Here’s a small Firefox tip that will save you some time.
Let’s say you want to search YouTube for “honda accord ad”. Try this:

1) Go to Youtube

2) Right click in the search text box on the main page and select ‘Add a Keyword for this Search’

3) Give a Name (’YouTube’) and Keyword (’yt’), without quotes, and click the ‘Add’ button



4) To use the new search keyword, type ‘yt honda accord ad’ without quotes in your address bar.

There you go - and this works for almost every search you’d probably want.

If you have a pair of headphones nearby, waste no time - give this page a visit and marvel at the amazing realism of the sound clips on that page.

The audio files were recorded using a dummy head with two microphones situated where the ears should be. The resulting recording is so real, if you close your eyes while listening to the Virtual Haircut clip, you actually get goosebumps by the realism (wait for the electric clipper to get near your ear). Awesome!

Keyboard rendition of Mohd Rafi’s Pukarta Chala Hu Main:

Pukarta Chala Hu Main (Keyboard)

My take on the lullaby from the movie Brahmachari

Brahmachari - Main Gaaun Tum So Jao (Keyboard)

Audiobook (noun) - A book in audio form (duh!)

Podiobooks.com has a lot of free audiobooks, submitted by authors directly (you can interact with the authors on the site). The books are released in chapters, as a podcast. I’ve listened to a few chapters, and the quality of work is really high - great for that commute to work and back!

Banksy (a pseudonym) is probably the most (in)famous graffiti artist in Britain. His works are mostly satirical takes on politics, governance, culture etc. Graffiti blurs the line between public art and vandalism, with much of Banksy’s work being erased by graffiti-cleanup crews. In most places, his art has been declared as vandalism; though in some cases, it has been allowed to remain by public consensus.

Banksy’s website offers a rich experience; watch freedom of expression at work…

Some of his works:

Yeah yeah, I know - Animated shopping doesn’t make much sense, but hop over to this page and you’ll know what I mean :o)

I read about it when the company first announced its launch. Ogled at the first photos, read and re-read the first exclusive reviews. Impatiently waited for an official video. Years later, I still sigh when I see it on a magazine cover in the local store. All this, and you’d think I’d be prepared when it pulls up next to me at a signal as I’m waiting to cross the road. But no, like an idiot, I stared wide-eyed till the signal changed and it roared off, the driver no doubt showing off. But then, that’s the whole point of having a Lamborghini Gallardo Superleggera…

Unfortunately, I can’t whip out my phone and take a photograph in 3.8 seconds, which is the time the Gallardo Superleggera takes to go from 0 to 100 km/h. Nevertheless, this is what I’m talking about..

If you want to know more about this beauty, you can find a good read here.

I’ve got a new craze - writing limericks. Here are two limericks to start with (of course, read at your own risk)…

This is when I offered to write a short poem, and my friends shrieked in protest.

Don’t say no to my poem
Or I’ll retire to my ashram
There I’ll meditate
From morning till late
And emerge with an epic wholesome!

And this one is for my friend who has just arrived in London, and is eagerly waiting to experience a snowfall..

She wishes for it to snow
Just sitting in her condo
So afraid she’ll miss it
She’s sitting like a dimwit
With her nose to the window

This is without doubt one of the best optical illusions I have ever come across. Look at the girl and see which way, clockwise or anticlockwise (counterclockwise, if you like), she’s spinning. It can actually be interpreted in both ways. See how long it takes you to see her go both ways.
Source: this article.