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Archives for January, 2007
We all are in the gutter
Posted by Selva on January 31, 2007 We all are in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. -Oscar Wilde
Religion and Foreheads
Posted by Selva on January 30, 2007 A discussion at Dr.Katte’s blog that is worth your time. It may not make much sense to you if you are not aware of the religious marking that hindus, particularly those in south India wear (not all). I applaud both Dr.Katte and the student for conducting the discussion openly. Marking oneself ritualistically is not something…
More User Interface Eye Candy
Posted by Selva on January 30, 2007 From Peceptive Pixel. The technology is now part of Apple and iPhone uses it.Some background.
Indibloggies 2006 Nominations
Posted by Selva on January 29, 2007 I’ll jury around the SciTech and humor category. Nominate away. If there is any particular blog you liked and want to personally recommend (with a personal note), don’t hesitate to email me after tagging it in delicious.
What is self
Posted by Selva on January 29, 2007 An Edge essay by V S Ramachandran on What is self? It has recently been shown that if a conscious awake human patient has his parietal lobe stimulated during neurosurgery, he will sometimes have an “out of body” experience — as if he was a detached entity watching his own body from up near the…
Newspapers and me
Posted by Selva on January 29, 2007 I and the wife were having coffee on Saturday. For the past two weekends I have been buying the weekend newspaper and not reading it. Ramya mentioned this and reminded me not to bother this time. Like most men above the age of thirty, I like news – a lot. But newspapers do not seem…
Bumptop – Desktop User Interface
Posted by Selva on January 27, 2007 Here’s some serious fun with the desktop metaphor. Bumptop is a Desktop UI. [via] The Tube video below. Nifty.
Six years since Gujarat Earthquake
Posted by Selva on January 26, 2007 Life goes on but what a loss.(thanks Ramya) I was in Bhuj after the quake. We passed through village after village and saw not a single structure standing. It was devastation on a scale I’ve never seen before. One of my friend said that it was like a curse. If you were a believer that…
Why read philosophy
Posted by Selva on January 24, 2007 Sometime back I couldn’t even spell philosophy correctly. And now, I not only read it but tell you why I read it. How I change! Well, read on. As a child I grew up in a small town in the south of India. That meant I had very little access or exposure to the finer…
Listening to “Vocalise” by Joshua Bell
Posted by Selva on January 24, 2007