History of Paid Leave

November 28th, 2008 No comments

Have you ever seen the calendar for the year 1752?

This year is so special in the history as this is the year when British Empire shifted to Gregorian Calendar from Roman Julian Calendar.

1752 Calendar

You can observe from the above image that the Wednesday, 2 September was followed by Thursday, 14 September in this year 1752; 11 days missing.

All the employees are given full salary for the month having just 19 days.

Thus we have got the first “Paid Leave”.

How to resize a window?

November 27th, 2008 2 comments

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How to re-size the window without changing the screen resolution?

Every blogger wants to check his blog’s look&feel in various sizes.

A quick way of checking is using Java script.

By simply typing the below JavaScript in the address bar you can resize the window.

javascript:window.resizeTo(1024,768)

By changing these two arguments (width and height) you can view your blog in various window sizes.

Chrome not included in Google Pack

November 26th, 2008 No comments
Google Pack

Google Pack is a free collection of essential software from Google and other companies.

The content of this software pack will vary for different languages.

The strange fact is that, none of these Google Pack versions contains Google’s official browser Chrome.

Is Google not confident about their own browser?

Microsoft Windows Family Tree

November 25th, 2008 2 comments
windows_family_tree.png

Via Wiki

Types of Geeks

November 24th, 2008 1 comment

Types of Geeks
Via Flickr

Google Pages you've never seen

November 24th, 2008 5 comments

Here are few Google Pages you have never seen or rarely seen.

Google and Dilbert Doodle – A Doodles page for Dilbert

Get Stock Using Google – Google page to get stock and mutual fund information!

Google Easter Eggs Game – Cool game on Easter Eggs and Bunny

Google Heart – A page for Valentine’s day

Google Romance – Google Romance is a place where you can post all types of romantic information and, using our Soulmate Searchâ„¢

Do you suffer from discomgoogolation?

November 22nd, 2008 No comments
Frustration - Discomgoogolation

Feeling stressed or anxious at an inability to access the internet? Don’t worry, you’re not alone and now there’s a word for it: “discomgoogolation”.

“The proliferation of broadband has meant for the first time in history we’ve entered a culture of ‘instant answers,’” said psychologist Dr David Lewis, who identified discomgoogolation by measuring heart rates and brainwave activity.

The term comes from “discombobulate”, which means to confuse or frustrate, and Google.

“A galaxy of information is just a mouse click away and we have become addicted to the web,” added Lewis. “When unable to get online, discomgoogolation takes over.

The stress of being disconnected was equivalent to that of running half an hour late for a key meeting, being about to sit an important exam or, in the worst cases, being sacked.

Do you suffer from discomgoogolation?