Pitfalls of Estimating a Software Project
The 5 Pitfalls of Estimating a Software Project [http://www.christopherhawkins.com/06-01-2004.htm#11]…
Working From Home
The Thrill and Agony of Working From Home [http://www.christopherhawkins.com/08-04-2005.htm#86]…
Acquisitions News
Cisco considering buying Nokia [http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,16187664^15306^^nbv^,00.html] and Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp offer to buy [http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,16187794^15306^^nbv^,00.html] internet phone group Skype [http://www.skype.com] has broken down.…
Turbulence des fluides, La
Yesterday night I saw this beautiful French-Canadian movie titled “Turbulence des fluides, La (2002) [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0292720/]” (aka Chaos and Desire). Its about a French-Canadian scientist living in Tokyo who visits her hometown in Quebec to study the strange tidal behaviour, which she suspects might even lead…
Hmmm
A short film called Hmmm [http://www.cobrabeer.com/cobravision/gallery_august.htm] by David Bryant, shed’s light on some dreamy yet food-for-thought kind of questions: Do fish get thirsty? If we evolved from apes, why are they still apes? Why are wrong numbers never busy? Why can’t…
Mobile Movies
Lately, I’ve been very interested in the visual-quality and utility of mobile-cams (besides the crappy MMS spy stuff doing rounds). After reading about an article the other day on the advent of SMS novels [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1189429.cms], it hit me whether the tech-savvy have already…
Blog a second
Speaking of the blogosphere [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blogosphere], a new blog is born every second [http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,1541357,00.html] [stat: Technorati]…
How to Reinstall Windows Without Losing Your Data
How to Reinstall Windows Without Losing Your Data [http://pcworld.about.com/magazine/2109p156id111652.htm]…