9rules is moving forward with another round of submissions with their Round V of submissions on October 25th:

Until then, look for more 9rules Tools and improved 9rules Notes functionality along with one or two more new sections on 9rules. Also, join in on the Guess the Round 5 Number Game to win some kind of prize (no idea what it will be yet) in our Notes section and earn major bragging rights for King/Queen guesser of 9rules. And just as we did for Round 4, we will be publishing a series of entries on what we look for and what we stay away from when looking at a site.

We have more over at The Blog Herald

MangoFalls has also joined 9rules:

MangoFalls is a retro photo blog that serves up 3 new images every day. Thousands of vintage slides were gathered from the 50’s through the 70’s. It’s cool looking at how things used to be.

Friendly Bit has joined 9rules:

Friendly Bit strives to be one of the best blogs for easily digested info about client side web development. The articles are easy to follow, and I’m sure you’ll find something you should bookmark because you learned something or you laughed.

HeatEatReview has joined 9rules:

HeatEatReview.com is a community-powered food review site dedicated to the pragmatic side of cooking, reviewing frozen meals for the masses. The reviews are honest, amusing, and the simple sorting systems makes shopping trips easier and lunch times tastier.

9rules has added Web 2.0 Show:

Web 2.0 Show is a podcast about new web technology, design, and web development. They talk with people who are working in the industry and are shaping the idea of “Web 2.0″. The shows are usually posted weekly with detailed show notes.

Lelia Thomas has joined 9rules:

LeliaThomas.Com is the personal portfolio and web journal of Lelia Katherine Thomas. The art portfolio includes digital paintings and photomanipulations, photography, traditional artwork and screen captures of web design work.

Creative Weblogging launches Hack It Linux:

Hack It Linux is our newest English-language blog (yes, we still blog in English here at Creative Weblogging, not just German and Chinese!).

Hack It Linux offers tips and “hacks” for those who use Linux or are interested in possibly replacing Windows with Linux. The blog provides all those little bits of information about Linux that can make you more productive. It’s a technology blog, but then we have quite a few technology blogs here at Creative Weblogging, so it fits right in with our model.

9rules has launched an integrated search function that integrates content from member’s blogs, flickr, youtube, and other sites:

Since November 2005 we’ve been storing our member’s content in our database because we knew at some point we’d have a pretty good amount of data to work with through search and other means. The first year or so of 9rules existence was about grouping great content together, and if I had to categorize the next year I’d say our goal is to now distribute this content in interesting and meaningful ways and 9rules Search is the start of this next big push. We have over 31,000 articles to work with (growing hourly), along with thousands of Notes entries, and we’re focused on bringing that content to users in ways that make the most sense to them. If I had to define Web 2.0 using the most simplest terms, I’d say that it’s just about giving people interactive and personalized access to the content they value.

A damn fine piece of work..

Creative Weblogging launches Two Minute Commute, a new blog about home businesses:

Do you dream of being your own boss? And more importantly, do you want to avoid long daily commutes, that sap your energy and your joy for life?

Creative Weblogging’s newest blog can help.

Launched officially this week, the 2 Minute Commute blog is a new take on home-based business.

The 2 Minute Commute focuses on original content including tips for running your home business more efficiently.

One of the blogs I read daily, rev2.org, has joined 9rules:

rev2.org is a site about the next revolution of the web. Created in early 2005, rev2.org covers everyday topics around Web 2.0 providing readers with factual news, reviews, essays, interviews and much more.