The Week in Rojo for November 21, 2005
Here are some of the most read stories and feeds on Rojo, as well as the most used story tags. For the latest stories, tags, and feeds, visit the Rojo Explore page and for the latest news that's buzzing in the Rojo sphere, keep your eye on the Rojo blog.
Call it the XBox 360 frenzy. Game addicts across the country this week braved the chill for the thrill and camped in line overnight for Microsoft’s new 360 gaming console Cnet reports. EBay bids reached $5,000. Parents panicked. Engadget has the complete scoop on the setup, the services and the games...and yes, the crashes.
But wait: digg has a list of 10 reasons to wait for the Sony PlayStation 3 instead. Want one anyway? Geeky Corner found the XBox Locator, a Google Maps mashup that shows how many units are at Best Buy in your area.
Speaking of taking over the world, what is Google’s secret plan for all the excess dark fiber it’s buying? I, Cringely says the answer is in a shipping container hidden in the search giant’s parking garage that is the beginning of Google Internet: a faster, safer, duplicate Internet. Other Google news this week: Google Base is already a porn haven; Gawker wonders if Google has jumped the shark; and digg found this item on how to make $100,000 a year from AdSense.
In blog news, Del.icio.us got a makover and TechCrunch liked the brief new look before it returned to its old design. Want to search Del.icio.us, Digg and Slashdot all at once? Go here.
No one will roast the turkey that President Bush pardoned, but the bird had it easy compared with Al-Jazeera. Political bloggers like Daily Kos and others were buzzing about reports that the president considered bombing the Qatar-based news network for helping fuel the Iraq insurgency, but Tony Blair talked him out of it. Hit and Run says a Brit’s being prosecuted for leaking a memo about this conversation, while BBC News reports the White House denies everything. Wonkette just says Al-Jazeera go boom.
Finally, digg found the holiday gift that keeps getting bigger: instructions for downloading all of Wikipedia in XML format. Yes, the whole thing. Once you've got it, check out these top 10 Wikipedia hacks.
That's it for this week's highlights...Happy Thanksgiving!
Here are the most frequently used tags over the last week. Click on the tag to view stories tagged. To see what stories are being tagged--and to see popular tags--visit the Tag section on Rojo.
google
flickr
recipe
creative commons
coffee
ipod video
openlaszlo
rss
web
ajax
Here are some of the most read feeds in Rojo over the last week. To see more, visit The Rojo User Generated Feed Directory. If you're a blogger and want to boost your numbers in Rojo, remember to add a 
to your blog!
digg
TechCrunch
Wired News
Signal vs. Noise
Boing Boing
Engadget
CNET News.com
Slashdot
Lifehacker
Scripting News
To view the top 100 most read feeds in Rojo, visit The Rojo User Generated Feed Directory -- sorted by "Feed Popularity."
Show a list of recent stories from your Rojo account on your blog or web site with Rojo's scriptlets. For more on how to Tag Blog using Rojo, see this post on the Rojo Blog.
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