Google Maps adds directions by Public Transport - Wow

Wow, this is awesome. Google maps has added directions by public transport. Sometime back when they integrated public transport timings along with bus-stop / train station icons, it was pretty cool, but adding directions based on bus / train routes is totally awesome. Try it for yourself, click here to see a sample direction.

Google maps 3d building outlines - wow

I haven’t noticed this before, but google maps provides 3d building outlines. I think this is pretty cool.
You can see them in action here.
Earlier on google : Google Park bench in Russia

Stop feeling lucky, its just a google sari

Huh! this has to be the most bizarre sari ever …

Related google stuff you may find odd: Google park bench, Google fools day present to time travelers, Google life
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Here is a simple way to get Rs. 70 Lakhs when you are 55 - DONT touch your PF

Here is a simple piece of advice to literally everyone who is working: do NOT touch your Provident Fund, no matter what.
Provident fund (commonly known as PF, EPF) is a retirement benefit facility provided to Indian employees by their employers of companies that have more than 20 employees. The option is applicable for practically [...]

Cool outdoor advertising by Google Russia

This is cool, apparently Google resorted to this to beat the leading Russian search provider Yandex. I am not sure whether this would be effective though. Its like forcing people to break a habit. This, probably is the most challenging task for marketers all over the world. When customers are used to Yandex or Naver [...]

“I am feeling lucky” Firefox Search plug-in

While trying to understand how the Mozilla firefox search plug-ins work [ more ] I got curious and wrote a search plug-in that will take you to the first Google search result directly instead of displaying the results pages, ie mimicking the “I am feeling lucky” searches. Feel free to download and install it. [...]

Generate organization charts in excel - howto?

Here is a ridiculously simple workaround for those of you trying to generate an organization chart in excel:
Use google org. chart widget instead
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Open a new google docs spreadsheet (or work on the example organization chart [...]