Offbeat
Terror from Eyjafjallajokull
Last week’s volcano in Iceland was supposed to be one amongst several, and it was in a place that is of least significance, at least from the business side of things, and yet transportation between the East and the West was is widely affected. This is true globalization. There is a big lesson that all of us can learn from… Continue »
Google Nexus One Trademark Rejected
Not everything is smooth sailing for Google. Their recent hype with their new phone Nexus One maybe short lived. The trademark office has rejected Google’s application claiming patent on Nexus One. The reason – a small telecom firm, Integra Telecom based in Oregon owns the trademark for the word “Nexus”. The company makes around $60 million a year based on the… Continue »
The Blue Moon Phenomenon
I have and most of us have used the term once in a blue moon several times, without knowing the actualities behind it. I vaguely remember that a friend had told me that a blue moon occurred once every 55 years. At that time, I did not bother to figure out what it actually meant. Tonight, several regions across Asia and… Continue »
A Village Named ‘Google’ In North...
The birth of the cyber company Google was sometime in the 90s and the name was patented around the same time too. But, you would be shocked to hear that a village named Google has existed for centuries now. Google is a tiny hamlet in North Karnataka, around 530 kilometers from the cyber capital of India, Bangalore. Around 1000 people inhabit… Continue »
Dolphins are Hunted, So are Chickens...
I was recently going through an article which pictures the horrible practice of killing dolphins in a small town called Taiji in Japan, by driving them to a cove. Here’s an excerpt: Twenty-six fishermen in 13 boats corral a few dozen dolphins into a small cove, where they kill the animals by stabbing them repeatedly with long harpoons and knives. The… Continue »
Have you Heard about the Hump Day?
Recently, I was reading a mail from a friend who lives in New York and he was mentioning about a hump day party. Intrigued by the name, and the way the name has been coined, I began to believe that it was like a swinging club or an orgy. The friend I am referring to is married and I began to… Continue »
Getting into the Cult of Law of...
I don’t know! I have never been a believer of super natural things and yet, I have been hearing about the law of attraction over the past couple days, I don’t seem to get around it. The thing that catches me off-guard is the fact that psychologists, physicists and many other scientific professionals prophesize it to be true. And, I… Continue »
