Useful / Useless

The Google calculator helps me cook (google:"16 teaspoons in cups"), and do my daily combinatorics (google:"8 choose 6"). Full instructions here.

NYSC's entertainment channel, Clubcom, claims to have some website where you can give feedback, helping them choose music to your preferences. Something like mysportsclubsnetwork.com, sportsclubnetwork.com, etc. Whatever it is, I can never remember it exactly by the time I get back from the gym, and its not showing up on google. And I'm no idiot when it comes to google. What use is it making a website if there is no way to get to it? Don't be a cheapskate (wow, who uses that word?) and buy out the cybersquatters with your similar domain names and have them redirect to your site. And spread the word. People are stoops (wow, who uses that word?)
And while we're at it, lets outlaw, or at least do something mean to cybersquatters. (Any suggestions?) I love their holder pages... Like anyone is going to think, "Oh this is the wrong URL...But while I'm here, let me click here to get a free backgroud check and some viagra" ... I'm just bitter that foson.com is taken, thats all...

Because the phone book is for losers.

After Google Local recently failed me (there is no Gap store at 625 6th Ave #3, Google, but don’t worry, I still love you), I went to maps.a9.com to verify another address Google gave me. A9 had this great feature that let you see street level photos of the storefronts in popular cities, like Manhattan, and take a virtual sideways stroll down the big streets. To my shock, surprise, and dismay, maps.A9 closed shop from pressure from bigger rivals. Rumor is that Google Earth will include full textured 3-d renderings of buildings which would definitely out-cool A9’s functionality.
On the plus side, I found a map site, alkemis that shows some potential, if only they throw in some more nifty features on top of mapping movies and live traffic cams.