That blog hiring thing weirded me out too. Why would you trust any information obtained about a person through their OWN blog; it requires you to make a leap of faith that what they write is actually an honest representation of their life and other such things. I mean, you might be able to figure out I'm 'smart' or 'competent' but you'll sure in hell not be able to tell I beat my girlfriend every night, steal office supplies at every opportunity and attempt to sniff my women coworker's crotches in meetings (unless said blogger is a total idiot or honest to the point of self-destruction). The entire thought that the existence of a web log is some requirement for hiring is as close to offensive to me as anything gets; 'is this truly the only earth I can live on?'. Just..ugh.