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I completely agree with Joshs request for mobile formatting of Bloglines mobile links. I do most of my blog reading on the train via Bloglines mobile on my Treo, probably around 70-80% of it. At this point Bloglines is by far the best (only?) option when it comes to seemlessly integrating the mobile space with the full blown PC interface. Unfortunetly I often find myself in the same boat, wondering if the link is going to be good enough to click and suffer through the pain of reading a page intended for the big screen, on the wee one. A feature like Josh suggests would be a huge improvement to the experience. I’ve toyed with the idea of piping all my traffic through a proxy running on my home server to do conversion for me - but let’s face it, I don’t have the time to set it up. Besides with all the services out there that do this already, I shouldn’t have to roll my own.

So yes, I think this would be a FANTASTIC idea.

[via Bloglines, not moblie this time ]

I’ve been a MMO game addict in the past (Tylor has put a damper on that, but the seeds of the addiciton are still there), and I’ve always found the economic analysis of these virtual worlds interesting. These virtual worlds are real economies, and ever since the firest person sold a character of item on ebay they interact with the resl of the world, and it’s only getting more official. The latest development is particularily interesting, since it breaks the real/virtual barrier in such a clear way. SLBoutique, which I gather has sold virtual items for Second Life (haven’t played it) up until this point, has put up for sale it’s first real world item.

Baring any legal restriction (and I’m sure that would only dampen the market), I’m sure we’ll be seeing more of this type of thing.

[via MAKE]