2005

Will Google Calendar go live today?

Human memory capacity is about filters, not storage.

Dogs laugh.

Trend sweet trend shows recent trends in del.icio.us bookmarks.

10 places you must use Ajax.

Who’s afraid of Google? Everyone

How to survive worst case scenarios, like a riot, plane crash or car without brakes. Also includes an alien abduction scenario. Comments Rajiv 5 Dec 2005 7:50 pm: Are you still at BCG? S Anand 5 Dec 2005 9:08 pm: Infosys Consulting right now.

Dr DivX is now open source. You may prefer it to Virtual Dub.

Firefox 1.5’s canvas tag used to create games. A first-player shooter type with textures. Impressive. (You need Firefox 1.5 to view this). Comments sLaSh 4 Dec 2005 2:28 pm: http://www.learnoutloud.com/Free-Audio-Video/Science/Physics/Fits-of-Reflection-and-Transmission/15197

HTML keyboard shortcuts using the “accesskey” attribute.

Why we love rounded corners.

Paul Graham on picking a computer language. Excellent read.

IMDb Torrent linker – a GreaseMonkey script that shows torrents available when you browse the IMDb.

Coloured soap bubbles.

Capturing movies on the fly. Comments Sumit Dhar 30 Nov 2005 1:28 am: SnapZ is a Mac only application? For Windows, I use VirtualDub. Not very intuitive or easy to use, but does the job. S Anand 30 Nov 2005 11:07 am: So do I! It’s pretty effective. I do my video compression on VirtualDub as well.

The Blind Search Engine Test. My vote turned out to be for Google.

Discussion on 43 Folders on presentation tips. Comments Sathya 28 Nov 2005 7:02 am: Anand … can you RSS-enable your website ? S Anand 29 Nov 2005 7:52 pm: It alread is. The XML link is on the rop right, in the bookmarks.

Some interesting ads on Google video: FotoPrix: perfect pictures for an imperfect world. Nike ad in Lisbon. Honda car assembly (a classic). Google Video also has Google Current, which is a newsreel about Google’s top searches. But the find was a 5-hour Google factory tour. Comments ritzkini 23 Nov 2005 9:07 am: Thanks for your interest in Google Video.Currently, the playback feature of Google Video isn’t available in your country.We hope to make this feature available more widely in the future, and we really appreciate your patience. S Anand 23 Nov 2005 7:25 pm: That is truly a pity. Wonder if any of the proxys will take care of it…

Google may acquire Riya. Riya can recognise faces and lettering in your pictures. Comments Sai 8 Dec 2005 11:50 pm: Hi, do post the rest of the tips for excel when you get the time. Good Stuff.

Rule #3: Avoid manual labour. Use Excel to automate the task. I use Excel’s formulas to speed up repetitous tasks. These techniques are powerful, meaning, you can do a lot with a little, but can have unforeseen consequences. Excel can find and replace formulas. If you had hardcoded formulas and wanted to change =B1*3.14 to =B1*3.1416 across all rows, just find “*3.14” and replace it with “*3.1416”. Find and replace works in formulas. This is very powerful. You can use it to change the source (e.g. change the source from column B to C by finding “=B” and replacing with “=C”) or even the formula (find and replace “SUM(” with “SUBTOTAL(9,”). ...