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I am associated with an industry where we try to understand human emotions/feelings .. but never in my life have I thought like you! Thanks a lot for such a fascinating speech!! I am feeling refreshed!!!

BTW .. in the Yahoo Time Capsule blog (cant find it anymore though), I remember I asked you a question .. Whats next? I think I have got my answer

Thanks TED!

2 out of 3 UK internet users (~ more than 2/3rds of the 33.7 million) loose 2 working days a week for wilfing, a newly coined term. Wilf is the abbreviation of the phrase What I was Looking For, meaning aimlessly browse the web. Someone who practices wilfing are called wilfers. For example, you go to digg, from there go to a website and then to youtube to watch a video tutorial, and from there go to orkut and so on .. Sites which are most likely surfed include shopping, news, music and travel.

The poll conducted by YouGov also revealed the fact that a third of men had damaged relationships with their partners for wilfing through highly seductive adult entertainment sites using popup mechanisms. Again people aged 55 or over are three times less likely to browse aimlessly than those under 25, the poll found.

Many organizations have already blocked social networking sites like myspace, facebook, orkut, etc. and gmail which additionally facilitates online chatting (I love tat ). This is done to stop employees from getting distracted unnecessarily and reducing overall productivity.

What about you .. do you consider yourself as a wilfer?

Well heres a fascinating news for Indian musicians. CASIO, as part of their expansion plans in India has launched a keyboard that is stuffed with a wide range of Indian tones just to suit your needs! And guess what .. it costs just under Rs. 12000 (USD 300).

Till now most of the keyboards available in India are specially made to suit the needs of US market. Or in other words, the default tones that we get are piano, organs, harmonica, strings, etc. plus auto accompaniments like hip hop, club, dance, pop, jazz, etc. Of course very few Indian tones like Sitar, Santoor, etc. are also available in some ranges. Few keyboardists (pro level) additionally purchases Wave Expansion Board like Music Asia to suit their needs.

But Casio CTK 810IN comes with an array of Indian tones like Sitar, Santoor, Tabla, Harmonium, Sarod, Tanpura as default tones plus a wide range of auto accompaniment rhythms including Bangra, Dadra, Garba, Keharwa, Dandiya, Teen taal, Bhajan. This 61 key keyboard is also equipped with equipped with SD memory card slot, pitch bender and USB interface along with touch response keys and 32 registration memory features.

Well you cant ask for more I guess . Thanks CASIO for all the hard work!