Children taking interest in Web ads. Most of the click-through traffic for online ads may come from children, mainly because they can't tell an ad from other Web site elements, according to a recent study. [CNET News.com]

I love this quote:

While the study says adults develop a facility for ignoring ads called "banner blindness," colorful animations and mouse rollovers used in Web ads draw children's' attention.

Yes, adults develop "banner blindness."

11:38:50 PM   

What does the filler text "lorem ipsum" mean?

Lorem ipsum was part of a passage from Cicero, specifically De finibus bonorum et malorum, a treatise on the theory of ethics written in 45 BC. The original reads, Neque porro quisquam est qui dolorem ipsum quia dolor sit amet, consectetur, adipisci velit . . . ("There is no one who loves pain itself, who seeks after it and wants to have it, simply because it is pain . . .").

Apparently, this filler text has been used possibly as far back as the 1500s.

8:42:20 AM