We all are in the gutter
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We all are in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. -Oscar Wilde...
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Religion and Foreheads
Category: Prime Stream
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...
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More User Interface Eye Candy
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From Peceptive Pixel. The technology is now part of Apple and iPhone uses it.Some background....
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January 29, 2007
Indibloggies 2006 Nominations
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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....
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What is self
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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 --...
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Newspapers and me
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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...
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January 27, 2007
Bumptop - Desktop User Interface
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Here's some serious fun with the desktop metaphor. Bumptop is a Desktop UI. [via] The Tube video below. Nifty....
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January 26, 2007
Six years since Gujarat Earthquake
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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...
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January 24, 2007
Why read philosophy
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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...
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Listening to "Vocalise" by Joshua Bell
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I don't know classical music and it didn't matter. Music made of sublime and uplifting sadness. [via NPR - you can listen to the complete song here]...
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