(1) Unless you're filtering out MR's webads - in which case, I'd like a word with you over here for a second - you've noticed the badge to the right about the Nefesh B'Nefesh JBlogger Convention. It's happening in Jerusalem on Aug 20, it's going to be filled with earnest Jewish bloggers, and I'm going to be in the audience. Which means that I expect I will be drinking heavily. Stop by and say hi.

(2) Skewz.com is a user-driven political news aggregation site that seperates out stories into liberal and conservative and then lines them up next to each other. Their stated goal is to "expose media bias, and fill the gaps made by mainstream media to deliver honest, fair and accurate news," but they're probably more valuable as a way of diluting the blogosphere's echo chamber effect. Instead of explaining disagreement by having the left think the right is stupid and having the right think the left is evil, the idea is that for really complicated problems there are good arguments on both sides or no good solutions on either side. There are rumors that I might end up on one of their podcasts talking about Israel.

UPDATE: You can also check the running list of NBN attendees that Mom in Israel has put together. It's not totally complete - I know for instance that Judith and Robert are both going to be there and they're not yet on the list yet. But it's a great start.