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A celebration of the riches of the web.

After the weekend where web success for Susan Boyle was followed by a TV defeat, web monitor looks at what else is being said and read on the web. Make sure you send your favourite links by commenting on the box to the right of this or recommending it to us on where we're called "bbcwebmonitor".

• All the little kids who didn't get through Britain's Got Talent this weekend can stop crying onscreen and console themselves that being a child star doesn't mean you won't get bullied. Well that's what :

"I had really short hair, and the third day of seventh grade, these kids basically jumped me in the hall because they thought I was a gay boy, and they roughed me up... I think when that happened, I kind of went into a movie in my head because I couldn't deal with what was happening... I was in the number-one movie in the country and I was still being bullied in school."

• The as predicted. It tracks down homeless people who don't have a street address but do have email addresses, Facebook accounts and even update their Twitter accounts. ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖless shelters have also reported a growth in homeless people with laptops. Among other factors, the WSJ notes the economic downturn as a cause for putting computer-savvy people onto the streets.

• As if there needs to be further confirmation that Che Guevara's image has been planted on the globe's collective sub-conscious, this website tracks the most interesting places the iconic face turns up. The site spots Che everywhere from on a shoe in Florida to a wall mural in South Africa.

• One character who has sailed through the current recession is Sponge Bob Square Pants. through the competitive children's toy market to reach his tenth birthday. One brand consultant, Greg Rowland, explains his success is down to having something Jesus like about him.

• The sheer amount of comics Barack Obama stars in, as , is surprising. From Barack the Barbarian to Barack as Spiderman, it all started with a public endorsement of Obama as president by the green comic character Dragonman. The author of Obama The Graphic Novel, Kyle Baker, explained why he makes such a good character for comics:

"This crazy guy saw no good reason to believe his past was anything but past. I realize now that if a guy like him could make it through Harvard and become president, I can attain any goal I focus on with faith."

• In a similar vein to Donald Rumsfeld's "There are known unknowns" speech in 2002, former CIA officer what the US intelligence doesn't know about North Korea. Almost everything is unknown from their military to their nuclear capabilities. He suggests the only way forward is the threat of economic embargoes.

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