Archive for June, 2007

"Hate" content

A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about the vast amount of “junk” or meaningless data on the Internet. At that time, I didn’t realize that there is a much bigger problem: that is information which mocks and insults other people’s beliefs and views… termed as “hate” content.
If you are an Indian, and if you [...]

How long can you concentrate?

I am reading a very interesting book called The Business of Memory by Frank Felberbaum.Its not your usual book about memory and concentration, because this one is actually enjoyable and fun. It has several practical exercises which help you evaluate and improve your memory and concentration.
One of the facts I learned from this book is [...]

A different point of view!

I just read James May’s article in this month’s TopGear magazine. There was one line which I really liked:
“Concorde was retired not because it was too noisy, too wasteful of resources or too expensive; it was because it wasn’t fast enough. A journey took only half as long as it did on a 747…”
As you [...]

Portable Apps

I reinstalled my OS a couple of days ago. I was installing all the usual applications I use. I didn’t want to install Nero because its too heavy and has a lot of extra stuff which I don’t use. I needed an application which doesn’t take a lot of hard disk space and system resources.
I [...]

Windows in your browser!

A bunch of guys from India have made a online browser based application which is supposed to be a online version of windows desktop. Check it out! http://www.nivio.com
Perhaps one of the best things to come out of India in the user software field! (Ahem.. Proud to be Indian!) They also have a 30 day trial, [...]