Swine flu (mis)Information

The world has shrunk because of easy access to global travel where within a few hours a diseased person can reach another corner of the world and cause worldwide pandemic. Governmental organizations, politicians and the media are unable to cope in an era of decentralized information citizenship. There are dozens of sites cropping [...]

Fastest marathon runners in the world!

Just heard a very interesting story on BBC about the fastest marathon runners in the world -the Tarumar Indians of Mexico. They are a reclusive community who are not easy to get in touch with exposed to the outside world. According to the report, the secret to their ability to run such long [...]

Italian cruise ship foils another Pirate attack!

Just read in the news that an Italian cruise ship captain asked the ship security to fire back at Somali pirates attempting to hijack the cruise ship. The Pirates retreated after the ship took the offensive action. The incident happened about 180 miles off of Seychelles. The areas with rampant piracy are [...]

Can you make money from your blog?

Not a single day goes by without each of us getting spammed with “Success” stories of people who are making millions by just setting up a blog and putting some adsense ads on it. I too dream that someday my blog will make serious money. But how much truth is there to those [...]

Anoop Desai is out of the Idol race

“Anoop Dog” Desai was finally voted off American Idol. With his self described “Geek Chic” look, he quickly became a media darling. His parents who were at every Idol taping were also adored by the press and the audiences. Unfortunately, his final performance “Dim All the Lights” was called by Simon Cowell [...]

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