The Daily Blog Watch

Editor's note: We're pleased to present a new feature, James Altucher's Daily Blog Watch. Every morning, Altucher will present the most timely, topical posts from the Web's best business blogs. As always, let us know what you think.

10Q Detective points out that the overhype on Google Checkout may have irrationally hurt eBay's (EBAY Quote) stock price.

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Cheap Stocks takes a look at vacation property stock, St. Joe (JOE Quote).

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This search engine really strikes me as very 1999. And yet, Publishers Clearinghouse just bought it in a cash deal. Come to think of it, I'm going to start using it.

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DealBreaker on Deepak Chopra on Warren Buffett.

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Groovy Stocks points out an interesting Internet-technology company with a P/E of 9.5.

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MySpace is now the No. 1 trafficked site, beating out Yahoo!, Google, eBay, etc. 1999 is just such old news.

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Speaking of which, GigaOM weighs in on how "socially integrated media" will eventually dominate traditional media and that guys from the traditional world, like Rupert Murdoch, might, in fact, get it.

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And further speaking of which, rev2org just posted the "top 33 places to hang out in the social networking era."

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I wonder if I can buy stock in this bank.

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This is a very long but a fascinating summary of how Google (GOOG Quote) works.

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Wow, I couldn't even answer one question. I really need to get my head away from the computer occasionally.

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I've been doing a lot of public speaking lately, and the process of getting a group of people to pay attention to you and occasionally laugh has become very interesting to me. Guy Kawasaki is dead-on in his How to Get a Standing Ovation.

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Finally, some common sense on the national debt. As opposed to this panic monger.

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Stephen Dubner at the Freakonomics blog looks at an academic paper that uses statistics to conclude that the Soviets probably colluded in chess tournaments in the '50s and '60s. Basically, they would draw against each other so they had more strength (and points) when playing Bobby Fischer. Meanwhile, the Dubner vs. Altucher backgammon Death Match now stands at 1-1, although he's been in training for the tiebreaker today at 2 p.m. EDT at the Broadway Diner.

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I'm working on a list of stocks that one can buy now in anticipation of this event.