In a Boing Boing comment thread around the launch of Google’s new “Google Instant” search feature, BB reader Robert compiled a little alphabet ditty based on what typing in each letter of the alphabet yields in the way of suggestions. The results vary by country, and it seems also by state or region, and other more personal factors: say, cookies stored for your prior Google searches. Robert is in the USA. Enjoy.

A is for Amazon, to get all your books.
B is for Bank of America, which holds all your crooks.
C is for Craigslist, no services adult.
D is for Dictionary, to define your result.
E is for eBay, to spend all your cash.
F is for Facebook, web pages like trash.
G is for Gmail, world domination ambition.
H is for Hotmail, Gmail’s competition.
I is for Ikea, for a lamp named Bljampäjese.
J is for Johns Hopkins, where they cure your disease.
K is for Kohl’s, a store that’s old-school.
L is for Lowe’s, to buy your tool.
M is for MapQuest, for the place you go to.
N is for Netflix, to add to your queue.
O is for Orioles, a Baltimore obsession.
P is for Pandora, an audio digression.
Q is for QVC, for goods without esteem.
R is for Ravens, another Baltimore team.
S is for Sears, appliances and more.
T is for Target, a Wal-Mart like store.
U is for USPS, where mail you submit.
V is for Verizon, Steve Jobs should use it.
W is for Weather, for forests in flames.
X is for Xbox, a console for games.
Y is for Yahoo, a home page for Chrome.
Z is for Zillow, to value your home.

(Image: a page from the children’s French-language alphabet book “Grand Alphabet Amusant,” by E. Morel, ~1890; from Bibliodyssey)

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Home to a quarter of the planet’s marine life, wonderfully weird-looking, and of course brilliantly colourful, coral reefs are often hailed as one of the greatest ocean wonders.

Reefs have been seriously under threat for years from global warming and other human impacts, but the discovery of an ancient coral reef in the South Pacific and the amazing practice of ‘coral gardening’ could mean a turnaround for the ocean’s reefs.

Read the full story on the BBC Earth Blog, including a video of coral gardening.

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