The Future Search Engine?

The video in this post is from Project Natal (a new form of gaming interactivity for the X-Box).  The concept illustrated is cool in and of itself - no doubt.  But - what if you could use this to search the internet?  Yeah - it's nice to just get straight to the point sometimes when doing an internet search.  But, it'd also be nice to run some ideas past an impartial party while you're trying to find that special gift for someone or looking for the name of that song you loved 15 years ago but all you remember are a few lyrics.  I imagine that Milo could be programmed with some artificial intelligence to do searches in the background while you were bouncing ideas off of it during the course of a completely natural conversation.

Anyway, take 5 minutes out of your day to check out this video.  It's pretty sweet.  If this is the future of interactive gaming, then we're a lot closer to what we were fed 20 years ago in sci-fi movies than I realized.  Heck, I might have to go get an XBOX on GP.

Deliberately INUTILE?

Every now and then - I come across a product which, superficially, appears to be useful but really serves no purpose whatsoever.  Today, I have a winner.  Check out the story at the link below

MP3 Player for Your Unborn Baby

Now, I'm sure the manufacturer put a lot of thought into this product.  And, it appears to be well designed.  But - to all the mothers in the world, what ever happened to singing or humming to your baby?

But hey - I couldn't have a baby if I wanted one (see - I'm male).  To the women that read this post, would you buy this if/when you get pregnant?  I'm just curious.

Wanna Keep that YOUTUBE video for yourself?

One of the primary objectives of this blog is directing readers to "tools" which will simplify an activity. YouTube, for example, has greatly simplified the distribution of video content on the internet. It made my list of Favorite Deliberate Utilities of the 00's. So - when a friend emailed me a question which, in my mind, would make YouTube even better, I was taken a little aback.


Here is the back story on why I'm writing this post. Recently, I received a request from a close friend asking me how to DOWNLOAD video from YouTube. Personally, I'd never thought much about that. Upon reading the email I thought to myself, "isn't YouTube's existence predicated on the fact that you can upload and share video with the world? Surely, you can't download stuff."


I was wrong*.


In the event you want to download a video from YouTube, check this link out: Saving YouTube video as MP4


The meat of the instructions starts at the "Add a bookmarklet" section.  There is even a handy video guide directing you on how to save a video from YouTube using the Bookmarklet.  

Have a great weekend.

* Not all videos have the option to download enabled. Only certain videos have this feature.