Garett, has a post http://blogs.zdnet.com/Google/?p=314
and also includes links (thanks G.R.) to an article and post I've prepared.

Garett:
http://blogs.zdnet.com/Google/?p=314

Gary:
http://www.betanews.com/article/Finding_Answers_Beyond_Web_Search/1118246650

http://www.resourceshelf.com/2006/09/02/yet-another-day-and-more-google-domain-names/
In this post we even reminisce a bit about Northern Light.