Web site finds

In order to maintain my reputation as a stalwart Web surfer and finder of strange stuff, I offer a few choice selections...

• Interactive baby name chart (requires Java). For the men out there, it's more fascinating than you think. A companion blog is great reading, too. To quell all rumour and speculation, I am not in the market for baby names at this time.

• Flickr color picker (requires Macromedia Flash plug-in). Aggregates Flickr photos by color, with a nice little slider for lightness. There are actually a number of different color pickers which draw from different photo pools: Crayon Box, Squared Circle, Graffiti, Flickr Central, Doors and Windows, Macro, Textures, Urban Decay, Catchy Colors, Stock Repository