Freebase Parallax - Searching Wikipedia the Smarter Way
August 15th, 2008
Freebase Parallax: A new way to browse and explore data from David Huynh on Vimeo.
As the Freebase Parallax tagline goes “don’t just search for one thing! Explore a whole set of related things together!”. This is indeed one of the powerful search tools out there. Even Google can’t beat this.
Faststone Screen Capture Program Review
August 14th, 2008
Considering the amount of screen captures I put on my blog you will agree that I do need one that makes me really productive which is exactly what FastStone Screen Capture program is.
The most surprising is its main interface. Its one of the simplest and inconspicuous looking interfaces I have ever seen.
Among the multitude of features it provides 3 are worthy of note.
Diigo Social Bookmarking Review
August 11th, 2008
Diigo is the best social bookmarking website I have seen on the web so far. The creative ways by which you can bookmark stuff is what sets it apart.
Social bookmarking sites like delicious.com only allow to bookmark a link but there is no way to know what you liked on the link page. But with diigo you can bookmark part of the content of the page like images and text which diigo calls it as highlight.
Regardless of its clean design Diigo also features social networking where you can find people or communities who also have the same interests as you. Checkout the official demo video for a quick peek.
Amusing Drill Instructor Training from book Old Man’s War
July 31st, 2008
This is an excerpt from a futuristic SciFi novel called Old Man’s War by John Scalzi. In the novel a bunch for 75 yr olds, who have been modified to make them young, fight for the survival of humans who are threatened by alien civilization. The following excerpt is when the modified 75 yr old men are undergoing military under a drill instructor. Its a bit long but its really amusing. 
18 Cool Wallpapers
July 31st, 2008
Waxing Gibbous Moon
Michael Pollan Talk on “In Defence of Food”
July 23rd, 2008
Michael Pollan talks about his book “In Defence of Food”. I haven’t read the book yet but from what I heard from the talk it is one of my must read books now. The book deals with the following topics: what is food? what we think about food today? what should we eat for better health? what are the ways for find healthy foods?
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10 Beautiful Wallpapers from Vladstudio
July 18th, 2008
Infinity Blue
XAMPP - (preconfigured) HTTP Server Review
July 16th, 2008
Application: XAMPP and XAMPP Lite
Platform: Windows/Linux/Mac OS/Solaris
Homepage: apachefriends.org
Download: ditto
If you are a web developer then you would want setup local web server for productive development. But setting up a local web server, with PHP and MySQL, is a pain since it requires a lot of configuration and testing to make it work correctly.
Well! XAMPP is here to save the day. XAMPP is a web server which comes pre-configured with Apache HTTP Server, MySQL, PHP, Perl, SQLite and much more. Just download the XAMPP Windows installer, run the installer and after installation is complete - start developing. As simple as that.
Firefox 3 Wallpapers
July 15th, 2008
Pretty cool right? Well you can find more at “70+ Nice and Beautiful Firefox Wallpapers.” Have fun!
Nature Wallpapers from SmashingMagazine
July 13th, 2008
50 beautiful nature wallpapers from smashingmagazine.com. Digg in!