links 02/20/06

How the Supreme Court decides what cases to hear. (after our SEO class today - I have to also make note of the url. Which is why it was first in the results. What a pain.) Not losing anytime today.

Really interesting article by Bradley Horowitz of Yahoo on Creators, Synthesizers, and Consumers and metrics of success for community apps.

I wonder if anyone will follow up with the number of nude curling calendars sold in the last week. Word spread in such a fast pace among people I know. This curling bug hits us all every four years yet it never leads to any real desire to actually curl. But think of the equipment you need, 40 pound stone, teflon soled shoes, brooms. It's an equipment freaks dream.

Noticed that several people I was talking to were all wearing t-shirts under their shirts and for a moment imagined that they were all wearing t-shirt dickies. I remember having a yellow turtleneck dickie in 5th grade. The t-shirt dickie could give you the look without the bulk of course you would walk around all day very self-conscious that you were wearing a dickie.