July 2000

These days, I see many sites put DHTML to good use. Online solutions and PassThisOn, for example.

The Electronic Commerce Resource Center is the Yahoo of e-commerce. But if you want articles, go to Digital Commerce Center or internet.com.

I found this law site where you can search for all the acts and bills the Indian government has passed. It’s got their full text as well.

Will India have e-Tax? Let’s hope not.

Looks like India’s bandwidth problems will be resolved in a year. With the DoT opening up submarine fiber optic, Department of Telecommunication Services is commissioning 80GB (2001). NASSCOM’s getting 100GB (2003). Dishnet’s trying for 2.5TB (2001). Wow!

Geojit securities was the first site where you could trade stocks online. ICICIDirect followed. Now there’s a whole bunch (based on a Khoj search): Abhipra, Agroy, Ansec, iBroking India bulls, Investment map and Stock mantra. I’m going to start an account soon. Comments ramesh 25 Jul 2000 12:00 pm: the correct link of Geojit Securies is www.geojit.com thank you

It turns out that I’ve seen 9 out of the top 10 movies according to the Internet Movie Database. As of today, the list read: Godfather, Shawshank Redemption, American Beauty, Schindler’s List, Casablanca, Citizen Kane, Star Wars, Godfather: Part II, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and Dr. Strangelove (which I haven’t seen).

I found some interesting articles on Strategy & Business magazine. How Novell manages their reseller channel, how brick-and-mortar companies can brand on the Internet and corporate culture on the Internet.

Hal Varian has a site on the Information Economy. It contains a huge list of links relating to economics of information, which is his area.

The Kleinman report is another interesting (monthly) report on web happenings.

Google has a bunch of resume resources that tell you how to write a resume. A good one to look at is Quest Career’s, and another is at Learn2.

HowStuffWorks and Learn2 are great places to learn something new on the Net. I learnt how to tie a necktie at Learn2.

Tradeport has a wonderful collection of Indian industry reports and market research along with lots of other stuff on India and other countries.

CNet argues that on the Internet (in the US), you have just about no civil rights. Among other things, your employer can monitor your web surfing and e-mail – even at home.

An interesting story about a hacked computer network and how they recovered.

Deckard was a replicant! The movie BladeRunner starring Harrison Ford raised a controversy. Read the script if you like. Was he an android? The author says he was.

Kjell Sandved goes about taking photographs of plants and animals that have strange patterns. You have to see the moth with a ‘Hi’ written on it to believe.

First and second looks much cheaper than Fabmart or Rediff. Compare Archer’s “To cut a long story short”, for example. Rediff: 167. Fabmart: 127. First and second: 105. Or “Built to last”. Rediff: not available. Fabmart: 354. First and second: 274. Oh well, I’m going to need a bot. Why can’t I make one?

Pickover’s site is always a pleasure to visit. His puzzles are great, but you really go there for a blend of art, computers, mathematics and science.

Microsoft dumps Java. Doesn’t worry me to much. I’ve never had much use for Java as a user. They’ve ‘adopted’ Perl, though. And I was always a Perl fan.