"Political weblogs." Like the "blogosphere" needs another knock off. However, I think I'm on to something here. What would it take to cover federal and local political events as they happen with weblogs during the 2004 campaign season? I should have the detailed answer in a couple of days. In short, a weblog network focused on the candidates, events, and issues designed to handle large volumes of posts from mobile devices. Now it gets interesting.

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Garvin Sheridan will be moblogging an event sponsored by VoxPolitics at the House of Commons about weblogs changing politics in the UK. As far as I know, this is going to be the first political event moblogged using Radio. This is going to be quite a grand experiment.

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Microsoft brains take on Google brawn. The software titan hires top scientists and mathematicians in its quest for search algorithms that will allow Microsoft to compete directly with Google. [CNET News.com]

It was only a matter of time before this happened.

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Gavin Sheridan is exploring moblogging politics with Radio. The 2004 political season is already starting here in the states. Weblogs have started to become a popular way to get data to the public fast. I was in a meeting with some producers at NBC a couple of months ago where they were considering arming their reporters with Blackberries and a weblog tool that receives, processes, and posts from emails. Would it be possible to cover the entire US with a single web site dedicated to candidate and constituent blogs? I think so. Hmm. This could be a quick hit project that could prove the value of weblogs for the masses. More on this later.

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Riding High on Antigravity Craft. The fantastic floating device called a lifter has no moving parts, no onboard fuel and no shortage of wide-eyed admirers. Even inside NASA. By Clive Thompson from Wired magazine. [Wired News]

Like all great things, lifters are being built in garages. They don't quite tell you how to build a lifter, but do give you some reference points if you are interested.

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