Null PointerA brilliant (sic) coalesce of Technology (where the emphasis is on Java), Internet, Blogging, Indic-blogging, current-affairs, politics, entertainment industry and topics that concern India.Reading blogs with an Opinmind- December 14, 2005 Thousands of issues are raised everyday in blogs and among all those heavily opinionated posts, sometimes you wish you could get to know about both sides of a story, effortlessly. Opinmind is a new blog-search engine that does precisely that. It displays both the "positive" and "negative" opinions on the searched topic, with a "sentimeter" that gauges the mood of the web on the searched topic, thankfully with "no editorial judgment".Very innovative! And if don't wanna take my word for it, try...http://www.jroller.com/debashish/entry/reading_blogs_with_an_opinmind Customized widgets with Google Module API- December 14, 2005 Google has expanded on this idea of customization of their homepage and now you can come-up with your own custom widgets for the whole world to use. Within days of Yahoo releasing version three of its widgets, Google has made its API to make modules public for developers to create modules, possibly host them at Google base and view the content on their customized Google homepage. There are many samples to play with and a detailed guide to explore more. This place is sure going to swell in time..http://www.jroller.com/debashish/entry/customized_widgets_with_google_module Indic Blogger Awards- December 13, 2005 Raman informs that Microsoft's BhashaIndia, a portal on Indic language computing featuring the Microsoft solutions, is coming up with its "Indic Blogger Award" for blogs in Indian languages. Boasting of eight categories with 11 Indic languages in the fray this sure will provide the necessary boost to bloggers like us. Wonder if they owe the idea to the Indibloggies that is the first Indian weblog awards to concentrate on Indic blogs also. Microsoft is also sponsoring two prizes at the...http://www.jroller.com/debashish/entry/indic_blogger_awards Delicious, says Yahoo!- December 10, 2005 Yahoo has acquired del.icio.us, the pioneering social bookmarking service made by Joshua Schachter, an unpredictable yet great move for the giant after the Flicker buy. With Yahoo hopefully integrating and augmenting the services, it seems tagging would now be everywhere. What a tasty way to end the year!http://www.jroller.com/debashish/entry/delicious_says_yahoo |