Good afternoon, world! The heatwave has passed and it's a gorgeous day here in NY! The weather finally came to a showdown last night with spectacular thunderstorms and wind gusts up to 70mph. There was a moment when our electricity died for a split second...

Between suffering from a cold (in June!), working on a new website (to be unveiled soon), and checking out Plurk (check me out here), yours truly has been tremendously busy in the past week. But here they are - my favorite web items of the week! Battle of the best: Which prevails - Lakers' offense or Celtics' defense? ESPN. I called it three months ago - LA and Boston to the finals. Game 1 tomorrow night! Go Celts!!! According to this article, history slightly favors the defense...

I'm sorry about the lack of updates. This past weekend I took a trip to the unknown wilderness known as the Pennsylvania Poconos (with...

It's reassuring to see that my readers like this Wednesday feature. Thanks for the emails and comments! Air Jordan is Cannes Bound, Perez Hilton. Spike Lee is directing a documentary about Michael Jordan! I am truly, genuinely excited about this and I can't wait to see it (hopefully) next year. Death of Society, Eater. Guilty as charged. I too, take pictures of food at restaurants and blogging about the experience the next day. To Beat Google, Beat Google to the Mobile Web, ReadWriteWeb. I love my LG Voyager, but I don't particularly like surfing the web on a cell phone (unless that phone had a 10"+ screen). However, the use of mobile surfing is growing exponentially and the writer of this article does a good job of pointing out that...

I was at a seminar all day today, so when I got home I had about a bazillion feeds waiting patiently for me. But alas, here they are: my pick of the top 10 posts of the week. Barbara Walters Brags About Notches On Her Bedpost On Ellen, Jezebel. Good ol' Babs wrote a memoir called Audition that's apparently been getting a lot of press due to the admittance of the high number of sex partners she's had over the years. In this clip, she pokes fun at this fact and Ellen jokes along for a good laugh. Although I'm not too much of a daytime talkshow fan, I'm really starting to like Ellen a lot, much more than the sentimental crap that's usually on Oprah. 7 Wizards...