First of all, happy Thanksgiving to all of you in the U.S.

Now for my minor rant of the day. Last Sunday, the Indianapolis Star ran a column by Erika D. Smith called “Techno File” that gave seven Web sites she likes. Smith does this column on every third Sunday. I usually glance over it and my reaction is usually “I wish she’d fact check herself.” This past Sunday one of her sites was Google Catalog . My impression is that this hasn’t been updated in years. Well, this short week was so crammed with work things that I didn’t have the chance to fact check until this morning. My impression was not wrong. Those scanned catalogs date from 2002 and 2003. Want to shop at Google? Go to Froogle . My advice to Ms. Smith is, “Please ask your librarians for help. They know these things. At the very least, take a look at a site before you recommend it!”