April 30 04
Gee, another writeup on Google.. Wired has this nice story on reasons to love Google. For those who do not live with their noses buried deep in news websites, Google filed their IPO today. Meaning that Google’s shares can now be bought by the public. Just another regular IPO? Well, Google has never been a [...]
April 28 04
Them’s all fakes but this Photoshop contest for creating bizzare archaelogical images has produced some real gems! There are some other awesome contest results too, like turning war into peace, some awful technology ideas, and mmm… some glorious food!
April 26 04
Animals and Empathy? Not so surprising it seems. Research shows that empathy is not such a complex thing as it seems and that animals may be perfectly capable of feeling empathy towards others. Maybe it’s time to get some of it back from them.
April 26 04
Spiders and Post-it notes.. Spiders are amazing. They are soft, fuzzy and uhm..tasty too. Their silk in their webs is stronger than steel and now they may produce the clue to creating better Post-it notes too! Scientists have been studying the feet of spiders to see how they manage to stick to surfaces. It seems [...]
April 25 04
24 beers in a day, 24 beers in a case.. When Paul Newman said those words, he couldn’t have anticipated the tradition at Princeton that would follow. On 24th April every year, students at Princeton go on a drinking spree of 24 beers in as many hours. Apparently, it’s common to come to classes inebriated, [...]
April 24 04
Some amazing ASCII art here – If you want to create your own, use this handy online tool or download a program.
April 24 04
Destination: Kerala Paul Therox lists Kerala as one of the 25 best locations in the world to unwind. From the New York Metro: “I do not buy the Indian miracle—there are just too many Indians, and most of them are writing novels. As with everyone else, their virtues are also their faults, their tending to [...]
April 21 04
Email, search and beyond I got my Gmail account today. Am happy since I’ve never been able to get an email account with my name, but getting into the gmail pool before it is released to the general public meant that my name was still available. Check out some of the interesting features. (Ever wondered [...]