24dec2014

Nikola Tesla pilgrimage sites

caffeine crash, why?
http://rutasleep.com/blogs/news/13159393-why-you-get-a-caffeine-crash

06dec2014

touch, decoded?
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-12-scientists-principal-protein-sensor.html

30nov2014

http://forbesindia.com/article/leaderhip-awards-2013/chitra-ramkrishna-queen-of-the-bourse/36367/1
the comments are interesting.

20nov2014

"When you see them pop up out of the ground, man, it's the most beautiful thing you could ever see," said Brown. He said he has never felt more successful.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/former-nfl-player-farms-for-good/

12nov2014

Alayne Fleischmann -- respect.

10nov2014

Keynes
http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-10-30/why-john-maynard-keyness-theories-can-fix-the-world-economy

08nov2014

She is the only AIADMK leader to have ever had the guts to contest a Lok Sabha election alone. On her 66th birthday, in February 2014, she had sought from her people a very special birthday present: all of Tamil Nadu’s 39 Lok Sabha seats. She won 37.
http://www.openthemagazine.com/article/nation/the-invisible-empress-of-surrealistan
doff: alpha

A Shah Overthrown
A key component of these was the information bus, a software program that consolidated transactions from across the market on a single screen, in real time. The most popular one was built by TIBCO—a Silicon Valley company owned by another tech wizard from Mumbai, Vivek Ranadivé—which had digitised most of the brokerage firms and trading floors on Wall Street.
They called it the “Baba Bus,” after Rohira, who was said to behave like a hermit. His bus was a far-sighted piece of code, written for TCP, a new internet communication protocol that was unsettling the established technology, X.25. “It was a call we took at the time,” Neralla said. “And we were proven right.”
When Financial Technologies launched its marquee product, the broker terminal software ODIN, it had two unbeatable features.
http://www.caravanmagazine.in/reportage/shah-overthrown
doff:alpha

07nov2014

you want to blow your mind? ;-) how about 0-60mph in 2.95secs automatic, 3.2 secs stick shift for ~ $80k!
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/this-corvette-is-faster-than-hellcat-ferrari-mclaren-2014-11-07

http://www.dnaindia.com/health/report-why-people-forget-details-but-maintain-emotional-reaction-post-traumatic-events-2032555
This may help to understand why in pathological situations of post-traumatic stress disorders, the uncontrolled emotional response linked to the negative event is generated without knowing what causes it.
As explained by Lluis Fuentemilla, project coordinator, the study helps explain how the processing of fearful memories can lead to post-traumatic stress disorder and also opens the door to the investigation of new therapeutic strategies for these disorders because the implicit memory trace in a fearful context does not loose over time and can be detected through electrodermal measures.

run the sewer through the playground?

“If I had to describe my 16 years of corporate work with one phrase, it would be ‘pretending to add value.’ … The key to career advancement is appearing valuable despite all hard evidence to the contrary. … If you add any actual value to your company today, your career is probably not moving in the right direction. Real work is for people at the bottom who plan to stay there.”
Other office workers have presented similar accounts. In The Living Dead, David Bolchover rues “the dominance of image over reality, of obfuscation over clarity, of politics over performance,” and in City Slackers, Steve McKevitt, a disillusioned “business and communications expert,” gloomily declares: “In a society where presentation is everything, it’s no longer about what you do, it’s about how you look like you’re doing it.”
The simulation, the glossing over, the loss of meaning, the jargon, the games, the office politics, the crises, the boredom, the despair, and the sense of unreality—these are ingredients that often reappear in popular accounts of working life. The risk when they only appear in popular culture is that we begin regarding them as metaphors or exaggerations that may well apply to our own jobs but not to work in general. But what would happen if we started taking these “unserious” accounts of working life more seriously?
ref: http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/11/the-art-of-not-working-at-work/382121/

yet to read
http://www.capitalberg.com/researchers-reveals-that-quantum-mechanics-could-base-on-string-field-theory-can-lay/21131/
http://www.technologyreview.com/news/532166/with-100-million-entrepreneur-sees-path-to-disrupt-medical-imaging/
http://news.discovery.com/space/astronomy/why-our-galaxys-black-hole-didnt-eat-that-mystery-object-141104.htm

06nov2014

the stuff history is made from
http://www.forbes.com/sites/schifrin/2014/11/05/jeffrey-gundlach-king-me/
doff: alpha

04nov2014

the $3.6 tril heist
https://www.equitymaster.com/dailyreckoning/detail.asp?date=10/31/2014&story=7&title=The-grandest-larceny-in-history&utm_source=homepage&utm_medium=website&utm_campaign=top-articles&utm_content=link

01nov2014

emotions & their duration
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2815719/Feeling-sad-FIVE-DAYS-shift-mood-Sadness-lasts-240-times-longer-emotions-study-claims.html

First, you scratch, and that causes a sensation of pain. Then you make more serotonin to control the pain. But serotonin does more than only inhibit pain. Our new finding shows that it also makes itch worse by activating GRPR neurons through 5HT1A receptors.
http://commonhealth.wbur.org/2014/10/itch-scratch-more-serotonin

orphan stars?!
http://fxcnews.com/hubble-spots-galactic-horror-show-in-space/15602/

If a central bank wants to buy assets, markets make assets available.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/francescoppola/2014/11/01/has-the-bank-of-japan-started-another-round-of-central-bank-wargames/

27oct2014

hirsute, sir!
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/the-filter/11189695/Hirsute-you-sir-The-World-Beard-and-Moustache-Championships-2014.html?frame=3086195&page=1

25oct2014

Ssu72
http://www.dddmag.com/news/2014/10/protein-discovery-may-unlock-new-hiv-treatment

18oct2014

a tribute to the Lady, JJ.
http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/standpoint-guilty-or-not-jayalalithaa-is-possibly-the-best-option-for-tamil-nadu-2027311

16oct2014

one word, remarkable!

300 million miles from home!
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/11165728/Probe-sends-back-space-selfie-as-landing-craft-prepares-for-historic-comet-touchdown.html

redQueen evolutionay digital arms race.
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/11/the-adultery-arms-race/380794/?single_page=true&google_editors_picks=true

10oct2014

i'm trying to comprehend the following: "In choosing a mate, females select traits they like that will be -inherited by their offspring and the study found one gene, named dati, that, when mutated, rendered the female flies incapable of deciding whether to mate or not and the females that are mutant for just this single gene can never decide to accept males, no matter how hard the males try to impress them."
http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ani/it-takes-just-15-mins-for-females-to-pick-their-partners-114100800120_1.html

06oct2014

few of the indian palaces
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/from-leh-palace-to-the-thirumalai-nayakkar-mahal-15-grand-indian-palaces-that-once-served-as-royal-residences/498541-79.html

05oct2014

evolution at play, sleep evolved in the oceans?!
http://nvonews.com/human-sleep-patterns-evolved-first-in-ocean/

i too used to wonder why dark skinned people were less prone to skin cancer/melonoma.
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-09-skin-pigment-sun-uv-harmless.html

neurotransmitters glutamate & gaba determine perceived levels of disappointment
http://zeenews.india.com/news/sci-tech/brain-signalling-determines-how-disappointed-you-feel_1477587.html

questioning the existence of black holes.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/29/black-holes-dont-exist_n_5885940.html?ir=Science

diving without the 02 tank!
http://phys.org/news/2014-09-material-oxygen-air.html

tracing the origins and spread of a virus
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-10-hiv-pandemic.html#ajTabs

morbid correlation
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-10-decreased-ability-odors-five-year-mortality_1.html#ajTabs

man's first result at replicating the venrable plant leaf
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-10-decreased-ability-odors-five-year-mortality_1.html#ajTabs

01oct2014

sarita's action makes me feel proud!

http://www.hindustantimes.com/sports-news/asiangames2014/there-was-no-one-to-lend-me-100-to-lodge-protest-sarita-devi/article1-1270654.aspx

30sep2014

a way out
http://truthdive.com/2014/09/30/jayalalithaa-might-be-shifted-to-chennai-prison.html

27sep2014

how things shape up sometimes
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2014-09-26/gross-loses-pimco-power-struggle-with-stunning-exit

26sep2014

yet to read
http://www.techtimes.com/articles/16211/20140924/bisep-team-big-bang-signal-dust-planck.htm

makara rasi
http://zodiachouse10.blogspot.in/p/character.html

21sep2014

treasure hunting 21st century stle
http://www.livescience.com/47879-ship-of-gold-excavation-treasures.html

writing to heal
http://mic.com/articles/98348/science-shows-writers-have-a-serious-advantage-over-the-rest-of-us

paradise saved?!
http://www.theatlantic.com/features/archive/2014/09/the-entrepreneur-who-wants-to-save-paradise/380116/?google_editors_picks=true

seeking arrangement?
http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2014/09/how-sugar-daddies-are-financing-college-education/379533/?google_editors_picks=true

20sep2014

this is how it is most likely going to end
http://www.ibtimes.com/milky-way-will-be-consumed-andromeda-galaxy-5-billion-years-study-says-1692344

1947 nickel Rs 1 George VI coin
http://coinsof.blogspot.in/2012/08/1-rupees-1947-george-vi-king-emperor.html
http://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces12426.html

18sep2014

sobering article
http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/features/india39s-lost-generation-a-systemic-risk_1182164.html

a no brainer, isn't it?
http://www.healthcanal.com/child-health/55289-fighting-parents-hurt-children’s-ability-to-recognize-and-regulate-emotions.html

15sep2014

20 year old quasar puzzle solved?!
http://news.discovery.com/space/galaxies/quasar-diversity-mystery-solved-140912.htm

world's richest ever doctor wants to be remembered for something else
http://www.forbes.com/sites/matthewherper/2014/09/10/medicines-manhattan-project-can-the-worlds-richest-doctor-fix-health-care/

13sep2014

today's medical dose
http://www.scienceworldreport.com/articles/17152/20140912/protein-may-be-key-to-preventing-bone-loss.htm

another evolutionary leap?
http://www.scienceworldreport.com/articles/17143/20140912/humans-verge-major-evolutionary-transition.htm

secret sauce for a lasting satisfied marrige, a happy wife?!
http://www.scienceworldreport.com/articles/17150/20140912/what-makes-a-marriage-last-a-happy-wife-according-to-research.htm

12sep2014

high protein diet likely to keep bp in check
http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ani/high-protein-diets-keep-blood-pressure-in-check-114091200249_1.html

for the 1st time, blood group type AB liked with higher likelihood of memory loss later in life
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/UK/Blood-group-linked-to-memory-in-later-life/articleshow/42283374.cms

06sep2014

traces of life pushed earlier by 60 mil years
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/science/Odisha-soil-gives-proof-of-early-life-evolution/articleshow/41786565.cms

how Japan's SoftBank struck gold with $20 mil investment in 1999 now going to be valued @ $50 bil after Alibaba ipo
http://online.wsj.com/articles/alibaba-to-set-ipo-price-range-at-60-66-a-share-1409946492

20aug2014

Glitch ... Slack

too much of a read, but want to read to the end

http://www.wired.com/2014/08/the-most-fascinating-profile-youll-ever-read-about-a-guy-and-his-boring-startup/

14aug2014

don quixote, ring a bell?
http://www.thehindu.com/books/books-authors/manuscripts-shed-light-on-don-quixote-author/article6308531.ece

13aug2014

smallest insect genome @ 99 million base pair
http://www.foxnews.com/science/2014/08/12/this-extreme-antarctic-insect-has-tiniest-genome/

09aug2014

today's new word -- tinnitus

big blue on the move again.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/08/07/ibm_synapse_chip/
http://online.wsj.com/articles/ibm-unveils-chip-simulating-brain-functions-1407434402?mod=ST1

06aug2014

history of Madras (Chennapatnam)

http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/society/by-george-lets-go-back-to-the-town/article6284044.ece

book review of "public secrets of law."
http://www.thehindu.com/books/books-reviews/public-secrets-of-law-book-review/article6281104.ece

03aug2014

interesting yet unsurprising deduction
http://www.hngn.com/articles/37814/20140801/humans-developed-more-feminine-faces-when-they-started-using-tools.htm

30jul2014

leisure reads
http://forbesindia.com/printcontent/37836

29jul2014

so much for the farm loan waiver!

http://firstbiz.firstpost.com/economy/the-rs-43000-cr-loan-waiver-is-andhra-becoming-graveyard-of-psu-banks-91650.html

http://www.financialexpress.com/news/loan-waiver-rbi-puts-spanner-in-chandrababu-naidus-agri-loan-plan/1274624

28jul2014

an insight
http://www.newsweek.com/2014/08/01/behind-scenes-putins-court-private-habits-latter-day-dictator-260640.html

20jul2014

from as far as i can recollect, i've felt the need for "doing nothing" for a while on a daily basis, call it "down time" or "me time" or "recharge time." it came naturally to me, being INTP by nature. come to think of it, it was only natural. today, i'm pleased to see an article on it, "The Importance of Doing Nothing!"

http://forbesindia.com/article/insead/the-importance-of-doing-nothing/38144/1

05jul2014

power-to-gas energy storage
http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/renewable-energy-power-gas-storage-fossil-fuels

carbon plucked right out of air!
http://www.newlight.com/aircarbon-thermoplastic.php

leading sustainable innovations
http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/gallery/2014/jun/16/10-leading-sustainability-innovations

groasis waterboxx roks!
http://www.groasis.com/en/technology/the-capillary-drill-to-plant-in-deserts-and-on-rocks

27jun2014

interesting reads on cosmos and another on intimacy

16jun2014

foods that help burn calories
http://womanitely.com/foods-eat-burn-more-calories/10/

01jun2014

today's reads
http://www.business-standard.com/article/opinion/even-jrd-tata-didn-t-go-to-college-114052901083_1.html
http://www.businessinsider.com/its-morning-in-india-narendra-modis-pro-business-policies-point-to-strong-sectors-growth-2014-5?IR=T

25may2014

how AP voted
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/regional-parties-win-favour-in-divided-andhra-pradesh/article6045196.ece

felt a lump in the throat reading this
http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/emotional-modi-dedicates-his-govt-to-the-poor-youth/article6029281.ece?ref=relatedNews

27mar2014

http://www.appuonline.com/b_smlcap.html

25mar2014

http://www.moneycontrol.com/stocks/marketstats/index.php
http://www.theoptionsguide.com/

19mar2014

yet to read
http://www.economist.com/news/briefing/21598967-graft-india-damaging-economy-country-needs-get-serious-about-dealing-it
http://forbesindia.com/article/marwari-power/what-makes-marwaris-thrive-in-finance/37369/1

17mar2014

market research/ideas
http://smartinvestor.business-standard.com/index.php

16mar2014

"bits n pieces" -- dusty springfield
relaxing, comforting, slow, smooth, luxurious, embracing like being enveloped by lukewarm water in hot tub. did i add "sensuous". music like it is supposed to be, in the background, just right tempo, just enough to accentuate the voice and the lyrics. probably, my most favorite song for now.
you'd like to listen to it, ask for it. 

15mar2014

http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/broker-research-reports-13.html
http://www.moneycontrol.com/markets/brokerage-view.php?c=4
http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/expertadvice-250.html

13mar2014

orogen -- came across this word, for the first time ever. 

11mar2014

http://www.moneycontrol.com/stocks/marketstats/top100.php

07mar2014

boredom is a luxury. -- me.

why rejection is painful?
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-squeaky-wheel/201307/ten-surprising-facts-about-rejection

06mar2014

interesting read
http://www.brameshtechanalysis.com/2014/02/why-psu-banks-have-high-npa/

06mar2014

interesting read
http://www.brameshtechanalysis.com/2014/02/why-psu-banks-have-high-npa/

04mar2014

http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/minimise-tax-burden-by-investing-in-a-second-home/953961/0
http://taxguru.in/income-tax/faq-on-housing-loan-and-income-tax-benefit.html

27feb2014

Dalai Lama's take on the Q, "what is the meaning of life?"
http://www.slate.com/articles/life/culturebox/2014/02/dalai_lama_at_a_santa_fe_ski_resort_tells_waitress_the_meaning_of_life.html

a number hard to visualize, let alone measure. 25 trillionths of a second!
http://www.sciencerecorder.com/news/physicists-discover-quantum-droplet-in-semiconductor/

an interesting find
http://www.scienceworldreport.com/articles/13145/20140226/lowering-anxiety-levels-in-the-brain-lowering-ph-levels-may-reduce-anxiety.htm

22feb2014

numismatics, who's interested?
http://www.chiefacoins.com/

21feb2014

oldest celestial object currently known
http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/ancient-galaxy-abell2744y1/

opinion
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/02/19/divorced-from-my-husband-and-my-faith/

20feb2014

so, mamta meets president. what next?
http://indianexpress.com/article/india/politics/tmc-at-pranabs-door-to-stall-bill/

aptly worded
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1140220/jsp/opinion/story_17988317.jsp

19feb2014

http://www.firstpost.com/politics/passage-of-telangana-how-cong-bjp-sold-democracy-for-votes-1397539.html

18feb2014

nothing in it for the man on the street
http://www.livemint.com/Opinion/vID3qmr4ZhSWhSx8zLUPiN/Telangana-an-undemocratic-division.html
http://news.oneindia.in/feature/telangana-congress-have-messed-with-india-s-democracy-yet-again-1397835.html

let's watch what happens of this
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Mamata-to-meet-President-may-move-court/articleshow/30639383.cms

16feb2014

a lite article in epistemology
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/16/opinion/sunday/is-the-universe-a-simulation.html

a refreshingly non-sugarcoated article on politics, business, ya da ya da that has come to light in light of Andhra Pradesh bifurcation turmoil
http://www.financialexpress.com/news/india-stinc/1226282/0

15feb2014

want 2 reduce electricity bill?
1p. hxxp://www.indiamainly.com/technology/solar-energy-for-home-electricity-not-enough/

2. The solar units, which come with a mobile phone charger also, could power two CFL lights and a fan. The cost of each unit was around Rs. 23,000 with the installation work also done by SELCO.
hxxp://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Madurai/article3873711.ece

3p. hxxp://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/article3538657.ece
4. hxxp://gigaom.com/2012/11/11/one-year-with-solar-energy-at-home-mostly-sunny/
5. hxxp://www.find-solar.org/?page=glossary
6. hxxp://www.wholesalesolar.com/solar-cost.html

16feb2014
7p. hxxp://www.thehindu.com/opinion/blogs/blog-urban-prospects/article4706014.ece
8p. hxxp://eartheasy.com/blog/2012/07/our-simple-diy-home-solar-power-system/
9. hxxp://www.solar-electric.com/solar-charge-controller-basics.html
10p. hxxp://www.solartown.com/solarlearning/solar-panels/
11p. hxxp://www.instructables.com/id/DIY-Home-Solar-Planning-a-Solar-Array-Beginners/?ALLSTEPS

17feb2014
12p. hxxp://www.jeevadityasolar.com/how-it-works.html
13p. hxxp://www.jeevadityasolar.com/services.html
14. hxxp://www.qsolar.net/?gclid=CNeMsv3s0rwCFUtV4godPW0AbA
15p. hxxp://ad.pensamedia.org/Apollo-Power-Systems-Private-Limited/Solar_Grid_Tie_Systems.html
16p. hxxp://ad.pensamedia.org/Apollo-Power-Systems-Private-Limited/Solar_Off_Grid_Systems.html
17p. hxxp://ad.pensamedia.org/Apollo-Power-Systems-Private-Limited/Solar_Hybrid_Systems.html
18p. hxxp://tirupati.olx.in/solar-power-system-iid-541769049
19p. hxxp://tirupati.olx.in/sunlife-solar-dsp-based-pure-sine-wave-inverter-svs-power-systems-iid-578499383
20p. hxxp://tirupati.olx.in/sunlife-solar-home-ups-1550-va-24v-with-inbuilt-60-amps-pwm-charge-controller-iid-575823784
21p. hxxp://www.indogreensolar.com/ac.html
22p. hxxp://solarkiran.com/solarenergy.html
23p. hxxp://www.dreems.org.in/Services.htm
24p. hxxp://www.dreems.org.in/sub4.htm

10feb2014

Telangana - an interesting perpective on congress' attempt at toppling Reddy domination by scheming to social engineer
1. http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?288760
2. http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/congress-rayala-telanagana-n-kiran-kumar-reddy-andhra/1/328621.html

Hex Rays, IDA
hxxps://www.hex-rays.com/index.shtml

Music
soft, luxurious, elegant, unhurried voice. can't get enough of  a hangover listening to her.
Dusty Springfield - The Windmills of your Mind, Bits and Pieces, Son of a Preacher Man

09feb2014

2 to 3 days worth of work could bring in $50k a day. impressive!
hxxp://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/feb/08/flappy-bird-dong-nguyen-deleting

getting closer to understanding hunger pangs, one neuron at a time
http://www.sciencecodex.com/study_provides_surprising_new_clue_to_the_roots_of_hunger-127545

03feb2014

ts/sci hxxp://www.tssci-security.com
hxxp://valsmithar.wordpress.com
hxxp://code.google.com/p/ratproxy
hxxps://lists.immunityinc.com/mailman/listinfo

$2 for solving a thousand CAPTCHA's -- i'm cringing! never knew of it's existence b4 now
hxxp://www.zdnet.com/blog/security/inside-indias-captcha-solving-economy/1835
hxxp://www.zdnet.com/blog/security/gmail-yahoo-and-hotmails-captcha-broken-by-spammers/1418

02feb2014

electron tomography microscope?
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn24974-first-glimpse-of-how-hiv-swamps-the-guts-immune-cells.html

27jan2014

"Computer Science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes." --folklore, anon

25jan2014

bleeding edge of theory on black holes http://www.nature.com/news/stephen-hawking-there-are-no-black-holes-1.14583

20jan2014

one of my favorite problems http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halting_problem

this gif cracked me up

19jan2014

hex'd nielshorn.net, mh-nexus.de
gizmo's freewarez techsupportalert.com

11jan2014

news.ycombinator.com 

09jan2014

port assignments technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc959828.aspx

06jan2014

artemonsecurity.blogspot.com malw review

04jan2014

nightwatcher greatis.com