Google does it again. Funky things from today:
1) I was randomly testing out Google Webquotes feature from http://labs.google.com and I found my friend’s websites by typing in my own name and seeing what pages it pulled up. I also managed to find listed in Google my super-duper-secret-for-my-eyes-only web listing of movies I intend to watch at some point. I have no links to that page, so I have no idea how Google found it! Kinda creepy.
2) Did you know you can search Google by *voice*?! 650-318-0165. At the prompt, “Say your Search Keywords,” say your query to the system. And then, bam! Google results! 0_o I think it’s funny that on the web page, it warns you that “the system is trained for normal, connected speech. It works best if you don’t insert extra pauses between words, don’t put any unnatural stress or emphasis on what you are saying, etc.” (i.e. “I speak English! Don’t treat me like an idiot!”) Google, you are like a real person! How can you be so smart? Sigh… Okay, so I called and called and nobody/computer/answering machine ever picked up, but it was worth a shot.
3) You can look up definitions to words in Google by typing “define: vascular” in the search box. Well, only if you want to know what “vascular” means. and what other random keywords/functions are there from the search box?
4) Suspect that Google isn’t living up to its motto, “Don’t be evil”? Check at http://www.google-watch.org/
5) Whoa. All the Google news I ever wanted… http://google.blogspace.com/
By the way, you all realize that everything you blog is probably archived by Google and that someone can probably pull it up 20 years from now, right? Yeesh. =8
Can’t talk. Googling.