Just for future reference, Cite them Right is a souce for the proper way to organise bibliographic references.

Ever noticed how people just automatically link to an Amazon entry when they are discussing a book online? Why has Amazon become the de facto standard authority on books? Chris just hates this and I’ve got to say that I’m not to fond of the practice, either. I’d like to start a movement, unless you are pointing to a place to buy a particular book, why not link to a review of the book that you sort of agree with or the author’s website if one exists. Maybe even link to the publisher if it is a current book.

Now, don’t get me wrong, I like Amazon as well as any other bookseller on the web. I’ve personally had good service with them and their prices, while not always the lowest, are certainly resonable. My problem is that they are a retail establishment that are geared toward selling the product that most people are referencing and are not going to offer anything other than marketing hype on the book. There are other sources that should be linked to as a reference for a book. By now everyone ought to know that a book can be purchased at Amazon or Barnes & Nobles or Books-a-Million online so why not point to a true reference for the book rather than a bookseller?

Dolly the Sheep is dead. She was the first cloned mammal. Created in 1996 by Scotland’s Roslin Institute when they fused the nucleus of a cell taken from one sheep’s mammary tissue with the egg cell from another sheep, Dolly provoked controversy with people saying that cloned humans couldn’t be far off.

Dolly gave birth to a daughter, Bonnie, in 1998. Dolly died from a lethal injection given to her by veterinarians after it was discovered that she had signs of a progressive lung disease.

“Dolly is dead. I can confirm that,” a spokeswoman at the institute told Reuters.

We will all miss her.

Love him or hate him, you know you are going to want one of these dolls. If for nothing else you can push pins in him.

Talking George Bush Doll. Press the button on George’s back to hear him say 17 phrases in his own voice.

Note: To those in an office the linked website does have sound.

Update: Thanks to Dan for letting me know I forgot to put the URL in the anchor tag for the site I was pointing too. It’s fixed now.