Yahoo! shuts down Yahoo! Directory

Yahoo! has retired the hand-curated web directory named Yahoo! Directory. Earlier in September this year, Ars Technica had written about it here.

The web directory started as the foundation of Yahoo!'s business when it started in January 1994 as Jerry and David's Guide to the World Wide Web. It was later renamed to Yahoo which became the acronym for Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle.

During the early days of the World Wide Web, web directories were a preferred way to discover and find content on the web but with the advent of crawler-based search engines, the relevance of web directories have diminished. Below is a screenshot (for remembrance) as the page was on December 20, 2014 - also archived here. 

Google also had a web directory service which it shut down in July 2011. I have logged it here.

Music I'm listening to in 2014

Here is a quick log of the music albums that I have been listening to this year.

1. Khola Haowa / Shaan
2. Fossils 3 / Fossils
3. Jeevan Kya Hai / Jagjit Singh
4. Cowboys From Hell / Pantera
5. 20th Century Hits / Boney M.
6. Abhimane Chole Jeyo Na / Manna Dey
7. Beastie Boys Anthology: The Sounds of Science / Beastie Boys
8. Jashn / Pankaj Udhas
9. Bali / Nitin Bali
10. Artist Of The Century / Elvis Presley
11. Desi Kalakaar / Yo Yo Honey Singh
12. Flying In A Blue Dream / Joe Satriani
13. Beatles For Sale / The Beatles
14. Antonio Vivaldi: Harmonic Inspirations - L'estro armonico / Antonio Vivaldi, Südwestdeutsches Kammerorchester and others
15. Vivaldi: Four Seasons And More / Moscow Symphony Orchestra
16. A Little South Of Sanity / Aerosmith
17. The Essential Jim Reeves: Jim Reeves
18. Anubhabe Jenechilem / Srikanto Acharya
19. Anthology 1 / The Beatles
20. Isspecial / Bhoomi
21. The Beatles / The Beatles
22. Berukhi / Jagjit Singh
23. Beautiful Garbage / Garbage
24. Baro Asha Kore / Shaan
25. The Very Best of Shafqat Amanat Ali / Shafqat Amanat Ali
26. Hooked on Classics 2000 / The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
27. Mati'Swar / Dohar
28. Hriday Majhe / Dola Ganguly
29. Alive III / Kiss
30. Unreleased Collection / Eminem
31. A Little Light Music / Jethro Tull
32. A Treasury of Golden Classics / London Festival Orchestra
33. Chants Of India / Ravi Shankar
34. 12 Arnold Grove / George Harrison
35. Berukhi / Jagjit Singh
36. Hey Bandhu, Hey Priyo / Srikanto Acharya
37. Aar Jani Na / Chandrabindoo
38. Themes From Calmi Cuori Appassionati / Enya
39. Evergreen / Jagjit Singh
40. Bibagi Hiya / Kamalini Mukherji
41. Aloha from Hawaii: Via Satellite / Elvis Presley
42. 1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours / Green Day
43. Alternative / Pet Shop Boys
44. Armaan /Armaan Malik
45. Abhang / Bhimsen Joshi
46. A Day Without Rain / Enya
47. Amarantine / Enya
48. 2001 / Dr. Dre
49. A Boy Named Goo / Goo Goo Dolls
50. Bandho Bhangar Chhanda / Kamalini Mukherji
51. Lalan Fakirer Gaan / Amar Pal
52. A Rush of Blood to the Head / Coldplay
53. Donna Summer / Bad Girls
54. Wild Ones / Flo Rida
55. A New Day Has Come / Céline Dion
56. Item / Euphoria
57. A Real Dead One / Iron Maiden
58. Coda / Led Zeppelin
59. A Day at the Races / Queen
60. A Kind of Magic / Queen
61. A Journey /Ravi Shankar
62. BBC Sessions / Led Zeppelin
63. A Night at the Opera / Queen
64. Achtung Baby / U2
65. Ami Ek Jajabar / Bhupen Hazarika
66. Actually / Pet Shop Boys
67. Daaknaam / Chandrabindoo
68. Twelve Songs of Christmas / Jim Reeves
69. 666 / Aphrodite's Child
70. 101 / Depeche Mode
71. Paint The Sky With Stars (The Best Of Enya) / Enya
72. The Celts / Enya
73. A Matter of Life and Death / Iron Maiden
74. Les Plus Belles Chansons D'Amour De Joe Dassin / Joe Dassin
75. Led Zeppelin / Led Zeppelin
76. Led Zeppelin II / Led Zeppelin
77. Led Zeppelin III / Led Zeppelin
78. The Song Remains the Same / Led Zeppelin
79. Bad / Michael Jackson
80. A Momentary Lapse of Reason / Pink Floyd
81. Tomay Gaan Shonabo / Rupankar Bagchi
82. 4 (Deluxe Edition) / Beyoncé
83. A / Jethro Tull
84. Bridges/ Ravi Shankar
85. Antichrist Superstar / Marilyn Manson
86. A Girl Like Me / Rihanna
87. A New Day... Live In Las Vegas / Celine Dion
88. Boheme / Deep Forest
89. B.B.'s Boogie / B.B. King
90. Aabaar Bochhor Kuri Pore / Moheener Ghoraguli
91. Nevermind / Nirvana
92. 07 104 / Armageddon Dildos
93. Always on My Mind / Elvis Presley
95. Adapt or Die: Ten Years of Remixes / Everything But the Girl
96. A Moment of Love / La Bouche
97. Physical Graffiti / Led Zeppelin
98. God Hates Us All / Slayer
99. Before I Self Destruct / 50 Cent