Google Sky

If any of you have read Asimov's Foundation series, you know about the system that they had for creating a 3D map of space. They'd use it for plotting their way through stars. You could look at the galaxy in 3D and translate yourself to any other point in the galaxy to see how it would look like from there.

Well version 0.1 of that tool is out :D. You can now use Google Earth 4.2 to roam around in space. Check out this video for an how-to:

A New Take On Research

I read Jabberwock quite often and sometimes, like this time :D, Jai comes up with some very funny articles. In this article titled "Research findings we could use" he directs our attention towards how preposterous some research findings are, and of some others that he wishes they would come up with. Here are just a couple of excerpts from just the comments:

1. James Bond has a lesser risk of heart disease, since his martinis are shaken and not stirred!!
2. Regular Breathing leads to 100% chance of being alive. Researchers found that people who breathe had a 100% chance of being alive....

Read the rest of the his blog post here, and enjoy :).

Bajaj Pulsar 220 DTS-Fi Advertisement

Some very awesome stuntwork. Definitely worth a watch:

Sir Arthur C. Clarke Passes Away

I read it just now on BBC News, and it saddens me to no end to know this.

The grand old man of SF, Sir Arthur C. Clarke, died at 0130 hrs (SL time) after a cardio-respiratory attack.

His many books have given me great pleasure over the years, and it is horrible to know that no more will ever be written.

May he rest in peace.

How To Maintain Your Charge Slip

Sometimes you get to see the weirdest things. Like when we went shopping for a colleague's marriage present. The receipt that was handed to us had the following printed on the back:



:)

Why You Can't Type "S-H-I-T" using T9

I'm sure all of us have tried to type in swear words in an SMS window while using predictive text input, at some time or the other, and failed, and irritatingly so. Ever wondered why? Watch this:

Men Will Be Men... Even Those In Blue

GMail Advertisement

Here's an ad for GMail, in Russian. But some good fellow has gone and given subtitles in English. Until then I didn't even know it was an ad (thought it was a how-to). It's very innovative. Notice the way they are simulating the mouse pointer, and the caret etc.

Here you go: