Tim O’Reilly coined the term Web 2.0. Whether for good or ill, that makes him the father of all the silliness that we deal with day in and day out. Anyone who has ever seen Indian Jones knows that if you drink from the chalice of a man such as this you have to get something useful, if only an idea for another bad Web App (or a bad head cold).

Taking this to heart, the folks over at Mister Wong (a social bookmarking site), have put up on eBay a water that Mr. O’Reilly drank from at the Web 2.0 Expo in Berlin. Before you say anything, all the proceeds are going to Unicef’s Safe Water campaign which seeks to bring potable drinking water to impoverished countries.

So go take a look at the auction, laugh a bit and make a donation to Unicef. Not a bad way to ring in the Holiday Season.

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