SMS Weblog

An SMS Weblog. That’s a cool idea.

Essential Blogging

Essential Blogging: a book on weblogging. Quite good. Technie note: This RSS thing looks interesting. Daypop has started offering RSS output. Need to see how I can use it.

How news spreads through the Internet

Staci Kramer interviewed the CEO of Turner Broadcasting (who, among other things, said stuff like not watching ads is theft). Staci traces how news of this spread through the Internet into sites like top 10 copyright crimes and “But Daddy I need to go”.

Netscape 7.01

Netscape 7.01 is out. Preview release, mind. No, I haven’t tested it yet. Awaiting reviews. (24 May: No reason to switch)

SearchOnline

SearchOnline meta-search engine. Seems quite good so far.

whitehouse.gov

Nice of whitehouse.gov not to have sued whitehouse.org.

5000 ways to make a living

5,000 ways to make a living.

PigeonRank

PigeonRank. Google’s amazing technology (funny).

Speech recognition is not such a good idea

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

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

Pictures of the Sep 11 explosions

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

Effective networking.

Receiving mail on a mobile

Several ways of receiving mail on a mobile phone.

Meows of cats

A study on the meows of cats.

Textarc

Textarc – a visual way of representing text.

Pen-spinning

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

BPL mobile

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

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

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

Web is boring and life is interesting

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.