Archive for the 'fun' Category

TagGalaxy – a beautiful way to browse pictures

Wednesday, August 6th, 2008

Wanted to browse for some photo or picture on the internet ?
Wanted to browse for pictures or photos on the internet in a more beautiful way ? If you have Firefox on Windows, there is the PicLens CoolIris addon. Which I must say is  uber cool. A 3d wall of pictures which you can [...]

Stonehenge – the claw clock robot takes time to show time

Wednesday, August 6th, 2008

RoboClaw Clock takes time to show time.
Stonehenge – A Robotic Digital Clock uses its claws to arrange cards to show time.
It uses a CrustCrawler Smart Arm and a Parallax Propeller chip. There are a total of 14 cards. Each card has two digits with one on each side. The software planner determines which card and [...]

Happy Independence Day Vanuatu

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

 Vanuatu, a Pacific island nation, is celebrating its Independence Day today.
Full Name Republic of Vanuatu
Capital City Port Vila (on the island of Efate)
Area 860,000 sq km, 332,046 sq miles
Population 200,000 +
Time Zone GMT/UTC +11 ()
Languages Bislama (official), French (official), English (official)
Religion Christian (84%), animist [...]

:enutrof s’yadoT – Fix Reversed fortune and recent visitors in orkut home page

Thursday, January 24th, 2008

Did any of you have this particular problem ? A webpage showing text in the reverse direction.
In my orkut.com home page, the Today’s Fortune :Â and a few recent visitors are displayed in the reverse direction. Mirrored.
So it appears like “this sriaffa lanosrep ruoy ni kcul doog evah syawla lliw uoY :enutrof s’yadoT”
The actual [...]

What women want ? Not the Mel Gibson movie – it’s a moral story.

Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008

Young King Arthur was ambushed and imprisoned by the monarch of a neighbouring kingdom. The monarch could have killed him but was moved by Arthur’s youth and ideals. So, the monarch offered him his freedom, as long as he could answer a very difficult question. Arthur would have a year to figure out the answer [...]