The time I am spending on the World Wide Web has increased considerably in the last two months.
Google's Web history says that I have performed 320 searches in the month of June. And I am not even half way in July and I have already performed 232 searches on Google.
GOOGLE is one of the best things that happened to humanity. You think its an overstatement. No. Its not. If you ask me to rate the inventions of humans that has made the greatest impact in the way the world worked, this would be the order I would take.
1. Fire
2. Wheel
3. Electricity
4. Internet
5. Google
May be I am missing some more. Pardon my ignorance. I still remember the day I used Google for the first time. Altavista used to be my favorite search engine. And then one day I read about Google in the newspaper. But I ignored it completely. I used it only after my friend insisted on trying it. No looking back after that. I never used Altavista or for that matter any other search engine after that. I have been an ardent fan of Google since then and Google never dissappointed me. And I liked the way they worked. No promotion of their products. They count only on word of mouth. I have used almost all of their products and they never cease to amaze me. Gmail, Gtalk, Picasa, Google Desktop, Google docs, Google Sketchup, Google Analytics and all other products that they got by acquiring other companies, they are simply amazing. And they believe in making all of these products available to you for free. Its like I wait for them to launch a product so that I can flaunt it to my friends as if its my own. Started liking to be called GMan by my friends ;-).
Now, the latest one that's added in their armour is www.lively.com . Google likes to call it 'Hangout and 3D chat'. Its one of their 20% percent projects, they say. I expected it to be very slow just like secondlife.com, atleast with Indian Internet Speed Standards. But it was other way around. Its a fun way of chatting with total strangers and your friends. Waiting for Google to somehow figure out a way to integrate this with Gmail or Chat. That would change the schematics of WWW again.
check out Google's Latest experiments at this link http://labs.google.com
Happy Googling.
Saturday, July 12, 2008
Tuesday, July 08, 2008
Visible Body
I came across this wonderful website called www.visiblebody.com. They have great 3D animation of human body's anatomy. This is what the site says about itself
"The Visible Body consists of highly detailed, anatomically accurate, 3D models of all human body systems. The models were developed by a highly trained team with decades of experience in medical illustration and biomedical visualization. All anatomical content has been reviewed for accuracy by our panel of experts, including physicians and anatomists. The beta release includes content covered in an undergraduate-level Anatomy and Physiology course. Years of modeling and enhancement make it the most sophisticated and complete 3D model of the human body available."
I dunno about the accuracy level, but its a great utility to explore the human body part by part and system by system. And the best part is it is completely free for registered users.
The only setback is I see is it works only on Internet Explorer that kinda unfairly excludes people who are using other operating systems. And it takes a little time to load for you to completely explore.
Also check out this wonderful site which has lots of animation videos on human body and its functions - http://www.argosymedical.com
ciao.....
"The Visible Body consists of highly detailed, anatomically accurate, 3D models of all human body systems. The models were developed by a highly trained team with decades of experience in medical illustration and biomedical visualization. All anatomical content has been reviewed for accuracy by our panel of experts, including physicians and anatomists. The beta release includes content covered in an undergraduate-level Anatomy and Physiology course. Years of modeling and enhancement make it the most sophisticated and complete 3D model of the human body available."
I dunno about the accuracy level, but its a great utility to explore the human body part by part and system by system. And the best part is it is completely free for registered users.
The only setback is I see is it works only on Internet Explorer that kinda unfairly excludes people who are using other operating systems. And it takes a little time to load for you to completely explore.
Also check out this wonderful site which has lots of animation videos on human body and its functions - http://www.argosymedical.com
ciao.....
Monday, July 07, 2008
Nadal triumphs over Federer
I have been eagerly waiting for this Wimbledon final for the last one week. And its been worth the wait. If therez anyone who can stop Roger Federer, its Rafael Nadal. The best part about it is they both know it. Being a fan of both Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, it has been particularly tough for me to take a side. But somewhere inside my mind, I think I wanted Roger Federer to win. His win would have broken Borg's record five straight wins at Wimbledon. But Nadal prevailed over Federer in the match.
If anything, check below the match summary.
Losing first two sets to Nadal, Federer looked like he is going down in straight sets. But rain gods thought otherwise and gave him time to gather himself up, which he did too. Federer showed his prowess and resilience, and the next two sets went to tiebreakers. Federer drove the match to the fifth set. The Fifth set, with no tie breaker, looked like it will end up being a test of stamina and strength as both won 7 each. And then Nadal breaks Federer's Serve. Nadal finally could convert his Fourth Championship Point into a real point. Federer's streak of wins in Wimbledon has been stopped and Nadal won his First Wimbledon Championship. Nadal was jubiliant and Federer was calm just like the way when he was victorious. Later, in the interview, Nadal praised Federer as the greatest player. That's the best thing one can hear from one's Nemesis.
If I am right, Federer is just two Grand Slams away from equalling Pete Sampras's record of winning 14 grand slams.
Wishing you all the best Federer.....
If anything, check below the match summary.
| Match Summary | ||||
| | Federer (SUI) | Nadal (ESP) | ||
| 1st Serve % | 128 of 195 = 66 % | 159 of 218 = 73 % | ||
| Aces | 25 | 6 | ||
| Double Faults | 2 | 3 | ||
| Unforced Errors | 52 | 27 | ||
| Winning % on 1st Serve | 93 of 128 = 73 % | 110 of 159 = 69 % | ||
| Winning % on 2nd Serve | 38 of 67 = 57 % | 35 of 59 = 59 % | ||
| Receiving Points Won | 73 of 215 = 34 % | 64 of 193 = 33 % | ||
| Break Point Conversions | 1 of 13 = 8 % | 4 of 13 = 31 % | ||
| Net Approaches | 42 of 75 = 56 % | 22 of 31 = 71 % | ||
| Total Points Won | 204 | 209 | ||
| Fastest Serve | 129 MPH | 126 MPH | ||
| Average 1st Serve Speed | 118 MPH | 113 MPH | ||
| Average 2nd Serve Speed | 98 MPH | 91 MPH | ||
Losing first two sets to Nadal, Federer looked like he is going down in straight sets. But rain gods thought otherwise and gave him time to gather himself up, which he did too. Federer showed his prowess and resilience, and the next two sets went to tiebreakers. Federer drove the match to the fifth set. The Fifth set, with no tie breaker, looked like it will end up being a test of stamina and strength as both won 7 each. And then Nadal breaks Federer's Serve. Nadal finally could convert his Fourth Championship Point into a real point. Federer's streak of wins in Wimbledon has been stopped and Nadal won his First Wimbledon Championship. Nadal was jubiliant and Federer was calm just like the way when he was victorious. Later, in the interview, Nadal praised Federer as the greatest player. That's the best thing one can hear from one's Nemesis.
If I am right, Federer is just two Grand Slams away from equalling Pete Sampras's record of winning 14 grand slams.
Wishing you all the best Federer.....
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