Cool Things Google Can Do

So, we all know Google is awesome, and about all of the neat services it provides. However, he's some cool things you can do just by searching specific terms into the search bar:

Weather:  Search "weather [city, state]"
Stocks:  Search the ticker symbol for the stock
Time:  Search "time [city]"
Calculator:  Search the math equation. (You can use ^ for exponents and "sqrt" for the square root). You can also use the calculator to convert measurements.
Earthquakes:  Search "earthquake [city, state]" or "earthquake"
Population/Unemployment rate:  Search "population [state]" or "unemployment rate [state]"
Dictionary:  Search "define [word]"
Local search:  Search "[general category] [ZIP code]" (For example, "itallian food 63011")
Movies:  Search "movies [ZIP code]" or "[movie title] [ZIP code]" for showtimes
Health:  Search a health term (Ex. "asthma")
Poison control:  Search "poison control" to find the Poison Control Hotline
Suicide prevention:  Search "suicide" to find the Suicide Prevention Hotline
Flu shots:  Search "flu" to find locations in your area that give flu shots during flu season
Arline information:  Search "[airline] [flight number]" or [city/airport code] airport" for flight delays and current arrival/departure times
Map:  Search "[city/state] map"
Related sites:  Search "related:[website address]" to find sites related to that website
Package tracking:  Search any tracking number for a USPS, FedEx, or UPS package to track its current location
Patents:  Search "patent [patent number]"
Area code locations: Search an area code to find where it is located

That's not to mention the other countless services Google runs. Check them all out. They're all really great.

Spring 2010 Orchestra Concert

Here's us playing at our orchestra concert that we had today!









Also, I got a rose. :D