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The Simpsons movie is coming out tomorrow - are you ready? Wicked Cool is a little late with this breaking news, but you can create a Groeningesque self-portrait on the Simpsons movie website.
Thanks to Trish for the suggestion!
Commoncraft has made this clever 4-minute video to explain what wikis do and why people find them so darn useful.
Whether you're learning about wikis yourself, or trying to convince others to use one, this little video is a great tool.
Sputtr.com is a new-ish "search homepage" where you can enter keywords and click on the icon of whatever source it is you want to search - be it Google, Amazon, eBay, IMDB, or a host of others. You can also customize the page by including the sites you search most.
On the one hand, it has a slick interface. On the other, its audience might only consist of those power-searchers for whom search toolbars like Firefox's are just not fast enough.
As Merrilee at the OCLC hangingtogether blog notes, library-related searches like WorldCat and LibraryThing aren't even options (yet).
