I have pointed out a couple Google Betas recently so today I thought I would point out a Yahoo Beta. Yahoo Instant Search is a feature that tries to guess what you are searching for as you type. Kind of cute, but not as useful as some of the recent Google Betas.
September 23rd: Today in 1780 Major André was arrested by American troops after plotting with the traitor Benedict Arnold. Andre was caught with the plans of West Point, the fort that Arnold commanded and notes on how best to take the fort. He was apparently a decent fellow and well liked even by the Americans [...]
I was disgusted when the English returned the Throne of Scone to Scotland, you can’t unmake history hundreds of years later, so I was pleased to find out that the story of its origin is wrong and it is just a rock. Take that historical apologists! Via Cronaca
Google is getting sued by some authors for offering up search of printed works at Google Print, another of their beta projects. I am amazed they are suing on this, this could be the best thing every for authors of books once they are no longer new. I did a search for some obscure people [...]
September 22nd: Today in 1776 Nathan Hale was hung by the British as a spy during the American Revolution. Hale had disguised himself as a Dutch merchant and gone into occupied New York city, on the way out he was apprehended and was then tried and convicted. Reported to have said “I only regret that [...]
You can find a ton of Disney Fan sites out there but few are as honest and well done as Disney Lies. Clearly the work of a fan, yet utterly subversive and funny.