Loose Wire: The Technology Of Packing Neat article on the history of packing, some packing tips, and lots of good links.

JenSense Some updates on the latest changes to the Google Ad programs. It looks like they're realizing they're going to need to move beyond just text ads, as they move forward.

Mark Pincus Blog: 1 Point for the Ants Fun article on taking American Airlines to court ... Good article for anyone who's ever had airline service issues :)

Had a nice chat with Jason last night. He happened to be in town, and gave me a call. He had a really fascinating post yesterday on the concept of retirement, and what you would/could do, if you'd start right away.

Jeff Sandquist - Microsoft Evangelist - Getting Things Done This New Year: Neat post, with some good methodologies for managing "Getting Things Done" within Outlook.

John Battelle's Searchblog: Wondir Launches Revamped Site: Nice writeup on Wondir. I'd talked to them a while back, and they have a neat technology. I think the key for them will be getting the distribution. The more people they have answering questions, the more robust the system will be.

Micro Persuasion: A9 is a Killer Blog Search Tool I've been checking out A9.com as well, and it does seem to do a nice job of picking up some blog stories, and the Alexa rankings are a nice touch.

Also, The Search Advertising Story and the Quest for Balance , a good story from Traffick.com. I've been wondering about this as well. It's easy to write the "Advertisers on the Internet get fleeced", and there's probably not much resistance at newspapers to writing it, given they're losing ad dollars.

Joi Ito's Web: All Marketers Are Liars Interesting writeup on the new Seth Godin book. Somethng I'll be picking up at a bookstore. I like the empahsis on the conversation piece of marketing.

Taquitos.net's World of Potato Chips and Snack Food There's something for everyone. And here are 2400 snack food reviews.

Very neat merge of cragislist and Google Maps. See where housing is available, via map.

MediaPost Publications : PRICES FOR PAID SEARCH LISTINGS rebounded in March, rising 9 percent to an average of $1.75 a click, according to the most recent Fathom Online Keyword Price Index, released today. " Not surprising, given what we've been seeing.

Neat new site on latest blog postings on e-marketing