Elmore Leonard’s rules of writing. (Sadly not included: Don’t center your copy, since it makes it fucking hard to read.)

Winner, best business writing, February 2006: Annalee Newitz: “investors have turned their burning, collective gaze from the wastes of Mordor

Maybe all these folks are leaving technorati because the site sucks, and they couldn’t fix it. Valleywag: Jason DeFillippo walks

Recycling … and screaming bikini girls. Girls Crushing Cars (via Grist)

Poor bloggers… the instant they stand to make a lousy buck from their blogs, the WSJ jumps all over them.

Cool “crank-forward” bikes (supposedly more comfortable, slightly reclined ride): Electra (via Wired News)