Kevin: More on the AP’s ‘new aggressiveness toward bloggers’ over the Drudge Retort. “(T)he train left the station years ago.” Read the comments for more analogies. ‘Unfan the shit?’

Kevin: Fred Wilson makes a compelling argument for a post-widget web. Javascript slows page load and they are distracting. He says we need a model where the content is “all in the same flow”.

Kevin: More about the AP/bloggers flap. “Posting a link to copyright material and enough of an excerpt to encourage a click-through is a Good Thing. It drives traffic, raises visibility and weaves the source material into an ongoing conversation. Getting