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February 24, 2009
Category: Creative commons
What a tasteless and offensive question, you think. Let me correct that misunderstanding. Don't look upon arseholes as second-class organs. If you did not have one, you'll be full of shit. If gods don't have the hole, boy, then they...
Posted by Selva at 6:42 AM • 22 Comments •
February 17, 2009
Category: Prime Stream
Swarm of flies on the left. source In Seven Samurai - one of the greatest movie of all times, there is a scene where the hired Samurai gather the villagers to instruct them on defending their village. A jittery...
Posted by Selva at 10:55 AM • 1 Comments •
February 9, 2009
Category: Creative commons
The newer model is out. The beginning of the end of paper books? Maybe. Paper books will be around, but devices like Kindle are certain to change the rules of the game. Gone are the days when we can argue...
Posted by Selva at 12:16 PM • 3 Comments •
February 3, 2009
Category: Creative commons
It made a deep impression in me to listen to Updike talk about the countless stars and galaxies and our cosmic insignificance in an old interview recording (one of the rare few) given to Eleanor Wachtel who hosts Writers &...
Posted by Selva at 2:43 PM • 0 Comments •
February 2, 2009
Category: DesiPundit
There is and there isn't. The case for there is would go like this: let's say, our brain can store 1000 doodles in each cell and a further 5000 doodles in each distinct connection (that is, the wiring itself as...
Posted by Selva at 9:07 AM • 10 Comments •
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