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blog: Pranav Mistry's SixthSense

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:20:21 -0800

at TEDIndia. Astonishing vision and execution.

blog: Bible and blood in my backyard

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:49:06 -0800

I often go to a small woods near our home in Amersham with my daughter. Recently, I came to know a bit of history about the place that gave me a rude awakening and bought home the evil that pervaded societies in the form of Catholic Church in the past centuries (the evil still is there, in a more muted form, but it is there nevertheless).

blog: TheScian SF Contest Results on 22nd

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:56:23 -0800

Folks, the SF contest results will be delayed by a week. Unforeseen travel has intervened. I'll get the results out next Sunday, 22 Nov.

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blog: If your parents don't like Ubuntu

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 07:54:17 -0800

I loathe tech support so I switched my parents to Ubuntu a while ago. But, you may not be so lucky. Your parents may not like Ubuntu. I can't imagine why they wouldn't, but, if they don't and they must absolutely have Windows, then use Windows SteadyState. It's free. [via this /. thread]

blog: Entangled Reality

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 08:11:29 -0800

Read an interesting interview with Roger Penrose at Discover Magazine. Found this part fascinating:

So Schrödinger himself never believed that the cat analogy reflected the nature of reality?
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blog: A matter of Life and er... Matter

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:38:45 -0800

As I was stuffing my face today, I wondered if the Universe cared. The short answer is no. The slightly longer and more depressing answer is: my existence is more marginal than a speck of stray DNA on a grain of sand staring at vast oceans (that's literally true, oh the irony...). Clearly, there's no point to existence except amusement. So, here's some:

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