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by Sheila Lennon
'Bottom-up' journalism from the pros

May 31, 2002 • Today's weblog

Google's launched an online catalog search: This makes online shopping too easy. It spits up catalogs I've never heard of. Fortunately, I can't afford most of them.

Sites in the regular Google search for sisal rugs order -- I added the last word to eliminate cleaning and decorator sites -- were much cheaper than what turned up in a catalog search for a sisal rug for the porch. The difference might be the cost of paper, printing and postage for all those 4-color glossy books.

A search for seagrass carpet inexplicably turned up a page of hats, but a search for tuberose (an incredibly fragrant bulb to grow on the porch, 3 to a 10-inch flowerpot) showed me new plant sources and some cultivation advice.

This will be a hit, I predict.
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