A very niceHistory of Mathematics. I like the biographies, cross referenced with timelines and places of birth. Here are the mathematicians from the sub-continent. Pity we don't have more like this guy.

eXile #181 - Feature Story - What a Laugh!. Read #9.

This promises to be a good game!

Pure Genius. The whispering wheel. Anyone with a little undergrad EE education could have thought of this one.

We know where you live. The data here blows Microsoft's streets and trips out of the water.

A nice night sky above where I live currently.

We went to a midnight mass at the local chruch, with a Romanian family. We were talking about Christmas in Romania, and I was happy to come across Christmas in Russia.

mmm... a lot of these are going to make it to my wishlist when they come out.

I used to play the bass in what seems like my last incarnation. Busted out the practice amp today. Looked online for lessons, found this. Very cool site. My fingers hurt.

Hear, hear! Am I the only person who gets irritated by the constant piped music in stores? Maybe I should sue :)

I wasn't a believer in the warning levels in the first place. But it seems that its becoming less newsworthy as people get more complacent. Maybe its all for the better in a "people go on with your lives, don't mind this level thing" kind of way, but then why report on it at all? As long as we don't have a 24 hour TV channel on the current security warning level and what the trend is, and what the average was for this day over the last 10 years...

My own barcode. What I now need is my own RFID.

A sliver lining to a cloud. Should I be happy?

Can you say psycho? Religion can be good, but boy, can it become evil. Poor Malvo.

The sheer senselessness of war. Why do we need to kill in the first place? Is that an instinct that we cannot get rid of at all?

Me and some friends made some snowmen today.

Until I read this again, I thought it was the about the other Afghani children that were killed... Well, I guess some lives are cheaper than others.

Want to know where the media is focusing on today? Take a Look.

Lucid Dreaming. Very cool. I like the fact that this is classified under "science" too.

An excellent article on the problems and paradoxes in Pakistan today