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Name your kid something trendy with nametrends.net
If you're a hip and with-it parent-to-be, or just someone who's thinking about getting a dog, you can stop by nametrends.net. Nametrends shows you what the most popular names are, and which ones are moving up and down on the trendiness scale. Want to be original? Don't name your son "Jayden" or your daughter "Addison." Those are so hot right now.The data on Nametrends is actually impressively deep. Popularity charts go back to 1880, and you can also search by geographic location and similar sounds. You can look up your own name, and check out maps that show its regional popularity over time, or even check out categories as esoteric as "gems." Even if you don't have anyone or anything to name, it's a fun time waster.
With Halloween fast approaching, it's a great time to get in some practice defending your territory against zombies. In Graveyard Shift, you take aim at zombies and other creepy-crawlies, blasting them into splatters of cartoony green guts. It's a casual first-person shooter, and it's very easy to get the hang of - use the mouse to aim, click to fire. Graveyard Shift has at least 15 levels, and it might even have some secret stages I haven't unlocked yet.
They key to getting good at Graveyard Shift is learning to use ...
