I was watching Prison Break, one of my favorite serials (after I watched Shawshank Redemption, prison movies and serials intrigue me). In the very first episode Michael Scoffield's room mate tells him welcome new fish. I liked that term new fish reminded me of how unbelievably peaceful they make you feel. I like aquariums. The thought of bringing the peace of the sea on land.

Recently Google released iGoogle, a new look to your search page. This page allows you to add all the Google Gadgets to the page. Apart from that I've also seen plenty of ads being displayed. I guess Google found another way to make money off the ads.

I like one of the gadgets a lot, its a box that has little gold fish in it. Everytime I get tired of work or of the monotony. I sit down and look at the moving fish. The Lava lamp is pretty good too, but there is no interaction. You can feed the fish by clicking on the box and all the fish come running.

Once they eat the food, there are small rings in the water. It looks so nice. Here is a sample. The image is my iGoogle. Check out the cool Lava lamp and the fish. You can find the ads there too!

Please feel free to feed my fish! You can have them on your site too. You'll have to go to A. Bowmann's site

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The keyboard of the computer is the one part that is put through a lot of user abuse. From bringing down the whole two fists at moments of frustration to feeding coffee to the thirsty keyboard, this device has seen it all. For a device that is so integral to the user experience, it is probably the one component that has not undergone any dramatic reincarnations since its birth. The few variations that exist like the natural keyboard design from Microsoft and Logitech do not add much character to the part.

We need fret no more. Optimus is soon launching a new keyboard in which every induvidual key has a small LCD display on it. And the best part is you can choose the images that will appear on the keys. Talk about customizability. We will soon see the same keyboard with unique personalities.

Here it is momentarily deceiving with the traditional key prints.








Think of a tweak where pressing the CAPS LOCK button changes the LCD image of characters from Upper case to lower case or vice-versa.



And just in case it is one of those days when you feel like typing in Russian.



Photoshop icons on the keyboard for improved morphing productivity.



And this is for the gamer in you. The Quake profile.



Now for the tragic part. You have to pay $1500 for one of these beauties. I can only imagine how many will be sold in India where the majority build entire computers for less than half the price of this keyboard. Hopefully like all other computer hardware this one also hits the road to obseletion in a short time and the prices come tumbling down.

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