India has reason to celebrate [http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-08-11-voa21.cfm]. Abhinav Bindra claimed the men’s 10-meter air rifle shooting title at the Beijing Olympics. India’s first-ever Olympic gold medal [http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/GL/92A/IND_T.shtml] in an individual event. The…
> What is power? Is it wealth, is it affluence, is it assets, what is it? Philosophers have thought about this, [and] they have found the seat of power — knowledge! “A king is honoured only in his own kingdom, but a man of knowledge is honoured everywhere.” Filmmaker Ashutosh Gowariker,…
In his recent (and apparently his last before blogging retirement) article, “A Brief History of Dangerous Ideas [http://weblog.raganwald.com/2008/07/brief-history-of-dangerous-ideas.html]“, Reg Braithwaite wrote about the dangers associated with technology (ideas). Reg’ article also draws a reflection on how the Internet has become a dangerous idea…
A happy person is one who enjoys the scenery on a detour. Are you, enjoying, the scenery? Watch out for the Rabbit in your Headlights [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbit_In_Your_Headlights].…
Radiohead [http://www.radiohead.com/] just released a new video for their song “House of Cards”. It’s a ground-breaking experiment with capturing 3D images [http://code.google.com/creative/radiohead]. > Forget about your house of cards And I’ll do mine Fall off the table and get swept…
> Once Einstein was on his way to deliver a speech to university students. His faithful chauffeur not only drove his car, but was always present amongst the audience during all his speeches. Einstein had delivered this particular speech so many times that his chauffeur had actually memorized it. On…
As much as I like thought provoking films [https://www.nilkanth.com/archives/category/entertainment/movies/], I also like thought provoking animations. Yesterday night, lying in bed, I was pondering over how the day went, and what I have for tomorrow, for the weekend, for the next few months. Caught…
People get in their own way. So says a group of researchers, who also highlight [http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121450609076407973.html?mod=hps_us_inside_today] the value of not overthinking a decision. The brain, they have found, appears to make up its ‘mind’ 10 seconds before we even…