Month: February 2006

Via Boing Boing, here are some excellent photos of strange buildings. Some are designed to look tilted or inverted, others have unusual […]

Today was the day Pakistan’s religious and opposition parties had scheduled a mass protest and strike in the capital against the cartoons […]

Another great picture gallery from the BBC on the plight of the Shin people (with informative captions). Though I had heard a […]

Suppose you wake up one day in a strange place and can’t figure out where you are. Get on the net and […]

I’ve recently been reading a bit on alternative energy and discussed the possibilities with a number of people. President Bush’s remarks on […]

Over a week after worldwide riots and protests over the cartoons desecrating the Prophet Muhammad started to die down, the good Muslims […]

I was recently discussing how Linux’s performance compares to other (real) operating systems and this comparison of Linux (kernels 2.4 and 2.6) […]

Most of us have shifted focus from the harsh reality that survivors of last October’s quake now face, but relief efforts are […]

King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia arrived in Islamabad today for an official visit. Though custom banners and welcome signs always go up […]