This morning I awoke to a notification that Chad had added me as a friend on Google Hotpot. I thought, "That's great! What is Google local recommendation engine." From what I've seen so far it's a list of places near you that you can rate and write comments about.. with additional "please rate this" options that appear based on previous feedback. Thus far, I'm underwhelmed. Regardless, I'll keep plugging away at the system to see if it turns up any surprising results....