The Future of Online Games

The digital games industry is booming. It’s expected that the video game market will reach $42-44 bln by 2011 [http://www.itfacts.biz/index.php?id=P7488]. It’s also being said that 89% of casual gamers are 30+ years old [http://www.itfacts.biz/index.php?id=P7790]…

Top 10 Largest Databases in the World

Top 10 Largest Databases in the World [http://www.businessintelligencelowdown.com/2007/02/top_10_largest_.html]. NERSC database up with 2.8 petabytes of data … yeah you heard it right – petabytes [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petabyte].…

Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures

Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures [http://www.nist.gov/dads/index.html] is a is a great reference for all sorts of algorithms, algorithmic techniques, data structures, archetypal problems, and related definitions. Bookmarked!…

Yahoo! Pipes and The Web As Database

The article Yahoo! Pipes and The Web As Database [http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/yahoo_pipes_web_database.php] explores the emergent world of Yahoo! Pipes [https://www.nilkanth.com/archives/2007/02/13/yahoo-pipes-as-seen-by-a-ufo/]. The author sees some interesting parallels with Relational Databases in the 90’s, concluding that…

Pan's Labyrinth

> Your thinking creates your reality, that’s all there is between you and what happens to you. After reading the Rediff Oscar predictions [http://specials.rediff.com/movies/2007/feb/05picks.htm] for the Best Foreign Language Film I was tempted to watch Pan’s Labyrinth [http://www.imdb.…

Your seat cushion can be used as a flotation device

Reuters report that [http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/articlenews.aspx?storyid=2007-01-30T072036Z_01_HO025941_RTRUKOT_0_TEXT0.xml] 91% of the world is worried about global warming while only 42% of Americans rate it “very serious” and 14% of Americans have never even heard of it! Wonder what’s…