del.icio.us links for April 14, 2007

del.icio.us links for April 14, 2007

1. Pearls Before Breakfast – washingtonpost.com

   Something to read on the beach – “Let’s accept that we can’t look at what happened on January 12 and make any judgment whatever about people’s sophistication or their ability to appreciate beauty. But what about their ability to appreciate life?”

2. MyChores

   Welcome – Easily track household chores and recurring tasks with workload lists, calendars and email notifications.

   Whether you choose to follow a recommended schedule or set up your own, MyChores keeps it all under control – you just tick off tasks as you go.

3. Report: USA faces huge changes as climate warms

   “Canada and the United States are, despite being strong economies with the financial power to cope, facing many of the same impacts that are projected for the rest of the world,”

4. Aerosoles: CORDIAL

   Great name for a company, even if they do only sell footwear, nice boots though

5. Google to pay $3.1 bln for DoubleClick: Scientific American

   The deal propels Google deeper into the Web display ad market, which includes richer graphic and online banner ads for corporate brands, and represents half of online marketing. Until now, this business has been dominated by rival Yahoo.

6. Titanic’s passenger list goes online

   The names, ages and professions of passengers listed on the Titanic’s fateful journey have gone online for the first time, 95 years after the luxury ocean liner sank on its maiden voyage. The original handwritten passenger list are available

2 more articles after the jump

1. Having Trouble Squeezing into Your Jeans? Blame it on Your Genes

   “Approximately one sixth of the population will have two copies of the variant and that will result in them being three kilograms [6.6 pounds] heavier than the one third of the population who do not have any copies of the variant,”

2. HousingMaps

   Use this Google map to help you find somewhere to rent or buy if you need a new roof over your head