There are a number of similar apps out there -- including the increasingly popular -- but as far as I'm concerned, this is the best one out there. Not only does it let you mark where you've parked your car and then help you find it again (using the phone's GPS), but Carrr Matey has at least one thing the others do not.

It talks like a pirate.

So you don't park your car -- you drop anchor. Can't remember where your car, uh, ship is? Click on the Find Vessel button. Don't want the Navy -- i.e., the police -- to give you a ticket when the meter runs out? Set the timer. And if you want to make note of which part of the garage your vessel is in, click on the Harbor button and you can note (by drawing on your touch screen) the level, letter or space you're using -- on a treasure map.

So if you wish that lasted all year long, Carrr Matey is the app to try.

Moonblink

Now that the latest Star Trek movie has revamped the entire franchise, it's become more acceptable to admit that you're a Star Trek geek. So you don't have to hide the fact that you've downloaded an app onto your Android phone called Tricorder. And that it beeps just like a "real" tricorder. And looks like something Scotty would use to check the engines.