S Anand

5,000 ways to make a living.

PigeonRank. Google’s amazing technology (funny).

I always felt using voice to communicate with computers was a bad idea. In my case, it’s more because speaking takes up a lot of energy. But looks like it takes up a lot of thought power as well. Maybe speech recognition is not such a good idea.

Bored. “When you have nothing better to do.”

The US $20 bill can be folded to create “pictures” of the 9/11 explosions. Comments bob 29 Nov 2006 1:40 pm: now that is some fucking crazy shit

Effective networking.

Several ways of receiving mail on a mobile phone.

A study on the meows of cats.

Textarc – a visual way of representing text.

The art of pen-spinning. A site dedicated to teaching you about twirling pens on your fingers.

I didn’t realise I could send/receive mails on my mobile (BPL mobile). So I have yet another e-mail ID now @bplmobile.com – and I can send e-mails too! I’ve integrated that with MSN messenger, so I can chat via SMS. (OK, not really. Lead time is in the order of several seconds.)

Inventing the future by Tim O’Reilly is an article I have read and reread many times. If you want a quick idea of what the Internet will look like in a year, read it.

The Enemies of the Internet. A report on the censorship of the Internet, by country. (Another report)

No, I haven’t stopped updating because I wanted my Google entry to be on top for a long time. It’s just that the web is boring, and my life has become interesting otherwise. Read more in Mumbai. I’m in Delhi these days, so I hope to add a Delhi chapter as well.

Crustless bread. The greatest thing since sliced bread.

Never thought the day would come when the Google query S Anand would throw up my name first. Probably won’t last…

Realistic lateral thinking puzzles.

I was waiting for Vandana and Prashasti at ticket counter of the Andheri (E) station. Mumbai is extremely warm these days, so I went in search of a fan to stand under. I found one, but the place under it was occupied. By a dog. Now, I have to describe this dog. It looked like on of the normal mongrels. Not too discoloured or anything. Looked pretty young. And it was lying on its back. Yeah, sure, dogs aren’t supposed to do that, but this one did it pretty well. In the middle of its sleep, it woke up, and tried scratching itself. Poor thing must’ve felt itchy all over, so it ended up trying to bite its paw several times over, and not always succeeding. ...

Now we can control rat brains. Dr. Talwar’s comment is apt. “Nonetheless, the idea is sort of creepy.”

Babu is looking to IT-enabled movie distribution too. Long live Babu.