Brooklyn Public has an archive of The Brooklyn Eagle that should be fun to browse, once the megablog traffic dies down. A writer for the Observer gives a pretty good impression of the subtle flavors of powerlessness involved in being a government functionary and a fascinating insight into Refusal Shoes. Librarians teaching people new to the net how to evaluate information used to give lectures on the difference between .com, .org, and .gov, but that has now all gone by the wayside. A horrifying discovery typifying this trend: Moneyfactory.com, which is actually the US Bureau of Engraving and Printing. And such an undignified name, too.