GOOGLE PROJECT GLASS

Image From Google’s concept video (on the left) and one of Google’s mockups (on the right)

Earlier today Google revealed mockup images and released a video for Project Glass. For those of you that don’t know, Project Glass is one of Google’s side projects that will attempt to bridge the gap between the user and the user interface for “smart devices” (smartphones and tablets) using a convenient, simple and ergonomically correct form factor.

While Google didn’t release a plethora of information on Project Glass, they made it abundantly clear that they’re far from a finalized product. In their Google+ post, they pointed out that they simply created some mockups to “show what this technology could look like ” and released a video to “demonstrate what it [the glasses that could evolve from Project Glass] might enable you to do”:

Project Glass:We thinktechnology should work for you—to be there when you need it and get out of your way when you don’t.

A group of us from Google[x] started Project Glass to build this kind oftechnology, one that helps you explore and share your world, putting you back in the moment. We’re sharing this information now because we want to start a conversation and learn from your valuable input. So we took a few design photos to show what this technology could look like and created a video to demonstrate what it might enable you to do.

Please follow along as we share some of our ideas and stories. We’d love to hear yours, too. What would you like to see from Project Glass?

From the looks of the video and the mockups, in conjunction withinformation from a month ago thatdetails a proposed UI navigational method, it appears that the glasses simply have one “hidden” lens that iscontrolled by head gestures and eye movements. In addition, the partially blurry moments in the demonstration video (embedded above) in conjunction with the position of the lens (in the mockups) indicates that the user is only meant to interact with the glasses when a task needs to be accomplished.

If the information above is accurate, the majority of the time that the user wears the glasses will simply be dedicated to viewing the world as they would normally and the glasses would only be used to complete quick tasks (as demonstrated in the video).

However, the actual lens (on the right side of the glasses) appears to be attached to an arm of its own. This could be an indicator that the lens will reposition itself when needed and the real world application for this could be as simple as looking at or away from the lens for it to move accordingly.

But, as stated by the Google[x] team working on Project Glass, just because they’ve releasedmockups and a demonstration video, it doesn’t mean that the concepts embody the futureproduct or reveal its capabilities in any way. While it could be some time before we see a production-ready pair of “Google Glasses” birthed from Project Glass, stay tuned for full covers on the Google[x] team that will try and make these concepts a reality.

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how to make pancakes

Easy Pancakes Recipe

This basic pancakes recipe takes very little time to make. Plus, once you make up the batter, you can hold it in the refrigerator for several hours.

Also see: Buttermilk Pancakes and Blueberry Pancakes.

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 15 minutes

Total Time: 30 minutes

Ingredients:

• 2 cups all-purpose flour (250 grams)
• 2 tsp baking powder
• ¼ tsp salt
• 1 Tbsp granulated sugar
• 3 eggs
• 2 cups whole milk
• 2 Tbsp melted butter (plus more butter for cooking)

Preparation:

1. Pre-heat your griddle to 375° or heat a nonstick sauté pan or skillet over medium heat.


2. Pre-heat oven to 200°F.


3. Sift together flour, baking powder, sugar and salt.


4. Beat eggs thoroughly. Add the eggs, melted butter and half the milk to the dry ingredients and mix gently until combined. Now stir in the remaining milk until the batter is the desired consistency. Don't overmix!


5. Melt butter on the griddle or pan. It should foam and sizzle.


6. For each pancake, ladle ¼ cup of batter onto the griddle or pan.


7. Cook until the tops of the pancakes are full of bubbles and the bottoms are golden brown.


8. Flip the pancakes and cook until the tops are golden brown, then either serve right away or transfer to the oven to keep warm.

Makes about 12 pancakes.

Create a simple website - beginner's guide

Introduction

There are lot of tutorials on net on how to create website, but this guide is for absolute beginners who want to create their own simple site with few pages.  

To create a website you need 3 things

1. Domain name or Web address (eg: This site's web address is www.shaplus.com )
2. Web space or the hard disk space on any web server where your website files will reside.
3. Website files- This is the actual pages of your site which has to be uploaded to your web space
    

Step 1 - Domain Name

Domain name or site's web address is the important part of a site. For each top level domains( like .com, .net, .in, .us etc) there are authorized registrars through which domain can be registered for required number of years(minimum 1 year to max 10 years). For common top level domains like (.com . org, .net ) the authorized registrars can be found in this country wise list http://www.internic.net/origin.html . So first you need to find the registrar from where you need to register the domain. If you prefer local payments options like bank check you may have to choose a registrar from your country. Pricing vary a little between registrars and it is usually less than $15 USD/year . After you find the registrar, you need to search for a domain name for your site which is not yet registered. Once decided you can register and make the payment to have the domain registered in your name.

Registering a domain means you get control of the domain but it does not give you any web space to host your site. You have to get the web space separately and then link your domain name to the web space. How to link domain with you web hosting ?When registering a domain name you also get a domain control panel from the registrar website. In this control panel, you can point your domain to any web hosting by providing the nameserver address of the web host. (usually the name server address will be like ns1.hostingprovider.com, ns2.hostingprovider.com ) . After you enter your name server address of your hosting into domain control panel, it may take few hours (maximum 48 hours)  for the actual pointing from your domain to web hosting to work. This is the time taken for data from each registrar to get propagated across domain name servers across the world.

Important : it is always recommended that you register the domain with any authorized registrars for that domain. Some hosting companies give free domain with their hosting plans but your control of the domain will be as long as you host with them. So in the future if you decide to host with another host you will loose your domain also.
About free sub domains : In case you are not ready to go for a paid domain now (like yoursitename.com), to get a quick start on website creation, you can opt for sub domains which are offered free by many sites. Sub domain sites will have address of the type (yoursitename.FreeSubDomainProvider.com). One free such sub domain provided is www.co.cc, they provide free addresses like yoursitename.co.cc (there are both free and paid subdomains at co.cc). 

Step 2 - Web hosting

Next step is to signup for web hosting from any web hosting providers. There are paid as well as free web hosting available. When you signup for a web hosting plan you usually get these details

• FTP login details for uploading files to your web space
• Name server details (explained above in the domain step)
• hosting control panel : displays details about your hosting like disk space, bandwidth etc and various other details.

There is lot of web hosting providers and it can be confusing to choose the ideal host. When choosing web hosting you will come across these terms

• Web space : expressed in MB/GB/TB is the hard disk space allotted to your hosting
• Bandwidth : it is the traffic allowed per month. It is also mentioned in MB/GB/TB
• Guaranteed Uptime : it is percentage of time that the hosting provider give you guarantee that the website will be up and working. It is expressed as 99%, 98% etc.
• Hosting platform : Windows, Linux etc If you are creating a basic HTML website, then Linux hosting would be enough, as it is cheaper compared to Windows hosting
• scripting/ languages supported : PHP/Perl/Java etc. ( you need not worry about these if your site is basic html )

You can either choose a paid web hosting provider or use a free hosting provider likewww.awardspace.com . Freehosting do have limitations like limit on file size, bandwdith etc but it is ideal for those learning to create sites and till you find a suitable paid hosting.


This site is hosted with Hostgator from Septemper 2007 onwards. You can try hostgator hosting for only $0.01 USD for first month using hostgator coupon code .

Step 3 - Developing your website

Now that you have the domain and web space required for your website, next step is to create actual files of your website and upload it to your web space.

First you have to create the site in a local folder in your pc . If you are not a designer, you need not worry about designing the pages, you can find lot of free templates in sited like www.oswd.org or www.openwebdesign.org . Just find the suitable template and edit the template in any text editor(like notepad) to create the pages of your site.

First page to create in your site would be the index page ( index.htm) , this would be the default page, which means the page that is displayed when only your website address is typed in browser. All other pages of your site are linked from this index page.  You may need to know the basic structure of a html file , text formating tags and other html tags.

Once you have the index.htm of your site you can copy and rename it to create other pages of your site and then change the contents of each pages. To test the site you created, open the local index.htm in your browser and check it is working ok.

Once the site is ready locally in your pc, you need to upload the contents to the web folder which your hosting provider has given. One free ftp software is filezilla.
See these tutorials on how to use filezilla to upload the files
http://www.velnetsupport.co.uk/parrots/FTP/Filezilla/
or http://www.montgomerycollege.edu/webinfo/filezilla.html 

let's to try!!!

keep dreamin'

“We don’t care what the people say, you know we’re gonna do it big anyway.”
I chose this song because of its message about believing in yourself enough to follow your dreams regardless of what other people say. But just believing in yourself isn’t enough, you have to put in the work as well.
It takes a massive amount of work to do big things in life. At times, you might be working so hard, people will think you’re crazy. I’ve read stories of successful people who often times forget to eat because they are so focused on what they’re doing. There are people who go for weeks or more on 4 hours of sleep a night.
Some may call this level of dedication obsessive. Some may think it’s torture. One important thing to point out is the people who put in this kind of work and succeed at a high level, many of them enjoy the work. They’re doing what they love. Whether it’s running a business, creating music, writing, singing, making deals, or anything else, if you don’t love what you do, then yes, putting in this level of work WILL feel like torture which is why highly successful people recommend following your passion.
When your work feels like play, having a seemingly ridiculous work ethic won’t be nearly as bad as it looks. And when you finally succeed at reaching your dreams, there will still be people who will think it was luck that got you there. How about that?