http://www.nirmalya.net/blog Fri, 11 Jul 2008 11:33:15 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en xiaonei.com, China Click on image to visit site. Site looks like below as of right now, July 11, 2008. vkontakte.ru, Russia Click on image to visit site. Site looks like below as of right now, July 11, 2008. hainei.com, China Click on image to visit site. Site looks like below as of right now, July ... http://www.nirmalya.net/blog/archives/2008/07/11/facebook-clones/ [Via Reuters] About 12000 students sitting for their GCSE music exams had the answers (accidentally) printed at the back of their question papers! Wish some of us had the same luck! :) Read More http://www.nirmalya.net/blog/archives/2008/05/23/an-exam-question-paper-with-answers-at-the-back/ Got an Asus Eee PC 900 running Windows XP from Funan last Saturday. The Windows and Linux versions cost the same, i.e., 798 Singapore dollars. The add-on freebies depends on which shop you buy it from. I got a free 1 GB thumbdrive. Here are some pictures Straight out of the box Size ... http://www.nirmalya.net/blog/archives/2008/05/13/asus-eee-pc-900/ And it is has been running almost continuously. Someone calculated the light bulb to have clocked in over a million hours! More at www.centennialbulb.org. Also check out the live "Bulb cam" there. http://www.nirmalya.net/blog/archives/2008/05/07/107-year-old-light-bulb/ http://www.nirmalya.net/blog/archives/2007/11/29/singapore-airlines-new-destination-test-city-2/ If you can spare the time, watch the video in its entirety. The video is an hour and 40 minutes long, but is most definitely the best lecture/speech you have ever heard. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5700431505846055184 Over a million people have viewed the lecture online. The Wall Street Journal calls it "the lecture of a lifetime", http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB119024238402033039.html For ... http://www.nirmalya.net/blog/archives/2007/10/26/professor-randy-pauschs-last-lecture/ Check out the seat layout for economy class on the Singapore Airlines (SQ) A380. The only economy class seats on the upper deck are way at the back, rows 71-83. That's just a tad over only 80 economy class seats on the upper deck of the SQ A380. I can't see the excitement ... http://www.nirmalya.net/blog/archives/2007/10/25/cattle-class-will-remain-cattle-class-on-the-sq-a380/ It fails to start up.. when you need it most and dont have ready access to backup files, data, address books, emails.. the whole lot. http://www.nirmalya.net/blog/archives/2006/12/04/you-know-youre-overdependant-on-your-laptop-when/ [Via ITVibe] Google might one day (soon?) start giving away mobile phones for free to users who will accept advertisements being displayed on their phone. The concept of advertisements being "pushed" (sent) to the mobile phone is nothing new. By now, surely we have all have received atleast a few unsolicited ... http://www.nirmalya.net/blog/archives/2006/11/14/free-mobile-phones/ [From an email forwarded by a Singaporean colleague] There once was a very good old barber in New York. One day a florist goes to him for a haircut. After the cut, he goes to pay the barber and the barber replies: "I am sorry. I cannot accept money from you. ... http://www.nirmalya.net/blog/archives/2006/10/16/barber-in-new-york/