In the ever popular “is the Wall Street Journal ripping off ideas from my blog?” category: just days after I illustrate having raised the techniques of slacking to high art the venerable WSJ runs a story on, you guessed it, how to slack off more effectively.

Related Note: Ironically, whether or not the WSJ is stealing my ideas, the New York Times is certainly doing so, though in a more sanctioned context, as I’ve recently been doing some advising (on topics related to tech, film, 20-somethings, etc.) for a number of section editors. One very cool upcoming article to watch for in a future Sunday Style: the long-term effects of blogging on bloggers’ lives.

Update 5/17: As promised, the Sunday Style article on personal blogs’ impact on bloggers’ lives, plus another on the New York blogs I got the Style section hooked on reading. Seems I’m single-handedly shaping the editorial agenda of the venerable Gray Lady. A scary, scary thought.