Looking for Relevant Information at Blazing Speed

For some people, searching for information without wasting time is an imperative.  There is not a second to waste.  Such people are journalists, writers, researchers, college students, and so forth.

Most of them are using Google to find what they’re looking and for, and that’s good.  Google is the best search engine there is right now.  However, you can further enhance the speed of looking up information with a program called Keyboadr that uses Google plus YouTube and Wikipedia at the same moment.  The synergy created is awesome.

Web site Keyboardr is an as-you-type search mashup of Google (including blog and image search), Wikipedia, and YouTube with blazing speed.   Once you see a result you like, just use your arrow keys to navigate to the result, then hit Enter to open it. The speed of Keyboardr is perhaps the most impressive feature, and if you’re a big fan of keyboard navigation, it’s got a lot to offer.

Keyboardr’s integration with YouTube, Wikipedia, and multiple Google search types brings a nice feature-set to a simple but well thought-out web application.

At Keyboardr you don’t need a mouse. You interact with the search results using your keyboard (hence the name Keyboardr.com) and don’t have to use the mouse for anything. Simply enter a search term and Keyboardr allows you to navigate the results with the arrow keys on your keyboard.

It sounds so simple but the result is really awesome. Suddenly searching feels fast and automated. Use Keyboardr for a while and the ‘old’ Google suddenly feels like Windows 95.

For the future there are  big plans for Keyboardr.  Keyboardr will utilize much more web services.  Among from usual web search services like Google, they  are planning to support Friendfeed, Delicious, Twitter, Flickr, Google Docs and many more.

The web page is real simple.  A small search box with the words…Search Something! It also shows the date and a digital clock with ticking seconds in big black numbers.  It looks very neat.  Once you find the results of your search, press the Escape button and you’re ready to make another request.

I’ve been using Keyboardr for two days now, and it feel great.  Why don’t you take it for a whirl?  Good Day.

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Photograph of the Day: A Panama Carnival Reveler

(Credit: Omar Upegui R./Michael Moore)

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The Balboa Elementary School

The town of Balboa, founded by the United States during the construction of the Panama Canal, was named after Vasco Núñez de Balboa, the Spanish conquistador credited with discovering the Pacific Ocean. In 1513 it was called Mar del Sur or South Seas because it was discovered while traveling south from the Atlantic Ocean where he started his journey.

The name Balboa, was suggested to the Canal Zone authorities by the Peruvian ambassador to Panama.

The town of Balboa, like most towns in the Canal Zone, was served by Canal Zone Government-operated schools, post office, police and fire stations, commissary, cafeteria, yacht club, service center and recreational facilities. Balboa’s children were educated at the Balboa Elementary School, Balboa High School, and the private St. Mary’s School.

The town was also home to two private banks, a credit union, a Jewish Welfare Board, several Christian denomination churches, civic clubs, a masonic temple and a YMCA.

The demographic changes resulting from the departure of most of the town’s American population has also brought the closure of most of the town’s former public facilities and institutions, including Balboa High School and Balboa Elementary School.

Below is a photograph of the Balboa Elementary School taken on March 22, 2009.  Here we go.

Photograph of the elegant Balboa Elementary School Building located at Balboa, Panama City, Panama. (Credit: Omar Upegui R.)

If you have been following my recent posts, you would have noticed the beauty of the architecture style of the buildings of the former Canal Zone.  Good Day.

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