Monthly Archives: December 2007

http://www.parislemon.com/2007/12/google-working-on-their-own-accountable.html

“This is huge news. Google tonight decided to disclose on their blog a new project of their’s known as ‘Knol’ that is the early stages of testing. According to them, ‘knol’ stands for “unit of knowledge” and though their description is wordy, it appears very obvious what they are trying to create: a “Pro” or perhaps more accurate, an “Accountable” version of Wikipedia that will be monetized and be featured in Google Search results.”

mental_floss Blog & 7 of History’s Most Terrifying Sports Riots

http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/10416

Spectator sports have a singular capacity to bring together disparate groups of people towards the common goal of cheering for a favorite team. However, this noble aim is occasionally forgotten by forty-thousand people collectively thinking, “Hey, I bet I could pick up this stadium chair and throw it at that guy! That’ll teach him to support my team’s rival.”

Reminds me of the cold saturday afternoon when Fulham beat QPR, we were on they way up to the Premiership and they were on the way down. Happy days.

Penthouse Buys Group of Social-Networking Sites – New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/12/technology/12penthouse.html?ex=1355202000&en=f7273cf4b170a10f&ei=5124&partner=digg&exprod=digg

While the influx of free and low-cost video has hurt the sale of pornographic videos, the chief executive of the Penthouse Media Group remains so bullish on the sex-related entertainment industry that he is investing $500 million in a group of social networking sites.