I just noticed today that Google’s SMS service now works in Canada. By sending a text message to 46645 (GOOGL) I can now get driving directions, location of the nearest stores, movie times, translations, conversions, definitions, and other random facts.
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Movietally is a service for indexing and tagging films you’ve seen that will then make recommendations of other films you may like. I like the idea of these types of services (last.fm, pandora) but I don’t know if this really works for films since people tend to watch all sorts of different types of films. [via eHub]
I don’t know how I’ve never seen this before. The guy in Toronto that wears the Santa hat, no shirt and does push-ups, has a 15min documentary on the Internet. He calls himself Zanta and swears he is as mentally fit as he is physically. [update: wow, this guy is even in Wikipedia]
Animator vs. Animation. a stick figure drawn in the Flash interface comes to life and does battle with its unseen creator. [via boingboing]
Google joins the music data capture segment with Google Music Trends. The service requires you to run Google Talk. Google Talk will capture all your listening habits to help create charts of popular music.
David Copperfield says he has found the Fountain Of Youth on one of the islands in the cluster he recently purchased. He has hired geologists and biologists to look into the phenomenon. I have nothing witty to say on this matter.
Cape Breton joins space race. Plans are in motion to develop 300 acres of land on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, into the next Kennedy Space Station.
The Onkyo Guitar Speakers sound like a really great idea in speaker technology, designed over 2 years in conjunction with guitar maker Takamine. The entire speaker case resonates giving a full, warmer sound than traditional speakers — and only $2000 a pair.
An amusing Google Map mashup that shows you were you’d end up if you ever attempted every child’s dream of digging a hole straight to the other side of the planet. [via google maps mania]
This is the guy that makes the maps you get when you request directions from Google Maps. What a job. [via google maps mania]
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