Gmail Swap. I finally got around to looking at the site and man, some people are desperate to get an account. Either that, or they're excellent scammers. But somehow, it just seems wrong to get something for just another e-mail account. My philosophy is just to give the invites away to anyone who wants them.
52 Books in 52 Weeks. Very similar to the 50 Book Challenge where you have to read 50 books in one year (I am not registered for this one, I just know about it). I've been keeping track of what I've been reading since August of 2002. As for 2004, so far I've completed 31 books--and they were by no means kiddie books. The shortest was probably around 250 pages. Longest, well over 1000.
Blog Survey. Yet another graduate student doing his thesis on weblogs. But at least at the end of this one, you get to see the results (so far).
Thousands of Blogs Fall Silent. I've been reading people's reactions to this all week. If this doesn't convince people to backup their work even before they post, nothing will.