Google Ride Finder

This is pretty cool!

The folks at Google have done it again. They've announced Google Ride Finder which is a neat way to find a cab. The service is limited to a few cities -- including Chicago -- but the premise is pretty simple: use your computer to locate a participating taxi cab. By clicking on the Chicago site, you can see if there is a cab near your location. You can then call the dispatcher for that cab to have it pick you up.

Spring forward!

Daylight Saving Time begins at 2:00 AM Sunday morning. Don't forget to set your clocks one hour ahead. Note the singular form of the word saving. The plural form -- which is common usage -- utilizes incorrect English. You are saving daylight; you are not savings daylight.

So there! :-)

Yahoo! 360 invitations

I managed to secure an invitation to the new Yahoo! 360 community. Similar to the strategy that Google used when introducing Gmail, Yahoo! 360 members have free invitations to use for anyone who wishes to join. Let me know if you want one.

Gmail expands to 2 GB with more on the way

Last week Yahoo! announced they were going to expand the limit on the free web-based e-mail from 250 MB to 1 GB. The move was rumored to be in response to Google's free Gmail service rumored to be coming out of beta status in April. Gmail's storage limit is [was] 1 GB. Maybe Yahoo! knew something else as Google is apparently expanding its capacity to 2 GB with more increases expected in the future.

April Fool's Day!

If you see something today that doesn't appear correct, it's probably because it's April Fool's Day. Bloglines, one of my favorite RSS aggregators, announced today that they now offer their service in Klingon in addition to other languages.