Rungta’s Webmarks http://prateekrungta.com/webmarks Prateek Rungta’s Webmarks en-us Copyright 2008 Prateek Rungta Filmy Classical http://filmyclassical.tumblr.com/ prateekrungta.com/webmarks,374 Prateek Rungta Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:11:01 -0800

A record of classical music in modern Indian films

Curated by Rakesh.

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]]> The BBC Boys on the 2010 F1 season http://prateekrungta.com/webmarks/373.webmark prateekrungta.com/webmarks,373 Prateek Rungta Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:13:31 -0800 The brilliant Martin Brundle, David Coulthard the Scot, the opinionated Eddie Jordan and Jonathan Legard join the witty Jake Humphrey for a round of talks on the ever so close 2010 Formula 1 season.

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]]> An asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6233YW20100304 prateekrungta.com/webmarks,372 Prateek Rungta Sun, 07 Mar 2010 07:32:58 -0800 Or so they say. Gareth Collins, one of the authors of the study, writes:

The KT extinction was a pivotal moment in Earth’s history, which ultimately paved the way for humans to become the dominant species on Earth.

Drunk with domination, we humans might not need an asteroid to wipe ourselves out. (Via Abhishek)

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]]> Programmers don’t like to code http://rentzsch.com/notes/programmersDontLikeToCode prateekrungta.com/webmarks,371 Prateek Rungta Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:52:51 -0800

We solve problems by coding, and we’re all happy and enthused while typing away or talking code. But they’re confusing the action and the intention. It’s not pulling the trigger that makes me happy, it’s hitting the target. The action approaches incidental.

Bang-on-target piece by Wolf Rentzsch. I strongly concur with his second argument too, that in most cases programmers rewrite/reinvent to learn and understand, not just for the heck of it.

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]]> How to use a semicolon http://theoatmeal.com/comics/semicolon prateekrungta.com/webmarks,370 Prateek Rungta Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:31:16 -0800 Random sentence with a semicolon; shows that I’ve got the hang of it.

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]]> Snapsort http://snapsort.com/ prateekrungta.com/webmarks,369 Prateek Rungta Sat, 16 Jan 2010 00:51:31 -0800 Camera showdowns based on their specifications. Should come in very handy when choosing a new camera.

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]]> FontFriend http://somadesign.ca/projects/fontfriend/ prateekrungta.com/webmarks,368 Prateek Rungta Thu, 14 Jan 2010 07:25:55 -0800 Very useful bookmarklet by Soma Design for live sampling most font–related CSS properties. Gains a permanent place in my toolkit for designing in the browser.

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]]> Overseas and Overwhelmed http://www.pictorymag.com/showcases/overseas-and-overwhelmed/ prateekrungta.com/webmarks,367 Prateek Rungta Mon, 28 Dec 2009 00:46:21 -0800 From Pictory, a very well crafted new magazine featuring photo stories.

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]]> Alternate H2G2 Covers http://nimbupani.com/tribute-covers-for-hitchhickers-guide-to-galaxy.html prateekrungta.com/webmarks,366 Prateek Rungta Sat, 26 Dec 2009 17:47:19 -0800 Much better covers for the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy series from Nimbupani Designs.

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]]> The Return of Schumacher http://thereturnofschumacher.com/ prateekrungta.com/webmarks,365 Prateek Rungta Thu, 24 Dec 2009 05:25:37 -0800 … is how I’ll be following, duh, the return of Schumacher. (by Rakesh)

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