Volkswagen Embeds an Audio Ad in a Newspaper
The Times of India newspaper carried an advertisement for Volkswagen on the last page that looked like a regular print ad but with an audio clip.
Offbeat
Offbeat and other interesting stories
Get Some Sleep on an Airplane
This video offers some excellent tips to help you relax and get some sound sleep during your next long airplane flight.
100,000 RSS Subscribers
I am so happy to share that Digital Inspiration has touched a little milestone – it now has 100,000 RSS subscribers according to numbers provided by FeedBurner.
A Periodic Table of Google Elements
Google employees have created a beautiful and informative periodic table where individual elements represent stats about Google and the Internet.
Printed Books vs E-Books
This poster from Newsweek summarizes the printed book versus the e-book debate.
A Sticker Set for Highlighting Poor Journalism
Print stickers to highlight press releases and other poorly researched news stories that are published in newspapers and blogs.
Analyze Your Facebook Friends with Docs.com
Docs.com can help you visualize data about all your Facebook friends inside a spreadsheet. You get to see your friend mix by gender, by their age group and their current location (city).
Are your Friends Affected by the Gulf Oil Spill?
A Facebook app scans your friends list to determine how many of your friends may have been affected due to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
Mark Zuckerberg Drawn Using Facebook Icons
This beautiful portrait of Facebook Founder Mark Zuckerberg was made using icons of the Facebook Website.
What if Oil Spill happened in your City?
The massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is now considered as one of the largest oil spills in the world. Visualize the oil slick area on Google Maps.
Green Tip: Make Video Calls from a Mobile Phone
With the same amount of energy used for a 10 minute webcam talk on your desktop computer, you can have a video call on your mobile phone for over 20 hours.
An Aircraft Dumping Ground on Google Maps
Here are some stunning satellite images of an Air Force Base in Arizona, USA that houses thousands of military aircraft arranged in such beautiful patterns.
10 Things You Can Do With Old CDs
What do you do with old CDs and DVDs? Instead of throwing them away, here are 10 ideas for things you can do with that discarded collection.
Put your Old Vinyl Record Covers to Good Use
SleeveFace is an interesting technique where people get themselves photographed in such a way that their face stays hidden behind a sleeve yet it blends perfectly with the background.
Maths Teacher Reveals his ‘Video Shadow’ Trick
The Maths teacher is taking a class and suddenly there appears a shadow on the projector screen that won’t even let him shut down the computer. Here’s how the video was made.
Why Obama Used Multiple Pens to Write a Single Signature?
President Barack Obama signed the historic healthcare bill at the White Houses using multiple pens. Why?
Official YouTube Buttons for your Website
If you looking to download buttons and banner images to promote your YouTube channel from another website, here are tons of them.
How Long Will Rare Metals Last?
Tantalum is a rare metal that is used in the manufacture of cell phones and camera lenses but you’ll be surprised to know that if every human on the planet were to consume this metal at the same rate an average US resident today, the metal supplies won’t last for more than 20 years.
Quick Tip: How to Discourage Co-Workers from Interrupting You
You are working on something important and don’t want your office colleagues / co-workers to interrupt you during that time. How do you achieve this?
How to End a Phone Call Without Being Rude
If you get a phone call from a rude telemarketer, you can simply say that you are not interested and hang up the phone in case they are not willing to finish the conversation on their own. But how do you end a call with a boring friend or a relative?