Monthly Archives: December 2004

Melvin Durai predicts.. In his column, Melvin Durai makes only one prediction for the coming year: that his readers will do something to help the Tsunami victims. “It’s going to take years for them to recover and your money — whatever you can give, even a few dollars — will help them do it. That’s [...]

The machine ate my change After losing my money in vending machines innumerable times, I am glad someone decided to fight back. [image: coke vending machine at the Goldwater Center, ASU]

One Hundred Thousand 100,000 is the estimated number of deaths in the South East Asian Tsunami. Dave tries to put this number into perspective.

A Festivus for the rest of us! The NYT has a story on the origins of Festivus and how it is catching on in the real world too.

This picture is from the Lower Antelope Canyon in Arizona where water has created interesting shapes in the rocks. Of course, the shapes are all about perception, so see if you can spot something related to the Titanic (the movie) in this picture..

Tsunami Relief – Every cent helps More than 50,000 lives have been lost due to the recent Tsunami in the Indian Ocean region. A lot of money and help is needed to bring the lives of thousands of affected people back to normal, so please donate whatever you can. Tsunamihelp.blogspot.com is functioning as an excellent [...]

Last page of the Internet I used to be a champion surfer – websurfer, that is.. and one of my friends told me that if I browse so much, one day I would end up at a page that says “You have reached the end of the Internet”. Well, it turns out that there actually [...]

Tsunami relief tsunamihelp.blogspot.com is functioning as a clearing house for donations and relief activities and also provides updates about the ongoing relief work. Please pass this link around, and also chip in with your donations. I am reposting some of the donation links here: * India: Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund, by bank transfer, or [...]