These guys look at what’s under the hood of the Sonos Music System. Don’t try this at home!

Full text of Obama’s race speech

Blogosphere reaction to Obama’s race speech

Video of Obama’s race speech

“We send you email tour alerts when your favorite artists come to town, and we recommend concerts based on the music you like.”

Good discussion topic here. Are fragmened discussion threads a bad thing?

“The past six days have shaken American capitalism.”

“The heart of it is the hunger for immediate update, the news, the jolt of disruption, the possibility of synaptic leaps. It began as each program did with ‘Hello, World’ and quickly evolved to conversation, the back and forth of discourse.”

“Their online gripes—and don’t fool yourself, they have them—will help you reinvent your business.”

To be honest, I never liked the weekly birthday cake ritual at work but it’s still a good analogy.

There are four chefs from San Francisco competing in Top Chef Chicago

Heard about this on TWiT. This works with your EVDO card to create a WiFi hotspot.

Some cool Twitter visualizations listed here. Some of these appear to be new.

The spaghetti that didn’t stick to the wall.