• Ha. Matthew Inman illustrates how web design can, so often, go horribly, miserably wrong.
• You, my friend, have until only this Tuesday to get your brilliant submission in to the New York City BigApps contest.
• An argument in favor of an "equal press shield" with protections for online scribes.
• The U.K.'s climate minister holds a phone-in, supposedly having been inspired by the Obama campaign.
• While Putin goes on television to take questions from Russians sent in via phone, email, or even text.
• Air America's win-a-cruise contest is down to just five progressive bloggers.
• Organizing for America is looking for a college intern tasked with "connecting students all over the country with our organization on the ground."
• The British Labour party is on the hunt for an "Online Communities Organiser."
• The Department of Labor is on the hunt for the best online job resources.
• And Dubai's leader's tweets during a museum trip abroad ("Inspired by Islamic artifacts") while his country falters leave some thinking his eye isn't on the ball.

(With Micah Sifry)