A recent news article suggested [http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn14200-galaxy-map-hints-at-fractal-universe.html?feedId=online-news_rss20] that the matter in the universe ‘may be’ arranged in a fractal pattern. With all the randomness of nature, that might not just be a coincidence between fact and fiction. The other night I was…
The author of the Harry Potter series, JK Rowling [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._K._Rowling], recently gave a commencement speech at Harvard [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pucdJHjZaqs]. An excerpt … > Rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life. You might never fail…
What does it mean to be human? However vast this question might sound, the answers are infinite. This infinite nature of thoughts is the basis of humanity. Can science illuminate the answers? A panel of scientists share their answers [http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/06/what-does-it-me.html] in a…
Windows XP [http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsxp/default.mspx] is the most popular, and in many ways more reliable, than any other computer operating system offered by Microsoft. Windows XP is also one of the largest consumer software applications. But, let’s face it, Microsoft has had a…
Around the world, except for the Middle-East, there’s a bubble building up around oil prices (and real-estate costs). Oil prices are rising [http://specials.rediff.com/money/2008/may/26oil1.htm], like never before. And the world is worried. Futures speculation has created frenzy, unless you are driving a…
The past few weeks have been utterly busy, but the road get’s a bit easier when you are passionate about what you are doing. If you don’t enjoy what you are doing (your profession for that matter), you’ll never stimulate your passion to its limit-less state, and…
> Downtown waiting at your window strain to drop by while you ask why You’re reaching for stars now try to hold on ahead Can’t can’t we can’t we be can’t we be dreaming? That’s Menwhopause [http://www.myspace.com/menwhopause]‘ unreleased track titled…
HackerTV [http://www.justin.tv/hackertv/] is broadcasting Startup School [http://startupschool.org/] 2008, an all-day event that covers pretty much everything one would ever want to know about technology startups. A crowd of over 650 developers, writers, and entrepreneurs packed Stanford’s Kresge Auditorium for a chance to pick…