
USS MASON, DDG-87, United States Navy.
If you search for this site by googling just “Mason,” you won’t find it (I gave up after a dozen pages of results). But you will find all of these:
http://www.masonhq.com/
A language that lets you embed PERL into HTML.
http://www.cs.gmu.edu/~eclab/projects/mason/
A multi-agent simulation toolkit.
http://www.mason-ind.com/
An industry leader in the field of vibration isolation.
http://www.theparkdowntown.com/page.php?url=masons
A fine downtown Sacramento restaurant.
http://www.dj-mason.com/
Mason burst onto the dance scene with their groundbreaking tune Exceeder back in 2006.
http://www.emigre.com/EF.php?fid=104
A font in both Serif and Sans Serif varieties.
http://www.masoncorp.com/
A manufacturer of aluminum building productions.
http://www.myspace.com/musicofmason
The music of Mason, not to be confused with the band, Mason (http://www.last.fm/music/Mason), or DJ Mason, above.
http://gardening.wsu.edu/library/inse006/inse006.htm
The Mason Bee is slightly smaller than a honey bee, and a shiny dark blue in color. There’s also a red one (http://www.redmason.net/).
http://www.analysysmason.com/
Analysys Mason delivers strategy advice, operations support, and market intelligence worldwide to leading commercial and public sector organisations.
http://www.mason23.com/
An ad agency that “breaks down the barriers to purchase.”
http://www.masonstreetgrill.com/
A downtown Milwaukee restauarant, serves everything from upscale sandwiches to top-quality steaks and seafood.
http://www.masoncorporation.com/
Apparently a seperate entity from MasonCorp (above), The Mason Corporation is the maker of the Roller Racer, you know, that toy you move the handlebars on in order to go forward. Also, the Flying Turtle, which sounds sexual but isn’t.
http://www.masonsbakery.com/
Mason’s Bakery, specializing in photo cakes and cookies!
http://www.masonbox.com/
The Mason Box Company, manufacturer and distributor of corrugated boxes, shipping supplies, and gift accessories.
http://mason.wm.edu/
The Mason School of Business.
http://www.masonsteel.com/
Mason Structural Steel.
Let’s conclude with a quote from Mason, the DJ-slash-production team:
“2009 is set to be a big one for Mason, both as a production team and as a DJ. If sheer talent and karma have anything to do with it then expect to be hearing this name a lot in the future.”
Well put, DJ Mason. Let’s hope it’s more talent than karma.