Spot Cool Stuff is fascinated by the ever expanding functionality companies are bringing to Twitter. Some hotels offer concierge services via Twitter. Some take-out restaurants allow customers to place orders via Twitter. And now at least one VoIP company, Jajah, is launching a service that places telephone calls via Twitter.

Here’s how Jajah’s Twitter calling works:

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If you are reading this post we presume you are single and contemplating an entry into the world of online dating. Our unbridled advice is: Go for it!

Think of it this way: If you were looking for a job you’d conduct your search online. When looking for a gift or for tomorrow’s weather forecast or for a used car you search online. So why not when looking for a boyfriend or girlfriend?

So, got for it! And start by choosing the online dating site that will work best for you. The internet hosts dozens of dating sites but only a handful of them are worth joining.

Spot Cool Stuff has gone through all of the various online dating site options and found the four that are most likely to bring you to that special person you seek.

Check out the full reviews or, if you are the impatient sort, skip ahead to our conclusions:

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As the popularity of RSS feeds have grown so have the number of sites aggregating RSS feeds. Spot Cool Stuff’s aggregator of choice is Alltop, a self-described online magazine rack of popular topics.

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We wish there were some sort of Life Tracker equivalent.

Many a bride-to-be—and none too few grooms—have nightmares about the logistics of their upcoming wedding. The invitations, the music, the catering, the flowers, the rehearsal dinner and on and on and on . . . keeping it all organized is tedious and stressful.

To help engaged couples rest easy there’s Wedding Tracker, an online service through which you can not only organize your wedding but to build your own personalized wedding website as well. The service costs $60 (or $25 if you only want the website builder). To see if Wedding Tracker was worth it we tried it out:

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The explosion in the popularity of Twitter has brought with it an explosion in the selection of Twitter-related websites and application. Here’s a rundown of a few of our favorites, with the ones we especially liked are in bold. For this list, we decided to only include websites that were free (though a few involve a download that costs money). We also excluded sites that are in the early phases of beta testing.

Is there a Twitterish site you think should be on this list? Let us know in a comment, below. And, of course, make sure you follow Spot Cool Stuff on your Twitter account . . .

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How should we categorize Breed ‘Em And Weep? This blog from Berkshires writer Jenn Mattern is ostensibly about the trials and tribulations of motherhood but, really, it is about so much more.

We could see putting Jenn’s blog under our Quirky category because how else would you describe, say, an imagined couple’s therapy session between Obama and McCain? It could go under Communication because Jenn has written the world’s wisest words on how to talk to a sad person. Humorous could work too, because virtually every post of Jenn’s has a comic touch, as could Community, because Breed ‘Em And Weep has a loyal group of readers who form friendships through her site.

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If you are single it may feel like you’ve searched everywhere for your special someone. But maybe you haven’t really searched, you know, everywhere. Like inside prison. Now, thanks to the magic of the internet, you don’t have to be a petty criminal to look for love inside the big house. At meet-an-inmate.com you can peruse prisoner personals—#198676 has a love of animals and a passion for cooking, #213783 loves all types of music—and then write an old fashion snail mail letter to your selection. If nothing else it is a way to brighten some one’s day. We’re just not sure we’d give our home address for a reply.

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This is one of the coolest sites on the web and so, by definition, it is one of our favorites. Learn how to add Bluetooth to your iPod, construct an electricity-producing wind generator from an old scanner, turn a calculator into a metal detector, create a hologram, make a wallet from duct tape and much much more. On the community-run Instructables people give and receive how-to advice on all manner of things, from quirky to practical. What’s great about it is the (usually) easy to follow instructions, with photos and/or video of each step. Check it out.

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