Online Observations

Google is experimenting with Gigabit Internet – WOW

This just came in. While Google has been discussing better bandwidth access with the US government agencies, it decided to take it up a notch by announcing an experimental gigabit internet access in Unites States for offer for up to 500,000 consumers. This is amazing, it really is. From their blog:

We’re planning to build and test ultra high-speed broadband networks in a small number of trial locations across the United States. We’ll deliver Internet speeds more than 100 times faster than what most Americans have access to today with 1 gigabit per second, fiber-to-the-home connections. We plan to offer service at a competitive price to at least 50,000 and potentially up to 500,000 people.

Well, I wish some of this high bandwidth stuff would come into India. Anyway, it would be interesting to see what people come up with for these type of bandwidths speeds. Google is hoping to see some innovation. So are we.

This will take your breath away

Every once in a while you come upon someone’s work which is so brilliant that it takes you breath away. Well, the bird book is one such piece of work. I am posting some photos from the book below, and I will let them speak for themselves. And, following the photos is the link to the website of this brilliant piece of work by Andrew Zuckerman. This book is now one of my things to buy.

You definitely need to go to the website to see these photos in much larger sizes. There are multiple photos of over 70 species.

Here are the photos:

And here’s the link to the website: http://www.birdbook.org.