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Was William Makepeace Thackeray a Marathi Manoos? Via India Uncut
A very interesting overview of the present research and findings in the three revolutions (Intelligence, Biotech and the Quantum) thats shaping our future.
This 5-part series on our planet Earth looks at the different forces (volcanoes, the atmosphere, ice and the oceans) that shape our planet and our lives, concluding with an episode of how these work together to give us a Rare Earth! (Via Rohit Nag)
Another one from the PhD comic line.
Just somethings about our human mind and how it functions.. or not.
The sequel’s trailer is out, and boy am I looking forward to it cos - I like to move it move it, I like to MOVE IT!
Came across this catchy song from this upcoming movie. You can check out its HQ trailer here . Somehow it makes me look forward to the movie.
I remember reading about the OLPC initiative nearly 3-4 years back and how much publicity it got. This article gives a good insight as to how difficult it is for a nonprofit made up largely of academics to operate like a business and compete
Some of the pictures look straight out of a Ramayana episode.
Most people, I think, would have heard of Kopi luwak from this movie, as did I. This was a nice and short movie about two guys who fight to ‘live to die another day’ and make a list of things they wish to do before they ‘kick the bucket’.
Found this weird and well pretty intriguing device called the Telectroscope on a morning walk along the river Thames down the Tower Bridge this morning. Was quite a funny experience waving to people getting wet in the rain on the Brooklyn Bridge!
Is this your cup of coffee? Are you grounded enough to handle this? You can read more about it at wikipedia.
Finally. Though would have been great if I would have got a chance to catch them playing together in the on-going French Open. They both lost their own doubles match in the 1st or 2nd round.
I love the ending!
I usually don’t participate in such marketing gimmicks, but they do actually make my surfing experience smoother. So why not?
Just got hooked to this band recently - my favourites are “Mr. Brightside”, “Somebody Told Me”, “Read My Mind” and “When You Were Young”.
I’ve seen the second one, the Casa Batllo in Barcelona. It looks like one of the those houses made out of melted chocolate and stuff.
I’m sure she doesn’t live on McDonald’s food.
Quite an interesting article from BW on how social media will change businesses in the coming years.