more than just words and hyperlinks

Sometimes a post, succint or not, leads in so many interesting directions that it deserves a category on its own for thought-provoking ability alone--the post, the info to which it links, sets off a storm of ideas in my head that takes a while to get under control. Today's examples are Dare's Why I love XML-DEV and Scott's the spirit of startups past. Most excellent.

a9

Amazon's A9 search engine has been adding some intriguing new features. "I like, I like!" :)

I've been actually musing (in my head) about personalization and search during the last few weeks. This adds some more datapoints. When the ideas are organized to a minimal degree, I'll write something up.

craigslist

[via Karlin]: craigslist arrives in Dublin. Cool!

the system of the world saga

A few days ago Salon's Andrew Leonard reviewed Neal Stephenson's System of the World saga, of which I've only read the 'prequel' Cryptonomicon. Will have to make some time to read the rest, now that all the books are out.