Well, its been a long year, 2006 has... from Mamata fasting in order to save farmers from starvation, to Bush admitting that he had 'made a slight miscalculation' in invading Iraq (Note to newsreaders : it's e-rak, not eye-raq), to my mother discovering yet another way of cooking steamed cabbage (do
not ask).
The Google
Zeitgeist reveals, according to many, the level of the collective intelligence of humanity at any given time - let us see, then how humanity has evolved in the last year...
Google.com - Top Searches in 2006 |  | 1. bebo 2. myspace 3. world cup 4. metacafe 5. radioblog 6. wikipedia 7. video 8. rebelde 9. mininova 10. wiki |
| | Google News - Top Searches in 2006 |  | 1. paris hilton 2. orlando bloom 3. cancer 4. podcasting 5. hurricane katrina 6. bankruptcy 7. martina hingis 8. autism 9. 2006 nfl draft 10. celebrity big brother 2006 | |
Google.com - Top Searches of 2005 |  | 1. Myspace 2. Ares 3. Baidu 4. wikipedia 5. orkut 6. iTunes 7. Sky News 8. World of Warcraft 9. Green Day 10. Leonardo da Vinci |
| | Google News - Top Searches in 2005 |  | 1. Janet Jackson 2. Hurricane Katrina 3. tsunami 4. xbox 360 5. Brad Pitt 6. Michael Jackson 7. American Idol 8. Britney Spears 9. Angelina Jolie 10. Harry Potter | |
Oh well. On that most jarring note,
Dowedzenia, Debayan.