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The Optimus keyboard. Every key of the Optimus keyboard is a stand-alone display showing exactly what it is controlling at this very moment. See it – it’s a remarkable concept. Comments Jayant 16 Jul 2005 5:49 am: Not sure of commercial application esp to laptops whose sales are inc and PC dec. So, quite niche S Anand 16 Jul 2005 8:16 am: Well, laptop keyboards could have this functionality too I guess. Francis 16 Jul 2005 10:03 pm: i would want to focus on the screen as opposed to the keyboard. S Anand 17 Jul 2005 11:10 am: True. But it helps teach shortcuts as well. It would help me with Photoshop and some games.

100 quick and easy healthy foods. Foods which need less than 30 minutes of preparation and cooking times. Comments Jayant 13 Jul 2005 2:48 pm: An apple a day keeps the doctor away!. Just wash with plain water nd eat Ram 14 Jul 2005 3:34 pm: Morning: Idly’s with Kara chutney, Lunch: Thayiru sadam with manga urugai, Dinner: Idly’s with Thakkali chutney will keep you energetic, smart, slim and trim. Why to squander on those junkies!!! (Above listed names are popular South Indian dishes) S Anand 14 Jul 2005 5:40 pm: Don’t forget sambar!

Profile of the London bombers. I hope their Pakistani origin does not create a backlash. But then, this is the UK. Not the US. Comments Francis 14 Jul 2005 5:13 pm: http://www.wherearethejobsgoing.com harish 15 Jul 2005 1:58 am: you can never say. places supposedly tolerant like new zealand had a few attacks on mosques. also i heard the discrimination on the pakis particularly is a long standing issue. am i wrong? the link incidentally doesnt click through to the page intended. its on the index page S Anand 16 Jul 2005 8:05 am: Fixed the link. Thanks, Harish. And yes, I have heard about some incidents against Asians outside London. You are right.

Sparkler art. Long exposure photos on Flickr with a sparkler. via Dhar

Londoners’ reaction to the bombing. Feels like a classic British reaction. That seems to be feeling around office too. More from IrishEyes. Comments S Anand 13 Jul 2005 11:50 am: More at We’re Not Afraid.

Taking pictures at low shutter speeds without a tripod. Comments Anonymous Hero 5 Jul 2005 9:56 am: About why Google History is important: I had searched for something from home laptop and I was at office and needed the same info. Went into Google history and found the same thing… So the search history and the links I clicked on were available from any computer attached to the Net. Found it pretty useful… Ram 5 Jul 2005 4:51 pm: Pls update the placement section with new useful links… S Anand 5 Jul 2005 6:36 pm: Ah… that’s a good use. I was also wondering if we could do some profiling of the kinds of sites we visit – perhaps by checking what their tags are on technorati or del.icio.us sathish 22 Jul 2005 11:14 am: probably based on our search history, there could some recommendations to given

Edward Tufte. Professor Emeritus at Yale University. Taught statistical evidence, information design, and interface design. Working on includes digital video, sculpture, printmaking.

Google Earth released. It’s free. Related links: Google Earth Hacks Comments S Anand 1 Jul 2005 12:13 pm: It shows my house. Ram 1 Jul 2005 4:16 pm: At my first sight i thought that this picture was taken from simsity game.I coudn’t imagine that this picture from Google maps are real !!! S Anand 4 Jul 2005 5:00 am: It gets better than SimCity. You can tilt the view of a city and fly by the skyline on Google Earth.

Google Maps API. But for some reason, it doesn’t work on Geocities. Related links: Google Maps Mania, London Traffic (and cameras)

It’s interesting how Steven Spielberg created his sound effects in movies. For example, in Raiders of the Lost Ark, Indy’s whip is the treated sound of a jet taking off; the punches in fist fights are the result of bashing leather jackets with baseball bats; and the rolling boulder rumble is a Honda station wagon coasting down a gravel road mixed with a rocket blast-off. … or in E.T. The Extra Terrestrial ...

Most countries’ time zones are separated by a whole hour from GMT. The only countries that are NOT seperated by a whole number of hours from GMT are India, Afghanistan, Australia, Burma, Iran, Nepal and New Zealand.

Flickr enhancements include 20 MB/month of uploads, 200 photos, and cheaper Flickr Pro accounts.

Google search history is like a9 – it remembers your searches. But why is that useful? Comments sathish 29 Jun 2005 7:51 am: I found it useful recently.. I remembered that I got a link when I searched for a particular term and by going through the search history, I figured out link I had looked earlier. S Anand 29 Jun 2005 8:49 am: Ah… that makes sense. I use the history in the toolbar. Guess this mirrors that. sathish 4 Jul 2005 9:25 am: read more about the google personalization from mit tech review blog - http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/05/07/wo/wo_070105hellweg.asp?trk=top

How to sit at a computer.

Think like a genius.

The story of the Windows 95 user interface.

50 Fun Things to do with your iPod

Who will Google buy next? Comments Mala 22 Jun 2005 4:44 am: London pahunch gaye?? Send me your new email ID at malavikap yahoo co Anonymous 22 Jun 2005 10:23 am: anand can you give me some CAT tips tech freak 29 Jun 2005 7:03 am: give your new email ID S Anand 29 Jun 2005 8:01 am: root underscore node at yahoo dot com

Hotbar threatened to sue Symantec over its anti adware software. Symantec filed back a zero dollar lawsuit against Hotbar. “Until yesterday, adware and spyware makers could send out threatening letters with almost no downside,” said Edelman as he put the Symantec court case into perspective. “Nothing bad would happen to them, and maybe something good would happen, maybe the anti-spyware vendor would give in and remove them from their database.” Comments munish 10 Jun 2005 11:42 am: me in amsterdam..could call you up sometimes Amandeep 10 Jun 2005 5:03 pm: lets meet up sometime munish 13 Jun 2005 2:34 pm: give me your number

Google Sitemaps. …is an experiment in web crawling. Using Sitemaps to inform and direct our crawlers, we hope to expand our coverage of the web and improve the time to inclusion in our index. By placing a Sitemap-formatted file on your webserver, you enable our crawlers to find out what pages are present and which have recently changed, and to crawl your site accordingly. Anil Dash links to alternate proposals. via Anders Jacobs