The story of a teacher, who thought Linux was illegal and a Linux guru, who overreacted a little

Friday, 2 January 2009, 19:34 | Category : Computer Stuff, Slices
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The story goes like this… There is a certain organization called The HeliOS Project. Its goal is to supply working computers to children in low income families. The cheapest way to do that, of course, is to supply them with Linux rather than Windows.
One day, Mr Ken Starks, who is behind the project, received an [...]

Ladies and Gentlemen, Bollywood is going nude *grin*

{FILM SPOTTING}
New York (India, 2009)
Polish Distributor: I have no idea if there will be one or not
Release Date (worldwide): sometime early in 2009
Director: Kabir Khan
Cast: John Abraham, Katrina Kaif, Neil Nitin Mukesh, Irfan Khan
Production House: Yash Raj Films
Plot: (from nowrunning.com)
“New York” is a contemporary story of friendship set against the larger than life backdrop of [...]

Reactions to Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi

I’ve naturally been following how Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi has done for itself and tried to make out from the responses and its further promotion what sort of film it is, but I’m still confused ;-P
Anyway, despite being released right after the 26/11 attacks, it’s a big hit.
It’s done well in India, but the [...]

FILM SPOTTING: January 2009 in Polish cinemas

I’m doing really badly with the film spotting posts :] (loads to write, but nothing written ;-P)
So I figured that maybe I should try doing some regular “which cinema releases sound interesting this month” kind of updates :) Hopefully there’ll be more film spotting coming from me this way. Treat these posts as invitations to [...]

BOOK DIARY: December 2008, some fiction at last ;)

{BOOK DIARY}
The Kite Runner
by Khaled Hosseini
Language: English
What It’s About
It’s a novel about a boy (Aamir) who grows up in Afghanistan and moves to America with his father when the Soviet war breaks out. He has a very guilty secret that he has to eventually atone for by going back to Afghanistan during the Taliban [...]

The Sound of Music…er, I mean Stars

Thursday, 1 January 2009, 23:50 | Category : Crumbs, Uncategorized
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You can check some star sounds out here. They’re pretty peculiar.

Reading dictionaries for fun?

Thursday, 1 January 2009, 23:43 | Category : Crumbs, Curiosities, Literature, Books & Language
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Here’s an article about a guy who does just that.

Dogs can “catch” human yawns

Thursday, 1 January 2009, 23:35 | Category : Crumbs, Curiosities
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Yawning is even more contagious than I thought :] I must try this out with my own dog ;)

A pig with a fear of mud?

Thursday, 1 January 2009, 23:26 | Category : Crumbs, Curiosities
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Possible, apparently.

Louis, the octopus and his bond with Mr Potato Head

Thursday, 1 January 2009, 23:16 | Category : Crumbs, Curiosities
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Louis is a very intelligent and curious octopus, who enjoys the company of Mr Potato Head - a plastic toy.