So hey, the 2002 Bloggies finalists should be announced today, followed by one week of frantic voting.

Maybe if I'm lucky I'll get a mention for 'best programmed site' but even if, it's unlikely I'll get enough votes to win, my traffic not touching that of the kind of sites that were finalists last year.

Still, may the best blog win! You should check it out, and see what gems other people love.

A couple of asides: First, doesn't it seem silly that there's an award for 'best-kept-secret weblog' that's judged in a popular vote? By definition the most deserving sites would lose. Second, be wary of the competition's definition of a weblog. One of my favorites was inadmissable, because it doesn't have enough outbound links. Note to self: linkpimp:blog as stream-of-consciousness:journal. 'Weblog' looks to be a contested concept, to be sure.