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blog: OLPC

Fri, 16 May 2008 03:09:30 -0700

So, it's gonna get MickeySoft (that's a Wolf in Mickey make-up, run children, run). As, one Slashdot commenter put it, "This is like McDonalds bullying and lobbying to make the BigMac the preferred choice for UN's world food programme, and succeeding."

blog: Congratulations! Calendar Girl!

Fri, 16 May 2008 01:19:31 -0700

I've used music from ccMixter for TheScian audio and it was always a pleasure to listen to remixes of Calendar Girl. Here's the news from ccMixter:

In October 2006, singer song-writer Tamara Barnett-Herrin from London in the UK published a one sentence challenge to herself and to remixers around the World Wide Web: "I write one song a month. You remix and feedback.
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blog: And the young winner is...

Wed, 14 May 2008 14:40:40 -0700

G1.9+0.3, remnant of the most recent supernova in our galaxy that happened a mere 140 years ago.

Wired post covering the announcement.

blog: Free Dr Binayak Sen

Wed, 14 May 2008 09:55:12 -0700

A related BBC article.

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blog: Children in India and rising global food prices

Wed, 14 May 2008 02:07:49 -0700

A BBC report:

According to Unicef's latest State of the World's Children's report, India has the worst indicators of child malnutrition in South Asia: 48% of under fives in India are stunted, compared to 43% in Bangladesh and 37% in Pakistan.

Meanwhile 30% of babies in India are born underweight, compared to 22% in Bangladesh and 19% in Pakistan. Unicef calculates that 40% of all underweight babies in the world are Indian.
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blog: The intoxicated brain

Tue, 13 May 2008 03:18:13 -0700

The intoxicated brain knows no fear. Apparently, that's why people loosen-up when drunk and will happily talk to fearsome strangers. That's funny, 'coz someone I know will go completely quiet when drunk and will simply stare at you like you are a wall of abstract painting if you talk to him. I am wondering why..

blog: This year's Scifi Contest

Tue, 13 May 2008 02:41:45 -0700

I've received a couple of emails from folks who wanted to know when this year's contest would be announced. Shortly, folks. Meanwhile, get going with your story. If I may, I'd suggest mulling over the story idea, setting, characters, tone, etc obsessively and making notes before you actually begin to write the story. Try and get hold of Writing Fiction by Alan Wall and give it your undivided attention for a few days.

blog: Note to the so-called Intelligent Designer

Mon, 12 May 2008 09:01:07 -0700

The divine architect of runny noses,
The wizard of ooze, of two stinky hoses,
You made every man woman a misfit
With appendages and stomach full of shit.

Sexy theater in a messy sewer,
Shame on you unintelligent designer!
Harris, Hitchens, PZ, Dennett and Dawkins:
May their godless fists land where your chin is.

Old man Paley walking by a heath found,
A perfectly wrought Timepiece on the ground.
Inside his skull god's bell went a'ringing,
A wonderful spell! Paley went a'singing.

TheScian.com Frontpage: Note to the so-called Intelligent Designer

Sat, 10 May 2008 08:19:37 -0700

[An X-ray diffraction image of Rhinovirus gingerly placed by the author on his five month old daughter's towel. Materials from: Protein Data Bank and daughter's wardrobe]

The divine architect of runny noses,
The wizard of ooze, of two stinky hoses,
You made every man woman a misfit
With appendages and stomach full of shit.

blog: Burma

Thu, 08 May 2008 04:04:45 -0700

Donate what you can. The death toll may have crossed 100000.

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