Week ends with gold above $326: "Gold prices are putting a little glitter in the eye of gold producers and investors, with highs at the end of the week in the $326 range."

US Census: "Search Names File"

The Baby Namer: "Popularity rankings by decade. Watch how your name fluctuates between hot (#1) and not (#1000)"

Top 1000 Names of 2001: "This page presents the most frequently used given names for births in 2001. The data comes from a 100% sampling of Social Security card applications for births in 2001."

The Google Weblog pointed out the new Google category in DMOZ. Interesting reading. A few new links.

Paraquay tied South Africa 2 to 2, and Spain beat Slovenia 3 to 1.

In Group F (the group of death), Argentina beat Nigeria 1 to 0, England tied Sweden 1 to 1.

Speaking of children, Angie and I have been working on baby names. We have defined our rules: (1) Strong masculine names for boys. (2) Hyper-feminine and slightly exotic names for girls.

Congratulations to Tania and Loyd Schutte on the birth of their son, Zachary Brian.

Germany 8 to Saudia Arabia 0. Saudia Arabia never got into the game!