Archive for February, 2009
The Elusive Life of Benjamin Button
In: Opinion
28 Feb 2009Few select movies that I’ve watched actually make me think many hours after watching them. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is one of them.
For some reason this movie has had a profound affect on me. It has once again reminded me that life is magical and sacred. And yet it is short and abrupt [...]
Science: Transparent head and Tubular Eyes
In: Interesting| Science
25 Feb 2009This must be one of the most freakiest creatures in nature. The species of fish commonly known as Barreleyes have a transparent head inside which resides a pair of tubular eyes. That’s right, a transparent head with tubular eyes inside!
This deep-sea fish has been known to science since 1939 when it was first described. Marine [...]
Deranged
In: Interesting
24 Feb 2009There are those who do not conform to the norms of civil society and there are those who are completely deranged and leave the fold of humanity.
Here’s that very phenomenon…in…penguins.
Big Dog: the creepy and the funny
In: Funny| Interesting
23 Feb 2009Big Dog is actually a four-legged robotic dog created by Boston Dynamics. I was simply amazed by the advancement of the robot’s maneuverability. In the video below you can see it climbing slopes, treading ice, balancing in slippery frozen terrain, making its way through rubble etc. How the four legs react in these situations (to [...]
MvBlogosphere Companion Extension 0.2
In: Extensions
21 Feb 2009What is it?
This is an extension for the Mozilla Firefox web browser that enables hiding and highlighting of blogs from the mvblogs.org listing.
Say, you are at work or you let your children use the computer and you know that some blogs listed on mvblogs.org are inappropriate for a work environment and children, how do you [...]
Crayon Physics
In: Interesting
21 Feb 2009My kids absolutely love this one. Here’s the description from the author:
Crayon Physics is a 2D physics puzzle / sandbox game, in which you get to experience what it would be like if your drawings would be magically transformed into real physical objects. Solve puzzles with your artistic vision and creative use of physics.
Watch the [...]
A Wonderful Life
20 Feb 2009I’ve been meaning to start this blog for a while now. Well, here it is and to celebrate the occasion I want to present to you a song from my school days. I remember a bunch of us would try and play this on a keyboard at my place.
I like the video as it has [...]
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- siraj: for those on whom the humor was lost. the person with the nickname atoll is 'reciting' the second k [...]
- yaamyn: huh? what's so funny about this indeed, simon? shows how stupid that 'atoll' or whoever person.! [...]
- Guess: Mukhamed is still alive. [...]
- aaisha: huh? whats so funny abt this ??? shows how stupid that 'atoll' or whoever person.! [...]