The Sleepless Nerd

2010-04-20T05:32:00.000-07:00

There is something indescribably sweet about this song from Kazhugu. Even though the film did not do much in the box office, all the songs scored by Ilayaraja were mini-classics of their own. I remember searching all cassette recording shops to record the songs of this movie.

Strangley, it was not available and assumed because the songs were not as popular with the general pubic as it was with me. However, you find these songs in all most all tamil songs websites.

So here is the very different sounding Ilayaraja and S. Janaki in Ponnoviyam Kandenamma from Kazhugu.

Meendum Kokilla -Ponnaana Meni

2010-04-20T05:18:00.000-07:00

A playful sounding K.J. Yesudas and the S.Janaki at her best naughty sounding voice serve to make this Ilayaraj song one of the best in Meendum Kokilla.

Climate nerds scrambling to defend

2009-11-23T02:12:00.000-08:00

No matter which side of the fence you sit on when it comes to the idea of man-made climate change the contents of the emails should be disturbing. But what perhaps is more disturbing is the defense put up in response to the leaked emails, because as spin goes it completely fails.

The general line, repeated across the mainstream media (often without challenge) and by those involved is that “the e-mails have been taken out of context and merely reflect an honest exchange of ideas” or as Michael Mann claims, skeptics are “taking these words totally out of context to make something trivial appear nefarious.”

Read more on how Climategate Defense Spin Fails here.

RIPE NCC: How to Act Now.

2009-11-17T17:23:00.000-08:00

The RIPE NCC, the Regional Internet Registry (RIR) for Europe, the Middle East and parts of Central Asia today launches How to Act Now, a resource to help business and government representatives plan and execute IPv6 deployment. This is the first tool of its kind to focus on deploying IPv6 in a real-world, business environment.

How to Act Now includes expert advice, video clips, and hints and tips on all aspects of planning and implementing IPv6 within your network, no matter how large or small. The content addresses the questions and challenges faced by business and technical representatives from large enterprises, small businesses, ISPs and government organisations when adopting IPv6.

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2009-11-17T17:17:00.000-08:00

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