I guess I got a little caught up with the new Vancouver Canucks jersey yesterday that I didn’t have the time to take another whirlwind tour of the blogosphere to help cure the mid-week blahs. Don’t worry, I’ll spread some link love around today in lieu. And that’s in addition to the free linkbacks I’m giving out already.

Bob Buskirk has been logging his hours in an effort to stay on track and stay motivated. After one week’s worth of this experiment, Bob has discovered that he has a 20 hour work week. His longest day — Tuesday — was four hours and fifteen minutes. Ah, that’s much better than a 9-to-5, ain’t it?

Contest Blogger has seen a huge rise in the popularity of blog contests since he started up his little spot on the interwebs, but Phil is warning us that blog raffles are totally illegal. You can have blog contests, but you cannot sell raffle tickets. It’s the same as running an illegal lottery (i.e., gambling).

google phone concept

Matt Freedman is about as excited over the Google Phone as everyone else, especially considering that an HTC insider has now confirmed that the company is indeed working on a piece of hardware for Google. Matt offers his Google Phone predictions, expecting such things as a touchscreen, a virtual keyboard, a full HTML/Javascript browser, WiFi, and automatic syncing of contacts with Gmail.

Cash Quests (are you really Kumiko Suzuki?) sent me an email the other day. It reads:

If you wish, you can offer a 10% discount on CashQuests.com reviews to Beyond The Rhetoric readers. They just have to mention your site when they request the review.

Sweet, 10% off. She does some pretty great reviews and with nearly 700 RSS subscribers, Cash Quests offers some good exposure too.

Four (or Five!) Reasons Why tells us why urban densification is good. I’ve lived in Vancouver my entire life and this city has really changed in the last 20+ years. There’s more people, more diversity, and more culture! Any small town people want to argue the opposite, citing why urban densification could be bad?

Michelle from Bloggrrl.com wants to offer some tips for success. She wants us to head out there with our creative juices flowing and business savvy in full swing, but she doesn’t want us to emulate Donald Trump or Bill Gates. Instead, Michelle encourages you to think like a gangster. Show respect, represent yourself, and well, you’ve got to read her post to get all 10 tips.

So that’s what’s up… yo.