S Anand

AstaLaVista is an ‘underground search engine’. I’d been there before, and since its survived this long, it must be good.

Don’t know what a web log is? It’s a site where people talk — usually about the Web. Some are discussions. Some are moderated. Some are narratives — like mine. Scripting news is my favourite, and SlashDot‘s another popular one. Blogger‘s the most popular, I hear.

I-DNS looks like a great concept. You can register a domain name in any language. Localized Internet is taking off like mad.

inc.com has lots of good articles on anything to do with business — business plans, customer service, e-commerce, law, strategy, etc. Especially their guides.

An update on the Internet cable scenario.

The IT Act will be implemented in September. We’re just done with our business proposal. If we rush in now, we may be just in time to get a first mover advantage. But we’re losing the lead each day. Read about itsvalidated.com.

These days I need to search a lot for images. images.altavista.com and gallery.yahoo.com have proven very handy. To me, it seems Altavista’s the eternal innovator, and gives away its lead to Yahoo. They came up with the image service first (and its still better). But their babelfish language translator is still one of its kind.

Why do we drive on the left? The medieval nobility wielded their sword on the right (mostly), and rode on the left, so as to chop off oncoming horsemen. Peasants walked on the right to avoid the swords. While the New Scientist’s last word reveals why Napolean drove on the right, it’s not clear why Americans do. Kevin Lowey has a different opinion, though.

What’s more of a rage than profitable dot-coms? Bankrupt dot-coms, as listed by dotcomfailures, startupfailures, and fuckedcompany. Scepticism’s gone far enough to make this web economy bullshit generator a great hit.

Direct Hit (from AskJeeves) is a search engine. Copernic is a software that searches multiple sites. Flyswat is a way of interfacing a messaging board with your browser. I’ve heard they’re all cool.