Watching the news exposes you to thought-provoking polling results on a number of areas. Do Americans approve of the direction the country is headed in? What do Americans think of Sarah Palin? How angry are we about the oil spill? What’s our favorite flavor of bagel? (Actually, I think that last one was a recent pie chart on the cover of USA Today.)

As eyeballs everywhere turn to South Africa to follow the World Cup, fans turn to the Web to share their excitement or anguish. On an average day, Twitter receives 750 updates per second. That number has surged as high as 3,000 tweets per second after notable goals. No word yet on how many epithets were
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