Ask Google the answer to life, the universe and everything, and H2G2 fans will jump for joy…
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Slightly geeky, but still very interesting: How Google Grows…and Grows…and Grows

Following my BBQ post earlier, I was told to my sheer horror that the “daddy long legs” is the most poisonous spider in the world. Having swallowed a whole one that night, this was plainly not good news. Investigation was needed before any revenge was taken on Jac, so I quizzed several friends on the matter. Their only response was to vigorously confirm the blasted news before laughing and pointing at my horror-filled face, so in a final desparate attempt I dug out Google and searched. And blessing upon blessing, I found this page at Snopes. Thank jimeny for that.

An announcement to the techie-minded readers here: MovableType, the blogging software of choice (well, for a lot of us), have launched a new user-friendly service on their own servers, called TypePad (here’s the press release). Is this a first direct hit at Blogger, a service they have denied gunning for, in light of Google’s move? Will it work? My vote: Hell yes. MovableType have not put a foot wrong yet, and now they’ve got fellow webite blogger Anil Dash on board, the lucky tyke…

Amsuingly, if you search Google for “beckham letter popbitch“, wibbler.com comes out top dog. That’ll explain my recent shedload of visitors then…

Go to Google, type “go to hell” WITH the quotes, and what’s the top result?

A look back in web history for those vague geeks among us – 20 Year Archive of newsgroups – show the first mention ever of Madonna, Microsoft and AIDS, among others.