Yahoo! Pipes and The Web As Database

The article Yahoo! Pipes and The Web As Database [http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/yahoo_pipes_web_database.php] explores the emergent world of Yahoo! Pipes [https://www.nilkanth.com/archives/2007/02/13/yahoo-pipes-as-seen-by-a-ufo/]. The author sees some interesting parallels with Relational Databases in the 90’s, concluding that…

Pan's Labyrinth

> Your thinking creates your reality, that’s all there is between you and what happens to you. After reading the Rediff Oscar predictions [http://specials.rediff.com/movies/2007/feb/05picks.htm] for the Best Foreign Language Film I was tempted to watch Pan’s Labyrinth [http://www.imdb.…

Your seat cushion can be used as a flotation device

Reuters report that [http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/articlenews.aspx?storyid=2007-01-30T072036Z_01_HO025941_RTRUKOT_0_TEXT0.xml] 91% of the world is worried about global warming while only 42% of Americans rate it “very serious” and 14% of Americans have never even heard of it! Wonder what’s…

When the world closed its eyes, he opened his arms

I’ve always believed that one should “strive, and the rest will follow”. Do your bit of thinking and hard-work, and leave the results to time (destiny). But, more than often it also leaves a non-aggresive notion in us, because we often wait for the right moment to strive for…

Butterfly Effect of Social Networks

In 1963, meteorologist Edward Lorenz asked the question: Does the flap of a butterfly’s wings in Brazil set off a tornado in Texas? Postulating the so called “Butterfly Effect [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterfly_effect]“, the idea that the flapping of fragile wings could start a chain reaction…

dojo Javascript Toolkit

dojo [http://www.dojotoolkit.org/] is an open source Javascript toolkit. Checkout the examples/demos (see it in action link). A really cool widget library for web development.…