love lemons in a notorious steak.

Like the title? From a random band name generator. I'm thinking of getting the cgi script for an rbg and modding it so instead of generating names like 'Buttrock Supremacy Asparagus' or 'The Wilting Lambourghinis' it creates titles for your blog posts. That would be fun. Or something.

In the news today is an interesting little tidbit about Google. Now I'm a big fan of Google. It has a funky little page ranking system that ranks a page by the number of pages that link back to it. This generally means that you have a pretty good chance of getting what you want within 30 seconds of hitting the search button. Recently, however, I've been finding dead links, gateway pages (where the URL and description are misleading and the page is really a portal for some generic search engine that couldn't find a flea on a flea infested dog) and more importantly 404 errors. The article quotes a bunch of other people who dislike the new 'features' of the Pagerank engine.

This is a serious problem and throws a whole bunch of Google related activities into the dark. Take Googling, for example.

Googling is a game for two or more players. The competing players try to obtain search results with only one link returned. For example : the search "bandicoot breeding" returned these results, while searching for "Interbreeding Goats" returned this winning result. You can increase or decrease the difficulty and customise your own version of Googling by creating rules such as the "no special commands" handicap or the "single word" restriction for searches. It's a fun game to play because it kills time and requires no special hardware or software and forces you to wrack your brain for the most difficult and weird combination of words you can.

Another fun Google past-time is the GoogleFight.

Basically it's an easy little engine that lets you pit two things against each other to see who has the most Google links. They suggest internet browsers, manufacturers of operating systems and spiritual deities. My demonstration involved two of the biggest tele-evangelists in the world Kenneth Copeland and Benny Hinn. Interesting. And fun for the whole family.

Oh and my cat is in the animal hospital with a tick in his head. Hopefully he'll live.