Category: Internet

  • How to impress your Geek Girlfriend using Google.com

    How to impress your Geek Girlfriend using Google.com

    So, you have a geek girlfriend or want to impress some geek girl. You can try following tip or I should say inadvertent Google easter egg. Its pretty simple, just ask her to search following string on Google: (sqrt(cos(x))*cos(200x)+sqrt(abs(x))-0.7)*(4-x*x)^0.01, sqrt(9-x^2), -sqrt(9-x^2) from -4.5 to 4.5 For impatient or lazy, curious dudes here is a shortcut…

  • Advertisements from the Past – Atari Personal Computer Systems

    Advertisements from the Past – Atari  Personal Computer Systems

    Here are two advertisements by Atari Personal Computers, describing the features and advantages of their systems over Apples and oranges. Sometimes, I think how rapidly computers have evolved in such a small time frame. It always make me admire the hard work and efforts of millions of people who devoted their time, talent and energy…

  • Expired Domain Names still listed on The Million Dollar Homepage

    Expired Domain Names still listed on The Million Dollar Homepage

    The Million Dollar Homepage was launched by Alex Tew in 2005 with a unique idea, it was literally a 1000px*1000px digital billboard with multiple small banners. Each pixel on the page was worth $1 USD in 10px*10px blocks which can be used by the buyer to post image and a back-link to advertised site. In…

  • Google Search 502 Error

    Google Search 502 Error

    I was searching on Google as usual and just moments ago I faced 502 error on search result page. Even Google can face such problems. HTTP Error code 502 is also known as Bad gateway error, which in simple language means that the server which is distributing the content received from upstream server got invalid…

  • Modern Under Construction Template PSD and Valid XHTML source

    Modern Under Construction Template PSD and Valid XHTML source

    The Modern Under Construction Template by Design3edge is really cool. But the author has only published the PSD (Photo Shop Document) file. So, I’ve converted the PSD to valid & optimized XHTML file for my own use as well as for our visitors. You can see the preview at: http://demo.webnow.in/under-construction/ And you can download the…

  • Google Once Again Hires 200… Goats

    Google Once Again Hires 200… Goats

    Confirmed through Official Google Blog: Google once again hires 200 Goats to mow down the overgrown Greens(Excess Grass in their Mountain View headquarters). They did this last year too. According to them it is comparable to hiring Lawn mowers in terms of monetary expenses, Animal Love, plus its completely natural Green Solution – Which Google…

  • Quake II GWT Port : Play Quake II in web browser

    Google is simply awsome. This time Google Geeks have managed to port lagendary game Quake II to Web Browser, completly HTML5, WebGL and Canvas API based. No flash etc has been used in this version of browser based Quake II game. Lets see the preview: For more information please visit: http://code.google.com/p/quake2-gwt-port/

  • Update: PayPal to resume Bank Withdrawals in India after RBI approval

    Currently, PayPal is having a lot of trouble in India. They stopped personal payments to and from Indian PayPal accounts, only business transactions were allowed through PayPal, and also Bank Withdrawal requests were being refunded after about 10 days. This was all due to PayPal not complying with new RBI policies. Today, I got this…