We’ll see, but this could be good news in the war against link farms designed to game the AdSense system.

I’m still trying to figure out exactly what Twitter is good for. So are a lot of people. The noise far, far outweighs any signal, but there are actually a few bits of interesting things happening amidst the seemingly endless parade of vapid comments seen on the public timeline.

For example: TwitterLit posts the first lines of books, plus a link to Amazon (I wonder how much affiliate income is generated by all that Twittering). Twitterku writes all Twitter updates in classic 5-7-5 haiku form. And stevenwright Twitters like, well, like Steven Wright.

It was actually stevenwright who made me wonder: What other celebrities Twitter?

Well, Frank Sinatra Twitters. So does Donald Trump. I found Spiderman, Batman and Superman Twittering, though Superman only gives updates to friends. Sanjaya and George Bush have Twitter pages, as do Dick Cheney, John Edwards, Bill Clinton, Paris Hilton and Don Imus.

Imagine if some of them were real.

Malcolm Gladwell is a terrific writer and speaker, but this probably doesn’t come as news to you. What might, though, is that a recent speech of his about the difference between Michael Ventris and Andrew Wiles and the nature of genius is available over here on The New Yorker Web site.

It’s 27 minutes you’ll probably find interesting, even if the animated background on the wall behind Gladwell is occasionally annoying. Odds are, though, that it’s just the beginning of the time suck if you clicked that link.

Because The New Yorker has also posted video on the future of Internet journalism and community, a discussion of the future of gaming (including a demonstration of Spore) a talk about the future of mobile technology and more. It’s all part of The New Yorker Conference 2007. There are 17 videos in all, each of them more thought-provoking (but not all of them as much fun) than another dozen or so games of hamster flight.

According to a research brief from the Center for Media Research, Americans spend half of their free time online.

This one’s been making the rounds, but in case you haven’t seen it yet: Go to Google Maps and get directions for someplace in the U.S. to someplace in Europe. For example, I entered New York to Paris — which resulted in Step 21 noted above.