Hasitha's Crazy World

Looks like they are testing the Google OS. I'm not sure whether these pictures are genuine or whether this is the work of some photoshop-happy nerd.

I sure hope this is not what it would look like. This is UGLY!

Labels: Technology

Here's an awsome site for you guys who have high speed connections.

It's a "world processor" that looks at global trends and breaks them down in various different ways. You can graphically analyze trends and take a good relational view of the world in globe form.

Check it out.

http://worldprocessor.com/

Labels: Online Services, Science, Search Engines

Nintendo has launched a new wireless joystick that you can control with only one hand. When you see it for the first time, it look more like a remote control than a gaming device.

This will be released in 2006 and will most probably come out after the scheduled launches of Microsoft and Sony.

Microsoft announced earlier that their Xbox 360 will be launched in US on 22nd november 2005, and in Europe and Japan in the beginning of December. So I guess Nintendo guys will be waiting till then to release their product.

Labels: Gadgets, Gaming

Any one of you guys have an iPod Mini?

Seems like everybody's complaining about them now. Here are some of the problems that people are facing



- The screens of the tiny 9cm machine are breaking and getting scratched.
- Sometimes they just stop working altogether.
- You get sound distortions and static or noise when playing back uploaded music.

I'm not really sure about these claims because I don't have a Mini, but if you have one, and if you are having the same problems, just reply to this post and let the rest of us know.

In the mean time, you can use this link to troubleshoot some of the problems
http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?story=20040423065341833

Are you one of those people who don't read ebooks because you can't flip the pages and who don't read actual books because they are dusty?

Well... here's a solution for you.

3D BOOKS

These books are done in flash and you can literally flip the pages to read what's there. There are shockwave and non-shockwave versions available.

They only have about 14 books now. Here's a list of what they have as of today.

• SKETCHES BY LEONARDO
  See the genius's personal notebook


• JANE AUSTEN'S EARLY WORK
  The History of England in her own hand


• THE ORIGINAL ALICE
  Written and illustrated by Lewis Carroll


• MASTERPIECE OF THE RENAISSANCE
  Beautiful images from the Sforza Hours


• GLORIOUS HEBREW PRAYER BOOK
  The lavishly illustrated Golden Haggadah


• FIRST ATLAS OF EUROPE
  Compiled by Mercator in the 1570s


• OUTSTANDING GOTHIC SERVICE BOOK
  The wonderful, and weighty, Sherborne Missal


• CLASSIC OF BOTANICAL ILLUSTRATION
  Elizabeth Blackwell's remarkable Herbal


• BAYBARS' MAGNIFICENT QUR'AN
  Epitome of sumptuous Arabic calligraphy


• PINNACLE OF ANGLO-SAXON ART
  The priceless Lindisfarne Gospels


• THE OLDEST PRINTED 'BOOK'
  View the Diamond Sutra, printed in China in 868


• GLIMPSES OF MEDIEVAL LIFE
  Selections from the famous Luttrell Psalter


• FLEMISH MASTERS IN MINIATURE
  The superb 'Golf Book'


• A LANDMARK IN MEDICAL HISTORY
  Vesalius's stunning 16th century anatomy

Enjoy!

Hope you enjoy my blog!