You’ve seen the Pokemon Kid on Google Video. Maybe you’ve seen some of the webcam karaoke videos. But now some genius has combined two of humanity’s greatest passions: lip syncing to American pop music and the various American Idol incarnations. It’s Google Idol! Vote for you favorites from around the world.
I’m pretty paranoid about privacyâ€â€I don’t like to use the discount keycards thingies that some grocery stores offer because I don’t want them to be able to track my purchases that easily. This is apparently a feature of my INTJ personality type.
The latest version of Google Desktop has a feature called “Search Across Computers” that stores copies of all your files on Google’s servers. You can read eWeek’s coverage or the original announcement from the EFF (incendiarily titled “Google Copies Your Hard Drive - Government Smiles in Anticipation”).
My paranoia instills in me a real love for the EFF. They’re suing AT&T for the corporation’s alleged complicity in the domestic spying brouhaha. To advertise the case, they’ve morphed the telecom giant’s “spinning earth” logo into the Deathstar. Love it!
The new Google Video service has garnered universally bad reviews. But after watching Best Week Ever, Caroline and I may have found a use for it. The show featured a hillarious video of a kid singing Pokemon karaoke. And a search for “pokemon” on the Google service yielded this gem. Pure magic. Or as Caroline said, “My head just exploded.”
Here’s a cool site that uses Google maps to show you where you can find cheap gasoline in your neighborhood. I have used it quite successfully. But don’t be surprised if you find long lines at the after using this site. I had to wait about 10 minutes, but I only paid $2.52 per gallon, so it’s a small price to pay.
