Damn, is the CueCat (I refuse to use that stupid colon punctuation thing that they use!) getting slammed. First, Joel explains what an idiotic idea it is. Then Scott Rosenberg takes aim. And last, they get caught in a big privacy breach. Strike three…

Your one-stop shopping resource for all of the latest poll results about the upcoming Presidential election. Now, if the site only had links to the various polls themselves…

Nicholas Thompson has a very intriguing look at the ways that US News & World Report has manipulated the system by which they rank schools in their yearly Best Of list. (Of course, it’s not like we all didn’t know that the fix was in.)

Two highly uncharacteristic errors led to the U.S. women’s softball first loss in 113 games last night. Thankfully, it doesn’t diminish their chances of winning the gold, since the Olympics are set up as a prelims/finals tournament.

Ick.

Can anyone explain how Women.com’s new superheroine, Lacey Brazeer, can possibly be seen as a good thing? Seems completely offensive to me; maybe it’s truly something a guy can’t get.