" about Iraqi president Saddam Hussein's chemical, biological and nuclear programmes.

Another 10 per cent said that US officials were presenting Congress, the American public and the international community "evidence they knew was false," indicated the survey.

Only 32 per cent said that they thought the government was being "fully truthful" about the Iraqi arsenal.

Ouch..