Chipping the web – one gains, one relinquishes authority; both portentous

Two by five at nine or two: The decimal number 25 can be formed using the digits “2″ and “5″ in two ways: relative to the “5″, the “2″ can be placed at nine o’clock (25) or at two o’clock (5²).

After the power outage, these aren’t as fresh as they were on Thursday. Hope you don’t mind a few leftovers:

Kiltak points us to this article on weighing the risks/benefits of online banking. But my favorite part was Kiltak’s comment:

Many security experts are ready to say, “So long and thanks for all the phish.”

I believe online banking is here to stay. But as with each past innovation (checks, ATMs, credit cards, etc.), the security exposures will have to be covered.

Speaking of Kiltak, [Geeks are Sexy] is running a Sexiest Geek of 2006 contest. And we all know who should win that one, don’t we? Hurry, get my your nomination in there now, you only have five two days!

Randy reviews ReviewMe, and gives it a tentative thumbs-down. But not exactly for the reasons discussed here. Randy’s Besting Adwords blog focuses on generating revenue from blogging, so his recommendation is based solely on that metric. Bottom line: ReviewMe doesn’t pay enough to offset the resulting loss of readership.

Hmm … how interesting.