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Now your tongue can see. Clive Thomson suggests that this could be a good interface for video games too. Comments rajkumarc 6 May 2006 12:00 pm: 10/10

Ilayaraja ruled the Tamil music industry in the 1980s. Below are short clips with the background music from his hit 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 Anonymous 6 May 2006 12:00 pm: 9/10 lazygeek 7 May 2006 9:38 am: 10/10 S Anand 7 May 2006 9:55 am: I should’ve guessed you’d be able to get them all! Well, I’ve got a 1970s one coming up. Will try and make it a little tougher, just for you :-) prakash 7 May 2006 6:32 pm: 10/10 thennavan 7 May 2006 6:39 pm: 10/10; Compare this to my Rehman score and you’ll be able to reasonable say to which era I belong :) anantha 7 May 2006 7:12 pm: that anon comment was from me Cipher 7 May 2006 7:47 pm: 9/10 - 2nd is so familiar that i forgot it ;-) S Anand 7 May 2006 8:17 pm: Anantha, which did you miss? Cipher, the actor for the second song is Kamal. Cipher 8 May 2006 12:06 am: Was it tik tik tik or Sigappu rojakkal ? lazy geek 8 May 2006 5:09 am: cipher, it was andhi mazhai Anonymous 8 May 2006 5:41 pm: 10/10. isai inban. Aravind 8 May 2006 11:03 pm: 10/10 zero 9 May 2006 10:08 am: 10/10 kummy 10 May 2006 8:21 am: 10/10 janani 15 May 2006 1:48 pm: hey am pretty terrible at the 80’s music. hmm… does that mean i am ultra modern or just badly informed. nvm.. they’re just as bad. but it was awesome fun. going on to the 90’s one now. K.Shyam 12 Oct 2006 8:14 pm: 10/10 Peri 14 Oct 2006 4:58 am: hey wat is 5 th. It is verrry familiar but I couldn’t make it.Some Bharathiraja movie. That is sure !! S Anand 14 Oct 2006 6:54 am: Peri, yes it’s a Bharathiraja film. Hint: Karthik and Radha. ASHOK KUMAR 18 Oct 2006 12:04 pm: HELLO SIR I’AM ASHOK. I VERY INTREST YOUR ALL MELODY SONGS .SO I want to ilayaraja hit nengil nendra ragam.plese give to this alubm keyan 28 Nov 2006 11:20 am: not challenging illayrajas music is in blood sathish 6 Dec 2006 9:12 pm: got all 10.. It was easy one..took 5 minutes madhu 4 Feb 2007 5:15 pm: got 10/10 Seetha 4 May 2007 6:18 am: Got nine..Wats fifth??s t not alaigal oivadhillai?? its not turning green :-) sathya 6 May 2006 12:00 pm: i like illiaraja very much his music is something different from other music when i sleep at night fistly i hear illiaraja sir music then i myself sing then sleep Sridhar 6 May 2006 12:00 pm: 10/10 ASHOK 6 May 2006 12:00 pm: I LIKE THIS COLLECTIONS GOOD,KEEP IT UP. Ahamed 6 May 2006 12:00 pm: Your site has been one of my favourites.. Uniquely beautiful to see a great site in a web world of obscenity and vulgarity. Keep up the good work Vinod Tamodharan 15 Aug 2008 11:59 pm: I LIKE THIS COLLECTION Kavitha 16 Nov 2008 2:28 am: All Songs are nice Deva 16 Nov 2008 10:22 pm: 3rd one is en iniya pon nilave. i forgot the movie name. ashok kumar 25 Dec 2008 12:13 am: all songs are very nice and i give 10/10 kiran 16 Feb 2009 3:57 am: 10/10.. but beautiful collection. I am getting to like your site as well :) Ashokkumar 16 Feb 2009 1:20 pm: Hi Gentelman I am very like & love your all songs I have your music song but i need your old melody song did you send me pl pl pl pl pl ……………. archana 4 Mar 2009 1:08 am: 10/10 beautiful songs evergreen suriya 16 Mar 2009 3:15 am: 9 th i know the song..(poove sembuve) movie name dont know why do you need it? 3 Apr 2009 3:01 am: 10/10 for me. I love Ilayaraja songs. There is a torrent with over 4GB of free Ilayaraja mp3 songs. mininova.org. Enjoy…If there is a better site, please post… Selva 26 May 2009 3:35 pm: its interesting ya and i got all right Vishnu 5 Jun 2009 2:58 am: ha.. finally scored 10/10 on a quiz.. these are very good brain teasers by the way.. thanks for the effort :-) .. Vishnu Chnadru 13 Sep 2009 12:26 pm: Why is there no Panchu Arunachalam lyrics collection? Like kanmaniya kadhan yenabathu karbanayo………. DJ 7 Aug 2009 9:51 pm: beautiful songs brings back my beautiful memories…..its like my soul….Ilayaraja the GREAT!! these songs automatically giving a pleasant feeling to heart, can’t express it…. but i feel to listen listen listen… Sujatha 15 Sep 2009 8:45 am: 10/10.Very easy one.I enjoy these quizzes alot. sharanya 16 Jan 2010 6:03 am: It’s very nice & Interesting Anita 7 Jan 2010 3:40 am: Hey, i wasnt able to recollect even one movie, but all songs are my favs. Merlin 2 Apr 2010 7:10 am: I got 10/10 kutty 2 Apr 2010 4:27 pm: i got 10/10 mahi 24 Mar 2010 5:25 am: i got 9/10 .. i can’t guess the 6th song … S.Chandrasekar 2 Jul 2010 10:03 am: I got 10/10. This is just because I have lived with Ilayarajas songs . Vijay 25 Jun 2010 1:44 am: nice one. got 10/10. You site is quite adictive. senthil kumar 19 Jul 2010 9:08 am: dear sir, very mush ur musiq and songs so like this ur songs and musiq every body thanks for ur goods music …… Ramakrishnan 6 Jul 2010 3:34 pm: I LIKE VERY MUCH ILAYARAJA MUSIC Bcase of he is the ONE & ONLY Legend of Music.iam always hear his songs.He reveled the own culture in every songs. shanthi 24 Sep 2010 3:20 pm: very good collection…i got only 6 correct….its really interesting…I wish I know about this site earlier… vijayabaskar 20 Nov 2010 12:55 pm: pretty nice collection..its really easy to recollect the songs with the base tune… not realised that it be difficult to guess the movie name….just got 5 out of 10 303 14 Nov 2010 6:39 pm: yay!!!.. naanga pass aagitommmmmm…. :) .. adhuvum 10/10 :) TRG 8 Apr 2011 12:17 pm: I AM ILAYARAJA THEVARA RASIGAN 10/10 Kartick 14 Feb 2011 12:17 pm: @Sundar - Mella mella from vaazhkai.. guess u must’ve heard it in sarvam.. :) Sundar 13 Jan 2011 10:44 pm: could some one help me find this song . I can just remember the starting music i think this movie suresh and either nadiya or purnima jayaram or revathy acted . Please listen to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEOOsnLaQPw you might know . Please let me know at [email protected] kagithan 1 Jan 2011 3:23 pm: 2m.. 3m.. theriyala ravindra babu hyderabad 18 Dec 2010 1:27 pm: hi nice to hear and collections Sudhakar Dhanapal 19 Jan 2011 11:56 am: Easyyyyyy.. 10/10 kuttuvababu 25 Mar 2011 12:27 pm: very easy and popular songs DINESH 30 Dec 2011 10:16 am: NIZH, R.PARVAI, P.MUDIVATHILAI, M.VASANAI, V.KATHIRUNTHAL, S.BAIRAVI, M.RAGAM, N’GAN, S.T.MANASU, KARA’KARAN 10/10. BUT SONG 3 IS TRICKY Shriram 14 Jan 2012 4:34 pm: got 10/10 Anamika 12 Feb 2012 10:38 am: Pogum paadhai dhoorame vaazhum kaalam konjame jeeva sugam pera raaga nadhiyinil nee neendhavaa…! Arulselvam 2 Sep 2011 3:02 pm: 10/10 Nice collections viji 20 Jan 2012 12:30 pm: 80’s songs are classic, romance, simply superb, its creates magic when v listen those songs people just forget the problems for sometimes enjoy the life, hates off to illayaraja for giving those awesome music, especially kamal + ilayaraja combo is a magic das 7 Nov 2011 3:06 pm: yehhhhhhhhhhhhh nanum 10/10 das 17 Aug 2011 5:13 am: 9/10 vijay renu 15 Dec 2011 9:52 am: we got 7/10 Ranjani 7 Aug 2011 1:29 pm: 5/10 padmanaban 15 Apr 2012 6:59 am: Nice collection, good to listen best wishes. 9/10 Ulaganathan 5 Mar 2011 3:45 am: Yeah…. Aatha Naan Pass Ayiten. 10 out of 10. divya 6 Mar 2012 2:41 pm: i just love raja sir Shobhana 20 May 2012 5:10 am: I got 10/10 in this one too.. :) madurai mouli 6 Apr 2012 8:15 am: 9 answer than kandupidichen. miss aanathu 9 avathu pattu. gotha ,just’la missu. Kesava Pillai 20 Jun 2012 7:00 am: 9/10 ,பூவே செம்பூவே …மட்டும் என்ன படம் என்று மறந்து விட்டது … Malarvannan 8 Sep 2012 1:57 pm: 10/10 Panimalar 16 Jan 2013 6:09 pm: Easy. Got 10/10. Very interesting to guess. balaji 4 Feb 2016 9:45 am: wow ! 10/10feeling great Aravindan 7 Apr 2020 6:08 am: It’s ever green songs very easy to identify the movie.so nice

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Why Don’t Ad Agencies Advertise? Comments Sai 4 May 2006 10:39 pm: Thats hogwash Anand. Just my opinion. Sudheer 5 May 2006 5:50 am: Seems more like a crib article more than one which gives answers… S Anand 5 May 2006 6:09 am: I wonder, though: isn’t it true that ad agencies, in general, don’t advertise? Why is that? Sai 15 May 2006 11:16 pm: Don’t you think the reason they do not advertise in mainstream media like newspapers & tv is that it is catered to the b2c crowd. But i have always thought that Ad firms do advertise in magazines and such read by decision makers, thought that was the case. S Anand 17 May 2006 12:27 am: Quite possible. Even so, it looks like they advertise less than other industries. And that is odd…

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Jakob Nielsen’s old write-up on how users read on the web. Actually, this is how people read anything. I write my e-mails, PowerPoint presentations, and Word reports this way.

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The Long Tail of information sharing. Even on Wikipedia, fewer than 2% have contributed over 100 articles. Over 85% have contributed fewer than 5 articles. A Wiki inside an organisation is unlikely to reach critical mass, left to itself. Comments Arun 28 Apr 2006 6:10 am: But I imagine, many in the 85% probably contributed stuff that the prolific guys never thought of. For instance, I know one guy who put up something on Ananth Pai (Tinkle, Amar Chitra Katha), and i doubt he probably ever added anything else. But you are right about wiki in an organization. Do you know an organization where a wiki has been used effectively? S Anand 28 Apr 2006 10:22 pm: No, not offhand. We were planning to recommend it at one of our clients’, but I’m not going to do that any more. sathish 30 Apr 2006 2:39 am: if the organization strength is large - runs into many thousands or lakhs - I think the required critical mass might be acheived.. for smaller companies and small teams too, it might make sense - since, every one is liable to participate - especially product documentation - it would be easier make/correct and change. Arun 30 Apr 2006 6:02 am: Ah, ok. S Anand 30 Apr 2006 8:45 am: A colleague just reported that his current client is successfully using a Wiki. So may it’s not impossible after all… Madhu 2 May 2006 12:24 pm: wiki is all about scale i think. The sergery brin special lecture at UCB is a case in point. You can access this at google videos

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The Great Google Float. Interesting article on how Google makes money by holding Adsense payments until it hits $100.

Create Google calendar events via SMS. Just SMS 48368 (in the US) with a message like “dinner tomorrow 7pm”. 48368? GVENT?

How to tie a bandage without it falling off. It’s in Japanese, but the video is pretty clear.