Recharge your laptop - wirelessly

Physics promises wireless power

Interesting article that talks about how one can recharge mobile devices wirelessly. Reminds me of some old random Bollywood movie which showed the same phenomenon and explained it with some pseudo-scientific mumbo jumbo. However, this is based on real physical principles. It's called resonance.

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Song of the Day, Nov 13, 2006

Song: Adagio (listen)
Artist: Lara Fabian

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Song of the Day, Nov 12, 2006

Alisa Weilerstein in a young and upcoming cellist (cello) . She is playing with the Moscow State Symphony Orchestra, which is visiting Cornell this week.

Song: Variations on One String on a Theme by Rossini (listen)
Artist: Alisa Weilerstein & Vivian Hornik Weilerstein
Album: Debut

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LimeWire iTunes

iTunes has this feature in it -- LimeWire. I don't know how long it's been there, but I noticed it after coming to India. It's almost like napster. It connects me with other iTunes users in the neighborhood and I can stream their songs.

I think the definition of neighborhood is weird, it probably includes everyone who has a connection with my service provider here.

It' funny because, in India, most of the time, you have slab rates for downloads and uploads. I could stream from an unsuspecting iTunes user and blow up his upload bill!!

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Song of the Day, Nov 07, 2006

This song is an ode to a mother. It has really beautiful lyrics. I tried translating a few lines but i completely killed the beauty ... maybe vugs can try a nice translation without losing the poetry ...

I especially like ..

vinnai padaithan mannai padaithan
kaatrum mazhaiyum oliyum podaithan

boomikku adhanal nimmadi illai
saami thavitthan .. thaayai padaitthan

Song: Uyirum Neeye (listen)
Singer: Unnikrishnan
Album: Pavitra
Composer: A R Rahman

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Song of the Day, Nov 4, 2006

Whats with the remakes ...

Song: Pehle Pehel (listen)
Singer: Alka Yagnik
Composer: Anu Malik
Lyrics: Javed Akthar
Movie: Umrao Jaan (2006)

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Cracking Contraptions

A hilarious collection of movie shorts about "innovative" contraptions built by the ever-so-funny Wallace and Gromit.

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Song of the Day, Nov 2, 2006

Song: Concerto in G minor, Op. 8 No. 2, RV 315, "L'Estate" (Summer) Presto aka Storm
(listen)
Composer: Vivaldi

... and a nice techno remix ...

Song: Storm (listen)
Artist: Vanessa Mae

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