Today, in the fast developing craze over iPad and earlier over iPhone, we have somehow forgotten Apple’s first try at building a hand held computing device that did not do so well in the market. It did have a host of features including a fully functional hand writing recognition which was fairly good by existing [...]
Sleeping Schedule
Who says creativity is scarce these days. Here is a software that really uses available data to the public to it’s limits to generate something that we probably would not want others to know. This little widget by Amit Agarwal captures what’s there on many minds with a simple tool to average out sleep cycles [...]
Top 10 Funny Videos on YouTube
Top 10 Funny Videos on YouTube. The guy in the video is a what Youtube probably needed. Viewed more than 30 million times Numa Numa was a hit. I must have watched it a million times and it never fails to cheer me up on a good, bad or worse day. Ah, there’s something about [...]
History of the Internet on Vimeo
History of the Internet on Vimeo on Vimeo via History of the Internet on Vimeo. Probably the most simplest and best way this boring history has been illustrated, and that too in a manner which makes it actually interesting to a lay man.
What’s a good proportion of Advertisement on a web page?
Off late I am coming across pages of different news websites and others that have more advertising per page than actual content. Now we all know that everyone has to make a buck or two but at what cost? Attached is a screenshot from http://www.mid-day.com/. I understand the fact that ads need to be there [...]
When I go to play Football, I carry a Football
It’s a no-brainer that when you want to play Football, or have to play Football, you carry a Football. But then you Gym bag is needed to carry the ball and a few other things like the Spike Boots, well you cant really drive with those on and so on. But what if you want [...]
Google Buzz!!
Why again? It was supposed to get me updates from Picassa, Blogger, Flickr, and some more things. But initial experience soon became a pain of repeated comments and updates. Simple things are not sorted out. Things like sending me an update on my own comment. These kind of things just highlight the fact that the [...]
LiveStats by GoSquared – Real-Time Traffic Monitoring for your Site
LiveStats by GoSquared – Real-Time Traffic Monitoring for your Site. The software gets you live information on who is visiting your website at any given time. But what’s stunning is the User Interface that does the job. Even though I have no utility for this kind of a software, I am tempted. The product gives [...]
Facebook – Credit Balance – This is new!!
Was just going through the new new new Facebook User Interface and I noticed this. Seems like Facebook wants to get serious this time around in making money. And inside it has these options. (Shown in second image)
Flip! A jQuery plugin v0.9.9
Flip! A jQuery plugin v0.9.9. Just came across this post while browsing for 3D Topic Browsers in Jquery. It’s a simple Jquery funcltion to flip a container within a web page. I think, it’s a great idea to have spot reply forms created with these. They will give a blog very ‘Dashboard – Widget – [...]
Back to the Future – on a wall
This is a video of an anamorphic, time traveling DeLorean (Mr. Fusion and all) I made in my basement. The image was made using only painter’s tape and elbow grease. And, it makes me happy every time I look at it. – Wablamo (on youtube) I think it’s pure fun. Even more fun if you [...]
What would You Prefer?
User interaction forms have been around on the web for a very very long time. And just like software on desktop, each operational item is displayed either by and Icon or a Button or Both. [poll id="3"]
Users, Websites and Bots
Back in the late 90s most websites were made for the user. And they are so even now. But the definition of the user has changed over time and become complicated. The concept initially was much like a software, “a person comes and uses a website” and has changed over time to “a person comes [...]
Most used browser
I am surprised to see this. Analytics running on the Blog say that Safari and Firefox are the most used browsers ahead of an unknown which I presume is Google Chrome. IE is a distant 4th.