Archive for December, 2004

Actual Tsunami propagation animation

« 29 December 2004 at 11:36 am | No Comments
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This is a computer generated animation showing the actual tsunami propagation over a period of 6 hours.
Source: http://staff.aist.go.jp/kenji.satake/animation.gif



tsunami Info blog

« 28 December 2004 at 10:17 am | No Comments
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So far, the most comprehensive blog about getting information on and passing donations onto the affected regions …
http://tsunamihelp.blogspot.com/
Please help all you can.
Waking up on Monday morning with reports of 6000 dead was one thing.
Waking up on Tuesday morning with reports of 36000 dead is just unimaginable.



Post Popup-blocker popup

« 27 December 2004 at 4:00 pm | 2 Comments
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What an annoying discovery.
This stupid website uses stupid Flash adverts (like they use for movie adverts, etc) to display a popup notifying that your browser has blocked a popup successfully.
Don’t click on it, as this is definitely another advert.
(How do I know without clicking? The entire image, including the ok button, the blue title bar, […]



Murphy and his stupid law!

« 25 December 2004 at 6:07 pm | 10 Comments
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Murphy’s law[?] hits you when you least expect it. But of course!
Friday was my day of dealing with postage services.
1) I needed to ship a package so I use the account with DHL because of the good rates I get.
As usual, I called around 2:30, for a 5pm pickup (i still needed to pack it, […]



Graffiti in Newark

« 25 December 2004 at 2:34 am | 1 Comment
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Everyday, while taking the off-ramp from 280 (going west, exit 14b) and getting onto MLK Jr. Blvd you see these amazing works of art at the crossing of MLK Jr. and Orange St.
Today, on an almost holiday friday I finally decided to stop and marvel at these anonymous works of art.
Here are a few …
Set […]



i found a Firefox bug

« 23 December 2004 at 3:57 pm | 2 Comments
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I found a pretty funny bug in FireFox (v1.0).
When you go into any Livejournal posts and are also viewing the comments with the related blog entry, try to scroll down with your mouse-wheel or the mouse middle button + move mouse up/down.
Everytime I did this, the “frame” of the browser window scrolled up, so the […]



Smart memory-card

« 23 December 2004 at 2:59 pm | No Comments
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Now this is a really smart memory card.

It has a USB connector at one end and a SD card connector at the other end.
So no messing with the 8-in-1 memory card readers, etc, etc.
Mike’s list has the scoop and pricing/other info.



Lottery tickets?

« 23 December 2004 at 2:30 pm | 3 Comments
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This morning, while getting out of the car in the office parking lot, I saw this guy in the car next to mine. Decent, young guy, in a nice, red Audi (a6 i believe). He had parked a few minutes before me, I think.
He was intently scratching at a bunch of lottery tickets. (in america, […]



Cool gaming consoles …

« 21 December 2004 at 1:00 am | No Comments
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Cool consoles …
Which ones can you recall having played, or even seen?

I’ve seen — All of the gameboy’s
and — That Sega thingy (row 2, left)
Wish I had seen the others … kinda tough to get hold of them in India.



Millau Bridge: France

« 19 December 2004 at 2:15 pm | Comments Off
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I have always felt hurt when new constructions spoils the existing view/landscape.
It has happened often enough for me to feel irritated whenever a government agency declares a new ‘project’. We all know what that usually ends is …
Leave it to the French to make construction look GOOD!
Take the Millau Bridge, France. It looks simply magnificent.
Ohh, […]




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