2001

Google just goes on. They’re working on voice search now.

The new GNU C Compiler GCC 3.0 includes a Java compiler.

I listen to radio on Real Jukebox’s Radio Tuner. They offer 2,500 channels, including business talk channels and western classical (my interests).

My friends, Dr. Jani and Dr. Jigs, have written theses on “Local Intelligent Control In Biological Systems And Industrial Processes” and Modified Microporous Aluminosilicates As Novel Solid Acid Catalysts.

New School’s History of Economic Thought website is an excellent collection of contrasting viewpoints on business and economics.

The University of Virginia computes the Bacon Number for any actor, similar to the Erdos number in mathematics. We trace the acting links of Shahrukh Khan, Amitabh Bachchan, and even Prabhu Deva to Kevin Bacon. (BCG did the same for consultants who have worked together, and it turns out that I have a Bruce Henderson number of 3.)

The Ancient History Sourcebook contains many ancient books in full-text (English), such as The Odyssey, The Code of Hammurabi, etc. Also included are the Manusmriti and Chanakya’s Arthashastra. Chanakya has also written a lesser known Niti Shastra.

Having seen a bit of it from the inside, I agree with Consulting Central’s ranking of consulting companies.

I’m in Bangkok. Not planning to update this site for a week. Incidentally, it’s almost time for my site’s first anniversary – a year since 28 July 2000, when I started updating it regularly.

Will OggVorbis beat MP3 Pro? Will Netscape 6.1 beat IE 5.5? Will OpenBSD 2.9 overtake Linux? Unlikely. But should be interesting to watch.

Nuke the Hamptons: a very interesting site.

Guys want to speak to girls, not guys. (I’m root_node) ra_sun74: hi root_node: Hi ra_sun74, ASL? ra_sun74: m/26/dehi ra_sun74: u root_node: M/26/MUM. Are you a Delhi-ite? As in, born in Delhi? There ends the conversation. ra_sun74 doesn’t even say Bye. He’s not interested. root_node: Hi Sanav. Where are you from? s_sanav: asl root_node: m/26/mum. Still interested in chatting? Clearly not. rosesaif: hiiiiiiiiiiiiiii root_node: Hi rosesaif. ASL, please? rosesaif: 19m rosesaif: u root_node: 26/M/Mumbai. Where are you from? rosesaif: mum rosesaif: bye root_node: Bye. ...

Feed is dead. Suck is dead. Thankfully, Plastic is alive. Demise of a Net Magazine.

Danny Yee’s micro-advertising experiment indicates that weblogs like Robot Wisdom (which is quite impressive) may be more effective than Google.

The US Copyright office has come up with a Copyright search engine.

A review of Spielberg’s A.I. with lots of spoilers.

Intruiging, but Collins (author of Built to Last) finds that the most successful executives are filled with self-doubt and humility.

The Gartner Group, which focused on IT strategy, has launched GartnerG2, which will talk about business strategy.

A note from my friend Ashish: “To check your Mobile phone’s serial number, key in the following digits on your phone: * # 0 6 # A 15 digit code will appear on the screen. This number is unique to your handset. Should your phone get stolen, you can phone your service provider and give them this code. They will then be able to block your handset. So even if the thief changes the SIM card your phone will be totally useless. If everybody did this, there would be no point in stealing mobile phones.” ...

Envisionet filed for Chapter 11 (they’re bankrupt), and sent a reassuring e-mail to their employees, telling them it was business as usual.