Pidgeon: Impossible

http://laughingsquid.com/pigeon-impossible/

visualize choose your own adventure

http://samizdat.cc/cyoa/

great writeup an illustration of a breakdown of the choose your own adventure books and changes over time.

cpu index

http://www.cpubenchmark.net/common_cpus.html

makes for an interesting read. there are several search tools to find not-so-common processors. may be a good resource if you're trying to bring objectivity to your next netbook purchase.