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…

When the world closed its eyes, he opened his arms

I’ve always believed that one should “strive, and the rest will follow”. Do your bit of thinking and hard-work, and leave the results to time (destiny). But, more than often it also leaves a non-aggresive notion in us, because we often wait for the right moment to strive for…

Butterfly Effect of Social Networks

In 1963, meteorologist Edward Lorenz asked the question: Does the flap of a butterfly’s wings in Brazil set off a tornado in Texas? Postulating the so called “Butterfly Effect [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterfly_effect]“, the idea that the flapping of fragile wings could start a chain reaction…

Vision Ignites the Nation

> Courage to think different, Courage to invent, Courage to discover the impossible, Courage to travel into an unexplored path, Courage to share knowledge Courage to remove pain Courage to reach the unreached Courage to combat problems And Succeed, Are the unique qualities of youth. A message from the President…

Got Hitched!

Merry Christmas, and a very happy New Year 2007 to all! What a month it has been! Got married to begin with, and did a fair bit of rail-travelling, and celebrated Christmas at home with family after almost three years, and went crook in Delhi’s chilling winter! So basically,…

His 10,000 promises?

> rukhi rukhi si yeh hawa aur sukhe patte ki tarah shehar ki, sadko pe main lawaris, udta hua sau raste par teri rah nahi sau dard hain,sau rahatein sab mila dil-nashin ek tuhi nahi…

Happy Thanksgiving

> Begin by thanking Him for some little thing, and then go on, day by day, adding to your subjects of praise…until you see in everything some cause for thanksgiving.…

More Space, More Loneliness

Isn’t it weird how we discover something while we look for something else? As if it was meant to be discovered, right there, right then. For instance, I was searching for an old e-mail in my mailbox and I stumbled upon a different message from a dear friend who…