Imagine

It's a nice day for an iPod wedding from CNET

""I swear to god, the DJ was playing Solitaire throughout the dinner and cocktail hour," Spence noted in an online forum at wedding-planning site TheKnot.com. "It seems sort of silly to pay someone a lot of money to sit at a laptop and put on songs when we can do the exact same thing.""

hmmmm imagine at a desi wedding where the whole procession is lead by a band that signals to the traffic slow down or use another route we are celebrating a wedding what would happen if the band is replaced by an iPod and 2 speakers. Or what will happen in thoes procession when the band wallas are used as boundary so that the dancing relatives do not hit the traffic... iPod and two speaker will not do a good job :)

Cool!!

Islamic cell phones going on sale in Europe from IE

"For Muslims, it's a high-tech call to prayer.
The Ilkone I800 cellular telephone generates five automated reminders a day at prayer time, points Muslims in the direction of Mecca and contains a complete, authorized version of the Islamic holy book, Te Quran, in Arabic and English."

Now this is what I call a smart product. It already has a market for itself.

Gone too far...

Chappell questions Ganguly's attitude from Cricinfo

If this ends the era for Ganguly(which has to end sooner than later) then it will be a sad ending for a person who has added a lot of glorious chapters to Indian cricket.

Career and Motherhood

Many Women at Elite Colleges Set Career Path to Motherhood from NYTimes

Must read article and actually, I have loads of comments on this article. Will write it when I get time, I hope soon.

organized efforts to challenge museum exhibitions on evolution

Challenged by Creationists, Museums Answer Back from NYTimes.

"Instead, he told the volunteers that when they encounter religious fundamentalists they should emphasize that science museums live by the rules of science. They seek answers in nature to questions about nature, they look for explanations that can be tested by experiment and observation in the material world, and they understand that all scientific knowledge is provisional - capable of being overturned when better answers are discovered.
"Is it against all religion?" he asked. "No. But it is against some religions."
There is more than one type of creationist, he said: "thinking creationists who want to know answers, and they are willing to listen, even if they go away unconvinced" and "people who for whatever reason are here to bother you, to trap you, to bludgeon you.""

quotes

"It makes no difference where you go, there you are. And it makes no difference what you have, there's always more to want. Until you are happy with who you are, you will never be happy because of what you have."

"Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful."

Really??!!

Blogging the blues away from CNET

"Around a third of the respondents said they write frequently about subjects such as self-esteem and self-help, while around 16 percent said they blog because of an interest in journalism. Another 12 percent said they do it remain on top of news and gossip. About 8 percent said they are interested in exposing political information."