as your haughty guide to all things Internet

I just want to make sure you all are aware of wikipedia.com (which you probably are, if you are alive). But if not, it's an online encyclopedia with all its articles written by normal folks who just sumbit what they know about a given topic. As such, it's certainly not beyond repute, but as it involves normal folks who CARE about the detailed things they are writing about (i.e. the veritable 'experts' on each subject), and it is well monitored by said folks, I generally think it's the shit.

also, I haven't had any reason to use it yet, but if some research paper ever comes calling, Google Scholar is the way to go. And yes, we're getting engaged next month.