New Google search feature The Bacon Number

Google just added a new search feature that is kind of blowing my mind.  You enter an actor's name (or other famous person) and it will tell you the degrees of seperation between that person and the well known actor Kevin Bacon.

Just go to Google, and enter "actor's name" Bacon Number and then hit enter.

The really amazing thing about this is that it is really hard to find someone who has a Bacon Number above three.  And believe me when I tell you I tried.

Check out the below examples, which I thought would be much larger;

Moms Mabley's Bacon number is 3
Moms Mabley and Rosalind Cash appeared in Amazing Grace.
Rosalind Cash and John Lithgow appeared in The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension.
John Lithgow and Kevin Bacon appeared in Footloose.

John Wayne's Bacon number is 2
John Wayne and Robert Duvall appeared in True Grit.
Robert Duvall and Kevin Bacon appeared in Jayne Mansfield's Car.

Jimi Hendrix's Bacon number is 3
Jimi Hendrix and David Crosby appeared in Woodstock.
David Crosby and Tim Robbins appeared in The Party's Over.
Tim Robbins and Kevin Bacon appeared in Mystic River.

B.B. King's Bacon number is 2
B.B. King and John Belushi appeared in The Blues Brothers.
John Belushi and Kevin Bacon appeared in National Lampoon's Animal House.

Mick Jagger's Bacon number is 2
Mick Jagger and Tom Hanks appeared in The Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch.
Tom Hanks and Kevin Bacon appeared in Apollo 13.

OK, lets get old school on em....

Boris Karloff's Bacon number is 2
Boris Karloff and Jack Nicholson appeared in The Raven.
Jack Nicholson and Kevin Bacon appeared in A Few Good Men.

Lon Chaney, Jr.'s Bacon number is 2
Lon Chaney, Jr. and Walter Matthau appeared in The Indian Fighter.
Walter Matthau and Kevin Bacon appeared in JFK.

Groucho Marx's Bacon number is 2
Groucho Marx and Austin Pendleton appeared in Skidoo.
Austin Pendleton and Kevin Bacon appeared in Starting Over.

Clara Bow's Bacon number is 3
Clara Bow and Richard Arlen appeared in Wings.
Richard Arlen and Robert Wagner appeared in The Mountain.
Robert Wagner and Kevin Bacon appeared in Wild Things.

Google Search Tips video of Matt Cutts

Matt Cutts a senior Engineer at Google gives some cool tips and tricks for using Google.

Google & Gmail Tips, Tricks and Tools

Google to offer online storage.

Google's Schmidt Said To Leak Online Storage Details @ Forbes.com.

Does Google wants to store the world? @ Zdnet.UK.

Going for a GDrive with Google


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A post in the Google blog titled Extras for your Mac Gmail Notifier give some good information on the new Mac Gmail Notifier.

It also gives a link to an example of a clever users.

Gmail Notifier for Mac OS X

It can fetch mail for only one Gmail Label and Extend the Notifier using plugins.

Other interesting Google links;

Web Search

Google Downloads

Google Images

Google Maps

Google Labs

Google News

Google Zeitgeist

Google Mobile

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