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NPR's Alex Chadwick talks with Day to Day technology contributor Xeni Jardin about new ways people are using blogs in response to the tsunami disaster.

Blogs can rocket ordinary people into sudden notoriety and fame as some book and talent agents trawl blogland to find the next big thing. Dawn Meehan, a stay-at-home mom, started blogging about the everyday rigors of family life and got thousands of readers and a book deal.

Parisienne Clotilde Dusoulier is developing quite a following with her food blog, Chocolate & Zucchini. She's also a frequent contributor to NPR.org's Kitchen Window series. She offers Scott Simon a recipe for nectarines in maple syrup.

A man's father slipped on peacock droppings. The peacock was in a tree so he cut the tree down. The Guardian reports that the man faces a fine of up to $10,000 for taking it down without a permit.

Wild peacocks are attacking cars in Surrey, British Columbia. Experts say they see their reflections and think they are other peacocks.