Last night I was awarded the Tech Innovator award as part of the 6th Annual Wired Rave Awards. This is a tremendous honor and I want to thank everyone from Wired, especially Chris Anderson for his kind words. The awards ceremony consisted of a dinner for the winners at the Plumpjack Cafe in San Francisco, and then a party at The Fillmore. Both events were top notch. I met several of the other nominees and winners, and everyone was very nice, even the famous people.

Bloglines is looking for help as we continue to innovate and lead the news aggregation space. We’re looking for a Senior Product Manager, several Software Engineers and several Senior Software Engineers. All jobs will be based out of the Los Gatos, Ca office of Ask Jeeves. To apply, you must fill out the on-line application. Other jobs with Ask Jeeves are available here. The environment is fast paced; we’re looking for self-starters who thrive in an environment where they have a lot of freedom along with a lot of responsibility.

This past week has been hectic. I’m gratified by the overwhelmingly positive response to Bloglines’ acquisition by Ask Jeeves. As I’ve said, we’ve got great plans ahead, and once the dust settles a bit, we’ll be able to start rolling out new features again. We will start hiring in the next couple of weeks. As a first step, we’ll be hiring a couple of engineers and a product manager to augment our existing team.

Yes, the rumors are true and we’re all really excited. Now that that is out of the way, I’ll try to answer some questions. I won’t be going anywhere. I’m fully committed to Bloglines, and we’ve got great things in store. The Bloglines web site will keep on going, business as usual. One of the things we liked about Ask Jeeves is their multi-brand strategy, and we’ll be operating as one of their independent brands.

I recently purchased a Canon Powershot G6 digital camera. I’m really happy with it and it takes great pictures. So now, without further ado, pictures of my cats! First up is Babe, who was named after Babe Ruth, because she was found at Crusher Stadium: Another picture of Babe: And here’s Einstein. The name is ironic; he’s not the brightest bulb in the bunch, but he’s a good guy: Next, if you ask really nicely, I’ll post pictures of some of my favorite socks.