I'm checking out the launch of Google Movies, a specialized search tool for showtimes and theaters. It represents a significant step into local search, making it easier to find what’s playing nearby via Slashdot.
I explore a resource for searching Google searches, a meta-search technique to discover specialized Google tools. It helps find niche search services and hidden features within the Google ecosystem that standard web queries might miss.
I’ve checked out the launch of Google Co-op, which enables deep content search and sharing, and Google Trends, a tool for analyzing search volume patterns over time, much like a customizable Google Zeitgeist.
I found Google's new image search tool which indexes 150 million images. It’s a significant update for finding visual content, and I also shared an interesting search query for 'dead.long.live' to test the results.
I found a collection of one-minute movie summaries that distill films down to their core plots. For many movies, reading these brief, satirical scripts is just as good as watching the entire film.
I plotted IMDb ratings against vote counts to find outliers. I discovered that popular movies with low ratings, like Titanic and Star Wars: Episode I, are almost always big-budget blockbusters, while high-rated unpopular entries are usually TV shows.