When doing any search on the Powell's Books website (try it yourself at http://powells.com/), your results page will have a URL somewhat like this:

http://www.powells.com/search/DTSearch/search?kw=faeroe+islands&pokey=skeptopotamus

 

&pokey=skeptopotamus?!

 

Evidence of humor on the part of the webmaster, or perhaps something more . . . sinister?

I leave it to you to decide.

 

 

 


narzos says re: Powell's and Pokey - the reason for that is that The Author(s) did a lot of the coding for Powell's website. Beyond that, you'll have to discover on your own, but a little web sleuthing should reveal their Super Sekrit Identity.

—Indeed, as I discovered, along with the help of "Super Sekrit" insider information, the author is quite an experienced web developer, with a variety of skills. He programmed for Powell's for nearly a year. His resumé is available at http://www.fojar.com/resume/ .