Google has made a statement on their blog about pranksters producing results that seem politically slanted - what they don't mention is that, perhaps, the current search result matches actual American opinion, i.e. that many in America actually DO think GWB is a miserable failure. I certainly do.

I knew lists like this were around, but this one even has a search!

• NetLingo
• List of Acronyms & Text Messaging Shorthand [netlingo.com]

The concept of Polite Cell Phones
[npr.org] is just brilliant. A nice combination of technology and psychology/sociology. just. plain. cool.

Firefox Continues to Bite into IE Usage [slashdot.org]

InformationSage writes "According to Information Week, Firefox usage is now over 6 percent, pulling Internet Explorer usage down below 90 percent. 'Firefox is currently the only browser that is increasing market share on a monthly basis, and it is growing at the direct expense of Microsoft's Internet Explorer.'"

Yes, yes, the proceedings are proceeding.

Here is an amusing summary for those that don't have the time or inclination to read gobs of excess verbiage.