Dr Richard Feynman-The Messenger Lectures
Posted by Sai Panyam in Science on July 16, 2009
I became aware of the great physicist Dr Richard Feynman in 1988-1989 through his 1985 memoirs, ”Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman” . I was immediately taken by his wit, humor and his easy way of explaining concepts. I knew about his work on the Presidential commission investigating the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger. His [...]
Star Trek – The Geriatric Years
Posted by Sai Panyam in Entertainment on June 25, 2009
In the year that Start Trek the early years has been released (2009), it is fitting that we need to look at how they would be now. Here is a funny video on the geriatric years. This would really be worth it, for die hard Star Trek fans like me. In a future post I [...]
Why WordPress instead of DNN?
Posted by Sai Panyam in Frameworks on May 29, 2009
The irony of a site which evangelizes .NET using WordPress is not lost on me. I was on DNN (DotNetNuke) till recently. Also I wasn’t just a simple user. I wrote and hosted a few modules for DNN myself. People who visited my site in my previous avatar, would know that I also open sourced [...]
When life gives you lemons
Posted by Sai Panyam in Finance, Self Development on May 7, 2009
As the saying goes: “When life gives you lemons – make lemonade!” I was always fascinated with the iconic lemonade stand put by a lot of American kids in summer. In fact most successful business men have said that they learned their first business lessons by running a lemonade stand as kids. This got me [...]
Minority Report is here
Posted by Sai Panyam in Information on March 19, 2009
All of us remember Tom Cruise from Minority Report. He got to play with a cool ‘computer interface’. He could manipulate images and data through the flick of his hand. Well that technology is not in some futuristic world or time. It is here!! Why is this relevant? It is relevant because we are being [...]
Reflections on a crisis
Posted by Sai Panyam in Finance, Psychology on March 10, 2009
As a follow up to the humorous skit on the current economic crisis. This is a more serious look at why we are in the soup that we are in. This conversation has been hosted by Digital Life Design -2009 in Munich. It is a conversation between two eminently insightful people: DANIEL KAHNEMAN who is [...]
What caused the current economic woes?
Posted by Sai Panyam in Finance on March 10, 2009
This is a skit by Bird & Fortune’s Silly Money episode. It is quite humorous and sadly also true. It has an uncanny resemblance to the old Yes Minister and Yes Prime Minister series. Albeit they were about bureaucracy, this is about the supposedly free and private companies. The take away: Greed rules and absolute greed [...]
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- Design Patterns in C# (Software Patterns Series) by Steven John Metsker
