Mallu Rock Band!

Avial - A mallu rock band. I love the music as well as the Video. (via Ashwin)

Help a deserving student

Raj has posted an appeal from Propoor on his blog to help a deserving student from Chennai. Please read through it and help the deserving boy.

Omea Reader

Finally found a RSS aggregator, that i seem to like. Omea Reader is the lite-version of the Omea Pro which is an all-in-one software. According to the site

Omea pro is a powerful universal client for aggregating and organizing all kinds of information: emails, files, web links, RSS feeds, newsgroups, tasks, contacts, and even custom resource types that you define.

Omea pro costs around 49$, but the good news is that Omea Reader is free(for now). What i liked more is that i can now read usenet newsgroups and RSS feeds in a single tool. And even though the UI looks complex, i somehow felt nice in using it. One thing is sorely miss in this tool, is a way to sync my RSS feeds with Bloglines. That would have been the killer feature for me.

Firefox crashes'

Last two days, and four times Firefox(on Windows XP) has crashed! And iam also unable to report the problem using the Mozilla feedback agent. The feedback agent tries multiple times but fails to send the report. As i normally have multiple tabs open during each crash, iam unable to pinpoint whether the crashes are site-specific or whether iam seeing a general stability issue. Side Note : By any chance, Is "Stable software" an oxymoron?

Cool Photos of Pixar!

A trip to Pixar. Scroll down the page to see the pictures. Really fascinating

Google Personalized!

Google Personalized! You can even set the amount of personalization to be included along with the normal search results. Cool stuff! As Jeremy pointed out a few days back, what seems to be missing is a login functionality. Is Google expecting us to save preferences in every machine that we use?

Today's Links!

• Why Venture Capitalists are the way they are!


• Windows XP Embedded team starts blogging


• How to destroy the earth! Doesn't look an easy thing to do after reading this!


• An article on Donald Knuth (audio)(via Larry)

MSN Desktop Search vs GDS!

Why Google Desktop Still Falls Short of MSN Desktop Search - I tend to agree completely. I have tried both tools for a considerable amount of time. What i have felt is that Google Desktop Search loses out on the relevancy aspect of the search results.

Today's Links!

• The long tail of software


• Firefox Tweak Guide


• Wikipedia has an entry for Madras Bashai (via Sowmya)

Quote!

I think computer viruses should count as life. I think it says something about human nature that the only form of life we have created so far is purely destructive. We've created life in our own image. - Stephen Hawking

iPod Shuffle look-alike!

LuxPro has come up with a iPod Shuffle look-alike mp3 player, with FM Tuner and voice recorder. It should be interesting to see how Apple tackles this!

Amazing statistics!

Iam amazed reading the recent recruitment figures of the Indian IT companies! A few snippets..

Infosys Technologies has been hiring about 50 people a working day for the last nine months
Wipro adds three employees to its staff every working hour
Satyam will see an addition of 30,000 to the present 20,000 in the next few years
TCS’S headcount stands at 43,681 people with over 6,200 added in last two quarters.

Read the full article here

FYI : Amazed because, after starting operations more than 15 20 years ago, we(TI India) are still at a total employee strength of around 1300. That number is approximately what Infosys or Wipro adds in a month. :)

Bloglines!!

What the heck happened to Bloglines today? Its been down all day long, and i dont even have the backup OPML file. Looks like i should start using a desktop RSS aggregator as well. Any suggestions for a simple and free RSS client?

End of an era!

Kasparov retires! And what a nice way to retire!

Link-o-mania

• OSS Software, Deaf Developers & Unsatisfied Users - Interesting read!


• Firefox Is Heading Towards Trouble - eWeek


• Advagato's number - Advice for young free software developers (via Sudhir)


• Best hacking tools and tutorials

MSN Sandbox

MSN Sandbox. This is where MSN puts up its tech previews. Much like Google Labs.

Today's links!

• Why blogging is good for your career?


• Paul Graham on How to start a startup


• Colorization Using Optimization - Excellent (via Chris DiBona)


• Linux Kernel Programming by Examples

Reading wishlist!

My updated reading wish list

Today's links!

• Why Google isn't what it used to be


• The Ten worst engineering pitfalls


• Sony's new range of flash-based MP3 players - Looks interesting, but doesn't have the simplistic look of an ipod!


• Journey of mankind. An amazing animation. (via Chandrachoodan)


• Parsing Techniques.- A Practical Guide (online book)


• Fast Company carries this article on Georgia becoming the outpost of many Indian technology companies.

That's strange!

Boeing's CEO ousted for having an extra-marital affair! I couldn't figure out why the CEO's personal affair could be such a big problem for Boeing's board!