Google Base update

Somebody decided to break out google base as separate entry on Wikipedia. Its interesting how this story has developed- tuesday night it was on a few random blogs about search engines- by wednesday morning it was all over the blogosphere- and in a couple of online magazines. By wed. night it was on the NYT and the WSJ. Now interestingly i think the nerds are getting the point a little more than the professional journalists- what is truly exciting about this (IMHO) is the what effect this kind of service could have on the world not just on ebay and craigslist. That article i pointed to before written in 2002 but written as if it were looking back from 2009, is really worth reading on this point, its also pretty funny.