tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1083444911610930202011-11-27T16:34:44.079-08:00WebBrewI am always interested to know what is happening on the web, what is hot and what kind of cool ideas that people are coming out with, they are many and mind boggling. This blog is just an attempt to share about interesting, cool, fascinating web sites that I come across in my quest to keep up with this very dynamic and exiciting area.Sonny Nallamillihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05843127584842369696noreply@blogger.comBlogger151100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108344491161093020.post-85658358054322609602008-05-07T23:53:00.000-07:002008-05-08T00:19:34.295-07:00How much is your site worth $$$?Have you ever wondered how much is your site worth based on the traffice on your site? Also wondered how much a site that you visit often would be worth? Then check out this site (domainoutlook.com) that tells you the net worth of a top level domain. You simply enter a top level domain name and it does its magic and presents you with the estimated value of the domain based on the recent Sonny Nallamillihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05843127584842369696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108344491161093020.post-43039371074421640512008-05-04T21:55:00.000-07:002008-05-04T22:26:08.121-07:00Play a word game & help the world hunger in the processI really like this site FreeRice.com that I have come across while visiting the World Food Programme site. Here is a screenshot of the site:
Great way to engage people and in the process help end the world hunger. Very clean and intuitive design and layout. Every word you get it right, the site donates 20 grains of rice to the World Food Prgramme through the help of site sponsors. If you Sonny Nallamillihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05843127584842369696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108344491161093020.post-4608312370446537482008-01-27T10:43:00.000-08:002008-01-27T19:07:28.706-08:00You and your 23 pairs of chromosomes
Have you heard about 23andMe.comM? I have heard about it in a videocast on Forbes.com. It sounds like 23andMe may be the first business to garner the consumer market providing genome services (DNA) to general public. After all one of the backers of this business is Genentech (It is considered to have founded the biotechnology industry) and others include Google and New Enterprise Associates (NEASonny Nallamillihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05843127584842369696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108344491161093020.post-67827468171546858122008-01-24T22:57:00.000-08:002008-01-24T23:26:09.515-08:00Sine wave of investors emotions
Speaking of visualization, here is another clever way to show people's emotions using picture that most people can recognize with.
This post is not about a website, but just an image that has been circulating on the web for quite sometime, so you might have already seen it, but I just came across it the other day and could not resist the temptation to share it with my blog readers.
ChartSonny Nallamillihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05843127584842369696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108344491161093020.post-67133907060749728042008-01-16T13:17:00.000-08:002008-01-17T10:58:58.515-08:00Virtual TreesWould you like to create 3D Objects? Create your own virtual worlds and post it on the web? May be not virtual worlds that easily, at least you can now create virtual trees using the software called Dryad developed by Stanford Virtual Worlds Group.
Here are some sample trees created by this application:
The interesting aspect of this application is the collaborative design.Sonny Nallamillihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05843127584842369696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108344491161093020.post-29608584635757044072008-01-13T10:50:00.000-08:002008-01-17T10:59:48.757-08:00How Rich (Blessed) Are You?Have you ever wondered where you stand on the global scale when it comes to your income ($$$)? Do you ever think about how blessed you are? If you are reading this, you are more than likely in the blessed few among the global population.
Try this out yourself at Global Rich List.
Here is the snapshot of the website:
This is another example of a clean interface that does one thing and does it Sonny Nallamillihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05843127584842369696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108344491161093020.post-79975235261581781452008-01-13T09:11:00.000-08:002008-01-17T11:00:44.777-08:00Web Trend Map 2007 Version 2.0Speaking of Dashboards, check out this Web Trend Map 2007 by Information Architects Japan.
It is a very neat way to show the trends in Web technology. It has got lots of information packed in, the one thing that I wish they could have done is to use the same colors as the tracks for the names so that it is obvious which name is associated with which track, otherwise, it is pretty darn good waySonny Nallamillihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05843127584842369696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108344491161093020.post-36371872413078892412008-01-06T20:26:00.001-08:002008-01-17T11:03:10.990-08:00Sweet & Simple Dashboards
Lately I have been hearing a lot about Dashboards. I think they are very effective and a beautiful way to show the information that gets viewer attention.
For example, check out the Dashboards posted by Indianapolis Museum of Art site.
Here is a snapshot of the dashboards posted on this site:
Is not this a cool a way to present the data rather than a boring bulleted/numbered list?
Sonny Nallamillihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05843127584842369696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108344491161093020.post-75141199813550101812008-01-06T19:10:00.000-08:002008-01-17T11:04:02.244-08:00Smart and Intuitive CartographyHave you heard about GeoClip, a web-based GIS app. I just played with one of the samples Continental USA map listed on the Gallery page on this site.
For example, I have selected "pop. 25 years and older completed college, 2000" under Education as the theme for "Background analysis" and "personal income, 2002" under Income as the theme for "Foreground analysis" and zoomed to the "Portland - Sonny Nallamillihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05843127584842369696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108344491161093020.post-7468697354885865302007-09-26T22:44:00.000-07:002008-01-17T11:13:26.910-08:00Got Ideas? Wanna Share Ideas? Tap into Others' Ideas?
Do you have a lot of ideas but do not have time/skills to implement any of those ideas? Do you like to see your ideas developed?
Or, you have mad technical skills, but you are not so good at coming up with cool ideas and you would rather work on some body else's cool idea?
Or, you would love to share you ideas, you love telling or sharing the world with all your cool ideas and show other Sonny Nallamillihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05843127584842369696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108344491161093020.post-42508606684949473862007-09-12T00:04:00.000-07:002008-01-17T11:17:14.345-08:00Fractals! Fractals! Fractals!
I love Fractals! I think they are very cool and fascinating. Here are a couple of links related to Fractals that I came across that you might enjoy:
Fractal Zone
GNU XaoS - fast interactive fractal zoomer
Snapshot of a sample fractal from the above site:
Sonny Nallamillihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05843127584842369696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108344491161093020.post-45943288117965642612007-09-11T23:54:00.000-07:002008-01-17T11:53:47.020-08:00Like to converse in a Foreign language with a native speaker without going there?
Would you like to practice speaking a foreign language with the native speaker, but do not have the budget or time to go there?
Then check out the website SharedTalk
You can practice via text chat and voice chat. Last time I checked, they have members from 172 countries, speaking 113 languages. That is pretty impressive.
Sonny Nallamillihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05843127584842369696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108344491161093020.post-58116396164124562772007-09-11T23:48:00.000-07:002008-01-17T11:44:12.324-08:00Find your next Science project
Are you looking for a next Science project to do or help someone do a Science project? Do you like to make use of a things around the house to make something working? Do you like to tinker with things?
Then look no further, check out this website Instructables!
Sonny Nallamillihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05843127584842369696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108344491161093020.post-50204049147856578632007-09-06T15:07:00.000-07:002008-01-17T11:43:39.311-08:00Free Internet Reports
Have you ever wondered about what is the impact of internet on society and life in general? Like what effect does internet have on things like families, communities, work and home, daily life, education, health care, and civic and political life. Look no further, check out the Pew Internet & American Life Project.
They have reports like
Why It Will Be Hard to Close the Broadband Divide
Sonny Nallamillihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05843127584842369696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108344491161093020.post-77340824432425566652007-05-08T23:43:00.000-07:002008-01-17T11:40:13.187-08:00Programming Community IndexI was reading SD Times and came across this website: http://www.tiobe.com/index.htm?tiobe_index from TIOBE Software.
They publish an index for indicating the popularity of various programming languages. I was very surprised to C# in the 8th place.
It is a very interesting to see the trends in programming languages and I am sure it is very useful. It would be a good exercise to look at theirSonny Nallamillihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05843127584842369696noreply@blogger.com0