Quickies for Oct 25, 2006

• Parental disappointment has changed over the years
• Presentation on the Business Benefits of Web Standards
• Survey on why we still buy hardcopy items in libraries. Taking submissions until October 31st.
• Joyent Core - a compelling hosting solution. I've thought about textdrive and strongspace but the bundle looks really good.
• Blog as Compost Heap - interesting idea and execution. As articles age the colors degrade until they are unreadable.
• The complete works of Charles Darwin are now online.
• Convert AIM screenname into AIM bot - allows you to remove some of the restrictions for your AIM bot though it prevents it from initiating a chat (important if your bot sends notices)
• Google now allows the creation of custom vertical search engines (think RollYo)