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 thought behind this post has been vaguely floating in my mind for the past few weeks. A quick preface first. Medicine has advanced enormously. Genome mapping, human cloning, or even plastic surgery would have been considered far fetched by the common man a century ago, but in the past…
The science of sleep [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep] has been a bit intriguing for me [https://www.nilkanth.com/archives/2005/10/19/amount-of-sleep-needed/] in the recent past. Yawning may be contagious [https://www.nilkanth.com/archives/2007/07/12/why-is-yawning-contagious/], but the biggest question is — why do…
Ben Yoskovitz shares his experience with SaaS [http://www.instigatorblog.com/lessons-learned-running-a-saas-business/2008/03/10/] (Software as a Service), in which he suggests that vendors should charge their customers monthly, or offer discounts for longer term commitments. In my opinion, a more efficient option will be to offer a PAYG…
Vishal Sharma announced a carnival event for Aussie startups [http://startups.sharmavishal.com/2008/02/why-this-startups-carnival.html] a few weeks ago. Unfortunately the registration is closed by the time I’m writing about it, but more information about the event (including the participating startups and sponsors) is available on Vishal’…
Mark Twain once said “it was a pity that the best part of life came at the beginning and the worst part at the end.” He sure had something more to convey than what the casual eye might gather. I often wonder why do we all fancy success? I don’…
He was the creator [http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/1761] of Yahoo Store, the first web-based application. Paul Graham [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Graham], who now runs YCombinator – a seed funding for tech startups, released [http://www.paulgraham.com/arc0.html] the Arc programming language [http://arclanguage.…
In 1957 Hindustan Motors rolled out the first Ambassador car. Sturdy and rounded, the Ambassador still races on Indian roads, ironically serving both as a taxi cab as well as a official transport for government officials. These 50 years of the Ambassador have represented India’s indigenous efforts in the…