trekkies like myself might be called geeks and dorks but that show is probably responsible for more progress in the world than faraday and newton. what other means have excited so many people to pursue careers in engineering? or even politics or botany? now comes the x prize challenge to create a similar device as — Continue reading »
Google Vs. Netflix
📆 May 9, 2011
youtube, google's video site, is beginning to beef up its roster of movies, adding some big productions too, like inception. netflix shouldn't worry quite yet. youtube's list isn't as extensive and its pricing not as competitive. but when google starts to muscle in on a market, it won't be wise to ignore it either. Google’s — Continue reading »
Gaza Strip's first marathon
A great story showing a different side of a region known for violence and fanaticism. If only people could put aside their bigotries and be running fanatics instead. What's next, Tehran marathon? 🙂 Local runner wins Gaza Strip's first marathon race - Sports- NBC Sports. — Continue reading »
UConn Huskies, 2011 Men's Basketball Champions
📆 April 5, 2011
Winning the Final game against Butler (53-41), UConn, my alma mater, claimed the men's basketball title for 2011. This despite the fact that expectations for a UConn win weren't so high. Let's not forget that they also won the Bing East title last month. While the women team's dream of another victory didn't materialize this — Continue reading »
Internet Explorer 9 - Why Microsoft Must Break up
📆 March 24, 2011
I saw some news today that the Firefox 4 download numbers beat those of IE 9 by a large margin. And that even with IE 9 getting rave reviews for being built from scratch and being speedy, while Firefox 4 came out of beta way too late. Why is Firefox so popular and Google Chrome — Continue reading »
AT&T DSL Latency and Packet Loss
📆 March 20, 2011
The general understanding is that DSL isn't hobbled by the number of subscribers like cable service is. That is, no matter how many people jump on DSL at any given moment, their speed should remain constant. I used to believe that too, but lately it’s beginning to look like there's a hole in that theory. — Continue reading »
Remembering Dad
📆 February 21, 2011
My father passed away a couple of weeks ago from complications arising out of cancer. He had beat this disease two decades ago but this time it proved fatal and after five months of courageous battle he succumbed to the illness. I had expected the news for some time, but losing a parent, as I — Continue reading »
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