Amazon.com Best of 2007

Amazon.com--News Release: "Amazon.com Announces ''Best of 2007'' Lists

SEATTLE, Dec 28, 2007 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) today released its 'Best of 2007' lists, which include the bestselling, most positively reviewed, most-wished-for and favorite gift products as determined by Amazon.com customers in 2007."

crazy deposition

just for fun, here is a crazy deposition transcript, in which the deposed insists that he "follows the chicken"
Follow_the_Chicken.pdf (application/pdf Object)

Nymbler - Your Personal Baby Name Assistant

Nymbler - Your Personal Baby Name Assistant: "How do we go from name inspirations to new name ideas? Nymbler combines human expertise and artificial intelligence to sift through thousands of names and find the ones that fit your taste."

kwout | A brilliant way to quote

kwout | A brilliant way to quote: "'kwout' is a way you quote a part of a web page as an image with an image map.

To use this service, all you need is to add our bookmarklet to your favorite browser."

geography pop quiz!

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Truemors :: Search Wikia to Rival Google

Truemors :: Search Wikia to Rival Google: "The open-source search engine backed by Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales could go live as an early test version as soon as next week. Unlike Google, Search Wikia will not share search data with advertisers, nor invade privacy by storing users’ search terms."

M-W Word of the Year (WOTY) 2007

Merriam-Webster Online: "This year's winning word first became popular in competitive online gaming forums as part of what is known as l33t ('leet,' or 'elite') speak—an esoteric computer hacker language in which numbers and symbols are put together to look like letters. Although the double 'o' in the word is usually represented by double zeroes, the exclamation is also known to be an acronym for 'we owned the other team'—again stemming from the gaming community. Merriam-Webster's #1 Word of the Year for 2007 based on votes from visitors to our Web site: 1. w00t (interjection) expressing joy (it could be after a triumph, or for no reason at all); similar in use to the word 'yay' w00t! I won the contest!"

Naughty Library in Paris - Hell at the Library

Naughty Library in Paris - Hell at the Library: "La Biblioth�que Nationale in Paris is finally letting the public take a peek at its secret collection of erotic works that have been hidden for 40 years. Since the 1830’s, librarians hid books and reference materials that they deemed too dangerous for public morality. The collection of naughty books, scandalous poems and provocative pamphlets was referred to as l’Enfer or “Hell” and has been under tight lock and key. "