Misc.

Assorted thoughts:

• Google Base was released earlier this week. It’s a bit of everything, but mostly it’s supposed to be a ‘database’ (base) for everything or something. All, nice and well until the spammers come out. I honestly expected Google Base to be something like a ‘database’ front-end for stuff you wanted to save alongside your Gmail e-mails. Sort of like, users define their own fields and that, like an Access online. Something to store quick notes in. Thinking of it, heck, where is that calendar for Gmail? (yes, even Google search says it’s coming).
• Hey. SourceForge has changed their looks. It reminds of uh-like-uh, C-Net!
• It’s secret memo month! Huzzah! What’s that you say?
• Cenotaph vs. Epitaph.
• Related to above (as in this week’s word finds): The Big House is really big, I suppose.

• Today, I learned that I can make printed copies of everything on the Internet. Or rather in it, if you think of the Internet as a book. How many people read books? Apparently, the Dutch can’t live without the Internet (in Dutch):

  Over 51 percent of the people questioned, absolutely agreed on the statement that ‘the Internet is a crucial part of their life’. The rest of the people questioned is divided over ‘sort of agree’ (22 percent) and ‘not at all’ (10 percent).

  Somewhat related to this: we need more power outages to learn to appreciate idle conversation. There’s truth in that.