Morning reading

Feedster and AOL  - paidcontent.org, Susan Mernit, many others.

37 inches of rain in Mumbai.  Just think about that next time you are caught in what you think is punishing NYC rain. Interesting piece about people text messaging for help in the Guardian.

Very interested in the fact that Yahoo bought Konfabulator a few days ago. How will they tie in search and or content with widgets. Also a small aside about how the term,  "Widget  a general-purpose term, or placeholder name, for any unspecified device, including those that have not yet been invented. It is commonly used in textbook and other examples where the identity of the product or function is irrelevant and could be distracting." Has been co-opted to mean  small useful things whose function is their only purpose in being.