1-800-GOOG-411. i’ve been using this for a bit. it’s much better than paying your carrier $1.50 for 411 info. that’s right, fuck you t-mobile.

If Google was designed for Google. SEO still strikes me as a soul sucking endeavor.

Nice labeling system for doing “Inbox Zero” in Gmail. I recently started doing Inbox Zero on my work and personal email. Creating the 4 enumerated labels is a nice little touch.

Tech buyout rumors have officially hit fever pitch with this doozie: Google looking to buy Sirius. the referenced motley fool article is pretty skeptical.

Matt Inman developed Mingle2, a free online dating site in just 66.5 hours then did crazy search engine optimization so that the site is the first google result for “free online dating”. then he sold it. crazy.

Leaked Google Video Discusses Google Reader Stats and New Features. google reader already blows away the competition.

Email This! Bookmarklet Extension :: Firefox Add-ons. works with gmail. creates an email with the title being the site you’re on, body includes a link and anything you’ve highlighted. awesome.

Wired article about the life of Jim Gray and the high tech hunt to try and find him. not a single trace of his boat ever turned up.

Official Google Blog: Google Finance in Canada. excellent.

NBC+FOX YouTube Killer Signs Jason Kilar as CEO. he was my old VP at Amazon.

Back up Gmail with fetchmail - Lifehacker. i need to start backing up my stuff, especially my gmail.

John Lam on Software: Steve Yegge ported Rails to JavaScript. it’s too bad he didn’t add on to TrimJunction, which I actually blogged about over a year ago.

Google Gives Up on Competing With eBay’s Big Boston Party - New York Times. nothing like a classic pissing match.

Google Street Map Preview. pretty cool. You can rotate the image 360 degrees and click the arrows on the image to “walk” the streets. short article from techcrunch about it.

$100 Million Payday For Feedburner - This Deal Is Confirmed. well, that’s another thing i use that google now owns.

Working at Google versus Working at Meetup. it’s funny that he made the page on google docs. via ram.

Official Google Reader Blog: Feed Your Television. seems they have a wii specific reader. kinda cool. via sean.

Google Earth reveals Sudan atrocities. brief article about a google earth mashup made by the US Holocaust Memorial Museum

How to Write a Spelling Corrector. bigwig at google shows you how to write a pretty good spellchecker in 20 lines of python.

Media world eyes Viacom-YouTube slugfest - MSNBC.com. viacom filed suit for a billion dollars.