blog of parag

fresh snow

2005-03-25T14:42:00.000-05:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } fresh snow, originally uploaded by Parag. After a snow fall, there was snow stuck to all the banches of the trees.

Sunrise on 031205

2005-03-25T14:41:00.000-05:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Sunrise on 031205, originally uploaded by Parag. After a snow storm that passed through overnight, the sky was clearing as the Sun rose.

snow covered chairs on the deck

2005-03-25T14:40:00.000-05:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } snow covered chairs on the deck, originally uploaded by Parag.

Flickr

2005-03-25T14:25:00.000-05:00

This is a test post from , a fancy photo sharing thing.

Spring/Summer storms

2004-05-16T21:49:00.000-04:00

Watching the thunderstorms rumbling last night, reminded me of this photo that I took last year. Some of you may have seen it before.

Moving to a new home...

2003-12-08T14:40:00.000-05:00

This blog is slowly moving to a new home. www.parablog.com. Please update your links.

Bush Signs Law Meant to Thin Forests, Stop Fires

2003-12-03T17:17:00.000-05:00

Another win for the special interest groups. More power to the timber industry lobbyists. Bush, joined by two members of his Cabinet, touted the legislation as a crucial step to protect forests, homes and human lives that have been endangered by "uncontrollable growth left by years of neglect" on U.S. lands.Helloooo! uncontrollable growth left by years of neglect: that is the definition of a

2003-12-03T16:03:00.000-05:00

Catching snowflakes It is hard to see them in the photo, but, they were there.

German cannibal tells of fantasy

2003-12-03T15:11:00.000-05:00

I would not have believed this story if I heard it on FOX News, but, it appeared on a reliable source like BBC NEWS website.This German man is charged with murder, because there are no specific laws against cannibalism in Germany. He claims that his victim agreed to be slaughtered and then eaten. So, the defense attorneys are going to argue that there is no murder because the victim wanted and

2003-12-02T17:31:00.000-05:00

First woman to swim English channel dies in NJ In 1926, Gertrude Ederle swam the choppy, treacherous stretch under the most adverse conditions, battling rip tides, cross currents, driving rain and mountainous seas, as well as a constant threat of floating debris, poisonous jellyfish and sharks. She left Cape Griz-Nez, France, at 7:05 a.m. and stumbled ashore at Kingsdown, England, 14 hours and

2003-12-02T16:20:00.000-05:00

he he he! I realise that this is very juvenile, but, can't resist posting it. Found these perfect acronyms on the internet somewhere...Most Intelligent Customers Realize Our Software is Only for Fools and TeenagersWill Install Needless Data On Whole System

2003-12-01T14:42:00.000-05:00

Kal ho naa ho I haven't seen this movie yet. Was planning to, but, reading this review on Rediff was enough to change my mind. It is an interesting dissection of the movie by someone who lives in New York. Worth reading...

2003-11-25T11:25:00.000-05:00

Recent wacky referrers It is interesting to see what link leads to your webpage. Many times the search engines pick up words from different posts that are not related and puts the page on top of the list for hits because the search keywords appear in the page. Here are a couple of wacky searches that led to my blog:- Yahoo! Search Results for bodybuilder matthew rush- Yahoo! Search Results for

2003-11-24T15:00:00.000-05:00

US Postal stamp on Diwali I have just read and signed the online petition: "Issuance of US Postal Service stamp on Diwali"hosted on the web by PetitionOnline.com, the free online petition service.I personally agree with what this petition says, and I think many of you readers will, too. If you can spare a moment, please take a look, and consider signing yourself.

2003-11-24T10:20:00.000-05:00

122,000 miles On the way to work today, my car turned over 122,000 miles. Way to go! I hope to see 150,000 on this gal.

Gay Marriages

2003-11-19T11:21:00.000-05:00

Now, there is one more state other than Vermont and Hawaii that will recognize gay marriages. Gay couples can get married in Massachusetts. Hopefully, this will firmly set a precedent and most of the other sensible states in US will adopt such laws. I am not expecting Texas, Kansas or Alabama to be the next, but at least New York, California, New Jersey, Maryland, etc should follow in

What the Blog just happened?!

2003-11-18T13:51:00.000-05:00

Mahesh Shantaram published a nice article on history of blogging. Learnt a lot of things I didn't know about.

Court Orders Alabama Judge to step down

2003-11-18T13:36:00.000-05:00

I had posted an article on this topic in August. Here is the culmination of the fuss. A 9-member special Court Ordered Alabama chief justice to step down. They cited ehical breaches in his refusal to remove the Ten Commandments monument from the lobby of Alabama Supreme Court.

So, Bubbas didn't vote for Bobby afterall.

2003-11-17T14:10:00.000-05:00

Democrat Wins Runoff Election in Louisiana Lt. Gov. Kathleen B. Blanco, a Democrat, defeated Piyush Jindal, the Republican whiz kid, to become the first woman elected governor of Louisiana in a runoff on Saturday. First woman governor. That is a good beginning fo Louisiana. Maybe a second generation immigrant like Jindal, next time around. When will US have a woman president? Is hillary

2003-11-17T13:56:00.000-05:00

Tiger ready to hunt some candy

2003-11-14T13:22:00.000-05:00

Deer Hunting The gun deer hunting season starts in Michigan tomorrow. Our campus is starting to get empty already. People are leaving to get an early start to travel towards their favorite hunting sites. A couple of people I know, have already hunted their deer using a bow and arrow. But, they are still eager to get out tomorrow to use their guns. Maybe, next year I'll join some of my friends

2003-11-13T12:23:00.000-05:00

The Meatrix Check the Meatrix out. It is cool.Thanks Mayuresh!

2003-11-13T10:19:00.000-05:00

Find out where you stand The Political Compass website has a quiz to figure out political leanings of a person and categorize in one of the 4 bins. Check it out. The answer may surprise you as it did me. Never thought that I'd be a left liberal. I knew about liberal but, not too happy about being on the left. I would call myself liberal on social issues and conservative on economic issues. But,

Drummers of West Africa

2003-11-12T17:51:00.000-05:00

Last night, I was at the awesome performance of this group from Senegal. The leader, Doudou N'Diaye Rose is 74 years old, but, full of energy. He danced and played the drums with the same or even more vigor than younger members of the troupe who are all his family members. It was an amazing experience. There were only drums, no other musical instruments, but, it kept the audience in their seats

2003-11-12T17:42:00.000-05:00

Indian Ghettos I was aware of Indian Ghettos (area with large concentrations of Indians) in Edison, New Jersey and New York. But, I was surprised to find out that similar ghettos exist in California also. A friend of mine lives in Cupertino. In his apartment complex with 120 units, 110 are occupied by people of Indian origin. There are 25-30 marathi-speaking families. It came as a huge surprise

2003-11-11T11:18:00.000-05:00

Lunar Eclipse Didn't get a chance to view the eclipse on Saturday, although there were no clouds in the sky. Was busy with something else. Here is a nice composite photograph of the eclipse from APOD.

Jessica Lynch fairy tale

2003-11-10T16:35:00.000-05:00

An update:: Hustler magazine says it has topless photos of Jessica LynchLast night, on NBC, there was a 'made for TV' movie on Jessica Lynch's capture and heroic rescue. On CBS, '60 minutes' featured a segment about another Soldier (oh gosh, I forgot his name) who was the real hero of that day when Jessica Lynch was captured and didn't get any recognition. Nobody even knows his name. He

2003-11-07T13:25:00.000-05:00

Happy 0.6667th Birthday, Ashwini!!!

Google Deskbar: another cool Google gadget

2003-11-07T10:54:00.000-05:00

Google thinks outside the browser Search company Google has found a prime location on some Microsoft real estate. Google Deskbar is a free program that puts a search window at the bottom of Windows PC users' screens. It lets users search the Internet while working in any application and without opening a Web browser. Download your own Deskbar here.

BBC world service attempts to regain lost listeners

2003-11-07T09:31:00.000-05:00

Telegraph | News | The mixed-race presenter too posh for BBC The BBC has sacked me for sounding posh. At the moment, the World Service is on a mission to sound classless - hence the proliferation of Scottish, Welsh, Irish and Australasian voices. My accent - received pronunciation - is associated with a white, middle-class demographic. Which is ironic, because I am a mixed-race South Londoner:

20/20 Friday night.

2003-11-06T21:44:00.000-05:00

Barbara Walters interviews Martha Stewart on 20/20 on ABC. Maybe, they should rename this special as 'Witches of New York'.

2003-10-31T09:53:00.000-05:00

Guestmap Recently installed this guestmap thingamagig. Please post your location on it. It seems like a cool gadget. Thanks, Sujit for doing it already. powered by bravenet.com

2003-10-31T09:09:00.000-05:00

Happy Halloween, everyone!!!!!

2003-10-30T17:00:00.000-05:00

Some amazing numbers Taken from the latest issue of the Time magazine:There are 80,000 patients in mental hospitals across the US. But, in the US prisons there are 370,000 mentally ill people. That amounts to 1 in every 5 inmates. Does this mean that mental illness drives people to commit crimes?The INS (or whatever it is called now) arrested 300 illegal workers at 61 Walmart stores across US.

2003-10-29T11:25:00.000-05:00

A Powerful Solar Flare http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap031029.htmlYesterday, our Sun produced one of the most powerful solar flares in recorded history. Seen across the electromagnetic spectrum, the Sun briefly became over 100 times brighter in X-rays than normal. Over the next few days, as energetic particles emitted from these regions strike the Earth, satellite communications might be

2003-10-29T10:14:00.000-05:00

Blogging could lead to unemployment Here is a story of this guy, Michael Hanscom in his own words. He lost his job at Microsoft because of a post on his blog that talks about Apple G5s being used at Microsoft's Redmond facility and showed a photo of a truck delivering crates of G5s. He also described which building he works in and what he does. His immediate firing would make people think that

2003-10-29T09:06:00.000-05:00

When an angel turns into a monster For the last few weeks, our little angel turns into a screaming monster in the night. We were so happy that she used to sleep through the night (9pm-6am) since she was 2 and half month old. A lot of people were very jealous of us getting normal sleep in the night. But, looks like our happy nights are over. Now, Ashwini wakes up every night, sometimes at 11pm,

2003-10-28T16:20:00.000-05:00

Ads for new MS office Did anyone see these advertisements for the new version of MS Office? They show people jumping around, climbing on tables, cutting down projection screens, etc. What the heck do they want to show? Users like the new version of Office so much that they are delirious with joy? From my own experience (or should I say frustrations) with MS Office, these users seem to have lost

Good News, I suppose!

2003-10-28T13:54:00.000-05:00

Casper set to reject anti-gay monument Matthew Shepard was killed in a hate crime because he was gay in 1998. Now, Rev. Fred Phelps of the Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, KS wants to erect a monument in a city park of Shepard's hometown of Casper, WY. This will be a 6 foot tall granite monument with a brass plaque that would say: "Matthew Shepard entered hell Oct. 12, 1998, at age 21 in

Happy 5th anniversary, Viagra!

2003-10-28T09:42:00.000-05:00

viagra.com: Get all the information about Viagra here. This is the official link to fill your Viagra prescription online to avoid a face-to-face with the snickering pharmacist. So, your problems can stay between you and your doctor.

When did Mahabharat happen?

2003-10-28T09:25:00.000-05:00

Mahabharat war occurred in 1478 BC says Professor R Narayana Iyengar from Department of Civil Engineering, IISc.His research was based on interpreting six different versions of the epic, including in Sanskrit, Telugu, Kannada and English, besides calculating planet and star positions and eclipses described in the epic using modern IT tools and software for astronomy...His findings have aroused

NOVA on Tuesday night.

2003-10-27T16:35:00.000-05:00

The Elegant Universe | A Theory of Everything? This is a program nobody should miss. They will talk about cutting edge research on going in the String Theory, a theory that describes everything in the universe.

2003-10-27T14:20:00.000-05:00

Raging California Fires Kill More Than 10 Yahoo! NewsThis photograph is really breathtaking. Shows the extent of fires in LA and San Diego area. Many companies are closed today in San Diego.

2003-10-27T10:07:00.000-05:00

The flight to India An interesting article in the Guardian by George Monbiot about the moving of call centers from Britain to India.Britain's industrialisation was secured by destroying the manufacturing capacity of India. In 1699, the British government banned the import of woollen cloth from Ireland, and in 1700 the import of cotton cloth (or calico) from India. Both products were forbidden

2003-10-27T10:01:00.000-05:00

They Misunderestimated Me! This calendar will make a great christmas gift. Here are a couple of interesting quotes from it...- I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully. 9/29/2000 during presidential campaign- Hydrogen power will dramatically reduce greenhouse gas admissions. 2/6/2003 speaking on energy independence- Matter of fact, there haven't been a morning that haven't gone by

2003-10-23T15:43:00.000-04:00

Shubh Deepawali Wish you a happy Diwali and a prosperous New Year!!!Photo credit: netahoy

2003-10-22T14:23:00.000-04:00

Fall colors in the backyard

Who is this idiot?

2003-10-21T13:29:00.000-04:00

Man Survives Daring Jump Over Falls

2003-10-20T13:28:00.000-04:00

More Saturn A couple more images after more processing. The image on the right is a composite of 27 frames.

2003-10-20T09:41:00.000-04:00

Saturn on Oct. 19, 2003This is from the first round of processing with 6 images. More Saturn images to follow soon...

iTunes for Windows

2003-10-17T16:39:00.000-04:00

Apple Unveils Music Store for Windows This is great. Now, I don't have to wait till I buy an Apple to use this service.

Public Library of Science

2003-10-17T16:23:00.000-04:00

Just heard about this on NPR:Public Library of Science is open. The website has links to several journals that are freely available online and they debuted the inaugural issue of their first free journal "PLoS Biology". The mission statement on their website reads:::The Public Library of Science (PLoS) is a non-profit organization of scientists and physicians committed to making the world's

2003-10-16T16:24:00.000-04:00

Latest addition to my bookcase arrived yesterday:The Complete Far Side: 1980-1994 by Gary LarsonI was just amazed by its sheer size. Didn't realise it would be this big and bulky when I ordered it. It is a set of two hardbound volumes and probably weighs 20 pounds.Gary Larson's wry humor is admired worldwide and his drawings have this surreal quality which makes them so enjoyable. In 1994, he

2003-10-16T14:22:00.000-04:00

Sign this petition if you support women's right to workI am sure everyone has heard about the misogynistic utterings of Mr. Venugopal Dhoot, Managing Director of Videocon Industries. He has the right to, and is welcome hold these views as an individual, but, this assh*le is all set to enter the Rajya Sabha on a Congress ticket, surprisingly with Sonia Gandhi's support (I think she is a working

Rescued Roman Treasures from Zeugma

2003-10-15T16:25:00.000-04:00

Yesterday's Nova featured rescue of some roman artefacts from an escavated villa in Zeugma, Turkey. This site was to go under water after construction of Birecik dam on the Euphrates river. According to the archeological evidence, this site witnessed the last battle between the romans that lived there and their persian attackers. They showed construction of the dam and how this site along with a

Extreme Pumpkin Carving

2003-10-13T14:46:00.000-04:00

ExtremePumpkins.com - Extreme Pumpkin Carving In the spirit of upcoming Halloween season.

2003-10-10T14:19:00.000-04:00

Check this out... http://www.fotolog.net/paragus

2003-10-10T11:33:00.000-04:00

Quote of the day:Interestingly, according to astronomers, space is finite. This is a very comforting thought -- particularly for people who can never remember where they have left things. {Anonymous}

2003-10-09T12:55:00.000-04:00

Some interesting numbers that I just heard.Pfizer: - has 8 billion shares outstanding. - is the most traded stock on NYSE. - accounts for $200 billion worth of transactions on NYSE per year. - stock worth $2 million is traded every minute on NYSE. - stock accounts to $1 out of every $50 transacted on NYSE.

More rights for prisoners

2003-10-08T17:49:00.000-04:00

Court Strikes Down U.S. Prisoner DNA LawThe 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that requiring the blood samples amounts to an illegal invasion of privacy because they are taken without legal suspicion that the convicts were involved in other crimes. The San Francisco-based court, the first federal appeals court to address the federal DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act, said that is a

2003-10-08T17:04:00.000-04:00

People of California said yesterday: "Bye bye, Gray! Welcome, Arnold."Wonder how long it would be before they decide to say something again. The budget problems in California, that are caused by a downturn in the economy, slide in the stock market, and being screwed by bastards at Enron et al, are not solvable in the short run. Californians gave Gray Davis only 6 months in his second term before

2003-10-08T13:06:00.000-04:00

Happy 0.5833 th Birthday, Ashwini!!!No cake; had to celebrate with a piece of toast.Progress Report:- Doesn't want to lie down. Must sit or stand up.- Doesn't want to sleep as much as she used to.- Not too thrilled with formula.- Loves to eat carrots, green beans, squash, cereal and toasts. Still doesn't like banana and apples.- Can turn over on to her tummy, but, gets stuck there many times.

2003-10-07T09:38:00.000-04:00

Weatherman was wrong again!The real temperature this morning was 28F compared to predicted low of 52F for the day.Never rely on the weather predictions while choosing what to wear.

Another Nobel for Magnet people

2003-10-06T11:17:00.000-04:00

Yahoo! News - Nobel Goes to Scientists Who Developed MRI Scans This is great!!! This is the second year in a row, that people who work with superconducting magnets to tweak nuclear magnetic spins, are recognized by a Nobel prize. Last year, Dr. Kurt Wuthrich jointly received the Nobel for Chemistry for his contributions to the field of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy, and this year, the

Fake Apology by Schwarzenegger

2003-10-03T09:55:00.000-04:00

Sexual Accusations Prompt an Apology by Schwarzenegger The Los Angeles Times reported that three of the women said Mr. Schwarzenegger had grabbed their breasts. Another said he reached under her skirt. A fifth said he tried to strip off her bikini in a hotel elevator. The sixth said Mr. Schwarzenegger pulled her to his lap and asked if she was experienced in a particular sexual act. The

2003-10-02T13:26:00.000-04:00

Deer Hunting season starts in MichiganOct. 1st is the beginning of hunting season. The first 6 weeks are reserved for Bow hunting and 15th Nov. is the first day for Gun hunting. All the auto companies in Michigan are closed on Nov.15th. for start of the hunting season. Even at my company, the parking lot is half empty on that day.Couple of years ago, my colleague's father was bow-hunting in UP of

No more MSN Chat Rooms outside US

2003-10-02T10:53:00.000-04:00

Microsoft To Close Internet Chat Rooms - FT Geoff Sutton, MSN general manager for Europe, said it had become clear that unmoderated chat wasn't safe."The two big issues we have been dealing with have been adults 'grooming' children in chat rooms and spam getting in that is pornographic in some way," he said."So we have come to consider that this is not a good experience for our users and we have

Rush gets his foot in his big mouth, again....

2003-10-02T09:15:00.000-04:00

Yahoo! News - Limbaugh Quits ESPN Job After Comments Spark Uproar It is no surprise. I knew something like this would happen when I saw the ad on ESPN about adding Rush as a football commentator. His radio program is always some offensive trashtalk in his annoying voice. Everytime I hear that voice, my automatic response is to change the station. What he said here, not only was it wrong

2003-10-01T09:25:00.000-04:00

Amol Mhatre, who had a lead role in the film “Leela” as Kris, will play the role of a Harvard medical student in the 2nd episode of ABC's new sitcom "Its All Relative”, to be aired on Oct. 8th at 8:30 p.m. EST (the show premieres on Wednesday, Oct. 1st).

Adding Sugar to Blood Platelets Enables Longer, Safer Storage

2003-10-01T09:20:00.000-04:00

Chilled Platelet Study Sweetens Expectations in Transfusion Medicine This is great news. Platelets are normally stored at room temperature, because they are cleared out of circulation by immune cells after a freeze-thaw cycle and they have to be used within 5 days. With this new research, it will be possible to freeze and store platelets for a longer time. This will reduce loss of this precious

2003-09-30T15:55:00.000-04:00

My hair is long enough to hold ONE flower!!!

2003-09-29T10:02:00.000-04:00

Visitor in our backyardBy the time I could run and grab the camera, it was out of the backyard into the woods.

2003-09-29T09:59:00.000-04:00

A study of Hibiscus

2003-09-26T11:35:00.000-04:00

Happy Birthday, Mayuresh!!!Wish you a wonderful upcoming year and many many many more...

Nebraska wins at Southern Miss.

2003-09-26T07:57:00.000-04:00

It was a sweet win. Not clunky like some of the earlier ones. Jamal Lord threw the ball quite well for a change and they capitalised on the turnovers made by the Golden Eagles. 5 turnovers and 3 converted to touchdowns. Winning a game away from home must have been a nice confidence booster for the Huskers. Hope they continue this winning streak. The overhaul of the coaching staff seems to have

2003-09-26T07:38:00.000-04:00

Another random fact:This is how photocopies are made...It is a 3 step process:1. light reflected from the white parts of the original is focused onto a charged printing "drum," where it locally dissipates charge;2. positively charged toner particles are attracted to the remaining charged areas that were dark in the original;3. paper is run over the drum to pick up the toner to create an image of

2003-09-25T17:17:00.000-04:00

We had an excellent crop of tomatoes in our garden this year. Here is a sample...

2003-09-25T17:08:00.000-04:00

Global warmingThis article appreared in The New York Times about 2 weeks ago. It talks about evidence of changes in the world due to global warming and what could happen if the warming trend continues. It is an interesting read. Here are a few lines from it...Skeptics of global warming should come to this Eskimo village on the Arctic Ocean, roughly 250 miles north of the Arctic Circle. It's hard

2003-09-25T16:42:00.000-04:00

Why do we hear a thunderclap?The average temperature of lightning is 76000 F. In that split second when lightning appreas, the extreme temperature expands the air violently. This explosion of air creates the sound wave that we hear as a thunderclap.

2003-09-24T13:20:00.000-04:00

I was listening to some discussion about the democratic presidential candidates on NPR, and some talk about taxing the rich started this stream of thought. Two opposing arguments can be made about it and both make sense. Here they are...PRO taxing the rich: How much money does a person need to live? So, someone with more money can give more money towards the good of rest of the society. It will

2003-09-23T11:16:00.000-04:00

Every time Mr. Bush says 'nucelar', it sends shivers down my spine.

2003-09-23T09:25:00.000-04:00

If 'Lord of the Rings' is made in Hindi, they would not have to animate Gollum. Shah Rukh Khan is perfect to play that role. All the nervous twitches and shakiness match perfectly.

End of Mission for Galileo

2003-09-22T14:15:00.000-04:00

JPL News -- Galileo End of Mission StatusThe Galileo spacecraft's 14-year odyssey came to an end on Sunday, Sept. 21, when the spacecraft passed into Jupiter's shadow then disintegrated in the planet's dense atmosphere at 11:57 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time. The Deep Space Network tracking station in Goldstone, Calif., received the last signal at 12:43:14 PDT. The delay is due to the time it takes

IITian in Dilbert

2003-09-22T13:15:00.000-04:00

This Dilbert strip appeared last week while I was on vacation. There was a lot of protest from Indian IT professionals about the portrayal of the character in the strip. Don't know what is wrong with being someone who works hard to get the work done.Oh, I get it. It is totally different from those guys/gals that sit around, do nothing but surf the internet, and charge for those hours.

Microdrive

2003-09-11T17:29:00.000-04:00

Is this cool or what???? Currie Munce, vice president of research, Hitachi Global Storage Technologies in San Jose, Calif., inspects a new 4 Gigabyte Microdrive. The world's smallest hard disk drive weighs just 16 grams and is designed to store large quantities of high-resolution digital photos and video, MP3 music, electronic games and other large files. It can store a full-length DVD movie or

Black Hole Sings Deepest Note

2003-09-11T15:24:00.000-04:00

B-flat Black hole The numbers in this article are just astounding... This supermassive blackhole is 250 million light years away. The frequency of the sound is 1 cycle per 9.5 million years. Whoooa! After observing the Perseus galaxy cluster for 53 hours in August 2002, the Chandra X-ray Observatory revealed ripples in the hot gas that fills the cluster. These ripples appear to be sound waves

2003-09-10T16:46:00.000-04:00

Every time I listen to some of Bob Dylan songs, I learn new ways to insult someone. Here is an example...From Idiot Wind; Blood On The Tracks:Idiot wind, blowing every time you move your teeth,You're an idiot, babe.It's a wonder that you still know how to breathe.I can't feel you anymore, I can't even touch the books you've readEvery time I crawl past your door, I been wishin' I was somebody else

Happy 0.5 th Birthday, Ashwini!

2003-09-10T14:05:00.000-04:00

See what difference 1 year can make.... Sept 2002Sept 7th 2003

2003-09-09T17:50:00.000-04:00

Two views of Moon from Sept 6th, 2003

Intelligent legal eagles????

2003-09-09T12:07:00.000-04:00

I don't know whose level of intelligence I should question... Salman Khan or the judge who ruled on this issue or the lawyers commenting on this case. According to this article, when Salman drove an SUV while being drunk, he didn't know that he could kill someone. So, he could not be charged for murder. He is over 30 years of age, but, still hasn't figured out what can and can't kill people, and

Mars on Sept. 6th, 2003

2003-09-09T10:24:00.000-04:00

Urmila says: 'I feel so close to the people of Pakistan'

2003-09-07T22:16:00.000-04:00

'I feel so close to the people of Pakistan'Hopefully, a publicity stunt for her new movie. What level shameless Bollywood would lower itself to....

Another attack on Sharon visit

2003-09-05T17:09:00.000-04:00

BJP's favourite West Asian This article is written by Mani Shankar Aiyar, a major proponant and benefactor of minority vote-bank politics; belongs to the same group of government bashers as Prafool Bidwai. They forgot to make any noise about being fair and balanced when Yasar Arafat was making trips to India. Oh, wait! But, that was supporting their vote-bank politics. So, it was perfectly fine

Three-Dimensional Structure and Dynamics applied to Interesting Problem.

2003-09-05T10:43:00.000-04:00

NMR spectroscopy is routinely used for determination of chemical structure of small molecules as well as to study three-dimensional structure and interactions of big biomolecules. Non-traditionally, it has also been a tool in solving exotic problems such as quality control of Olive oil. Here is another NMR exotica. In the recent issue of Biochemistry an article was published by a French group (of

The Gender Genie

2003-09-04T13:50:00.000-04:00

Did anyone ever address you with incorrect gender after reading your writing? Maybe you do write like a person of the opposite sex. Give The Gender Genie a try and find out if your writing style matches your gender?

Prafool Bidwai

2003-09-03T17:23:00.000-04:00

It is hard to believe that this certifiable moron was a senior editor at Times of India and is probably being paid to write idiotic articles like the following on Rediff.com.Cancel the Sharon visit!Shanti and Gaurav have dissected his article very well. Worth reading.

Football season is here

2003-08-31T23:29:00.000-04:00

I was waiting for this day for the last couple of months. The college football season is off to a good start, although a stumbling one. Both Nebraska and Texas won their opening games after stuttering in the first quarter.It will be a team-building year for the Cornhuskers. After a 7-7 record last year, there was a change in coaching staff. Hopefully, those changes would bring some more wins. 800

GANAPATI BAPPA.... MORYA!!!!!

2003-08-31T15:04:00.000-04:00

Mangalmoorti Morya! Nice slideshow at Rediff on Ganeshotsav.

That's one big fart

2003-08-29T12:05:00.000-04:00

Discovery Channel :: Whale Flatulence Captured in Photo For the first time, scientists have both witnessed and photographed a whale gas bubble, suggesting that flatulence is just as common for ocean mammals as it is for humans and many other terrestrial animals. Thanks, Vinayak!

Wine molecule slows aging

2003-08-29T11:35:00.000-04:00

Harvard Gazette: Wine molecule slows aging Another reason to reach for the bottle, but, in moderation, I mind you. Here is a toast to your long life. A molecule that is an active ingredient in red wine can slow the aging of human cells. It extends the life expectancy of every organism that, so far, has been fed on it, including yeast, worms, and fruit flies. Called resveratrol, the wonder