From the inaugural issue of Future Internet, Martin Ebner and Hermann Maurer (Graz): Can Weblogs and Microblogs Change Traditional Scientific Writing? The Web would make a dandy blackboard if only we could scribble an equation. An Almanac of Internet Emotion: Computer scientist Sep Kamvar discusses the ways researchers are beginning to tap the blogosphere for psychological insights. Why do bloggers blog? A study of top political bloggers finds their motivations evolve over time. Could it be that blogs have become online fodder for the — gasp! —  more mature reader? From The Baffler, what does the Internet look like? Meaghan Morris (Lingnan): Grizzling about Facebook. A look at the 10 craziest Facebook groups. From NYRB, a review of The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook, A Tale of Sex,

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