Amazing physics experiments
Videos of amazing physics experiments.
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.
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.
How to find Google Custom Search Engines. Mentions a custom search engine for Google custom search engines.
Running shoes may actually cause injuries. The heel has evolved to detect the pressure of hitting the ground, and to adjust the force with which to land our feet. Cushioned shoes soften the pressure. So we tend to land with greater force, creating more stress on our bones.
In fact, the more expensive the shoe, the more likely the injuries!
You can download the Oscar nominated movies at Oscar Torrents, and vote for them. (No, the decision won’t be based on this — it’s completely unofficial.) via Dhar
Steve Yegge at Google talks about the features of the Next Big Language. He apparantly has inside information about the language corporates are likely to make a big push for. The comments seem to suggest Javascript 2.
Kevin Smith’s top 10 films of 2006.
Malcolm Gladwell argues that knowing less can be an advantage. This is based on a study in which kids in the US were asked which was a bigger city: San Antonio or San Diego. Many didn’t know. Kids in Germany were asked the same. Most knew: San Diego was bigger. Why? Because they’d heard of San Diego, but not of San Antonio.
P.S: A comment mentions that the actual difference in population between these cities is only 2%. So maybe the US kids were right to be unsure…
India Poised: a video featuring Amitabh Bachchan. Here’s the transcript.
There are two Indias in this country. One India is straining at the leash, eager to spring forth and live up to all the adjectives that the world has been recently showering upon us.
The other India is the leash.
One India says “Give me a chance, and I’ll prove myself.”
The other India says “Prove yourself first, and maybe then, you’ll have a chance.”
One India lives in the optimism of our hearts.
The other India lurks in the scepticism of our minds.
One India wants.
The other India hopes.
One India leads.
The other India follows.
These conversions are on the rise. With each passing day, more and more people from the other India are coming over to this side. And quietly, while the world is not looking, a pulsating, dynamic India is emerging.
An India whose faith in success is far greater than its fear of failure.
An India that no longer boycotts foreign-made goods, but buys out the companies that makes them instead.
History, they say, is a bad motorist. It rarely ever signals its intentions when it’s taking a turn.
This is that rarely ever moment. History is turning a page.
For over half a century, our nation has sprung, stumbled, run, fallen, rolled over, got up and dusted ourself, and cantered, sometimes lurched on.
But now, in our sixtieth year as a free nation, the ride has brought us to the edge of time’s great precipice.
And one India, a tiny little voice at the back of the head, is looking down at the bottom of the ravine, and hesitating. The other India is looking up at the sky and saying, “It’s time to fly.”