I wonder how the creators of delicious came up with that name. And then, how did they decide that they wanted to break the word up? And then, how did they decide they wanted to break it up in THAT way? Am I missing something painfully obvious here? Is there some sort of joke or pun or something in “del-icio-us?” hmm, yeah… I’m not seeing it.

Searching on delicious is certainly easy enough. I wonder how the search results are sorted. I find it interesting that they aren’t displayed by the number of people who actually saved that link, as you might expect (as that would indicate the popularity and possibly relevance of the search). But I’m sure there are much more complex designs at work here.

I searched for “Italy” first. Too many overwhelming search results. So I tried “archeology” next and found this interesting site: http://www.thebanmappingproject.com/ (well, interesting if you’re a nerd like me).

I realize that delicious isn’t supposed to be used as a search engine, but many of the websites I have bookmarked at work, I have no desire to access at home. And can’t, for many of them (intranet and VPN access etc.). Which is a good thing, I think. So maybe I’ll play around at home a little more. It could certainly be helpful for when I go over to a friend’s house and want to show them that awesome site I’ve just discovered about mapping Egypt. O yes.