It’s Google Wave gadget time again. Today, I have  3 cool Google Wave Gadgets to share with you. These are picked from the latest plugins added to the Google Wave plugins gallery. So, let’s go for a fun ride with Google Wave Plugins !

1 Music Music !!   Play Piano on Google Wave

Piano on Google Wave

Yea, really… this is not a joke  ! You can play piano with your friends using Google Wave. Hmm I am thinking, what if someone creates a gadget where a group of people can play a bunch of musical instruments and play something cool together ? Is that too much to ask for ?  I don’t think so !

So, our gadget here is written in javascript. There is only very less information available about this gadget right now. When things are more clear, I will make sure that you guys get the latest information here okay ? So, for now, you can check out the plugin here

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Google Wave Plugin WordPress

I don’t mind being over excited about Google wave, because I saw the google wave preview video. It’s worth being little over excited about.

Being over excited includes trying to know how it will be useful for me, and my friends, so, for those who love google wave and wordpress, let me introduce you to two wave plugins for WordPress.

update : Wanna try 8 more useful Google Wave Plugins ?

1. wp-wave-shortcodes

The first Google wave plugin for WordPress that I noticed is WordPress Wave ShortCodes.  As far as I could see, it was the only plugin that has active development going  on.

What it Does

Adds a shortcode to WordPress that makes it easy to embed Wave(s) in a post or page. It also adds a media button so one is not required to remember how a shortcode is structured.

That was from the plugin’s page on Google Code. So, it will help you add waves to your wordpress posts, with the use of short codes. To make it more simple, there will be a media button for this.

How to use

You will have a media button just like you have one for adding image or video, on the wordpress dashboard, where you write new posts and pages. When you click on that, you will get a menu where you can enter wave ID for your wave that you want to insert, and then specify font and background color etc.

• id(Required)
• width
• height
• bgcolor
• color
• font
• fontsize

Is there a Demo ? Can I try it ?

Yes, and No. There is a demo available here. But, you need a Google Wave Sandbox account to access the demo. If you are planning to develop a wave plugin, you can request it here.  Others, wait until the end of this month, if you are lucky, you will get an account

Update : I found another one here

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If you were given a chance to rename this blog, Blog of Small Things that is, what will  you name it ?

Even though I keep changing the theme of the blog, I do not wish to change the name of the blog, now. But, if you were given a chance, will you rename it ? Is there a better name that can explain this blog better ?

I did not think much when I named this blog. I was reading God Of small Things, the book, and Blog of Small Things came to my mind, and I thought it suits my blog better.

1. How did you find your blog’s name ?
2. Did someone help you with this ?
3. Did you ask for suggestion from your friends or family ?
4. Did other blogs inspire you ?
5. What is the most interesting blog name that you have ever seen ?

Okay, answers please !!

I have no idea why I am spending this much time on twitter. When I have nothing else to do, I keep reloading my twitter page for new tweets ( I haven’t installed any twitter tool yet ..  may be I will, soon .. ). And even when I have something important to do, I keep coming back to twitter, for another reload.

I created twitter account a few months back and left it there and Twitter was not popular like this.  Even when I saw twitter’s popularity growing, I didn’t feel like using it because I had nothing to do with twitter, or I have no idea what the use was, for me.

Initially, like many others I was also thinking this, why should I tell the world “What I am doing” using a website, and 140 characters ? Then twitter changed in to something more … Obama started twittering .. CNN , Facebook, Google … and then Google started worrying about twitter launching search and then ads … people started  dreaming about their tweets being published in newspapers like their blog entries do.

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Okay, not about Advani’s blog, or any other political party’s blog or websites. I am talking about the real blogging and Elections.

Are you planning to express your thoughts about this election through your blog ? : Let me subscribe to it ! Do you know any blog which deals with Indian politics, and elections, really well ? post links here.

Blogging and New Media is not very influential in India yet. But still, we bloggers are quite passionate about politics and elections and  will be blogging, and  twittering  about it a lot. I will try to help you spread the word. Simply post links to your posts about elections, or email me the links. Do share your blogs, and your friends’ blogs too.

Which blog will be the best one to follow during elections ? Who will be making serious comments about elections, political parties, their campaigns etc ?

I have been using Google Chrome for a while … and I have written a few blog posts about it … the simplicity and the speed attracted me and I am a big fan of Google Chrome now ..  when I started thinking about a new blog where I can try a bit of problogging, I found that Google Chrome will be a good starting point …. and finally I registered chromestory.com …

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Its been a while since I used wordpress.com for blogging ..   I got so used to self hosted wordpress blogs, that I  think less about wordpress.com bogs  these days ( hence blog less about them )  .. and I even stopped visiting wordpress.com …  ( just wordpress.com .. I still read your wordpress.com hosted blogs … don’t worry !! )

somehow reached wordpress.com today and spent some time there …. and there, I have a question  for my friends using wordpress.com blogs …

WordPress.com is doing a good job with features that they offer, and they are adding new features every now and then. But, do you miss something ? Do you need something more from them ? …. like … more freedom about looks of your blog … more plugins … etc ? Comments please ………

Interpreter of Maladies is a collection of  9 short stories written by Jhumpa Lahiri.  One of my friends, ( crazy about books ) was waiting for one her books to be released and said she is a really good writer. So, when I found this book at Reliance Time Out book store in a newly opened mall in Cochin, I picked it up …

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