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Monthly Archives: May 2007

Cool and wicked

Thursday, May 17, 2007

If you own a Mac, you have got to try this out: a software called Nocturne by the same people who made QuickSilver. The software does a very simple thing – inverts your entire screen, giving the appearance of night vision. Looks great. Not only that, it is actually effective when using the computer in [...]

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Berkeley Spring

Friday, May 4, 2007

You have to get out of Singapore to know the real meaning of spring. (Click to go to the photoset)

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Dell and the time of the Linux desktop

Thursday, May 3, 2007

So, Dell is finally going to be offering computers with Ubuntu Linux preinstalled, and there are rumours that HP, Lenovo, Toshiba et. al. will follow suit. And of course, the Linux world is in celebration and is saying, “The Linux Desktop is for real. Linux has proven that it can compete in the same league [...]

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Phantons in the Brain by V. S. Ramachandran and Sandra Blakeslee

Wednesday, May 2, 2007

This is a non-fiction book on neuroscience. I nearly got scared too, but on the back cover was a recommendation from The Economist and so I decided to pick it up and give it a try. Turns out to be a wonderfully written, eminently layman-readable and a very interesting book. The author examines a number [...]

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