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Thursday, July 29, 2004

Amazing (and mysterious) dictionary.
Just came across this amazing dictionary: Webster's Online Dictionary: Rosetta Edition. Each entry has an unbelievable amount of information linked into it. Try out commodity for example.

Apparently, the author is Philip M. Parker, who appears to be an academic in Singapore? I am completely mystified as to how he pulled together so much information in his spare time. Apparently, he even sends emails to people asking for permission to use their content. He must be using some kind of automatic content aggregation engine, but that still begs the question of where he found the time to create the engine and operate it. This site is DEFINITELY going onto my short list.

BTW, I came across this dictionary while exploring a hit on my blog from someone searching Google for (allotopi OR allotopia) AND (utopi OR utopia). Site Meter lets you click on the actual search that brought someone to your site. I often follow such links to see who else is writing about obscure topics.


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