Author Archives: Carthik

Shashi Tharoor is a Candidate from Trivandrum

Shashi Tharoor is contesting the upcoming Lok Sabha elections from Trivandrum, representing the Indian National Congress. I wish him luck, though I may not see eye to eye with the Congress party’s policies, attitude, and approach, I do see the … Continue reading

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Star Rating System for Songs

Been working on a paper this weekend, listening to music. Random old crappy songs keep popping up, distracting me. I need a consistent system for rating songs on a 1-5 scale. This corresponds to the “stars” that you see in … Continue reading

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No Fallout3 for India

In the Fallout games, survivors of the apocalypse use ‘brahmin’ – two-headed cows mutated by radiation – as pack animals. Rumor: Brahmin is why Fallout 3 won’t be heading to India. Couldn’t they have found a better name for the … Continue reading

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List of 34 links to download free e-Books

Ultimate list to download free e-Books | RRUT.com.

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Voting Patterns in 2008 compared to Cotton Production Patterns in 1860

The top map is voting patterns in this 2008 election– the bottom map is cotton production in 1860… Pin the Tail » Patterns, Land Use.

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Orson Scott Card on the Ender’s Game’s Reviews at Amazon

Orson Scott Card, on reviews of his book Ender’s Game, on Amazon. To quote him: First, I’m embarrassed, as the author, that I have to give a rating in “stars” in order to comment here. But since I do have … Continue reading

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Tool to Generate List of Acronyms in MS Word

Acronyms Master is a tool for MS Word that can create a table of Acronyms, optionally with their “discovered” definitions/expansions at the end of the the document. No, sorry, the table can’t be anywhere except at the end of the … Continue reading

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Breeding Pictures – Genetic Algorithms Can be Fun :)

PicBreeder is an ongoing effort at UCF (where I study/work) to create images using Genetic Algorithms. It is a community-based website where you can create an account and breed your pictures. I saw Mutating Pictures doing the rounds, and thought … Continue reading

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Creating and Patenting Life Forms

Craig Venter, the guy who paid to sequence the genome, is at it again. This time, a team of 20 scientists including a Nobel Laureate have created an artificial chromosome from first principles, using artificial chemicals. They intend to introduce … Continue reading

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Where I am Quoted as an Expert

Remember the article I wrote about the BlackWing 602 pencil earlier? Well, I was curious to see how the sale ended, and popped into ebay. Then I searched to see if any other BalckWing 602s have surfaced for sale. There … Continue reading

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