Dudical! is an expression I remember hearing in elementary school. A clever combination of "dude!" and "radical!", it clearly suffered an untimely demise, because a Google search on it returns a paltry 523 results. I consider it my duty to rescue this '80s linguistic gem from obscurity. ...

Kudos to the San Jose Mercury News. After a series of demoralizing cuts that seemed destined to precipitate the newspaper's slide into oblivion, the remaining staffers have refused to write their own obituary. They're fundamentally rethinking how their organization should function — and, more importantly, they're doing it out ...

Here's the list of cities with the most blog posts per capita, according to outside.in, and an interesting discussion of the results: Boston Philadelphia Pittsburgh Washington, D.C. Portland, OR New York San Francisco Seattle Chicago Los Angeles (If you haven't heard of outside.in, it's a cool local blog aggregator that's well ...

OK, if that headline didn't totally scare you away, read on: My employer, the L.A. Times, is looking for some hybrid journalist-techies to help us build our interactive concepts team. This group will be the glue that binds our graphics, editorial and tech teams and takes the lead on building ...

Just testing out Digg's widgetizer, which can generate all kinds of custom widgets that you can place on your site. Here's a list of recently popular stories from the L.A. Times: digg_id = 'digg-widget-container'; //make this id unique for each widget you put on a single page. digg_theme = 'digg-widget-unstyled'; digg_width = ...

Hate it when that happens.

Google Maps has introduced Street View for Los Angeles! Let the Easter egg hunt begin! This is where I am now.

Akamai has charts showing current online news consumption around the world. Peak in North America: 2.4 million visitors per minute. I'd say that's enough audience to build a business model around. (Thanks to Michael Owen for the link.)

Use this clever program to solve that sudoku that's got you stumped. Or, with some trial and error, use it to create your own. Here's my first attempt (click to enlarge and print):

Wow. (Via Boing Boing.)