2001

Unfortunate, but among the early hits of the attack are privacy and free speech.

Spaced penguin: a neat online game.

Time Magazine’s photo essays.

I was pretty surprised that this guy wanted to go to the “richest” college in Mumbai. But by the time he asked if they were co-ed, I figured I had to get off quickly… root_node: M 26 BLR. root_node: Well, M 26 Mumbai, actually. kushnoodh: ok wanna chat with male root_node: Hi! kushnoodh: tell me wann chat or ? root_node: Sure, why not? Where are you from? root_node: Of course. I mean, where in PK? kushnoodh: fsd kushnoodh: u knoqw this place root_node: Heard of it, of course. But don’t know much. root_node: You a student? kushnoodh: yes i m coming to india for study kushnoodh: bombay root_node: Oh, that’s good! Where to? kushnoodh: i m coming to bombay but now i need some information about college kushnoodh: can u help me root_node: Which college are you coming to? kushnoodh: plzz tell me the best college name of bombay root_node: Boy, that’s a tough one…. what do you want to study? kushnoodh: i passed my matric in 1996 and now i want to continue my study 11th root_node: Oh… VJTI is a pretty good college. root_node: So is Wilson college. root_node: Ruparel college is probably the most famous, though. kushnoodh: can u tellme the richest college name root_node: Uh… no clue actually! kushnoodh: ok root_node: In terms of reputation, these three colleges are pretty good. kushnoodh: im these colleges hostel facility root_node: I’m not sure… but getting accomodation in Mumbai is not a problem at all. kushnoodh: and tellme the fee and hostel charges kushnoodh: guess root_node: Frankly, I’m new to Bombay, and have never studied here, so I haven’t a clue. root_node: But if you’re looking for an estimate. root_node: My guess would be it’s in the order of root_node: a lakh a year, excluding accomodation. kushnoodh: ok thanks and no admission problem for muslims root_node: None that I know if. kushnoodh: i mean is any admission problem for mmuslims root_node: Usually, no. root_node: There’s no quota or anything. kushnoodh: ok kushnoodh: nice root_node: Best of luck with your application, Habib! kushnoodh: tell me if i come to bombay and wanna stay there then can i get room on rent root_node: Oh yeah, sure. They’re easily available. Rents vary from 2,000 to 10,000 per month. kushnoodh: its is so castly kushnoodh: any low one root_node: It would be pretty far away, then. kushnoodh: ok root_node: I’ve got to chat with another friend, Habib. See you around, then. Bye! kushnoodh: tell me in these colleges total co education plz tell me and ui will not disturb u plz root_node: Sure. They’re all co-ed! kushnoodh: have a nice chat ok see u bybeybeyeyeb sweet friend root_node: Bye! Best of luck! kushnoodh: ok so nice of u man i like u very much because ur very good man kushnoodh: have a good day nice meeting and chatting with u ok ybeybebeyb

While there are enough layoffs, CEOs aren’t taking enough pay cuts.

On second thoughts, some rumours are true.

Easter eggs. I love these!

No updates till the weekend. I’m in Bangalore. In the meantime, remember not to trust anything that’s forwarded to you. It’s likely to be an urban legend.

The world at war. I didn’t know India was at war, actually.

The 100 worst ideas of the century. Prohibition tops the list, followed by the decision that led to Y2K, and telemarketing :-)

Warren Buffet has no plans to sell stocks. Maybe it’s time for us to buy, then?

The International Shadows Project.

An interactive map of NY

I like daypop. It threw up my site right on top when I searched for “Anand” :-)

Time magazine’s photo essay on the tragedy. And then there’s some infographics on the two towers.

The Rosetta Project: keeping a thousand languages alive.

Apple’s got wireless DSL. Wow!

Amazon’s Red Cross Fund has collected over $3.6 million as of today. The Internet’s proving a great way to mobilise funds!

That Nostradamus quote was not by Nostradamus in the first place. (16 Sep: fury, cbs, nostradamus-repository, 18 Sep: yahoo, about, urban legends)

There’s been several mails about Nostradamus’ prophecy coming true with the World Trade Center bombings. Stuff like “In the City of God there will be a great thunder, Two brothers torn apart by Chaos, while the fortress endures, the great leader will succumb” , “The third big war will begin when the big city is burning” I refer you to this article to put things in perspective.