I stopped using Google Analytics when I redesigned my site. I track my own statistics. This gives me access to raw data, and I can do my own analyses. I wanted to know the keywords on Google that led to my site. (Google Analytics only gives you phrases.) I also wanted independent words. If you search for “Calvin and Hobbes”, I want to count only “Calvin”, knowing that it’s in the context of “Hobbes”. ...
The 10 Laws of Simplicity.
These are stills from Kamal's movies. Each link points to a different movie. I have jumbled the images. You can move the jumbled blocks around, like a jigsaw. Can you guess the movie? Comments Sathya 15 Sep 2006 8:03 am: its not changing colour ;-( S Anand 15 Sep 2006 8:22 am: Well, Sathya, then the answer must be wrong ;-) Nah, unlikely. There must be a spelling variation I had not anticipated. Why don’t you mail me the answer, and I’ll fix it. Thanks! Sathya 15 Sep 2006 9:28 am: movie 5 has a zigsaw tht does not belong to the movie. S Anand 15 Sep 2006 11:18 am: You’re right. Sorry! Fixed it now. Anonymous 15 Sep 2006 4:42 pm: hey tht was nice and very easy.i was able to find out the answers even b4 moving the pics.enjoyable though Ashwin 16 Sep 2006 1:21 pm: Vettayadu Vilayadu is an excellent movie and its doing well in theatres also. Sillunu oru kadhal is not that much good.. Emtan magan is also worth watching, mostly the comedy is good. That’s all about current movie status in Tamil nadu. Ashwin 16 Sep 2006 1:25 pm: I dont’t know much about the old movies, any how i enjoyed playing with the Puzzle. Anand, i will call u later… saranya 20 Sep 2006 9:23 am: anand puzzle three is excellent i got in 5 mins itself its so interesting to play this saranya 20 Sep 2006 2:14 pm: i have solved the 4th puzzle Ram 13 Oct 2006 2:09 am: Can u please tell me the name of the first movie Ram 13 Oct 2006 2:10 am: I have solved 2, 3,4 and 5 but i dont know first…can any one tell me the name of the first movie.I had seen that movie but i cant remember the name of the movie..please help damind 28 Oct 2006 6:33 am: i got four, but i am not satisfied cause i know the answer for the fifth one and its not accepting the right answer ashwini 3 Nov 2006 10:06 am: Second one is varumaiyin niram sivappu only. 4th one not clear at all. subadra 5 Mar 2007 3:18 pm: we solved this too,Anand.we r enjoying it ravi 8 Mar 2007 9:36 am: very good 5one ????????????????? senthil 14 Sep 2006 12:00 pm: i got all 5 answers.. yipeee :-) dhan hak sak 17 Jun 2009 3:16 pm: ha ha ha…. Innum difficult level edhavadhu iruka Renuka 8 Jul 2009 10:40 am: I can see that I’m taking this quiz three years after it was posted - came to know of this website very recently. Awesome! This must be one of the easiest quizzes :-) Or probably the only one! 5/5. Ramki 24 Sep 2009 10:39 pm: Hi Anand, I think I got all 5 right. However, second one which I think is Varumayin Niram Sivappu is not getting highlighted. Am I wrong? TRG 8 Apr 2011 2:15 pm: well set 5/5 retna 2 Feb 2011 2:00 am: finaly i got all answer correct, but the answer for no.2 i think is correct but i don’t know y its not highlighted. can anyone hepl. tq
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I've mentioned the lead pair of famous romantic English movies. How many titles can you guess?
Arrange books by colour. It looks lovely.
What would an honest in-flight announcement sound like? Among other things, it would say… Please switch off all mobile phones, since they can interfere with the aircraft’s navigation systems. At least, that’s what you’ve always been told. The real reason to switch them off is because they interfere with mobile networks on the ground, but somehow that doesn’t sound quite so good.
Waiter Rant: daily experiences of an anonymous waiter in New York. via Shruti’s post on Waiter Rant
Wikipedia says the human voice frequency for speech is between 85 to 155 Hz for men, and 165 to 255 Hz for women. That set me thinking. What is the limit to our hearing? How do sounds differ? How can we synthesise speech? What are the limits to our hearing? Kids can hear frequencies from 20 Hz to 20 kHz, while adults hear only up to 12-14 kHz (Frequency Range of Human Hearing). ...
This entire music video (set to the song "Everybody's Gotta Learn Sometime" by Beck) has been filmed backwards. Comments Jeremy Lutter 11 Sep 2006 12:00 pm: Hey Cool backwards music video! I filmed video backwards as well.. mine is a little dark and a little violent. http://www.memelabs.com/indiemv/index.php?play=475 I need your help I’’m a bit behind on votes. can you help out a fellow backwards filmmaker? Jeremy www.brokenmirrorfilms.com
When you make a link, there’s no guarantee that the link will work 5 years later. Sites change their URL structure. I’m finding that many of my blog entries from 2000 are invalid. Sometimes you want to link to a concept rather than a site. In such cases, it’s better to link to a Google query. For example, rather than link to a site that defines SVG, I could link to the Google search define:SVG. ...
Why Linux does not need defragmenting (via Google Operating System’s article on fast disk defragmenters.)
Here are words from the middle of 10 songs from 1980-1990. They are all dappanguthus -- or at least, fast songs. Can you guess which movie they are from? Note: I've made this quiz a little tougher than the earlier ones. Don't worry about the spelling. Just spell it like it sounds, and the box will turn green. Comments ashwini 3 Nov 2006 10:10 am: Ok deen 16 Nov 2006 10:03 pm: 4th munthanai mudichchu 7th alaikal oiwathillai p.kannan 8 Jan 2007 4:17 am: its a nice one bobby 3 Feb 2007 12:07 pm: hey its too good stivane 30 Mar 2007 11:34 am: alwayes old is gold usha 9 Sep 2006 12:00 pm: Interesting sree 14 Mar 2010 9:32 am: what is the 2nd song….. mpganesh 11 Mar 2011 4:25 pm: i scored 9/10; what is the 5th song? Shobhana 20 May 2012 5:44 am: Got everything except the second one.. any clue for the second one?
Solve several TV and film quizzes in Excel. More at Yahoo’s online quizzes. Comments shanthi 24 Sep 2010 2:51 pm: Extremly brilliant! we stay in jakarta and I usually host all diwali and new year parties..i always conduct film quizzez audio video round..now its easy for me to get information from this site…thanks its very interesting also..
Here are words from the middle of 10 songs from 1985-1989. Can you guess which movie they are from? (Films are NOT repeated) Don't worry about the spelling. Just spell it like it sounds, and the box will turn green. Comments Anonymous 15 Sep 2006 4:50 pm: help out wth 2 and 7 pl S Anand 15 Sep 2006 5:44 pm: 2: Sathyaraj film. 7: Superstar film Anonymous 19 Sep 2006 7:56 am: 2nd found out 7th cant guess at all,any more clues ?????? S Anand 19 Sep 2006 9:42 am: 7: Actress is Radha. sutha 23 Sep 2006 8:31 am: is it kathiks movie number 9? S Anand 23 Sep 2006 6:25 pm: No, 9 is Ramarajan. Bosky 5 Oct 2006 2:25 pm: got all these in less than 6 minutes K.Shyam 12 Oct 2006 8:14 pm: 10/10 valli 14 Oct 2006 7:47 pm: good time pass. thanks. deen 16 Nov 2006 10:16 pm: 9th specialised with a cuntry dance 10th kamal double faced …..? sathish 6 Dec 2006 8:57 pm: Got all 10.. Good job anand..Post more quizzes like this suriya 16 Mar 2009 3:27 am: help me with 2,8 plz. suryaaa 23 Jun 2009 5:37 am: pathukku pathu…in less than 15 seconds…im soooo happy… sharanya 19 Jan 2010 9:57 am: 3.Mv song i know but i can’t pls hlp me. balaji 25 Nov 2010 12:05 pm: very interesting… post more quizzes like this Shobhana 17 Oct 2011 12:42 pm: 10/10!!!! Anamika 11 Feb 2012 2:46 pm: Sangeetham paatila nee pesum pechila ? Shobhana 20 May 2012 4:42 am: Got 9/10… cant get the 8th one though.. das 17 Aug 2011 5:30 am: yehe 9/10 Siva G 25 Sep 2012 8:43 pm: Got 10/10… but the 2nd one is very tough…Really very interesting
Here are words from the middle of 10 songs from 1990-1994. Can you guess which movie they are from? (Films are NOT repeated) Don't worry about the spelling. Just spell it like it sounds, and the box will turn green. Comments Anonymous 19 Sep 2006 7:58 am: 1,4 and 5 please!clue. S Anand 19 Sep 2006 9:41 am: Heroes for 1, 4, 5 are Murali, Prabhu and Karthik. Anonymous 27 Sep 2006 5:34 pm: 4 abd 5 no guesses works out.any other clues? S Anand 27 Sep 2006 7:26 pm: 4: Bhanupriya. 5: Revathi. K.Shyam 12 Oct 2006 8:15 pm: 10/10 SANDHYA 1 Dec 2006 4:49 am: cant trace 3,4,5 Anonymous 1 Dec 2006 4:49 am: valuable clues pls gopinath 1 Dec 2006 6:21 am: 3,4,5 azar 2 Dec 2006 7:03 am: intresting Sathish 6 Dec 2006 9:04 pm: Got all 10 Jayadevi sabarigirish 19 Jan 2007 4:34 pm: could not find 3, 5.. we had a nice time doing this!! Ravi 5 Mar 2007 11:52 am: i know 4th one (oru kathal thevathai boomiyil vanthal) i forgot the film name……….Nice Ballamurugan_Laxmi 8 Mar 2007 3:28 am: ulla azhuguraen veliya sirikkiraen nalla vaeshandhaan veluththu vaanguraen feelgood 14 Mar 2007 2:53 pm: mmm good one Ramya 6 Sep 2006 12:00 pm: Got a ten on ten for this one too … kagithan 1 Jan 2011 3:00 pm: 10/10 nirmala 18 Dec 2010 7:51 pm: couldnt find 1 5 n 7 help pls priya 29 Sep 2011 3:29 pm: 8/10.. good.. interesting… Shobhana 20 May 2012 5:04 am: 10/10… :)
Google news archive search lets you search news over the last 200 years. Along with Google Print and Google Scholar, this is a great research tool for printed material.
Here are words from the middle of 10 songs from 1995-1999. Can you guess which movie they are from? (Films are NOT repeated) Don't worry about the spelling. Just spell it like it sounds, and the box will turn green. Comments Swaroopa 6 Sep 2006 12:24 pm: Cool selections!! can I have all the answers S Anand 6 Sep 2006 3:56 pm: I’d rather not post the answers here. Have mailed them to you. Anonymous 28 Sep 2006 10:46 am: Hi nice work Anonymous 3 Oct 2006 5:14 pm: 7 and 8 pl.cnt guess S Anand 3 Oct 2006 6:32 pm: 7 and 8 are both Ajit films. V Gopinath 1 Dec 2006 7:03 am: 10/10 venky 28 Feb 2007 6:22 am: Thats real cool da….i got except the 7th one give me some clue Shathish 7 Mar 2007 8:49 am: Very nice and easy selections.Good Seetha 3 May 2007 6:11 am: cool one :) Seetha 3 May 2007 6:16 am: I was able to make 10 :) divya 8 May 2007 6:32 am: any clue for the 2nd song pls Seetha 5 Sep 2006 12:00 pm: Cool..damn easy!! sundar 5 Sep 2006 12:00 pm: done 10/10 Pillaikani 12 Jan 2010 4:34 pm: DONE I’VE DONE IT!!!!!!! 10/10 Nangalum Vaanguvomla!!!!!!!!!!!! Eppudi!!!! balaji 26 Nov 2010 12:02 pm: appu risk edukkardhu engalukku rusk sapidara madhiri.. eppoooodi ha ha Suganya 30 May 2012 7:42 am: Could not find 9… :( Anamika 12 Feb 2012 10:42 am: Indha thaamarai poo theeyil indru kaathirukku ullam nondhu kangal ennum poon thean thumbi paadi chellaadho…! Shobhana 20 May 2012 5:02 am: 10/10 !!! Yay!!!! Ugendran 22 Sep 2012 11:09 am: I got 9/10, but i cn’t find 2nd Vijay 12 Feb 2018 9:43 am: Hi could you mail me the answers please - its a great quiz
10 great uses for Google Desktop. The only one I didn’t know about before was the “Control Panel replacement”. You can use Google Desktop to launch control panel items.
Digital photography how-to. Comments Dhar 8 Sep 2006 6:09 am: In addition to the link you have given, do check out Photonhead for tips, tricks and tutorials on Digital Photography. Incidentally, I have recently started shooting again and a few of the shots I have taken are available here.