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David Weinberger [via sysrick] pointed out Google's phonebook. In combination with street maps, they can take a phone number, or a combination of attributes, and show you where someone lives — or at least what phone number is associated with which premises — if the number is listed. Maps are provided indirectly by Yahoo! Maps and MapQuest. (Google constructs the appropriate URI for finding that location on the map while you rest.)

What remains is for Google to relate "+will cox" to "william cox" and other variations of my name, and tie my domain to the telephone and map directory. The data is already there, though I could help Google along by providing a bit of text in the sidebar. Thus the tangible and virtual worlds join.

(Meanwhile, Google Cooking is helpful for those last minute refrigerator cleaning sessions.)

9:36:45 AM # Google It!
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