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Archive for December 2004

Content Filtering with AdBlock

Posted by: anand on: December 31, 2004

The Adblock project has all it takes to be crowned the “Revenue Killer” on the web for the sole reason that it has the ability to filter elements at the source address. So everytime a page loads, Adblock intervenes and then disables the items that have been added to your filter.
Now, that should make the [...]

Every Effort Counts

Posted by: anand on: December 30, 2004

The devastation that has been caused by this Tsunami is heart-gripping. The death toll just keeps on mounting and in force is one of the world’s largest relief effort. If there’s any way you can help, please do.

India: Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund
(Tamil Nadu State, India) Chief Minister’s Public Relief Fund
Association for Indian Development
The South-East [...]

Any explanations?

Posted by: anand on: December 30, 2004

It is true that India has not witnessed a Tsunami for over a hundred years, and this Black Sunday it took all by a shock. But still, how will they explain this?

‘‘Tsunamis are never recorded in Indian history, so it did not occur to us,’’ said R S Dattatrayam, director seismology at IMD, [...]

Black or White?

Posted by: anand on: December 30, 2004

I am on Page # 49 and am yet to make any sense out of this reading so far.

Google putting Libraries Online

Posted by: anand on: December 29, 2004

Recently came across this comic strip: Foxtrot from Bill Amend

Source: uComics website featuring Foxtrot

Spare a moment

Posted by: anand on: December 29, 2004

The number of casualties just keeps rising, in thousands. These numbers are just shuddering. Please, take a moment to pray for all who couldn’t survive this terrible disaster and also for all those who are still missing.

CERNET2: China’s IPv6 Network

Posted by: anand on: December 28, 2004

This Sunday China’s first IPv6 network formally came into operation. The China Education and Research Network is now the world’s biggest next generation Internet network in operation connecting 25 universities in 20 cities.
The backbone network reaches speeds of 2.5 to 10 gigabits per second and connects the universities at 1 to 10 gigabits per second, [...]

Sensex hits 6500

Posted by: anand on: December 27, 2004

Celebrations for the new year have already begun for some. The 30 share Bombay Stock Exchange sensex ended over 6500 for the first time today closing at 6,513.03, while reaching a maximum of 6,566.64.

Google Cafe

Posted by: anand on: December 27, 2004

Somewhere…

Image source: Devnotes

Higher education in India

Posted by: anand on: December 27, 2004

The status of higher education in India has always remained a debatable issue, an issue that has always intrigued some of the best policy makers and administrators in the country.
Ancient India had been a world renowned centre of learning. Universities at Nalanda and Takshashila had students who came from across the continents to come and [...]


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