Spell your Name on the Phone with Alpha, Bravo & Charlie
Phonetic alphabets are very useful for spelling complex words and names over the phone.
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Random Web Discoveries and Interesting Stories on the Internet
Check Seat Availability in Indian Trains
Travelling by Indian Railways? Here are some good websites that will help you check the seat availability in various trains and you can also book your rail tickets online.
Simplest Way to Download a Youtube Video
There are many ways to download a Youtube video, but none simpler than this. Just add “pwn” before the Youtube video and you’re done !
Online Coloring Book for Kids
Remember those coloring books with those clearly outlined comic characters you could fill colors in ?
Explore Baby Name Trends by Letters
If you have been looking for a name for your baby, NameVoyager, a simple tool that displays US baby name trends by letter (or phrases) with data going back to late 19th century, could be very useful.
Backup your Complete Twitter Update Archive
Tweet Scan allows you to download and backup all your Twitter updates and replies going back to December 2007 as a CSV file.
Hide your Secret Document inside ASCII Art
While normal images have been long used to secretly hide and transfer your documents, you can now do the same with ASCII art as well.
Find Out Your Computer’s Uptime
Here is a simple trick Windows command to check how long your computer has been on.
How Old is the Internet ?
The short answer, according to the site How Old is the Internet, is that the Internet is 25 years and 11 months old.
Indian Girl is the Youngest Microsoft Certified Professional
M Lavinashree, a 9 year old girl from Tamil Nadu, has now become the youngest Microsoft Certified Professional, a record previously held by a 10 year old Pakistani girl, Arfa Karim.
Use Sticky Notes as your Browser Homepage
Sticky Screen is a simple online version of the yellow desktop sticky notes that you can set as your browser homepage.
Visualize Twitter Conversations as Venn Diagrams
Twitter Venn helps you track the relative popularity of various topics on Twitter and how these conversations overlap with each other.
Convert Live Video to ASCII Art Animation
The Instant ASCII Cam takes a live video feed (like your webcam, from instance) and converts it to an ASCII art animation.
Is the Taj Mahal Copyrighted ?
The Indian embassy has voiced its displeasure over reports that Bangladesh is is planning an exact replica of the Taj Mahal about 30 kilometers northeast of the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka.
View Full-Size Images on Google Image Search
Google Image Search displays thumbnails as results, with the original image another 2 clicks away. “Google Image Ripper” lets you get “straight to the good stuff” by linking directly to the original images.
All Sea Piracy Related Incidents on a Google Map
With pirate attacks registering a dramatic increase in the past few months, the IMB Piracy Reporting Center has come up with a Live Piracy Map that shows all locations from where sea piracy related incidents have been reported.
Hollywood Film Promotes Google Search in the Trailer
Sony Pictures has put up an interesting promo for their upcoming film – 2012. Instead of promoting the movie’s official site in the trailer, they just show a simple message that says Google Search: 2012.
Adobe Photoshop Outside the Computer
Someone took the interface of Adobe Photoshop software and created a real-world model similar to that Photoshop image.
Google Custom Search with fewer ads
Google Custom Search allows you to create a custom search engine for your site. The problem is the advertising is sometimes too intrusive, even when no results are found.
The Difference Between Google Knol & Wikipedia Encyclopedia
Google today introduced Knol, a Wikipedia style encyclopedia that anyone can edit but with some major differences: