Pramit - Instablogs
Feb 17 2006
Researchers have found out that in the 20th century, the flow from the world’s big continental rivers has increased by about four percent, coinciding with an increase in the average global temperature of some 1 C (1.8 F). How do you explain this...
Feb 17 2006
I have seen people taking final pictures of the deceased even here in India. But using camera phones? I guess that’s why the Japanese are leaders in mobile usage. This certainly gives one a touch of poignancy and an indescribable sense of loss...
Feb 17 2006
After Motorola’s Pink Razor, I think manufacturers have taken a fancy to the color. From designer Karim Rashid and LaCie comes the Skwarim: two rubber-cased, soft-touch, design hard drives in Baby Blue (30G) and Pink (60G). Priced at $149.99 ,...
Feb 17 2006
xTaurus has compiled a handy timeline of key incidents in history regarding free speech. Some highlights: 399BC Socrates speaks to jury at his trial: ‘If you offered to let me off this time on condition I am not any longer to speak my mind... I...
Feb 17 2006
Police in North Staffordshire are using a high-pitched “dog whistle” device , also called The Mosquito for obvious reasons, to stop groups of nuisance youths hanging around shops. Interestingly, the Whistle’s output of 80-decibel...
Feb 17 2006
G.T. Marx, a sociologist has examined the growing trend of mandatory volunteering of personal information to both governments and private businesses and how this trend has been aided by technological advances. The writer also points out to the...
Feb 17 2006
Semantic Paranoia has aggregated the following wisdom from around the web: 1. Check out the US govt.’s help sheet. 2. A new product has been formulated according to Dieticians’ guidelines. 3. Or, if everything else fails, you can pray.
Feb 17 2006
You can sense fear among all old media type, except for good old Rupert Murdock who must be feeling safe after having bought Myspace. Andrew Keen, writing for the Weekly Standard at CBS news, seems to be alarmed by all the empowering features of Web...
Feb 17 2006
Hellocompany has already done a feature on Blogs into books. Then, there is Blurb whose free Booksmart publishing software allows anyone to create their very own hardcover or softcover book. But they are still working on the turning blogs into books.
Feb 17 2006
If Carl Dietrich has his way, Cars will be zipping over our homes. The 28 year old MIT student’s design for a Personal Air Vehicle has won the prestigious $30,000 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize. The Flying car has been named Terrafugia Transition...