I am waiting here (At Stern reception hall infront of one of the hunderds of network pcs on the hallways!) to get on a bus to go here [Iroquois Springs], as part of this[PTLF]. Unfortunately, harini couldn’t accompany me (sorry baby!) and will be missing her (And she swears that she will do more than [...]
MIT’s Nicholas Negroponte takes a lead and introduced the $100 PC to the world. If all goes well, he expects to produce more $100 PC than regular PCs by 2007. Rajesh Jain has been promoting a similar revolution in India and Business 2.0’s Om Malik wrote a lengthy article just a few months ago.
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Its only been two episodes of “My name is Earl” but I think it is hilarious and well written. I always believe in karma and the ‘be/do good and good will happen’ prophecy. Earl hickley (nicely carried away by Jason Lee) who simply wades his life in petty crime gets an spark of enlightenment [...]
My insurance company sent me this message that i thought would help everyone, especially those in the US.
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Emergency personnel are resourceful when it comes to saving lives. Did you know that paramedics often turn to a victim’s cell phone for clues to a person’s identity? When every second counts, you can make their [...]
This may be pretty obvious to a lot but still neat…
1. Go to Google UK .
2. Type the word “failure” in the search box.
3. Click on the “I’m feeling lucky” search button [or check out the first item in the search results ]
This is no fun. Whatever web page that comes up at the top [...]
I was watching ‘American Splendor’, a documentary about the true story of Harvey Pekar. How the pathetic wierd-named Pekar inspite of his dishevelled life, became a monumental icon for ‘American’s Common Man”, at least for a short period of time. Out of shear coincidence, I watched the movie ‘Crumb’ which documents the life of Robert [...]
I was at the local strip mall in our neighborhood yesterday to refill my fridge. There usually are a couple of stores locked up with a sign ‘for rent/lease’. Interestingly, I saw a new flashy store this time. I had the familiar logos of eBay all around. “Whats eBay doing here?”.
[from iSold It.com]
A quick [...]
Anyday I would recommend Economist for a serious magazine reader. Today, I was catching up with the back issues left unread because of our India trip. Usually, I skim through most articles and read in detail those the interests me. But almost without fail I read the letters to the editor, more so for the [...]
Watching the terrible scenes from New Orleans and other cities hit by Katrina would make anyone painfully sad. Since the Tsunami that hit south asia, the media has gone overboard in showcasing the aftermath of such calamities to the minutest details. I have only read in fiction but to see a city submerged in water [...]