Category: bookmarks

Mac-centric, but the principles should be similar for other platforms.

Quite a few different techniques ranging from basic to advanced ones.

Interesting bit on life in consulting companies. This time in the backdrop of Dubai.

The rest of us have to be contended with 2/4/6 core CPUs

A universal disinfectant found in most products like toothpastes & soaps. I guess the effects should become clearer with more study.

Inside look at the Porche factory. Includes lots of photos & a video.

Supports quite a bunch of sites including not so common ones.

A firsthand account of the blackbird in service

The codes are there on the site too. Decipher them & get hold of the treasure. As simple as that.

Interesting list, but too bad no one's likely to find anything

"The Monster Engine is a book, a demonstration, lecture and a gallery exhibition. The premise for all three came from one single question: What would a child’s drawing look like if it were painted realistically?"

Includes hand made renditions of Google image search results & facebook
via http://mashable.com/2010/04/08/google-facebook-art/

Not good for Adobe, especially with the CS5 release round the corner

Algorithms to predict consumer behaviour & risk. Wonder what's left for them to predict.

One more level…

All roads lead to sue.

I guess not…

A handy online service that tests the effectiveness of your firewall.

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.