Google. . .can they do anything?

The web's best search engine. . .the web's best e-mail. . .the web's best IM/Voice service?

Less than a week ago as I was browsing my RSS feeds from Slashdot, there seemed to be a lot about Google Talk. I believe that there were two posts in the same day about it. Needless to say it sparked an interest in the new happenings of Google. Apart from learning more about Google Talk (runs on the Jabber protocol so Gaim can use it, Google's client supports voice so you can practically make phone calls to other friends, etc), I also read about the new Google Desktop, which was just released about a week earlier. This has been my new favorite piece of software. Using it as a sidebar on the desktop, you not only get the desktop search feature but also a plethora of other awesome features. "Out of the box" it gives you widgets to receive gmail messages, rss feeds, file history (if you use a supported browser, ie not the one I use, Opera), top web searches, local weather (goodbye Weatherbug says I), top news, and more. Where this new tool will really shine though is that it can be added to. Like I said, its only been out a week or two, but there are already a lot of user-created widgets. The two I've been using are a system monitor and a control for iTunes. I'm sure more will come the longer Google Desktop is available.

OK, enough geeking out about Google. I wish they were located on the east coast instead of the west because I would be doing just about anything possible to work for them. Perhaps I'll see if I can figure out how to create an add-on for the desktop sidebar. Just gotta figure out what I want to see (probably something dealing with video games, since the sidebar is so convenient when I'm gaming).

My life continues to be boring

I think I've given up on the whole car sales thing. The training company hasn't contacted me back even though I did contact them. I applied to a tech support job at Wake Forest and had a telephone interview earlier this week. I thought it went well but wasn't too thrilled with how it ended (they didn't say they'd call me back or when I could expect to hear from them again. . .maybe I'm just being paranoid). The more time I spend sitting in the apartment looking for jobs the more I think I almost would've done better trying to get into grad school somewhere. Because if a college graduate can't even get a call back after applying to a new Best Buy opening up, maybe a Masters degree would help. Unfortunately, those cost money and money is something I don't have. And I really don't want to add to the already insane amount of money I owe in loans after 4 years at Elon.

Apart from job searching, I have been doing a few other things as well. I figured that since I didn't have money, it wasn't fair to Diana to feed me as much, so I've pretty much stopped eating 2 meals a day. I haven't really minded only eating dinner, probably because I do nothing all day anyway to warrant me needing the extra food/energy. I also have started walking around the apartment complex when I start to get a little stir-crazy. This may be changing soon though since the new Best Buy did open up this past week. I figure if I could walk there and back, thats plenty of exercise for a day. Of course now I just have to start doing that (and hope that Best Buy doesn't try to ban me because I don't buy anything).