Monthly Archives: December 2004

Added a new blog for MATLAB hacks. Also put up some of the graduation pictures online. And yes, I do need to find a proper job before I make blogging my primary career

It’s never been tried. Dave Dufour has a collection of phrases that are typically heard in brainstorming sessions and have the effect of killing creative thinking. My favourites: * It ain’t broke, don’t fix it.* It’s too much trouble to change.* We tried that before.* It’s too much work. Also worth checking out is this [...]

iPod yourself! IPodMyPhoto lets people send in their pics so they can get iPodified versions in the trademark silhouetted style. In case you do not want to shell out $20 for the service, try this video tutorial which explains how you can photoshop your pictures to get the same effect. (Another tutorial which also describes [...]

What the @#$%&*! Avnish Bajaj, CEO of Baazee.com (owned by eBay) was arrested last week for reasons that transcend any previously known levels of stupidity. Here’s what happened: Two Delhi students engaged in oral sex, which was recorded by the guy on his mobile phone. He subsequently sent it out as an MMS, which made [...]

!Xobile If you have a good sense of humor and are not easily offended, go watch this Russell Peters monologue. This video is not work safe if you don’t want to be seen clutching your tummy and howling at the monitor. Safe in every other way [Thanks Vivek!]

BOP: Fortune at the bottom of the pyramid.. Here’s a question.. Do the millions of people living on just a few dollars a day around the world represent a market with considerable spending power? University of Michigan’s b-school professor C.K.Prahalad believes they do. Sure, you cannot sell them an iPod, but they represent such a [...]

Google: the world’s most dangerous media company? Google takes its mission statement (to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful) very seriously. What makes Google cool is the fact that it sees business potential in areas that are generally considered unworthy of any investment, and opens up a whole new world [...]

Lookie on the left! Last night I put together a quick-and-dirty PHP script to show the latest 6 pictures from my photo gallery on the sidebar. It still links to the flash gallery which is probably not the best way to show the pictures since it requires flash 6 to be installed on the browser, [...]