This is something new I'm going to start doing - a weekly wrap-up of web content that I've come across during the week.

To be frank, these are news/content items that I tagged using Google Reader as possible blog material. None of these made it to full stories but I still wanted to share. Some bloggers do this type of thing every day (Towleroad.com) or just post snippets throughout the day (Lifehacker.com), but I'm going to stick to a post like this every Friday/Saturday and try to keep the number of items to a minimum. Mostly these items will consist of content that I found notable or interesting but were set aside for the other daily posts. Hope you enjoy! Leave your feedback in the comments...

Santa Clarita Fire Photo Essay, Google Map of San Diego County Fires
I would be remiss not to mention the biggest news item of the week. My thoughts are with those affected by this awful disaster...

Sopranos Season Finale
David Chase speaks out about the acclaimed HBO series finale.

The Annoying Productive Guy at Work
A great blog post from Merlin Mann's 43Folders.com regarding productivity for the un-productive. A good read and great writing by Derrick Bostrom.

Microsoft and F#
An ars tecnica article about Microsoft's push of functional programming into the mainstream via F#. Good read if programming is your thing.

Iran and nuclear weapons
So why is the current administration pushing for a war in Iran? Haven't we had enough?

Backs of Envelopes
Yet another great blog posting from Merlin Mann's 43Folders.com. This one is also about productivity but emphasizes the importance of pen and paper over all of our tecnology-centered favorite productivity tools. Also great writing by wood.tang.

Tasing incident cleared
A follow-up to my previous post regarding the tasing incident at the University of Florida. I'm disappointed but not surprised.

I Am Legend - Teaser, I Am Legend - Trailer
Awesome movie that will be opening 12/14/2007. You've got to check out the trailers... I can't wait!