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Google is testing it's new look, but you can't see it directly. Here's a JavaScript tweak that gets anyone into Google's new look test.

Copy the code, paste it into the address bar of your browser when on google.com and hit return, If things work out and reload Google, you should find yourself as new participant of Google's latest and more all-encompassing prototype test. a new look to Google’s Search Options feature with a new logo, buttons, and always-visible left-hand pane in results.

The search options appear in the left-hand column. The former “All results” area that allowed you to switch between different types of searches (images, news, maps and so on) has been replaced with new tabs for these services. How do you like this? go Leave a comment on Blogoscoped.

If all goes well, the cleaner display may be launched across Google after the New Year.

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Everybody know, we can upload video clips to the Facebook site. But, Facebook doesn’t (officially) provide an embed code for their videos. When you found a very interesting video on Facebook but how you do share it with your blog readers since there’s no code to embed that video into your site. The other problem is you can watch video clips on Facebook only if you are logged into your Facebook account. But how do you share these video clips with people who aren’t members of Facebook?

Here’s a way that will let you embed any Facebook video into your web pages, a simple trick.

Every video uploaded on Facebook has a unique ID that you can find in the browser’s address bar (look for the value of parameter "v").

Copy that number(ID) and replace it with "xxx" in the code below.

<object width="400" height="224" >
  <param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" />
  <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" />
  <param name="movie" value="http://www.facebook.com/v/xxx" />
  <embed src="http://www.facebook.com/v/xxx" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"
allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="224">
  </embed>
</object>

Now you can put that code on any web pages and the video will play just fine, and watch it here itself without having to become a Facebook member.

Thanks, Amit!

Update: OK, since December 5, 2008 Facebook has placed "Embed this Video" links on video pages of videos, with the same code, I'm really out.

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The mojito is a traditional Cuban cocktail which became popular in the United States during the late 1980s, and has recently seen a resurgence in popularity. A mojito is traditionally made of five ingredients: spearmint, rum, sugar (traditionally sugar cane juice), lime, and carbonated water. Its combination of sweetness and refreshing citrus and spearmint flavors are intended to mask the potent kick of the rum, and have made this clear cocktail a popular summer drink.

Ingredients

• 3 sprigs of fresh mint
• 2 tsp of sugar
• a hefty squeeze of lime juice
• 1 1/2 oz of light rum, add to taste
• chilled club soda or seltzer ( I prefer the club soda)

First take a tall glass and crush the mint inside thoroughly making sure that the insides of the glass are also being rubbed with the mint. Add in your sugar and lime juice (fresh is the best). Next make sure that you fill your glass with crushed ice. Pour in your rum and your club soda. Mix well by using a drink shaker and transferring the liquid back and forth a few times before you leave it in the final resting place of the tall glass. For decoration you can add a slice of lime and another mint leaf on top. Use a straw to consume and enjoy your fabulous new creation.

If you are a person that enjoys a little fruity flavor with your drink then you can add a flavored vodka to the mix and create Raspberry Mojitos, Blackberry Mojitos, Coconut Mojitos, etc. You can also add additional pieces of fruit to accommodate the flavor with added colorful decorations.

This type of drink is very versatile for adding ingredients to. Even men find the Mojitos an irresistible treat. So why spend a fortune on a great summer drink? Make your own and save the extra money for something like dinner and a movie.

Tips: The fresh mint and the lime are the two most important ingredients of the mojito. Don't try to skimp on either of these things.

Cheers!

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