Archive for the month April 2006

Ethanol — The next BIG thing??

If you drive a vehicle that runs on fossil fuel (read: petrol, diesel, gasoline) this should interest you. A fuel called E85 is catching the fancy of investors, environmentalists, oil, and agribusiness giants alike. It contains 85% contains ethanol hence…

Lance (Armstrong) is back

Sports Illustrated reports that Armstrong is preparing to run in NY marathon on November 5. As per Armstrong he is doing it to fill the void that has appeared in his life after retiring from professional cycling after winning 7…

Google – Online Calendar, WOW !

Google silently launched its long-awaited online calendar (calendar.google.com). Google speaks about the calendar here. It is kind of interesting that I came across this news on MSN homepage. Harry McKcraken of PC World writes about it here. Jeremy…

PBWiki crosses the 50,000 mark

The PBWiki (short for Peanut Butter Wiki) which hosts BarCamp site and facilitates collaboration for most of the BarCamps across the world has crossed the 50,000 wiki-mark. This makes PBWiki “the largest consumer wiki farm” on the planet. PBWiki is…

BarCamp Update

For starters BarCamp is an ad hoc un-conference born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment. It is an intense event with discussions, demos, and interaction from attendees. BarCamps in India It all started…

$25, 000 for a minute !

Sometime in life we all give a thought to the value of time (hopefully). But have you ever given a thought to the worth of one minute of your life? Picture this. Donald Trump of “The Apprentice” fame is getting…

Cut-off for focus and success

If you want to accomplish something important in life. You need focus and focus comes from the ability to cut-off from the world, objects, events around. What you do to cut-off is your choice – you can go for a…