Author name: S Anand

I’m trying Mozilla. It has native SOAP support. So I can make a web page that has dynamic Google searches (and Amazon booklists, etc) without a web-server.

Good summary of superconductivity at kuro5hin.

Google toolbar: experimental features.

Garth is working on audio-blogging tools. Given the amount of poetry I see among bloggers, this might unleash a host of blog-singers.

Google-watch is against Google, because they’re unfair, and don’t respect privacy (via Salon). I still don’t mind, as long as I get good search results. But this “unfair” part I kind-of agree with. Wish Google would search recently updated sites better. And they’ve also got a point about the ordering. Sometimes, I would like to see the “less important” (low pagerank) sites on top.

America’s population ageing seems to be less than was expected, thanks to more kids per couple. kuro5hin has a good discussion.

Ever since I started using NewsIsFree.com, I manage to run through my morning news much faster. Now, I’m trying to use some of these RSS newsreaders to see if they can speed it up even further. (Note: Though I read news faster, I’ve ended up spending more time on it, not less!)

India’s first eunuch mayor has been dismissed because he/she was occupying a seat reserved for women.

Deepti: a Hindi chatterbot (sic). Apparantly, it’s downloadable, but I couldn’t find it.