Michaewa

Google recently released Desktop 2, a new and improved version of their desktop search application, which pulls together a lot of thier miscellaneous features.

I just installed yesterday, and while the interface is a bit busy I think it will be nice with a little tweaking. It provides for an entirely new level of distraction, when in sidebar mode you have ever present:

• Your new emails in preview
• News stories
• Random maps
• Weather
• Google Talk interface
• and much more

The idea is not terribly new, AOL has had most of that functionality in their buddy list for a while, but somehow it seems more welcoming when it comes from Google. Especially nice for me are the scratch pad, which is just like ’sticky notes’ in Outlook, but without the bloat of outlook running in the background, and Todo - a simple to do list interface. I imagine in order to get any work done I’ll strip out most everything but the Todo list and the scratch pad, but it is fun to shop through the 3rd party plugins out there. As expected there is one to control iTunes and display album art, and a host of others as well.

Data is quite amazing…just got my entire rental history from Netflix.

Shipped Returned Title

10/19/05 11/01/05 The Time Machine (2002)
05/17/05 11/01/05 Macbeth (1971)
10/20/05 11/01/05 Angela’s Ashes (1999)
09/27/05 11/01/05 Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession (2004)
09/27/05 10/19/05 Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988)
08/23/05 10/19/05 Beyond the Sea (2004)
08/23/05 09/27/05 The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
09/12/05 09/27/05 Bulworth (1998)
09/08/05 09/12/05 Meet the Fockers (2004)
07/12/05 09/08/05 The Pianist (2002)
08/17/05 08/23/05 In Good Company (2004)
08/17/05 08/23/05 Primer (2004)
08/08/05 08/17/05 Kinsey (2004)
08/08/05 08/17/05 Alexander: Director’s Cut (2004)
07/25/05 08/08/05 Hidden Agenda (1990)
08/02/05 08/08/05 Dazed and Confused (1993)
07/26/05 08/01/05 Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
07/22/05 07/26/05 Million Dollar Baby (2004)
07/12/05 07/25/05 The Station Agent (2003)
07/12/05 07/22/05 The Phantom of the Opera: Special Edition (2004)
06/13/05 07/12/05 The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)
07/06/05 07/12/05 Maria Full of Grace (2004)
06/21/05 07/12/05 The Cincinnati Kid (1965)
06/21/05 07/06/05 Closer (2004)
06/13/05 06/21/05 Rounders (1998)
06/14/05 06/21/05 American Splendor (2003)
06/07/05 06/14/05 Punch-Drunk Love (2002)
06/07/05 06/13/05 The Big Lebowski (1998)
06/08/05 06/13/05 Ocean’s Twelve (2004)
04/18/05 06/08/05 The Center of the World (2001)
01/17/05 06/07/05 The Last Emperor (1987)
06/01/05 06/07/05 Rushmore (1998)
05/27/05 06/01/05 Sideways (2004)
02/01/05 05/27/05 Kundun (1997)
05/10/05 05/17/05 The Haunting (1999)
04/19/05 05/10/05 Shadow of the Vampire (2000)
04/07/05 04/19/05 Limbo (1999)
04/12/05 04/18/05 The Winslow Boy (1999)
04/06/05 04/12/05 Pulp Fiction (1994)
03/29/05 04/07/05 Malcolm X (1992)
03/30/05 04/06/05 Diner (1982)
03/15/05 03/30/05 Croupier (1998)
02/14/05 03/29/05 Insomnia (1997)
03/01/05 03/15/05 The Cider House Rules (1999)
02/23/05 03/01/05 Swingers (1996)
02/14/05 02/23/05 What Lies Beneath (2000)
01/25/05 02/14/05 Diva (1981)
01/24/05 02/14/05 Dirty Pretty Things (2002)
01/24/05 02/01/05 Four Rooms (1995)
01/21/05 01/25/05 Mean Girls (2004)
01/13/05 01/24/05 Whale Rider (2003)
01/18/05 01/24/05 Grateful Dead: Downhill from Here (1989)
01/10/05 01/21/05 Saturday Night Live: The Best of Will Ferrell (1995)
01/11/05 01/17/05 Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004)
01/05/05 01/17/05 The Return of the Pink Panther (1975)
01/04/05 01/13/05 Almost Famous (2000)
01/04/05 01/11/05 House of Sand and Fog (2003)
01/04/05 01/10/05 Saturday Night Live: The Best of Will Ferrell 2 (2004)
08/23/04 01/04/05 Children of a Lesser God (1986)
12/03/04 01/04/05 Das Boot (1981)
12/29/04 01/04/05 Little Odessa (1994)
11/30/04 01/04/05 Dead Man Walking (1995)
12/14/04 12/29/04 The Wings of the Dove (1997)
12/06/04 12/14/04 Greenfingers (2000)
11/30/04 12/03/04 Blow Dry (2001)
11/30/04 12/03/04 The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)
11/22/04 11/30/04 The Affair of the Necklace (2001)
11/22/04 11/30/04 Secretary (2002)
11/24/04 11/30/04 Smokey and the Bandit / Smokey and the Bandit II: Double Feature (1977)
08/10/04 11/24/04 The China Syndrome (1979)
11/16/04 11/22/04 Secretary (2002)
11/16/04 11/22/04 Happy, Texas (1999)
11/11/04 11/16/04 Road to Perdition (2002)
11/11/04 11/16/04 Rounders (1998)
07/12/04 11/11/04 Farmingville: POV (2004)
07/20/04 11/11/04 The French Lieutenant’s Woman (1981)
08/03/04 08/23/04 Donnie Darko (2001)
08/02/04 08/10/04 The Bourne Identity (2002)
07/19/04 08/03/04 The Year of Living Dangerously (1983)
07/26/04 08/02/04 Breaking Away (1979)
07/20/04 07/26/04 The World According to Garp (1982)
07/12/04 07/20/04 Gorky Park (1983)
07/12/04 07/19/04 Mr. Deeds (2002)
07/13/04 07/19/04 Dummy (2003)
04/26/04 07/13/04 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)
06/30/04 07/12/04 Spider-Man (2002)
07/06/04 07/12/04 Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
02/26/04 07/12/04 Six Feet Under: Season 1: Disc 1 (2001)
06/29/04 07/06/04 Touching the Void (2003)
02/26/04 06/30/04 The Russia House (1990)
06/15/04 06/29/04 The Killing Fields (1984)
05/04/04 06/14/04 Gandhi (1982)
04/26/04 05/04/04 A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
04/22/04 04/26/04 On the Waterfront (1954)
04/21/04 04/26/04 The Secret Lives of Dentists (2003)
04/12/04 04/22/04 Patton (1970)
04/15/04 04/21/04 The Rules of Attraction (2002)
03/08/04 04/15/04 The Bourne Identity (2002)
02/19/04 04/12/04 Drowning Mona (2000)
02/19/04 03/08/04 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
09/25/03 02/26/04 Reservoir Dogs (1992)
01/07/04 02/26/04 Igby Goes Down (2002)
01/02/04 02/19/04 Quiz Show (1994)
01/28/04 02/19/04 Sid & Nancy (1986)
12/22/03 01/28/04 The Day of the Jackal (1973)
12/22/03 01/07/04 Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002)
11/18/03 01/02/04 Bloody Sunday (2002)
10/17/03 12/22/03 Cinema Paradiso: Director’s Cut (1988)
11/18/03 12/22/03 Dark Days (2000)
09/18/03 11/18/03 The Anniversary Party (2001)
10/09/03 11/18/03 Roman Holiday (1953)
10/01/03 10/17/03 Joe Gould’s Secret (2000)
09/22/03 10/09/03 The House of Yes (1997)
09/25/03 10/01/03 Killing Zoe (1994)
08/25/03 09/25/03 Army of Darkness (1993)
09/15/03 09/25/03 Max (2002)
08/22/03 09/22/03 Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
09/05/03 09/18/03 Barton Fink (1991)
09/08/03 09/15/03 Blood Simple (1984)
09/02/03 09/08/03 Time Out (2001)
08/18/03 09/05/03 Ordinary Decent Criminal (2000)
08/18/03 09/02/03 Tigerland (2000)
08/18/03 08/25/03 Bowling for Columbine (2002)
08/15/03 08/22/03 Lawn Dogs (1997)
07/10/03 08/18/03 This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
06/18/03 08/18/03 Psycho (1960)
08/13/03 08/18/03 Mean Machine (2001)
05/09/03 08/15/03 Drugstore Cowboy (1989)
06/18/03 08/13/03 Key Largo (1948)
06/12/03 07/10/03 The Parallax View (1974)
05/30/03 06/18/03 The Great Escape (1963)
06/05/03 06/18/03 Three Days of the Condor (1975)
05/30/03 06/12/03 The Sting (1973)
05/16/03 06/05/03 State and Main (2000)
05/16/03 05/30/03 Waiting for Guffman (1996)
05/12/03 05/30/03 The Third Man (1949)
05/07/03 05/16/03 Cool Hand Luke (1967)
05/07/03 05/16/03 On the Waterfront (1954)
05/07/03 05/12/03 Talk Radio (1988)
03/20/03 05/09/03 The Last Picture Show (1971)
02/13/03 05/07/03 So I Married an Axe Murderer (1993)
04/28/03 05/07/03 Network (1976)
04/23/03 05/07/03 Absence of Malice (1981)
03/13/03 04/28/03 Easy Rider (1969)
04/10/03 04/23/03 Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
03/24/03 04/10/03 Shoot the Piano Player (1960)
03/13/03 03/24/03 Shampoo (1975)
03/10/03 03/20/03 Straw Dogs (1971)
02/28/03 03/13/03 Citizen Kane (1941)
03/03/03 03/13/03 Arlington Road (1999)
02/24/03 03/10/03 Altered States (1980)
02/13/03 03/03/03 The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
01/27/03 02/28/03 North by Northwest (1959)
01/27/03 02/21/03 Strangers on a Train (1951)
01/27/03 02/13/03 Casablanca (1942)
02/03/03 02/13/03 Death to Smoochy (2002)
01/27/03 02/03/03 Rosemary’s Baby (1968)
09/04/02 01/27/03 The Sopranos: Season 1: Disc 3 (1999)
08/08/02 01/27/03 All About Eve (1950)
09/09/02 01/27/03 The Sopranos: Season 1: Disc 4 (1999)
08/08/02 01/27/03 In the Company of Men (1997)
08/21/02 09/09/02 The Sopranos: Season 1: Disc 2 (1999)
07/22/02 08/21/02 The Sopranos: Season 1: Disc 1 (1999)
08/08/02 08/21/02 Rounders (1998)
07/31/02 08/08/02 Midnight Cowboy (1969)
07/31/02 08/08/02 The Score (2001)
07/31/02 08/08/02 The Limey (1999)
07/22/02 07/31/02 The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
07/22/02 07/31/02 The Cell (2000)
07/22/02 07/31/02 Following (1998)
07/10/02 07/22/02 Wonder Boys (2000)
11/29/01 07/22/02 Velvet Goldmine (1998)
07/10/02 07/22/02 Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)
07/11/02 07/22/02 The Deer Hunter (1978)
06/24/02 07/11/02 American Psycho (2000)
02/05/02 07/10/02 Bringing Out the Dead (1999)
02/22/02 07/10/02 National Lampoon’s Animal House (1978)
02/01/02 06/24/02 Buffalo ‘66 (1998)
02/01/02 02/22/02 Ravenous (1999)
10/15/01 02/05/02 Memento (2000)
11/29/01 02/01/02 Enter the Dragon (1973)
12/13/01 02/01/02 Office Space (1999)
11/28/01 12/13/01 Run Lola Run (1998)
10/16/01 11/29/01 Chocolat (2000)
10/16/01 11/29/01 The Graduate (1967)
10/17/01 11/28/01 Damage (1992)
09/19/01 10/17/01 Waking Ned Devine (1998)
09/19/01 10/17/01 Bound (1996)
09/19/01 10/17/01 The Way of the Gun (2000)
09/19/01 10/15/01 Snatch (2000)
05/29/01 09/19/01 Planet of the Apes (1968)
05/29/01 09/19/01 High Fidelity (2000)
06/01/01 09/19/01 Annie Hall (1977)
05/29/01 09/19/01 Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
01/11/01 05/29/01 Fargo (1996)
11/17/00 05/29/01 Brazil (1985)
11/14/00 05/29/01 Dune (1984)
11/18/00 01/11/01 Pi: Faith in Chaos (1998)
11/17/00 01/11/01 Blade Runner (1982)
11/06/00 11/18/00 Suicide Kings (1997)
11/04/00 11/18/00 Clerks (1994)
11/06/00 11/18/00 Red Rock West (1993)
10/20/00 11/13/00 Chariots of Fire (1981)
10/13/00 11/06/00 Trainspotting (1995)
10/14/00 11/06/00 Days of Thunder (1990)
09/20/00 11/04/00 Bottle Rocket (1996)
09/21/00 10/20/00 Splendor in the Grass (1961)
09/25/00 10/14/00 Grosse Pointe Blank (1997)
10/02/00 10/13/00 Tron (1982)
09/18/00 10/02/00 The Big Kahuna (2000)
09/06/00 09/25/00 Life Is Beautiful (1997)
09/13/00 09/23/00 A Simple Plan (1998)
09/07/00 09/21/00 All the President’s Men (1976)
09/09/00 09/19/00 American History X (1998)
09/06/00 09/13/00 Gods and Monsters (1998)
08/15/00 09/09/00 Vertigo (1958)
08/15/00 09/05/00 Alien (1979)
08/15/00 09/05/00 The Usual Suspects (1995)
08/15/00 09/05/00 Romeo Must Die (2000)