March 2007

Google Maps directions from California to Stockhom. Google suggests a “Swim across the Atlantic Ocean”. 3,462 miles. Estimated time: 29 days 0 hours Comments Crazyassblondechick 29 Mar 2007 9:46 pm: wow that’s really funny! nku 30 Mar 2007 2:25 am: Ha ha ha. Someone at Google taking “creativity” very seriously :) aussie desi 30 Mar 2007 10:16 pm: Someone at Google got the speed of humans in water totally wrong. In order to cover this distance, the person needs to swim 8kms an hour non stop. The FINA world record for 1500 meters is 14:34.56. Thus a person can swim only 6 kms an hour. Creativity - 10/10 Math - 0/10

Two weeks ago, I pulled together a Media PC. This has been a long-term ambition. I’ve always wanted to have a PC as the centre of all my media. To use it as a radio, TV, stereo system, CD player, DVD player, etc. I finally did it, for just under 1000 pounds. At the centre of the setup is my 42" Plasma TV (LG 42PC1D). I was debating between a plasma and LCD TV. The differences, as I understand them, are: ...

The Truman Show is on for real, on Justin.TV. Justin wears the camera 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Even in the bathroom. Even on a date. This is really live. Honest. Right now. Justin will wear the camera until the day he dies. By which we mean if he takes it off, we’ll kill him. The show has been on for 9 days till date.

RIAA wins the “Worst Company in America 2007”. The RIAA is mainly EMI, Sony, Universal and Warner.

Here is the background music from SD Burman's songs. Can you guess which movie they are from? Don't worry about the spelling. Just spell it like it sounds, and the box will turn green. Comments Kalpesh 20 Mar 2007 1:47 pm: Dude, it throws 404 (file not found). Moreover, I think it is copy-paste problem. All tje songs point to a.mp3 ;) BTW, I like your site & have subscribed to you in bloglines. Sri 9 May 2007 8:11 pm: Cool ones…. could you give me answer to the SD Burman quiz please, I only I got 3 right :(

Google filed a patent for Google Desktop last month, that hints at how they rank search results. Last access time, where the item is stored, file type and file size are mentioned as factors, but there are probably some more left unmentioned.

Creating user friendly 404 pages.

Videos of amazing physics experiments.

How to use a GPS with Google Earth and map your path. Which is also a way to use your laptop and any GBP 30 GPS receiver to create a GBP 100 GPS navigator.

Scribd is a document sharing site. Sort of like a YouTube for documents. In other words, a book-lover’s paradise. Comments Dhar 7 Mar 2007 3:52 am: Anand, I found “The God Delusion” on Scribd. What were the interesting titles you found? S Anand 7 Mar 2007 7:01 am: On Lisp by Paul Graham, Excel Time-Saving Techniques for Dummies and Patterns of Software. prakash ayer 25 Mar 2007 11:54 am: Thanks Anand. Pretty good site.