The Million Dollar Homepage

Own a piece of internet history for $1 per pixel. British student Alex Tew has built this million dollar idea, and is now auctioning off his last 1,000 pixels on eBay.

2005 Year-End Google Zeitgeist

Google has released their 2005 Year-End Zeitgeist (the term zeitgeist is a German word for the spirit of the time). It’s an interesting look at world history and cultural interests by analyzing the popularity of different search terms over the course of one year.

People’s Choice Award

Favourite Website Awards have opened the voting for their People’s Choice Award. Man, am I jealous.

Windows Live Mail Beta

Following right on the heels of Yahoo! Mail Beta, Microsoft has launched their Windows Live Mail Beta, which looks like it will be the successor to Hotmail. This is a welcome improvement over their previous Hotmail interface. However, in a typical Microsoft move, it looks like they have developed this tool exclusively for Internet Explorer, […]

Yahoo! Buys del.icio.us

del.icio.us has joined the Yahoo! family. I wonder which bookmarking tool will survive the merge, Yahoo! 360 or del.icio.us? Read about it at del.icio.us.

Google Base

In yet another beta launch, Google has created Google Base, a place where users can post any type of information and Google will host it and make searchable. This is an interesting take on publishing – somewhat of a cross between About.com, Wikipedia, and del.icio.us.

Yahoo! Shoposphere Launches

Yahoo! Shopping has launched the Yahoo! Shoposhere just in time for the holidays. Create your own “Pick Lists” and share your favorite stuff with the Yahoo! Shopping community.

Flock

In my never ending quest to use the most bleeding-edge-newest-and-coolest browser, I’ve stumbled upon Flock. And yet I’m not sure if I’m quite ready to leave Firefox behind.

I’m a Squidoo Beta Tester

I just received my acceptance into the Squidoo Beta group. Time to check out the new neighborhood.

MySpace The Phenomenon

Wired magazine has a great article titled “The Hit Factory” about the rise of MySpace. For those of you who are unfamiliar with the huge community website, it receives more hits than Google, and has become the internet version of MTV, launching thousands of indie bands without a major label. It’s an interesting look into […]