Some soft techie posts

First off I really like this definition from Guy Kawaski's Blog
Blogger. n. Someone with nothing to say writing for someone with nothing to do.
He goes on to teach us about the The Art of the Layoff


Next up are the Ten Insane Ideas for Microsoft by jledgard

Another interesting post was this old one titled The Corporate Weblog Manifesto. I really like this one.

Finally Anil Dash speaks about Making Something Meaningful

NJoy.

Local Maximas are never a good idea - especially in urban planning

All of us know that Flyovers in Bangalore are a joke. For a more detailed example hop over to the MadMan's domain.

Turnips - a faux pas!?!

Check out Raoul's post for more. Personally I prefer eating potatoes:)

Google videos watched this weekend

The first video I watched was really really sick - I mean absolutely obnoxious - BIG WARNING - Do NOT Watch - the video is called PepsiGirl-Super Burp

Mario-Live - A MUST WATCh. The LIVE in the title does not refer to online(as in XBOX Live) Instead it actual means what it says - Live as in Alive. Check it out. Full marks for imagination and effort. Reminds one of the Ping Pong Matrix.

Football Skills One more compilation of football - well worth a watch in the present World Cup context.

Another MUST WATCH - a comedian showing dance styles froms th e60's to recent times - The Evolution of Dance

And finally got the chance to watch the trailer of The Inconvenient Truth.

The mathematics behind tying the knot around your neck

No no no calm down - you will not find the logic behind the institution of marriage here:)
This is the mathematics behind tying the necktie.
For another interesting site on the same business hop over to:

Theory of tie knots

And to just learn: Tie-a-Tie.net

The science of World Cup soccer

A really cool article within the World Cup context.

Thanks to Sibin for pointing out a link to Wired:Elsewhere.

A Ring Tone Meant to Fall on Deaf Ears

Now this is just too cool:) If this leads to younger teachers I would not mind reattending school ;P

Some links from Coding Horror's site

A mail I had sent my team-mates - may be useful to you too.

"Hello folks,

Spend what free time you have to peruse through these posts. Some may seem irrelevant but they are all useful. The third and the fourth are the most important.


Programmers and Chefs

Code Smells

Egoless Programming: You Are Not Your Job

The Ten Commandments of Egoless Programming

Power, Influence, and Copywriting

Writing, Speaking, and Programming



And now for some comic relief:


A Setup Conundrum


Njoy,
Brij:)

http://brijwhiz.wordpress.com
"

Philipp Lenssen's list of 10 things you might not know about Google.

Of special relevance to me was his point 9 quoted below:

"9. Google comic book search.
While Google doesn't have its own comic book search engine, you can still achieve good results by going to Google Images, setting the file size to "Large images", and then searching for [comics]. Using this setting, you can also search for an artist's name, like ["john byrne"], ["john romita jr"], ["frank miller"] or ["daniel clowes"]. You might even have some fun adding your own speech bubbles to the comic book pages you find (use a free font like WebLetterer for best results)..."

Now to go over to google and try this.

Bluetooth (& Wi-Fi) tutorials.

Pretty good tutorials. Thought I would give a last try before I will disturb Sujith:)

"Raison d'être to Love British Summer"

A great "welcome to the summer" post by Piscean as he is happy with the advent of the British Summer.
Similarly Annon was quite thrilled with the advent of spring in the East coast of US. A philosophical day for him.

Mise à nu . 2005 . Reynald Drouhin

Nudes - ***** TOTALLY UNSAFE FOR WORK!!! *******

10 Things Teenage Writers Should Know About Writing

Very well written article. I think it is useful for everyone not just the teenagers.
Now can somebody please send this link to Kavya Madam.

The Top 10 weirdest keyboards ever - Fosfor Gadgets

The Top 10 weirdest keyboards ever - Fosfor Gadgets

I want some of them - not the laser one though.

The Dilbert Blog

The Dilbert Blog:

"Now all I had to do was convince my doctor(s) that I wasn’t nuts and that I had a very rare condition. As you might imagine, when you tell a doctor that you think you have a very rare condition, that doctor will tell you that it’s very unlikely. Your first impulse might be to point out that “very rare” is a lot like “very unlikely,” but you don’t do that, because doctors have wide latitude in deciding which of your orifices they will use for various medical apparati. So you go with the protocol which involves systematically eliminating all the things that are more likely."

That's classic Scott Adams.

Check out another of his gems that resonates with me:

...but I couldn’t speak in most situations. My entire personality depends on being witty and charming. Relying instead on my good looks isn’t a good Plan B. I learned that loneliness is only solved by speaking, and not by listening.

Check this post and the rest of his blog.

:::MISSION NETAJI:::

Was Netaji in USSR after his supposed death? Why the secrecy over his life after 1945? What is the secret that the government wants to suppress. For this info and more hop over to the link above.

[Thanks to Hemant for the link]

Oops...I discovered something:)

Wired 14.03: START: "The Best: Accidental Discoveries" - the common link between Viagra, Penicillin and Potato Chips:)

Free Games Online - Play Action Games Online - Download Cool Game Demos

"Man who can catch flies with chopsticks can accomplish anything"

- Mr. Miyagi

So do yout hink you are such a man. Try it out by clicking the link above. Fun flash game - called FlySui.

Shit happens

A wonderful wonderful T-Shirt message - I agree with the Rastafarians :)

Minority Report anyone?

This is a very kewl video regarding multi-touch screens. Me want:)