I had noticed Google Labs, but had yet to explore them. I remember looking at their online Shakespeare, which I think is through Book Search on the non-beta Google products.
I started going down the list and saw public source code and thought- cool! A way to search for city codes. It took me a moment to realize, um- HTML code that is free to use. Sigh. Both are neat, but I'd like searchable municipal codes more. Silly me.
Trip planner is great! And I was so happy to see that Seattle Metro is one of the cities searchable. The last time I searched a bus route from my house to work it was one hour and two transfers. According to Google Trip Planner, I can catch a bus to work from the end of my street! My critique is that it only planned the next trip, and got confused when I tried to search a morning route tomorrow. But I'll be checking that out!
I LOVE music trends! I thought it was so neat that it linked lyrics and other song titles. This could be a great way to help answer those ref questions that start "I heard this song on the radio..."
Trends is a lot of fun. I put in some very serious searches like "Prince William, Prince Harry" and "Rosie, Donald Trump". This could be great for comparison searches when students need to compare topics.
Lots of neat stuff on Google Labs. I've said it before and I'll say it again- Google Rules!
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With Google Transit, I recommend doing a route search first. Once it has plotted 3 trips for you, click the Options link and change the Depart by or Arrive by time and date.
I was able to do a search from the apartment to work, then tell it to arrive by 9am tomorrow and it gave me 3 viable routes without trouble.
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