Pictorial economics of the Iraq war
Pictorial economics of the Iraq war.
S Anand
Time traveler busted for insider trading
Yahoo on a time traveler busted for insider trading. Unfortunately, the urban legends site denounces it. via Sid
ASCII art of Bollywood heroines
Impressive ASCII art of Bollywood heroines. via Rajneesh
W3C standards will be royalty free
W3C’s making the first concrete, organised, meaningful move against intellectual property over-protection. W3C standards will be royalty-free.
The Brain and Turing Machines
Excellent kuro5hin article on the brain and Turing machines. While on brains, kuro5hin also talks about geniuses.
Google hacks from BuzzToolBox
Google hacks on BuzzToolBox.com.
Sony strategy
The Economist on Sony’s strategy. via emergic
Information Age helps the forgetful
Information Age Intelligence talks about how “… the information age … opens up the opportunity for those with weaker memories to compete on a more even playing field than those with good ones.” And it’s the one of the best things that ever happened to me. via andersja
Online tax returns
The most interesting part of the budget, for me, is the little line that reads “Electronic filing of returns”. What that really means is that “the Income Tax Act is being amended to enable electronic filing of returns”. Hope the IT Department puts this facility on their site by this year.
Google on Word Spy top 100
Word Spy’s top 100 words has Google on top right now, probably because Google asked them not to verbify them.
Smart people are not so special
Gladwell on The Talent Myth. Maybe smart people aren’t as special as they’re made out to be.
GeoURL
Experimenting with GeoURL. It also gives an interesting perspective of blog usage, geographically.
Google buys Blogger
Google buys Pyra. Pyra runs Blogger and BlogSpot. via Scripting News
The ubiquitous Peter Weinberger
The ubiquitous Peter Weinberger. A man whose face was etched on CDs, circuit boards, walls, tables, and even watertowers. via RobotWisdom
Poodle predictor
Poodle predictor: good diagnostic tool for websites. via Filter Coffee
The guy who always wore a nametag
Interesting stories from a guy who always wore a nametag. via MetaFilter
Navigation using the London Underground
Connections in Space has an interesting navigational metaphor – the London Underground. The site itself is somewhat interesting. via MetaFilter
A real invisible cloak
An invisible cloak, a la Harry Potter. Except that it’s real, and Japanese. via KurzweilAI
Blogger at Google
A blogger’s first week at Google. Ovidiu Predescu. via GoogleBlog
Kasparov draws Deep Junior
Kasparov draws Deep Junior.