I am on vacation, and probably won’t update until 20th March 2006. Comments Madhu 20 Feb 2006 10:04 am: Happy Holidays:) Sai 22 Feb 2006 4:58 pm: The new colour looks better! Krishna Shirali 8 Mar 2006 10:10 am: Have a relaxed time PP 14 Mar 2006 10:48 am: Simpler; better. ravi 21 Mar 2006 2:30 pm: looking forward to hear ur holiday escapades
At what bitrate should you encode your MP3 files? Listening tests show that at 256kbps, you can’t tell the difference. But that’s with 2 amplifiers and big speakers. What about headphones? I tried an experiment with my cousin, who has the best ear for music that I know. We ripped a good audio CD of his at 128 kbps. He put on a pair of headphones (the kind that fit into your ear) connected to my laptop. I played the first half a minute of the original and the ripped version 10 times, in a random order, asking him to guess which was which. Result: 5 correct and 5 wrong. He couldn’t tell the difference. ...
Charles Babbage’s Difference Engine implemented in Lego.
Malcolm Gladwell on how homelessness obeys the power law distribution, and its implications. Comments bharani 10 Feb 2006 12:39 am: u got a new look! cool!
Americans have more leisure time than before. But why do Americans feel so harried? Weirdly, prosperity may be to blame in two ways. First, thanks to rising real incomes, an American’s time is worth more now. A walk in the park is more expensive than it used to be. (When people complain to him about being too busy, Mr Hamermesh tells them that their real problem is too much money.) ...
Keep headphone wires from getting tangled. Comments sLaSh 8 Feb 2006 4:37 pm: the old layout was classic,,,,, this looks likka kids work RT 8 Feb 2006 4:52 pm: Agreed.. This looks like one of the millions out there.. older one was signature!
Hikaru Dodorango is a trend in Japan to polish balls of mud until they shine. More on Hikaru Dodorango.
I’ve changed the site layout and some code behind it. Weird bugs are likely – so do let me know of any that you find. Comments ritzkini 4 Feb 2006 12:07 pm: No…no..no..first up: look not great..too much light blue..i dunno..my 2 cents..:-) jake 5 Feb 2006 7:36 am: yup. looks more like ..candy. the thick blue bars.
How to make XP run faster. Advice ranges from the very practical to the very advanced. Comments Sai 4 Feb 2006 6:29 pm: First impressions, i like the old look better. Maybe it’s just because i’m used to it! Anonymous 4 Feb 2006 11:46 pm: looks cool!; feels like a windows next version…looks like a win 98 –> win xp makeover Chitra 6 Feb 2006 4:19 am: Hey Anand…good post. Jagjit 31 Oct 2006 10:46 am: good post Chitra :)