Documentary: Satyajit Ray

Came across this documentary featuring Satyajit Ray. He discusses his films and some of the technical aspects he used in them.

 

Google phone search

Google phone search is now available in Bangalore!

“You need to call a toll free number 1-800-41-999-999 to search for local business and movie showtimes and get the results by SMS. For example, if you are looking for pizza delivery businesses you can call and say “pizza” and your area name (like MG road) to get listings near you.”

 

Recession for beginners..

Came across a radio program, The Giant Pool of Money that does a fantastic job of explaining the housing and mortgage crisis. Its a ‘must-hear’ if you are looking to get a view of the current economic situation.

 

Rock Climbers Thrill

Chris Sharma is one of the best known rock climbers in the world. In this video, he talks about some about his motivations, the “inner beauty” inherent in rock climbing etc.

 

Captain Gopinath contesting polls from South Bangalore

Captain Gopinath, of Air Deccan fame, is contesting the 2009 Lok Sabha polls from the South Bangalore constituency. He is contesting as an independent candidate. His online campaign can be found at http://votecaptaingopi.com/

I think this is a really positive development for Bangalore, and wish he is successful in these polls.

 

Adding LinkedIn Button To WordPress

A step-by-step guide to adding a LinkedIn button to your wordpress blog:

1) On the LinkedIn home, click on “Edit My Profile”

2) Click on the “Edit Public Profile Settings” tab on the right

3) Click on the “Promote your profile with customized buttons”. The three links are shown below.

4) Choose the button you like and copy the associated code

5) In your wordpress blog’s Dashboard, go to Appearances->Widgets

6) Select the Text widget and add the code copied in step 4 to this box and Save Changes.

You are all set now. A box promoting your LinkedIn account should appear on the blog.

 

World on fire

Came across this interesting video by Grammy award winning Sarah McLachlan. It shows how 150,000$ can be used to enrich lives.

http://www.worldonfire.ca/

 

LIFE photo archive on Google

One of the most magnificent photo archives of the past century is now available on Google. The LIFE photo archive contains images stretching from the 1750s to today. Most of the photos in this archive were never published and are now available for the first time. Below is a picture of the earth taken from Apollo 10 space ship.

 

Photo Gallery:PIXCETERA

AOL’s Pixcetera is a site featuring top-quality professional photography. The site features professional images from across the AOL Network and the images are marvelous.

 

Another dimension to Microsoft surface!

Microsoft Research recently demonstrated a new Surface prototype Secondlight. This allows for a different image (from that on the Surface screen) to be projected onto a translucent material that is held above the Surface screen. In this really cool demo, you have a satellite image of a town on the table, and have the street names projected on to a piece of paper that the user holds above the map.