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Top 10 Worst Domain Names

This one absolutely takes the cake, and is one of the BEST blog posts I’ve ever seen on the Web. Kudos to Gavilan, the author, for an excellent research into to this topic. You can read his blog post Top 10 Worst Domain Names by clicking here.

However, I noticed that the URL has a mistake in it, so I’m not sure how long that page would remain a valid link. Thus, I decide to post the content that I don’t want you people to miss, here. I’m sure you’ll understand Gavilan.

1. A site called ‘Who Represents‘ where you can find the name of the agent that represents a celebrity. Their domain name…wait for it…is…
www.whorepresents.com 2. Experts Exchange, a knowledge base where programmers can exchange advice and views at
www.expertsexchange.com

3. Looking for a pen? Look no further than Pen Island at
www.penisland.net

4. Need a therapist? Try Therapist Finder at
www.therapistfinder.com

5. Then of course, there’s the Italian Power Generator company…
www.powergenitalia.com

6. And now, we have the Mole Station Native Nursery, based in New South Wales:
www.molestationnursery.com

7. If you’re looking for computer software, there’s always
www.ipanywhere.com

8. Welcome to the First Cumming Methodist Church. Their website is
www.cummingfirst.com

9. Then, of course, there’s these brainless art designers, and their whacky website:
www.speedofart.com

10. Want to holiday in Lake Tahoe? Try their brochure website at
www.gotahoe.com

Now if you don’t get the joke behind these names, just look them carefully again. Or maybe you need to visit the Urban Dictionary to understand some of the jokes. 😉

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Reactivity Series of Metals

Here’s a nice mnemonic to aid in learning the reactivity series of metals:

Popular Potassium K
Scientists Sodium Na
Can Calcium Ca
Make Magnesium Mg
A Aluminium Al
Zoo Zinc Zn
In Iron Fe
The Tin Sn
Low Lead Pb
Humid Hydrogen [H]
Country Copper Cu
More Mercury Hg
Satisfactory Silver Ag

Note that this may differ from many lists, especially since some rate calcium above sodium. And do remember to add gold and platinum, in that order, at the bottom (although there’s confusion over this too since platinum is sometime’s placed higher). If you want, you may put lithium at the top, but then again, there’s controversy since some put it below potassium.

Anyway, this has been a real help for me whenever I’ve been doing chemistry, so putting this here for the rest of humanity (or whichever lucky part of it is reading my blog). The reason why this one (I feel) works better is because it tries to build up a relation from the common names of elements, rather than their scientific names, which messes up other such mnemonics.

Interesting thing though, that something like a mnemonic, which is supposed to aid learning, itself will knot up your tongue if you try to pronounce it. 😉