I have been using the FF browser for like last 5 years, but this is the first time I observed this feature, that too accidentally. If you double click on the empty space on the bar next to your browser tabs, a new tab opens up.

There is no indication anywhere that a double click will open up a new blank tab. That is one kool thing I found in IE browser, that small box next to your last browser tab, which very clearly tells you “click me! I will open up a new tab”.

I guess that is what we call usability.

Country’s election results are out today, and obviously all news channels were full of reports on the same. Every other news channel coming up with its own breaking news every second minute. “Sabse pehle humare channel par”.. you know that stuff

And ofcourse they would add some spice on their own. The most funny and amusing stuff was the songs they came up with for different politicians. For BJP leader Advani one channel played, “Chan se toote koi sapna, jag soona soona lage”, for Rahul Gandhi we had songs like “main hoon yuvraaj” and “yaha ke hum hai raajkumar”, and ofcourse for Manmohan Singh we had “singh is king”. These news channels do have a sense of humor.

But  amidst all this drama, one important thing that came out was victory of democracy. Predictions of all the channels for a hung assembly were proved wrong (well almost), and the country is hopefully heading towards a stable government.

I work for an MNC in Rajiv Gandhi Chandigarh IT Park. And this is a true incident. On a weekend a couple of months back, I was coming to office to catch up with some work. Now as I was nearing the office, there were 4-5 ladies standing, most probably from some nearby rural area, along with kids. As I reached near, one of them asked

Lady (looked like their leader): “Bhai Jee! Ye IT Park kaha hai” (Bro! Where is this IT park)

Me (as matter of factly) :”Yahi hai IT Park” (This is IT Park)

She ( a bit surprised): “Lekin Park kaha hai yaha?” (but then where is the park?)

Now it was my turn to be surprised: “Park nahi hai. Ye jo buildings dikh rahi hain, isi area ko IT park kehte hai” (There is no park as such. You see all these buildings around you. This whole area is called IT Park)

Another lady to the first one (a bit angry) “yeh hai tumhara IT Park. Tum hi layi thi na IT Park Dikhane. Lo Dekh lo ye buildings” (So this is your IT Park. You brought us here to visit the park. Now see all these buildings)

It took me a few seconds to realize that these ladies must have heard the name IT park somewhere and thought that this is some kind of public amusement park or something. so they along with their kids came to have some good time over the weekend.

Source: www.dilbert.com

Check this link out – http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/03/earth_hour_2009.html

It shows how the lights went off during the earth hour 2009. Magical moments.