Sunday, September 25, 2011

Easter egg in Facebook??

I would like to stake first claim for this finding. This worked for my and Sahana's Facebook accounts. Do the following:

a. Go to your Facebook home page.
b. On the top-right corner of the page, you will see 3 buttons/links: Your name, Home and a arrowhead pointing down (a dropdown menu).
c. Hover the mouse just to the right of the last button (the arrowhead). There is no image / icon there, but when you hover the mouse over it, you will see a rectangular button-like space get highlighted. The pointer will also change.
d. Click on it and you will be taken to http://plus.google.com!!

I have no idea why this happens or whether this happens consistently for everybody across the world. Try it out and let me know the results.

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

'The World from Above' on Discovery HD

"The World from Above" is a wonderful program on Discovery HD. Not sure how many people watch it. These are aerial fly-overs of different countries or regions, along with interesting tidbits of information gleaned from history. Today's episode took us over Portugal and I learned about:

  • Guimarães [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guimar%C3%A3es]
  • Peneda-Gerês National Park [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peneda-Ger%C3%AAs_National_Park]
  • Bom Jesus do Monte [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bom_Jesus_do_Monte]
  • Tenões [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten%C3%B5es]
  • Santuário do Sameiro [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sameiro_Sanctuary]
  • Porto [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porto]
  • Mateus Palace [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mateus_Palace]
  • Almeida [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almeida,_Portugal]
I looked for DVDs of this documentary series but couldn't find any.