What happens when a group of particle physicists, composers, software developers and artists get together? This! You must have heard about the LHC experiment … [Continue reading Sounds of the ‘God Particle’]
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Welcome to Trailblazing, an interactive timeline for everybody with an interest in science. Compiled by scientists, science communicators and historians – and co-ordinated by … [Continue reading Trailblazing – a virtual journey through Science] A funny read – might leave you nostalgic too! Giving up my iPod for a Walkman – BBC When the Sony Walkman was launched, … [Continue reading The iPod of Its Day]  On Valentine’s Day, 1990, Voyager 1, having completed its primary mission objectives, was ready to leave the Solar System. At the request of Carl … [Continue reading The Pale Blue Dot] Another gem from xkcd. I have featured them before – here, here and … [Continue reading Estimation!] Open up the Google homepage and you will be greeted with this today. Google is celebrating the 400th anniversary of Galileo’s telescope, a major … [Continue reading 400th anniversary of Galileo’s telescope] This post was triggered by a couple of things. First, I was reading a nice guide the other day about buying stuff on Amazon … [Continue reading Buying from Amazon in a non-Amazon country] …to anyone using Internet Explorer v8. The much touted browser for all its tall claims, still has no respect for web standards. So … [Continue reading A Thousand Apologies…] This is an info-only post. Nothing much to read here! I moved from Movable Type to WordPress as the blogging platform. There are numerous … [Continue reading Some tech changes] Just what the doctor ordered for those damned Monday Blues! “Somewhere out there is a company that has actually figured out how to … [Continue reading The Spam Mail that wasn’t…] Posted on the Google Blog. Mowing with goats At our Mountain View headquarters, we have some fields that we need to mow occasionally to clear … [Continue reading Google does an India thing!] Too busy to pray? Let modern technology do it for you! Information Age Prayer at your service! “Information Age Prayer is a subscription service … [Continue reading BPO is passe… Here comes RPO!] The ‘Some Grey Bloke‘ is quite hilarious! He makes sense of our incredibly wired world with his nonsense. Long live the ‘Some Grey Bloke’! … [Continue reading Some Grey Bloke] Why people that work with computers seem to have a lot of spare time © … [Continue reading IT people and spare time!] I sometimes wonder how I ever survived before in pre-Wikipedian times! The number of times in a day I find myself looking up … [Continue reading I’ve done my bit…] |
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