links for 2007-10-24

• Why bloggers aren’t journalists.
  The point of “off the record” is to steer a journalist the right way so they can dig in deeper and get the real story from a real source, on the record. TechCrunch, though, just reports stuff “off the record” directly.
  (tags: blogging journalism)
• Southern CA wildfires: good Lord they are huge.
  Boing Boing has maps, pics, comments, links to donate for help. This is now the biggest evac since Katrina. Bad news for SoCal. God’s speed to all those out there.
  (tags: california fire photos maps charity)
• D.C., Maryland and Virginia Blog Directory
  WaPo has a local blog directory. I will have to do some browsing.
  (tags: blogging DC local maryland)
• Minotaur Vs. Centaur
  Who would win in a fight a Minotaur with a trident or a Centaur with a crossbow? Celebrities weigh in on this important issue.
  (tags: weird fun)
• Helltown USA
  “Since the summer of 1962, a fire, fueled by rich anthracite coal deposits, has been burning beneath the mining town of Centralia, Pennsylvania.” I read somewhere else that some people still live in the town.
  (tags: environment fire travel weird underground pennsylvania photo)