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It’s possible to have better than 20/20 vision: SuperVision. Apparantly, even 20/2.5 is possible.

The Nervous Dog competes with Onion to be the funniest satire on the Web.

You can make a tip on the Web using Amazon’s honour system.

The Library of Congress has a collection of eBook sources.

India Economic Survey. The general review is worth a read.

The US Bureau of Labor Statistics has published a list of the fastest growing occupations from 1998-2008. The Indian Labour Bureau publishes some useful statistics too.

Clayton’s parents are divorced, and his mother has custody. But he wants to see his father, so he went on a hunger strike. His site raises the important question: how much can kids decide which divorced parent to be with?

Room102 is a search engine that previews websites.

Top 50 e-books in 2000. Actually, lots of eBooks have come out recently. eBookNet is a portal for eBooks. The ebook webring and eBooks Plus webring are other places to look for eBooks.

BCG has been kind enough to employ me.

The home page competition results are out. Congrats to Section C, and to Section A, who were close behind.

A (almost) live update on IIM-B’s placements.

Genome browser.

Some interesting electronic toys have come up at ToyFair.

Celera has released the human genome.

Google bought Deja. I don’t know which is better news – that they have money to buy companies, or that I can now search the Usenet.

Napster must pay.

Take two plates. Bring them very close in a vacuum. They will attract. The Casimir Effect (free subscription required).

Today, we will know if Napster will survive or die. We will also know what our genes are made of. Speaking of genes, biotech reports are the hottest selling at MultexInvestor.

Eric has updated The Cathedral & the Bazaar