2002

A very old city has been found submerged near Mahabalipuram. Funny. I never knew people didn’t know about it… I knew of the story since a kid, except I had no idea it was supposed to be a “story”.

A non-verbal dictionary.

A non-Google-bomb way of improving your page rank.

Google has released a Beta API. Programmers, please do something with it. I honestly wish I had the time to use it, too!

Select Parks uses game engines to create art. Funky.

Something else I’d like to do: build an antenna (or any wireless device, for that matter).

Strategic competitor. A cool way of presenting news.

Thomas Friedman won the 2002 Pulitzer for his commentary. Incidentally, his book site (Lexus and the Olive Tree) has some interesting audio clips.

Microcontent news has news about blogs, zines, and the all the “personal publishing” sector. Pretty interesting news, from what I’ve seen so far.

Here’s the current status on Google vs Church of Scientology.

Nokia codes (works on my 3310) *#war0anty# Warranty details *3370# Better sound, drains battery #3370# Deactivates above *#0000# Software version *#06# IMEI number *#sim0clock# Allow simclock stoppage *3001#12345# Enables field test mode, other options *#92702689# System menu BPL Mobile Call Divert options **67*700# If number is busy **62*700# If number is unreachable **61*700nn# If no reply for nn seconds **21*700# All calls ##002# Cancel all call diverts

I registered my domain name through NameZero. It expires on 23 Oct 2002. Can I get it registered from someone other registrar on that day?

I’m learning Flash.

It’s true. The Web is boring. I am increasingly bored. Can’t somebody come up with new paradigms?

The Solar System. From anywhere.

In defense of cheating. About how the school system should be changed to encourage co-operation.

Corporate anthems in IT companies. Imagine having to listen to these for motivation. (Or singing along!)

Science jokes. Includes several old classics like “The four branches of arithmetic - ambition, distraction, uglification and derision.” (Lewis Caroll).

Mobile phones may not affect planes after all. But they sure affect thumbs. (Note: I always used my thumb for pointing.)

Amazing, what some people try and do with cats. And image recognition.