Control rat brains

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

Digital movie distribution

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

Things Mil and his girlfriend have argued about

Things Mil and his girlfriend have argued about. I dread to think of my future.

Two Towers named after the WTC

Some people petitioned that “The Two Towers” (sequel to “Fellowship of the Ring”) was named after the World Trade Centre. Curiously, this petition has a far larger number of votes compared to its counter-petition.

NetXCell

I can send SMS via the Web through NetXCell. Neat.

Punctuality of Bombay trains

12:05 Churchgate Hmm, maybe it’s not just the London and Tokyo trains you can set your watch by. On the way back from my trip to Ullas Nagar, I was sitting at the Bandra station waiting for the 12:05 to Churchgate. (That’s 12:05AM – as in the middle of the night.) The train was late, and I was enjoying the last of my plum cakes on the platform. Two old people clad in khadi strutted in, and looked at the display. It said “12:05 C”. The older one said, “Heck, we’ve missed the train. Let’s go to the next platform.” ...

The 7-column blueprint

I was traveling from VT to Ullas Nagar to buy furniture. Since it’s an hour-and-half, I had taken a printout of an article on Scenario Planning to read. Being the gripping reading that it was, I’d fallen asleep on page 4, when I feel a gentle tap on my shoulder. “Excuse me, are you reading this?” Since I was asleep, I clearly wasn’t. But I looked at him, just to make sure he hadn’t mistaken it for a newspaper or something. He had a moustache, was wearing a blue shirt, and didn’t looked like the type who could mistake Scenario Planning with the latest political gossip. ...

Scenario planning

Resources for scenario planning.

Google answers questions

Google answers questions.

DomainsNext

DomainsNext works out cheaper ($18) than Namezero ($25) for a 1-year registration. But is it worth the effort? Comments peytonman 3 Feb 2007 6:33 am: Actually domainsnext.com is only $11.95 for registration theyre the best peytonman 3 Feb 2007 6:33 am: And the hosting is good too on domainsnext peytonman 6 Feb 2007 12:43 am: http://www.domainsnext.com/ They also offer hosting and website creators

Hacking arrest

The first case of hacking under the IT Act has been registered. Had to be someone out of jurisdiction, didn’t it!

Hitchhikers Guide game

The game of Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. I played a bit of it at Suki’s house on his Atari. A game I remember fondly since 1984. Thanks, Prachi!

Annual reports online

Free annual reports online.

Star Trek scripts

Star Trek scripts. All 10 of them. Makes me nostalgic. (Please don’t overload the site: it’s hosted on Geocities and has exceeded its transfer limit.)

The End of Free

The End of Free. What’s going from free to fee. Of course, the service has to be immune to reactions like burn all gifs.

The value of words

While on the subject of free, Christophe’s little experiment on the value of words via Google lists “free” as the most valuable word, at $7,500 a day.

Encyclopaedia of integer sequences

Encyclopaedia of integer sequences. Funny, it couldn’t find “1,2,3,4,5,6…” though.

Military history and network security

What can military history teach us about network security?

Build an antenna

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

Game engines to create art

Select Parks uses game engines to create art. Funky.