Some Websites I'd like to see

Ever have a day where you think of several great ideas, but don't know how to make them happen?

Today was one of them, although if I took the time and had the inclination, I probably could make some of them happen. In case a reader wants to steal one of these ideas and make it reality, I don't really mind so long as I get to use the site for free and if you send me a nice royalty check once you monetize it.

#1
Ever see kids totally misbehaving in public because of stupid parent behavior? Do you ever wish there was a polite way to step in and say - "hey, when you gave in to his demand, you rewarded him for his bad behavior and made your problem worse."? I do. Trouble is, most people never learned much about behavioral psychology when it comes to parenting, and most people aren't interested in hearing about it, especially if it makes them look like an ignorant parent in public.

So there should be a website with a helpful, memorable title such as "mykidisoutofcontrol.com" or "helpmewithmykid.com". Parents who wish to confront bad parenting behaviors can simply tell them to check out the website. (More aggressive, hardcore ones may print out cards to hand out to them with the address written on it.) At the website, it'll explain that the person referring the reader to the website cared about the reader's sanity enough to offer some advice, but didn't want to cross the social faux pas into an awkward situation, or assume that the reader wanted to hear it. Then it would offer help - it would explain in the simplest terms possible how kids think about rewards.

I'm picturing stick figures that would show "Parent says no". "Kid throws tantrum" "Parent gives Kid what he wants". Result : Kid learns that throwing a tantrum is good.

Another: "Parent tells kid to stop." "Kid pauses, and does it again" "Parent sighs and allows kid to do what he wants". Result: Kid learns to a) disobey parent. b) be persistent.

Then it would offer practical steps to circumvent that behavior. "Parent says no". "kid continues behavior" "parent stops what he was doing and applies appropriate punishment". Result: kid learns that parent means what he says and that disobeying will hurt.

#2
I'd like to see a movie store designed for major movie buffs, propped up by technology. Fast forward 30 years or so, and imagine wearing glasses that produce an overlay as I look at each movie on the shelf. On that overlay, it shows me each movie's rating from critics I choose (such as Yahoo users in general, Criticker.com ratings, reelviews.net, and Ebert and Roeper). It also directs me to movies that, based on the other movies I've rated and my personal taste, have a high probability of being enjoyed by me. It would identify favorite actors, directors, writers, and visually link those to the movies on the shelf. It would also give me info on the other people in the store. It might tell me that one other person that's browsing has a slightly better than average match on "taste compatibility index" (Criticker's term for "They like the same movies you do".) It would tell me about movies we've both rated and how each of us rated it for comparison, which would be a perfect conversation starter. ("Dude, you didn't like "Out Cold"? What's wrong with you?"). It would also keep a running list of the movies at the store that I would eventually like to see, although I may not want to rent it that day.

Bring this back to the present. The information mashup portions of my vision are totally possible today, and they'd bring a highly social component to video-store browsing. A website could potentially bring in database information from a local store or Redbox kiosk and combine it with Criticker info to offer alerts when a movie I should enjoy becomes available to rent, or when an obscure movie is available at a store I normally wouldn't visit.

#3
I'd like a tool for cooks that is part recipe-bank, part organizer. Specifically, it would take separate recipes that are part of your meal and line everything up in order of how to do it so that it all gets done on time while being as fresh as possible.

I used to encounter this problem all the time when making hamburgers. Several times in a row, we'd be waiting on the fries to be done before we could eat. Meanwhile, the hamburgers were done and were getting cold. The problem was that I'd slice my toppings and heat up the George Foreman grill first, when every good hamburger cook should know that the absolute first thing you should do is preheat the oven to 425 degrees for the steak fries.

Consider how to do a thanksgiving meal with a turkey, green bean casserole, mashed potatoes, rolls, corn on the cob and gravy. You want everything to be done at noon. The site would know that at 8am, the oven should start preheating and the turkey should be prepped, which takes 15 minutes, so that it can be in by 8:15. At 10:45, the ingredients should be mixed for the casserole, which takes 5 minutes. At 10:50, you should start peeling the potatoes. At 11, take out the turkey for a final baste, before starting the water boiling for the corn on the cob. In this way, it would take you step by step through the entire 6-recipe meal, preventing you from neglecting any key timing issues. I'll warrant that this process is something most cooks do in their heads, but nervously and in a way that's prone to error. The cook could get more out of their time with this organization tool.

The real benefit of this solution comes in identifying conflicts in advance. At the same time that you're stuck stirring gravy so that it doesn't go lumpy, the corn may need to be drained and the casserole topped. That's kinda hard to do with one cook. Perhaps you don't have enough burners on top of the stove to accommodate everything all at once, or you need two different things in the microwave at the same time, or five dishes in the oven that fits four. The system could either adjust the timing of certain parts, or suggest (during planning) an alternate side item that would fit nicely in that gap where'd you'd otherwise be twiddling your thumbs and a resource would be unused. It could even work in time to clean the dishes as you go or set the table so that when dinner's done, the cleanup is too. That would make your average home cook look like a genius.

Thoughts?