“Three gods A, B, and C are called, in some order, True, False, and Random. True always speaks truly, False always speaks falsely, but whether Random speaks truly or falsely is a completely random matter. Your task is to determine the identities of A, B, and C by asking three…
As I’ve been using a Palm Treo for a couple of months now, I thought it would be worthwhile to post this comparison between Apple iPhone vs. Palm Treo 700p [http://www.ocia.net/articles/iphone700p/page2.shtml].…
The Indian Human Resources Ministry is seriously attempting to manufacture laptops at almost half the price of the cheapest mobile – for $10 or just Rs 420. If the target is achieved, it plans to churn out close to a million laptops, catering to e-governance initiatives and school children. In terms…
Alright, its got nothing to do with Ornithology (which, as I just learned, is the study of birds), but the golden bird has just become a trillion-dollar economy [http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=cb43db0e-5b6e-4463-9157-d68383cb9cb2&MatchID1=4457&TeamID1=8&TeamID2=1&MatchType1=2&…
My favorite text editor (and also the only tool I use for PHP web application development), Notepad2 [http://www.flos-freeware.ch/notepad2.html], has recently been updated. I must say that Notepad2 (only 500kb in size) is one of the best text editors for all sorts of text editing.…
Conan O’Brien [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conan_O'Brien] is one of the funniest guys around, who also hosts the Late Show on NBC. Not long ago, his show featured a parody on Indian Call Center’s [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8d_OpneZAQ]. Not many…
News breaks that eBay is acquiring StumbleUpon [http://www.stumbleupon.com/] for $40ish million, and on the same day Google announces that they are building strikingly similar functionality (i.e. serendipitous website discovery) into their Toolbar. Given the timing, Om Malik says this is Google lashing out at StumbleUpon and…
The cue card [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planets_in_astrology#Saturn] read, “experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterward.” Well, in the depiction of human tragedy, the lure of power, the pitfalls of ambition, the roots of passion and the springs of…