S Anand

The billionth computer.

Just read Forsyth’s The Veteran. Excellent.

The 4'33" is a work by John Cage, comprising of 4 minutes and 33 seconds of absolute silence. (A tribute to absolute zero: 273 seconds of silence). Is there a copyright issue here?

Microsoft ended up distributing the Nimda virus. Gee! (Update: They may well do it through Media Player.)

Accounting scandals: Enron, Worldcom, Xerox, Tyco, Elan, … there’s more. (4 July update: Vivendi)

The ABC’s of good restaurant manners. Comments ROSH 25 Aug 2008 11:01 pm: We had a debate at the office canteen, and i happened to mention that it was not right to ask the steward tomato sauce while having your meal…..as this may be an insult to the Chef……my question is “how right am i”…can u kindly explain in detail…..thanks mate

My weblog’s second birthday passed unnoticed. On 19th June, it turned two. (My website itself is nearing its 6th birthday.)

Wired tells you how to disappear. Online and offline.

James Bond artwork. I was fairly impressed by the crisp images.

If Microsoft released Linux… but then, they may not need to.

While on the subject of spoofs, gatt.org is a pretty good one on wto.org. WTO doesn’t like it, though. Links: 1 2

Spoof on Monday (PwC) at introducingmonday.co.uk.

An article in Time about Vajpayee’s failing health has provoked some controversial responses.

Fame has its ironical twists. I was searching in google for someone who could deliver movie tickets on the phone at Bandra. The irony is that my site landed up on top. P.S: The title is sarcastic. I DO NOT deliver tickets. I’m a consultant, not a ticket distributor. So please don’t try to book your tickets in the comments section below!

Notebook computers are not such a good idea after all.

I take my post on 31st May back. Satish’s site links to mine.

On a similar note to movie physics, the science of superheroes

Where do you want to go today?

A “JPEG virus”. (Note: The JPEG file itself isn’t the virus. You don’t have to stop sending JPEGs.)

Good and bad physics in movies.