Batting at number 12: Computers and Internet

Google mathematics: Infinity == 1

Sat, 11 Aug 2007 18:19:22 GMT

Monday, April 2 12:00 AM ET

Google Responds to Yahoo by Increasing Gmail Storage to Infinity Plus One

http://www.bbspot.com/News/2007/04/google-gmail-infinity-plus-one-storage.html

So not long ago: GMail Storage == Infinity + 1

When you reach the limit of free storage (i.e., 1GB for Picasa Web Albums, 2.8GB for Gmail), consider this your overflow solution

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2007/08/simple-way-to-get-more-storage.html

But lately Google says: GMail Storage == 2

Infinity + 1 == 2

So obviously Infinity == 1

Q.E.D.

Somebody obviously miscalculated or at least miscommunicated something. :)

Are you ready for your new wife?

Thu, 22 Feb 2007 03:25:53 GMT

This guy got a new wife the other day. Here's the account of his experience. Totally hilarious. More so if you have alredy got one too :) If not, you might be getting one pretty soon. So be ready for her.

Looks like he's getting used to her but if you are annoyed with her weird fits, there are ways to change her behavior.

Have fun!

Love Google Hate Ads?

Fri, 29 Dec 2006 21:47:59 GMT

May be you love the search results Google gets you but don't want to be distracted by the ads they show you
or may be you don't like the idea that a megacorp is making billions off of your search results, your bandwidth and some other person's content. Whatever the reason is but now you have a way around the "evil" stuff that GOOG does.

Try out http://www.scroogle.org/cgi-bin/scraper.htm.

This search engine does things exactly as Google does but it doesnt do ads. Well it's not really a search engine just a layer on top of Google to scrape off their ads and other money making means.

And if having that multicolored logo in left corner gives you some kinda confidance in the search results you see, then try something like this:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&safe=off&output=googleabout&q=TEST&btnG=Search+our+site

If you already have ie7 then this will add the Google search provider without ads to your search box. So you are all set! Give it a try. You'd love the last century look of Google results. Clean and to the point! Have fun!

The best sorting algorithm ever!

Mon, 04 Dec 2006 01:52:13 GMT

This sorting algorithm sorts in constant time, constant space, in-place and ummm inteliigently :)

Live writer post

Thu, 16 Nov 2006 05:24:50 GMT

First post with Live writer...

Trying to insert a map.

and some tags...

Technorati tags: live writer, windows

del.icio.us tags: Zune

Some interesting plugins here

Pretty simple to use for for a non-techy user. Sorry that's not me :)

Power efficiency and Google? huh?

Wed, 27 Sep 2006 02:18:54 GMT

Google is pushing for electric efficieny. What? I never heard yahoo or microsoft do that. Why of all companies Google would care so much for PCs to be power efficient? Ah! the data centres! That must be a part of their running costs! No wonder the newest data centre is being constructed close to a power source. So for a cash rich company like Google, how much the electricity bill should be to sound an alarm?

Let's calculate.

Electricity charges: 5 cente per kwh

power for a server = 100 w (60 w machine consumption + 40 w for cooling + operating etc)

power per year: 100 w * 24 h * 365 days = 876 kwh

cost per server = $43.80 per year

So if you assume Google runs a million such servers, their power costs are over 40 million dollars per year!!! I know I made lots of assumptions here but the figure should be in ballpark. Just Google around and you should be able to validate most of the assumptions. 43 million for a company that spends around 800 million in cap ex is 5% of their expenses. No wonder they want efficient PCs

Blogdigger can't count.

Sun, 17 Sep 2006 20:36:07 GMT

Numerous sites out there with small obvious bugs. Just came across this blog search engine called Blogdigger. I think its easy to miss testing in the excitement to release a new product ;) Check out the screen capture below.

Track your Georges, Abrahams and Benjamins

Thu, 14 Sep 2006 16:07:40 GMT

Wonder how far a dollar bill travels to come to you? See if you can find it out at http://www.wheresgeorge.com. A site I stumbled upon yesterday. Enter the serial number of the bill and see if anybody has seen it before. Just some fun for a lazy day. See the most seen bills here: http://www.wheresgeorge.com/wrapper.php?page=top10bills_d0

So here's a brain teaser for you: What are the chaces that you'd see a bill more than once in your lifetime? Well if you are in India trying to get rid of a torn out one then the answer is kinda trivial but lets leave that case out for the time being. :)

5 minutes of fame for Browzar

Sat, 02 Sep 2006 03:29:21 GMT

Newsblogging sites such as digg and reddit have the power to make an instant hit out of any mildly interesting topic or website. Yesterday Browzar must've experienced a roller coaster ride of the blogsphere with the digg effect. Hailed as a solution to all those adwares and spywares, this super slim browser became an instant hit in blogsphere.

Today it turned out to be an uber adware itself! By the time people realize this and kick it off their machines it would have made a few grand already through it's spyware search. Now that's how you make quick money in web 2.0 ;)

Kris Angel magic trick

Sun, 06 Aug 2006 18:46:21 GMT

An amazing magic trick I saw today thanks to digg. Watch it here. There's also this other one that might not be as stunning but check out the background score. That should give you some surprise.

edit: Btw his name is Criss Angel. He runs a poular show on A&E called MindFreak

How much Google do you use?

Thu, 03 Aug 2006 20:56:06 GMT

Take part in this survey and see how many of the Google services are used by the world. No surprising results here. Though it's interesting to note that just a couple of hits can fetch you 8 billion in annual revenue.

Google Philosophy

Fri, 28 Jul 2006 23:24:02 GMT

Did you read this? Looks like while trying to settle click fraud, Google went above and beyond to take a peek at the mailboxes of some of its clients! The intentions were probably good but the practice is scary. Privacy freas would never approve of that.

Do no evil is Google's philosophy... it doesn't say anything about not being stupid :)

DTV!!!

Tue, 06 Sep 2005 22:17:05 GMT

Watch out for this app released by Participatory Culture Foundation! (What a dull name for such a cool idea). You are soon going to download it and I'm hoping that one of its cousins will bring a well deserved end to the television as we know it. Too bad it's not available on Windows yet... but microsoft is sure gunning for this domain with full throttle. Long time since TV was as exciting :)

What's in store?

Mon, 29 Aug 2005 23:01:41 GMT

Along with the Beta 1 release of the new Filesystem, WinFS, Microsoft also launched a blog that you can track to see what's in store! for this new kid on the block.

कट्टी फ़ू...

Mon, 08 Aug 2005 21:33:53 GMT

Google is not talking to CNET! Read the controversial story here.

Funny that people are willing to post what they had for breakfast on their blogs but when google indexes that, they find it objectionable... I think thats because Google makes it so acccessible... so easily accessible... Even funnier was the stand that Google took. I thought it was childish. C'mon guys stand by what you have developed! ;)

Yahoooooo!!!

Wed, 18 May 2005 23:09:11 GMT

Yahoo released a new beta of its messenger this week. Some of the new features are *inspired* by msn messenger :) It's nice to see the leader in the segment borrwing ideas from a follower