2005 May

We all have had experiences where our email addresses are bombarded with spam. So how do they get our addresses? “Email address harvesters”. If you have noticed, you ownly recieve spam on addresses that are in some way available on a webpage, or were submitted for some registration process on some website. Harvesters are programs [...]

This day started on a most uneasy note, but I had not expected it to be so determinative. A few hours later, it is clear. The long period of smooth riding has ended, things are no longer the same.
Once again, some things must be learnt and taught the hard way. And I learnt today [...]

At Princeton University, a new kind of art exhibition is in progress , one that showcases petri dishes, microscopes and equations - all used in scientific research.The 55 pieces in the exhibit are all the products of scientific research, or works of art that incorporate the ideas or tools of science. Part of the [...]

I have heard of rampant antibiotic abuse often, doctors prescribing antibiotics for no good reason…and so on. I just did not think it will happen so blatantly within the family. I used to think of it as a remote problem of the uneducated, something that Doctors do to make money. But it seems not. Some [...]

Last week has gone in a bad virus that swept across the family. As a result, I have simply stayed at home and incubated. Have’nt been upto writing anything on the blog….but now I am ok…and will post soon…

At least I thought this was funny…
Shraddha : they are just awesomeShraddha : chalo gtg nowNash: chaloNash: kaha jaana hai?Shraddha : soneNash: tu mujhe kyon bula rahe ho Nash: tsk tsk Shraddha.Shraddha : Shraddha : assLOL

Here’s a riddle, who can tell me what the following refers to? There is a huge hint in the last line.

And so at last the beast fell and the unbelievers rejoiced…
But all was not lost, for from the ash rose a great bird.The bird gazed down upon the unbelievers and cast fire and thunder [...]

All too often , it is the newer and latest generation that is blamed for pushing the world to doom. So in 1989, Billy Joel wrote a song about the social, cultural and political events of the 20th century after the Wars, claiming “We didn’t start the fire”…. If you haven’t heard it, the song [...]

“A new species of rodent has been discovered by World Conservation Society researcher Dr. Robert Timmins. He found this creature in a hunter’s market in Central Laos. The creature known as Kha-Nyou to the locals is so unique it represents an entire new family of wildlife. Kha-Nyou diverged from other rodents millions of years ago.”
So [...]

Of late, I am thinking about good fiction, and the genre which I like most of course is science fiction. If you thinking of Star Wars and Star Trek or poor imitations that show up on AXN, I would like to emphasize that , those are not true science fiction. In the following post, I [...]