Author: Aditya

Some points to keep in mind

I guess Google won't be pulling out of the US any time soon

A nice analysis of the sudden change in the GNOME window controls

Quite a few diagrams explaining things

"Century Gothic uses 30 percent less ink in printing than the typical Arial setting" – But it may end up using more paper. Take your pick.

The goal: 800 mph

C takes over the top spot from Java.

Quite an interesting & humorous way of presenting info

Illegal, but not unethical. Some industries have a lot of catching up to do for sure.

A good number of hints. Nothing very fancy though – mostly common sense.

The classic puzzle: "Imagine that you’re in a game show and your host shows you three doors. Behind one of them is a shiny car and behind the others are far less lustrous goats. You pick one of the doors and get whatever lies within. After making your choice, your host opens one of the other two doors, which inevitably reveals a goat. He then asks you if you want to stick with your original pick, or swap to the other remaining door. What do you do?"

Very interesting case. Living among them would be totally disorienting. Thank goodness we can count.
via http://www.neatorama.com/2010/04/05/amazonian-tribes-language-has-no-tenses-numbers-over-five/

Something to think about when you read the headlines. The proverbial pinch of salt to go with them…

An interesting bunch of photoshopped pics featuring Obama

A nice graphic showing off the sizes of different characters from the Pixar movies (both long & short)

Is Google all that different from Apple?
"…Google is at least as restrictive about the data on its servers as Apple is about the apps in its App Store…"

A pretty important verdict that could have a cascading effect on other similar patents. Apparently around 20% of human genes have been patented after all.

Is it really worth spending a couple of hours or more a day just travelling to work & back?

Another free apps giveaway site for the iPhone\iPod touch

Free apps given away daily for the iPhone\iPod touch

Another portable apps collection. Over 2GB worth this time.

Another list of April Fools' day pranks

Google's pretty active on this front & so are many others

Quite a few examples from slideshare are embedded

'Thanks to the popular 1988 movie Stand and Deliver, many Americans know of the success that Jaime Escalante and his students enjoyed at Garfield High School in East Los Angeles. During the 1980s, that exceptional teacher at a poor public school built a calculus program rivaled by only a handful of exclusive academies.
It is less well-known that Escalante left Garfield after problems with colleagues and administrators, and that his calculus program withered in his absence…'

Interesting take on how copyright protection is worked out in the field of comedy. Jokes can be copyrighted after all, but the legal system is not really simple enough for direct enforcement.

Interesting journey & an even more interesting bicycle that is made for 5.

So is a $250 HDMI cable better than a $10 one? No way.

So, even if I were to use one from the list, a hacker might still need 500 tries to crack it

Another case of the viral web & online protests

Interesting suggestions – should make for a nice change in perspective

The defining post for the internet OS. Quite an exhaustive one at that.

A thermal map of the satellite that resembles pacman

Wonder how all the data will be used

The detailed document is also embedded from scribd – http://www.scribd.com/doc/29115406

Interesting online application to build up reference points\scales for numbers

Companion site for the book of the same name.

A video of the entire flight is also available. Nice for sightseeing.

So now we can really say ow.. ow.. ow…

… or into an ad watching extravaganza

There you go: 'Scientists have finally confirmed what the rest of us have suspected for years: Bacon, cheesecake, and other delicious yet fattening foods may be addictive.'

A real legend & possible one of the greatest before Bradman

Also includes a greasemonkey script that works with Safari

A livejournal community for vintage ads. Quite a collection. Mainly US ads though.

How much is enough?

Not all that extreme, but quite a few extraordinary shots

Quite a list

Gravity I suppose, not to forget the radiation.
'Scientists have found that if a nuclear weapon did blow an asteroid apart, it could reassemble itself in a very short period of time, continuing its path to death and destruction.'

The original speech

The Matrix… Are we there yet?

Result of a competition apparently

Quite a videos