Steve Blacker -- Click on the photo - read Steve Blacker's archives. 1. Do national magazine awards mean anything? WIRED magazine has won nine national magazine awards. WIRED ad revenues and pages are off almost 50% this year. 2. Full Article at Jack Myers

Wired's parent company Conde Nast made an Apple Tablet app for Wired magazine. It's not the most exciting video presentation ever but it does indicate that companies are taking Apple's rumored iTablet seriously. Full Article at Shopping Blog

CANTON, Texas, Nov. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Stepping off of a platform almost a hundred feet in the air is an exhilarating high that just can't be duplicated with a drug. Full Article at Street Insider

Are you ready to buy nothing? Good! Because then the WIRED magazine Pop-Up Shop at 415 West 13th Street is ready to sell it to you. Celebrating their fifth annual temporary store for the holidays. Full Article at Racked

Writer Evan Ratliff pondered the same question while writing an article for Wired magazine about people who for various reasons had tried to start over with completely new lives. Full Article at Neatorama

The most recent issue (17.11) contains, among other things, an article on the masters of the scatological, Eric Wareheim and Tim Heidecker of the Tim and Eric Awesome Show Great Job! Full Article at Boise Weekly

A hacker has ignited an online debate on climate change. Full Article at Earthwire.org

It's a wild land of imagination over at Wired and Condé Nast these days. Full Article at Engadget

Last night we attended the grand opening of the , which is open November 21st through December 27th both in the form of an online store as well as a physical location in Meatpacking District of Manhattan. Welcome to the Fifth Annual Wired Store. Full Article at Laughing Squid

From what I can tell, Mischa Barton may have attended the popup WIRED Store debut Friday night in New York City – and is one of the celebrities participating in the One WIRED Wish program. Full Article at Glam.com

Enlarge Courtesy of Evan Ratliff Evan Ratliff used a number of disguises to help stay hidden, including dying his hair, growing facial hair and wearing glasses. Full Article at NPR

On the lam, Evan Ratliff dyed his hair, then shaved his head, to keep his searchers confused. Evan Ratliff eschewed his identity and picked up a new one, challenging Wired readers to find him in 30 days in a contest sponsored by the magazine. Full Article at Southern California Public Radio

Three men are accused in federal court of hacking the Comcast Web site. Full Article at WSB-TV Atlanta

“The internet can be also used to fuel war and terrorism, as Taliban proselytism clearly shows,” she told Wired Italy. Full Article at Wired

NEW YORK -- (BUSINESS WIRE) -- WIRED magazine today announced that American Express (www.americanexpress.com) and Chevy (chevy.com/camaro) are presenting sponsors of the WIRED Store, the magazine’s fifth annual marquee gallery-meets-retail experience. Full Article at Freshnews.com

Computers that run on Google OS may boot up in only 7 seconds, like a TV. Full Article at WFTV

Coming a day late (The Wall Street Journal broke the story yesterday which quickly sped through media outlets) Condé Nast announced this afternoon its plan to move its titles into the 21st century with its Digital Magazine Initiative. Full Article at mediabistro.com

"Here’s yet another content creator convinced that Apple has a tablet device in the works: Condé Nast says it will have a digital version of Wired magazine ready for the rumored gadget by the middle of next year and will eventually create similar... Full Article at MacDailyNews

Perhaps it is appropriate that the author of this article from AllThingsD is named Peter Kafka, because the process it describes certainly seems like something Franz Kafka might have mentioned in one of his books. Full Article at TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home