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Nice article on Obama's post-partisan economic thinking
Being the arm-chair marco-economist that I am, I keep trying to understand what makes economies work and how history is an effect of economic activity.
I found this article on IHT on Obama's economic thinking to be quite a good read ( Read more... ) -
Superstition in the workplace (was It happens only in India.)
Just read this today while flipping through unread e-mail. This was sent by a person (obviously) in charge of arranging for food & drink to all employees working in an office where I used to work in Bangalore.
Subject: Grahana the Solar Eclipse
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:12:12 -0700
To: people in bangalore Hi All ( Read more... ) -
Rapid prototyping
If you want to create a good piece of software using a new language/paradigm you have to re-write it at least once. -
High Resolution Displays
Today I got my laptop at work changed to something that supports 1400x1050 on a 287 mm wide screen (normal aspect ratio of 4:3). To my laptop I also have connected a 400x300 mm CRT monitor which supports up to 2048x1536 at 85 Hz ( Read more... ) -
End of a long trip
I'm sitting in the iway right outside Delhi Airport's domestic arrival terminal ( Read more... ) -
Childhoods' End?
Childhoods' End -- Arthur C. ClarkeThe master writer talks about how the human race re-integrates with the parent race and childhood as we know it has come to and end. I read this book a long time ago maybe sometime in 1996-97. I was too young to fully appreciate it but it has left a lasting impact on my mind ( Read more... ) -
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Getting a chance to blog after a long time ( Read more... ) -
Placement Guide for Students
On request by a few people, I've written a rather long guide to Campus Placements for young C.S. Engineers to be. It mostly applies only in an Indian context ( Read more... ) -
Free as in 'free speech' and not 'free beer' -- think again?
http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,68144,00.html
Free beer recipe released under the Creative Commons license ( Read more... )
