Reference Shelf 11.17.05

Want to make your website and your clips more findable on Google? Check out Google Base, which is free.
From Lifehacker: Are you sick of running around with various cords and outlets to charge your cell phone, ipod and digital camera? Spend $25 at Hammacher Schlemmer to charge them all together, neatly. I think I might get this for my Dad for Christmas.
Or, for the whimsical writer, brighten up your boring old USB Hubs (via Gizmodo.)
Teaching creative writing and sick of your tired lesson plan? Read great ideas submitted by other teachers.
And, because you are a word nerd and you love it, A Collection of Word Oddities and Trivia. Ah, enjoy a worthless word while you’re at it.

Create a social media strategy, launch your campaign, and track the results in our Social Media Marketing Boot Camp starting February 16. The online event and workshop will feature speakers including The Onion's Baratunde Thurston (left), Facebook's Morin Oluwole, and bitly's Tim Devane. Register now.