…on the second anniversary of her “ICiNG” fashion and life blog!

If you have not checked this young and fashionable New Zealand ball o’ pink fire yet, do it! One of the many fascinating people around the internet that I follow online.

http://www.galadarling.com

Many a reader on this site may also know Heather Armstrong, a.k.a. Dooce, who was fired from her job for blogging, and then later La Petite Anglaise, who befell the same end over a year or so ago.

As of Friday the 15th of February, add Ches Pazienza to the list. Ches was a Senior Producer at CNN, until on Friday he, too, got dooced for writing a personal blog apparently without the “permission” of CNN.

The blogging community is gathering around the husband and young children of Ashley Spencer, who was tragically killed on January 8th when her Hyundai Elantra was struck on the driver’s side by a Peterbilt truck. You can join in contributing to the fund to help support her husband and two little children that are left behind by using the ChipIn widget below.

The Washington Post has published an article in its online edition about fellow blogger Susan Reynolds‘ ongoing battle against breast cancer and the movement she began with a simple bag of frozen peas.

You can follow her progress on her blog, named (applicably enough) "Boobs on Ice."

The article about Susan is here on the web.

Updated 10 Jan 2008, correcting the spelling of Andrew Olmsted; thanks Gary. —SB

Andrew Olmsted, a writer for the Obsidian Wings blog—and an American soldier—was killed on Thursday while performing his duty in Iraq.

Obsidian Wings has published today a final note from Andrew, that he had requested to be posted in the event of his death. It shows much of his humor and wit in life, and also, I think, gives us some things to think about, whatever your political views are.

Just a quick note that Jeff Pulver has posted his take on the social media breakfast we had in Miami last week.

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