Archive for November, 2007

Search Engines of the Future

Perhaps someday one will be able to sit down and have a spot of tea and jolly conversation with their favorite search engine.

Ask Googhoo Live! hands you a fresh, hot soy latte.
Ask Googhoo Live!: Good Morning, Jacque. Did you sleep well?
Me: Thank you *sips*. I did sleep well. I do have a little kink in my neck, tho.
Ask Googhoo Live!: I’m finding about 305,000 possible remedies to your kink in the neck, would you like me to tell you about them?
Me: No, you pain in the neck.
Ask Googhoo Live!: Neck Pain can be often be a symptom of a more serious medical condition. Would you like me to read you more from MayoClinic.com?
Me: Argh, no. I’m going to just enjoy this latte.
Ask Googhoo Live!: Can’t I just enjoy my latte in peace? During a recent trip to… Would you like me to read you more from this blog? Also do you like gourmet coffee? You might also be interested in this sponsored information about the perfect cup of gourmet rainforest coffee.
Me: ….

Or not.
Will at some point we be over saturated with “relevant results”? Will the dialog always be a little artificial?

Something to ponder.

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Attitude Line

I don’t know if you’ve seen this stuff. Those kiosks in the mall where like they accost you and rub lotion on your hands and buff ONE nail ( forcing you to repaint all your nails later on ).

I met the owner of one of the kiosks. Crazy Italian dude. I usually just ignore these guys but this particular guy was persistent. He gave me a deal (not really) but I now have 2 nail gift packages. Thats 4 years of guaranteed nail buffing.

The nail buffer is decent, probably the only thing in the package thats worth anything. The lotion is awful and the nail oil is cheap. The perfect gift for someone you don’t really care about.

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