Make Free 411 Calls with Google

Welcome to Google Voice Local Search

I haven't tried this yet, but at $1.50 - $2.00 for 411 calls through your cell phone provider, it's definitely worth checking out. Try it out and let me know how you like it.

"Google Voice Local Search is Google’s experimental service to make local-business search accessible over the phone.

To try this service, just dial 1-800-GOOG-411 (1-800-466-4411) from any phone.

Using this service, you can:

• search for a local business by name or category.
  You can say "Giovanni's Pizzeria" or just "pizza".
  
• get connected to the business, free of charge.
  
• get the details by SMS if you’re using a mobile phone.
  Just say "text message".
  

And it's free. Google doesn’t charge you a thing for the call or for
connecting you to the business. Regular phone charges may apply, based
on your telephone service provider.

Note: Google Voice Local Search is still in its experimental stage.
It may not be available at all times and may not work for all users.
We’re fine-tuning the service to get better at recognizing your
requests. It’s currently only available in English, in the US, for US
business listings.

Traineo Againeo - Next Week

Computer lab testing is DONE! I can hit the road again next week and can stop that huge zero on the traineo banner from taunting me and telling me that i'm a jerk and that my posture is bad, and what not.



In other news, Lisa is coming to stay with us this weekend for the "super secret Broadway show" all the sisters keep talking about.  Come on now, Ruth knows!!!!  However, i think she's more concerned about the show suprise being "The Full Monty".  ...just my 2 cents. 

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Pillow Pattern Looks Like Blood Puddle

for some reason, i find this really funny.  check the site and you'll see why...maybe.  hahahahaaa

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Des Moines to Carroll

Des Moines to Carroll, originally uploaded by ku5h.

we drove up to Carroll, Iowa for Kelly's brother-in-law's 40th birthday party. I decided to start shooting pictures with my Point&Shoot and try to capture some of the pretty Iowan landscape.

WTF Mac Store

WTF Mac Store, originally uploaded by Jeff Carlson.

OMG THIS PICTURE IS GREAT!!!! If you tilt your head to the (hold please...thinking....) left, you can tell that the light is supposed to spell "THE" but instead, it failed horribly!!! mmmwwwhahahahaaaahahaa

MonkeyGTD - Personal Wiki

wiki, originally uploaded by ku5h.

This is pretty cool - it's a wiki similar to things like wikipedia.org, etc, except that it's all contained in one .html file and is only CSS+HTML+JavaScript and requires NO SERVER back end. Shoots, to run it, all you have to do is double-click the file to open it in a web browser and that's it. It saves the content in itself...? Very nice for WikiOnAStick sort of stuff (also known as guerrillaWiki). I've also heard of personal wikis being called "web notebooks". Either way, it's a great way to keep track of all the snippets of data that you normally save in emails, txt, docs, Post-Its, etc...

The picture is of a modified version of TiddyWiki called MonkeyGTD (http://monkeygtd.tiddlyspot.com/).

A great use for a used CDR plastic container

Pretty neat!

Optical Illusion...?

clearly, you see Einstein, but blur your vision and Marilyn appears. ...creepy.