Introduction Book Three-Body Problem Author Liu Cixin (translated by Ken Liu) Series The Remembrance of Earth’s Past Trilogy Genre Fiction, Scifi, Hard Scifi Awards Won Hugo Award( 2015), Nominated for Nebula Award(2014), Won Galaxy Award (China, 2006) Recommendation Highly recommended for anyone, Must read for people who love Science Fiction. Summary of review and notes […]
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Meenaxi’s Muse: Are You Working ?
Well said, lady!.Meenaxi’s Muse: Are You Working ?: Are You Working? ……In any casual gathering, party, meeting, the inevitable question hits me sometimes like a lightening instantly a… This blog item was published by Ritesh Sinha.
Hashima : Skyfalls Abandoned Island
This story of Hashima island, which provided the setting of the secret lair in the movie Skyfall, is fascinating. Over its history, the island was owned by Mitsubishi Corp., has served as a coal mining town, a labor camp for prisoners from China and Korea during the WWII and was finally abandoned in the 70s, […]
One million Facebook users data: Price $5
If you are into online marketing, this should not come as a surprise. For $5 you can buy a million full name, email, and their FB profile URL links. Read Bogomil Shopov’s account here: http://talkweb.eu/openweb/1819 Whats a little more troubling is FaceBooks response to his genuine queries, and concern for the users. read that here: http://talkweb.eu/openweb/1842 I […]
The energy crisis in India
Its a shame that there were not one but two massive power outages in India at the end of July, hitting almost half of India’s population. First, when the northern grid tripped, millions of people suffered without electricity, in the early hours of Monday. Delhi Metro came to a halt, so did the road traffic as […]
Madness !
Hyderabad Traffic is madness ! All the vehicles seem to be moving in one direction- Towards you.I have seen this city since the days it was just beginning as the “IT destination”. The driving was a lot more defensive, and the roads were just sufficient for the number of vehicles. But then Mr Chandrababu Naidu […]
Finally I have type.
Coaxed by a friend, I took a test called Myers-Briggs test. Though I am generally skeptical about such tests, but just for the heck of it I did it. And guess what, the test decided that I am a ENTP type.What I definitely liked there was : “They tend to have a perverse sense of […]
Firefox crosses 10 Mn mark.
Okay, this is in series of my obsession with Firefox, the best web browser. The latest Firefox1.0 version has clocked downloads(hold your breath) more than 10 Million times in 32 days,since it was launched. This goes out to show, how people have been looking for alternatives to the IE. New statistics show, depending upon who […]
Johnny Sokko and his Flying Giant Robot
Here’s a treat!! For all kids of the 1980s who were subjected to only one TV channel, or the DD Metro channel that used to telecast only for 2 hrs a day. Someone sent me a link to some information and pics of the most awesome serial of our times- Giant Robot. Yes, the Giant […]
Thank you Mr. Friedman
Here is a link to Thomas L. Friedman’s address to Washington University in St. Louis. I wonder how many Americans think this way? Also recently Rediff published an interview with Mr Friedman on Outsourcing. He is impressed by India’s ability to Glocalise. I like what he says there: ‘India is developing call centres and Saudi […]