Readings: 2007-07-21

• Chinese actor writes world’s top blog – 100 visitors per seconds, 100 million page views in less than two years. Congrats to Xu Jinglei (her imdb entry).
• Top Pakistani judge resumes duties after Musharraf suspension order overturned – good news for “rule of law” as it was unheard of when a head of state can easily and single-handedly fire a chief justice.
• Pitching Bloggers … Turn on the Charm and Authenticity! Or “You had me at guru … “ – companies who wants attentions from bloggers should take notice.
• Checkers solved by University of Alberta team – Does it mean we have one less game to play now we know a computer will always win or draw? Now will the Computer Scientist move to my favourite game of Go (board game) next? Here is a discussion of Go’s complexity.
• Why is the CBC Facebook group so lame? – Interesting & insightful posting and comments. Perfect timing for my dip/jump into Facebook. It is a tool that has the most potential to surprise.