Music. I'mm yet to find a good api which let's me query information about artists / songs etc. And the good local events api someone mentioned would also be great.
> Music
http://musicbrainz.org/ is extremely good at this.
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#142Music. I'mm yet to find a good api which let's me query information about artists / songs etc. And the good local events api someone mentioned would also be great.
check out http://developer.echonest.com/
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#143- US & State Government tax information. The tax code is amazingly complex. It would be good if you could figure out the tax implications of various events. Better if they simplified the tax code to where this was possible. Moreover, data.gov so far is a disappointment. Maybe they'll improve it. But I'd love to dig in to purchasing and personnel costs for every branch of government. - Good stock market historical tic…
Tax information would be HUGE. I would also like to see an API for general government records.
For example, if we had voting records, we could finally stop hearing all this "but you voted on -----" "no I didn't go back and check the record" "no look you voted on ----- which is basically the same" "shut up I served in the war" "yay war" stuff every election. We could just look it up and say "hey look you did". The Times "Congress API" is on its way to this, but last I checked, all it had was the attendance records.
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#144An API for a service that prints and snail mails documents cheaply and professionally in the Netherlands. That would let me build a cool online billing app.
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#145An API into the postal system of every country.
How about one of these:
http://l-mail.com http://postful.com http://earthclassmail.com http://postalmethods.com
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#146does multiply.com have an API already?
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#147I'd want an API to a physical world.
Preferably one which isn't limited to "laws of nature", but rather lets you add your own ones.
Also: Universe root console.
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#148My body, starting with my brain. Please provide clear documentation.
Also a GNU screen implementation would be nice. ^A-D during certain interminable lectures, particularly.
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#149Subway. On the stations here they have displays, that show in how many minutes the next train will arrive (which is real-time data). Would be cool if they broadcast this information on the net, you could see if you need to hurry to the station or not.
for programmable bombs?