Better than google, Costume, New blog software

I found myself doing something repeatedly without even realizing it was becoming a habit. Get your mind out of the gutter, I'm talking about using a combination of google and blogs for research. When I want to learn about something I google search for "blog monkey" for example which gives a very interesting list of responses. I think one of the most interesting quotes about the Internet and its use for research comes from Matthew Austern: "Of course, the best way to get accurate information on Usenet is to post something wrong and wait for corrections" I think blog comments work the same way, same goes for the moderation system over at slashdot.

There is a new jacket in development that promises to end the suffering of animals used in the production of leather clothing. "Using a biodegradable polymer as a base, the team coated it with 3T3 mouse cells to form connective tissue and topped it up with human bone cells in the hope of creating a stronger layer of skin. The jacket is being grown inside a specially designed bioreactor that acts as a surrogate body. The group hopes that once the polymer degrades, a whole jacket that maintains its shape and integrity will be left behind."

Here's a hypothetical discussion:
Random Halloween Partygoer: "Cool jacket, what's it made of?"
Me: "Me."

I'm thinking of switching blog software. Blogger is plagued by performance and other issues that are starting to get on my nerves. I'm looking at Word Press, movable type, Radio Userland or possibly just writing my own blog software in PHP or ASP.net. Now that mono is out and .Net is legitamately cross platform I won't feel guilty going that route though PHP is better able to handle MySQL in my hairy opinion. Suggestions welcome.

Next time: Mososo, Camera phones with FLAC support.