Did you know that when searching with Google for a flight number you get back departue and arriving information of that flight?
Google Chart API
The Google Chart API is an extremely simple tool that lets you easily create a chart from some data and embed it in a webpage. You embed the data and formatting parameters in an HTTP request, and Google returns a PNG image of the chart. Many types of chart are supported, and by making the request into an image tag you can simply include the chart in a webpage.
Check out this little “Hello World” sample:
http://chart.apis.google.com/chart?cht=p3&chd=s:hW&chs=250x100&chl=Hello|World
I don’t know how long this has been around, but I found out only a week or so ago. The Google Chart API will be very useful for me in a bunch of reporting projects.
If you are into Ruby check out Ruport (Ruby Reports) and the Online book I found online.
Via Google Code
Songza: search engine & internet jukebox
Songza is the brainchild of 23-year-old Aza Raskin the president of Chicago-based software company Humanized, Inc., and the son of Apple Macintosh founder Jef Raskin.
Over the course of a month, he and Humanized’s Web/Systems Architect Scott Robbin worked weekends to bring the idea to life. The site launched on November 8, 2007 and instantly generated significant buzz around the world. Hundreds of bloggers and news writers have praised its elegant user interface, beautiful design, and all-around utility.
Simple, elegant and works great. Love it!
Via Humanized Blog