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I left my camera near the window of my office at Canary Wharf in time lapse mode on a cloudy day. The video is playing at 60 times normal speed. Check out the related time lapse videos. They're stunning. With this one, you can figure out which firms work till late in the night. Comments Sumit Dhar 27 Nov 2008 6:27 am: Hey Anand, Did you require some additional equipment to take snaps at particular intervals? Cheers, D. S Anand 27 Nov 2008 6:58 am: Nope – my Canon IXUS 70 has a time-lapse mode. I just placed the camera on the floor and let it do it’s job for an hour :-) Balaji 10 Feb 2009 7:53 pm: Really nice Anand… Fantastic to know that this can be done by a normal user too…

Some gadgets I’ve bought / got over the last few years. SDHC Card Reader on 17 March 2009 16GB SD Card on 14 March 2009 16GB USB Flash Drive on 8 Jan 2009 Creative Labs EP-630/A Earphones on 30 Dec 2008 USB MIDI cable on 30 Dec 2008 Strand iPod Cassette adapter on 30 Dec 2008 Recta Micro Compass Accessory on 30 Dec 2008 TomTom ONE v3 Great Britain on 31 Aug 2008 Keysonic Compact Notebook Layout Wireless 2.4Ghz Radio Frequency Keyboard With Integrated Touch Pad on 6 Sep 2008 Acer Aspire 5715Z Notebook Laptop, Intel Pentium Dual Core T2330 1.6GHz, 15.4" TFT, 2GB RAM, 80GB Hard-drive, DVD±RW, Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X3100, WiFi, Vista Home Premium on 29 Jul 2008 BlackBerry Curve 8320 on 10 Aug 2008 TDK Recordable Blank 16x DVD+R Discs 25pack Cakebox on 6 Jul 2008 BlueNEXT BN-909 GPS Receiver SiRF Star III on 6 Jul 2008 HTC S620 (Excalibur) on 1 Jul 2008 Sandisk MicroSDHC 4GB Card in 6 Jul 2008 TRUST HU-4440P 4 PORT USB2 MINI HUB on 31 Mar 2008 Masterplug 4 Gang Switched Extension Lead 2m 13 Amp Fused on 31 Mar 2008 Nintendo Wii Remote on 1 Mar 2008 Hama Compact USB 2.0 Hub 1:4 on 31 Mar 2008 Canon IXUS 70 Digital Camera - Silver (7.1MP, 3x Optical Zoom) 2.5" LCD on 29 Feb 2008 Sandisk 2GB Secure Digital Card on 29 Feb 2008 Western Digital My Book Essential 500GB External USB 2.0 Hard Drive on 15 Feb 2008 Verbatim DVD+R 25Pk 16x Spindle on 15 Feb 2008 Bontempi Keyboard - 61 Full Key GM, Midi, Stereo (AD177.12) on 4 Jan 2008 LUPO DIGITAL TV DVB-T USB ADAPTER/DONGLE/STICK FREEVIEW RECEIVER & AERIAL FOR PC AND LAPTOP on 6 Jan 2008 Microsoft LifeCam VX-6000 on 26 Dec 2007 Mini-Headphone Splitter (Stereo) on 1 Jan 2008 SanDisk Sansa m240 1Gb MP3 Player on 24 Jul 2007 Kenwood FP580 Food Processor 2 Speed White on 26 Dec 2007 Uniross AAA 1000mAh (4)Rechargeable Battery Ni-Mh on 24 Jul 2007 Sennheiser CX300 Eco Ear Canal Headphones Black on 24 Jul 2007 Cordless Skype Phone Kit NON VISTA on 5 Mar 2007 Logitech EX110 Wireless Desktop on 5 Mar 2007 Sony Ericsson Standard Travel Charger (UK) CST-13 on 12 Jan 2007 LG 42PC1D 42" Plasma TV on 20 Jan 2007 Fuji FinePix S5600 Zoom Digital Camera [5.0MP,10xOptical Zoom] on 17 Nov 2006 Uniross Sprint 1 Hour Battery Charger inc 4 x AA 2700 mAh Rechargeable Batteries - batteries upgraded from 2500 mAh on 11 Jan 2007 DIGIHOME DVB915 FREEVIEW Digital Terrestrial Receiver with SCART Lead on 17 Nov 2006 Fuji 1GB XD Type M Picture Card on 17 Nov 2006 CyberHome DVD 401/0 Multi-region Capable DVD Player with DIVX on 28 Jul 2006 Sony 80min/700MB Thermo printable CD-R spin 50pk on 28 Jul 2006 Dynamode 3.5" IDE Interface Disk Enclosure on 1 May 2006 Rivision DVD+R 8x 4.7Gb 100 Cake Box on 15 Jun 2006 BenQ 16x External Dual Format, Double Layer DVD Writer - EW162I, Beige on 3 Jan 2006 SANDISK CRUZER MICRO 1GB on 3 Jan 2006 Panasonic NV-GS17B MiniDV Digital Camcorder [24x Optical, 2.5" LCD, DV out] on 9 Nov 2005 Emtec DVD+R Cake Box 100pk on 3 Jan 2006 Comments Saurabh 14 Sep 2008 6:23 am: Small tip - If you are not a member of Amazon prime, then do check out their free trial..Cancel it just before expiry or better still, remove the tick for auto renew in your account! S Anand 15 Sep 2008 12:41 am: Is there any benefit other than free next day delivery? I usually end up ordering the free 2-4 day delivery, and end up collecting it from the post office during the weekend! So unless I’m ordering on a Friday or Saturday, next day delivery probably doesn’t help me much.

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

Update: There used to be an unflattering (Photoshopped) picture of Amitabh Mall here. It’s been taken down on request. I got a digital camera. Here’s a snap from it. Now, you may be wondering why the snap looks bad. That’s not true. Meet Amitabh, friend and colleague. Looks a little different. Unfortunately balding early. After all, he’s a consultant. Currently unsatisfied with the object of his attention (either the food or me) to the extreme. Following a unique love-life model.

I just bought a Fuji Finepix 2600. Should be getting it in a month.

Several useful courses on digital photography.

The 4.1 mega pixel cameras have come in: Olympus’ C4040, Toshiba’s PDR M81, Casio’s QV4000, Sony’s DSC S85 and Canon’s G2. All priced at around $700. (Of course, 5.2 megapixel cameras exist too…)

PC World’s Best of the Web uncovers gems like Safeweb (like Anomymizer.com but free), MegaPixel (digital cameras), Betanews, ArtistDirect (music search) and Multimedia Library.