As I move from blog to blog, I notice that a lot of bloggers end up writing about the exact same things. It's almost like they see an article on another blog and decide to write their own version of it. Is there so little creativity that inspiration has to come from another blog? Anyway, if I read the same thing on three or four blogs, I have a tendency to stop reading those particular blogs and move on. It doesn't matter what the topic is. I'm also getting disenchanted by the blogs that spend ALL of their time promoting a product, service, or their own blog. I like the ones that show individuality, personality, and attitude. I want to be enchanted.

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Papa Hari wrote responses to letters asking for advice at Hari's Corner. These are important issues that no one should really learn about.

Maurizio at Nafurai created a tool on his blog so you can check to see if all your favorites at Technorati have made you a favorite and vice versa. I have a lot of favorites (around 500) who haven't reciprocated because they don't know I added them. Check it out and see if it's something you can use.

It appears we have a new super villain in our midst. Jer from nyquil.org detailed his plan to restore humanity to humanity using, none other than, bees!

Ginene at FlavaOfBlog pointed out yet another pay per post kind of service: bloggerwave. I might consider it if I can get my new PayPal account taken care of. I'm still sitting on the first one, waiting for that to happen (I've already communicated with the bank).

Cesar at Flee The Cube wrote about how entrepreneurs (online) need to stay focused in order to reap results. All the recent, widespread memes tend to make us all lose focus. In the immortal words of Mr. Miyagi, "You must stay focus!"

Anna at For the Heck of it! wrote about meeting her husband online, before the web appeared, and two dating services she checked out for her son, just for heck of it.

Marcus at French Life wrote about a new television service but what caught my eye was what that he mentioned the stations using the same few personalities for all the new programs. They do the same thing here in the Philippines. Is there so little talent available in these places?

Ray at FreshBlogger wrote about getting the most out of dofollow and deep linking when you comment on your blog. He gave credit where credit was due. I didn't even think to link to a relevant post on my blog when commenting on someone else's blog. I learn something new almost every day.

Garrett at Garrett Albright's Ray Gun Robot wrote about a piece of software he believes took out his iPod. This might be one to stay away from.

Gaurav at Gauravonomics Blog admitted he was never satisfied with his blog. He went so far as to split it into two separate blogs. It makes me want to examine my own to see if that might be something in my future.

Gayla at GaylaMcCord.com wrote about how sexual threats stifle some female bloggers and her ways of dealing with it. She even told us how her friend dealt with it.

Dougal at geek ramblings wrote about an upcoming change to WordPress 2.2. He's written a lot about WordPress. Check it out.