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A Reader’s Guide to Unfamiliar Literature.

EFF suing AT&T for helping NSA spy on American citizens.

Chronic déjà vu. Yes, there is such a thing and it is even scientifically studied now.

I remember reading this on some desi blog (was it you, Leela?). Anyway, this list of 100 best first lines from novels deserves a second mention. Kottke feels the same way.

Now you can see sixteen banned Super Bowl commercials.

Can our desi atheists take up such a challenge?

Perplex City is expected to be the next form of entertainment complete with puzzles leading up to a treasure-hunt.

I would love this piece of furniture if I was living in a cramped New York studio apartment.

iTunes is counting down to one billion song downloads. Gosh!

Recycling taken to a new level – not buying anything new except food, underwear, and medicines in 2006. Do you think they will survive? They have, so far.

What really makes you happy? Apparently, having kids, being retired, or having pets makes no difference.

Such incidents just underscore the perceived stupidity of Texans.

Weird buildings or innovative architecture?

by Patrix | on Sunday, February 19th, 2006 at 12:00 pm | Asides . You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

The papal edict is copyrighted now.

You know it is a fun company when they make official announcements to changes in their web services this way. Delete away!

Panda sex; if that is what you are into.

During a SuperBowl, it is not just the advertising slots that are insanely priced.

Snow White meets Nemo.

Where are the jobs, you ask? All it needs is a cool graphic to tell you.

This just might be the perfect post-Tsunami picture ever.

Finally a watch that tells us time the way we tell it to others. What’s more; it is based on a simple algorithm.

Fifty books that think about the future human condition.

When you think fast food cannot get any more unhealthy, it does.

If any country’s tourism board is listening, I am completely willing to blog my brains out.

News of ExxonMobil’s projected $32 billion profit (holy crappola!) in 2005 has inspired a hilarious parody video.

by Patrix | on Sunday, January 29th, 2006 at 12:00 am | Asides . You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

How do these research projects get IRB approval?

The results from Nikon’s Small World Photo Competition are out. I was lucky enough to see some entries displayed at Fernbank Museum, Atlanta. They are pretty cool; the microscopic world is more colorful than you thought.

Ravi Jain has a nifty weekly video blog, narrated from the driver’s seat of his car. He shoots this episode during this daily commute between Jamaica Plains and Allston, MA.

I saw this awesome 2-minute short, Earth to America starring Jack Black. The short aims to raise global warming awareness, the short stars Black, doing his usual shtick, as an attorney who sues corporate America on behalf of the nation’s children. I almost thought it was a sequel to School of Rock. Wouldn’t it be great if it was? Maybe I should pitch it to Hollywood.

If nothing else, India will be the first one to take notice of “criminalizing politics”  in the democratic world. It wasn’t until 1988 when an op-ed by Paul Craig Roberts mentioned it that it made its way into American terminology. After Scooter Libby’s indictment, it is pretty commonplace.

Only 19 days to sell one million videos! Google Video certainly is making waves.

Ever observe that rural innovations are usually the best ones?

BitTorrent goes mainstream.

Putting the “fun” back in science. And you thought science wasn’t “stimulating”? Forget fun, ever been in a situation shopping for lingerie for your significant other? A Dutch designer has a brainwave that might make embarrassing shopping actually more fun.

Maybe the Indian policy makers ought to keep this advice in mind; reforming religion works best when it comes from within.

by Patrix | on Saturday, November 5th, 2005 at 11:55 am | Asides . You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

Traffic jams mapped on Google Maps.

How to kick the television habit but keep the interesting shows. I am literally a living example of this but downloading shows has been a little slow due to time constraints.

Handwriting tips. Or rather how the cyber generation would understand it, improve your personal font.

20% of your genes are patented. So, don’t forget to ask the relevant authorities before carrying out your bodily functions.

Now even Christians can be cool.

Tyler Cowen at Marginal Revolution asks if economics lectures are suited for podcasting.

Truly a great Flickr Photo of the Week.

If FOX News was around Civil Rights movement or Civil War times.

Blurbs of Wisdom.

Desis try their version of Gwen Stefani’s Hollaback Girl. Hilarious.

Some things you can take back, some things you can’t.

A treasure trove for online web design resources.

by Patrix | on Saturday, October 29th, 2005 at 3:00 am | Asides . You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

Has the formula for Coca-Cola been leaked?

One Terabyte space for your email now.

Jakob Neilsen’s top ten usability mistakes on weblogs.

David Copperfield plans to impregnate a woman on stage – without touching her!

40 Best Magazine Covers.

Women will be able to store MP3 players and their music collection in their breast implants?. Can we have a sub-woofer in them too :) ? Ok, don’t even get me started on the Mini and Nano jokes.

Now we have pet-friendly cars too.

Want to freak out your fellow commuters? Buy one of these book covers and wrap them around the book you are reading. Truly, markets in everything.

A Brief Economic History of the World 10,000 BC – 2000 AD.

by Patrix | on Sunday, October 23rd, 2005 at 10:57 am | Asides . You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

A blog that I would definitely be keeping an eye on.

Wrong ad to publicize your product in these troubled times.

George Bush’s choice for Supreme Court nominee has the…Republicans fuming.

Houses for flood-prone areas or even these.

Branded insects.

Half Sigma has plotting hoaxes galore; Libertarian Girl, Abigail’s Magic Garden, CEO Blogger, etc. Is Half Sigma the real deal? I certainly hope it is.

Google opens a Washington office…for lobbying, of course.

by Patrix | on Saturday, October 8th, 2005 at 10:39 am | Asides . You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

The Bush-Cheney administration flip-flops too. But heck, I am glad they realize their folly.

How to celebrate Banned Books week.

It has been hundred years since Einstein published his now-famous formula that almost symbolizes all science.

T-shirt obituaries.

Largest treasure find ever?

“A Katrina Reconstruction Seminar”? The best place to find Bush’s friends.

Minefields are useful in preserving natural habitats for penguins which otherwise would be overrun by humans and predators. Cool unintentional but great side effect of minefields.

The etiquettes of blog comments.

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