Art in the times of Recession

The NYTimes page on Youtube comes up with some interesting features - like the following one about a young artist's struggle and how he is happily surviving at 1000$ per month, unlike many of his 5000$ per month salaried friends:

Another P G Wodehouse Moment

.. and another - this one a fight between Bertie Wooster and Jeeves. For a real treat, listen to it here, at the very begninning of Chapter 9... 

... and for the text, skip to the beginning of Chapter 9  in the Gutenberg text.

Other P G Wodehouse moments: 1

A P.G. Wodehouse Moment

I listened to it at the end of the 8th Chapter (here), and absolutely loved the one particular line italicized below.

Dialogue between Bertram Wooster and Tuppy Glossop (Bertie going first).

Context: Bertram Wooster’s manservant, Jeeves, is renowned for his ability to apply his keen intellect to solve all problems domestic, and Bertie’s friends and relatives flock to him for his counsel. Bertie Wooster is jealous of Jeeves’s fame, and  decides to step in and take over as the fixer of his pal’s engagement, his aunt’s gambling debts and old school-mate’s desire to propose marriage. But as we see in this conversation, his "clients" do not hold him in the greatest of confidence... 

"And at dinner you will push, as arranged?"

"Absolutely as arranged."

"Fine."

"It's an excellent idea. One of Jeeves's best. You can tell him from me, when you see him, that I'm much obliged."

The cigarette fell from my fingers. It was as though somebody had slapped Bertram Wooster across the face with a wet dish-rag.

"You aren't suggesting that you think this scheme I have been sketching out is Jeeves's?"

"Of course it is. It's no good trying to kid me, Bertie. You wouldn't have thought of a wheeze like that in a million years."

There was a pause. I drew myself up to my full height; then, seeing that he wasn't looking at me, lowered myself again.

"Come, Glossop," I said coldly, "we had better be going. It is time we were dressing for dinner."

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Collection of Awesome Photoshop Tutorials

http://gormly.com/blog/?cat=15

just amazing what the Web has to offer...

Time to fill taxes

Here's a video from the Virginia Tax Department, encouraging online filing of taxes:

Which is inspired by who else but Bob Dylan - here's the original:

The Tax video has a superhero called Phil (look closely to notice him in the background). Cute little fellow, Phil. To see more of him, see the following video:

early morning trivia

Here's some trivia that i found... while browsing the Net today morning...

We know of Hutch, the telecom company. Here's what it means in English:

hutch
noun
1 a box or cage, typically with a wire mesh front, for keeping rabbits, ferrets, or other small domesticated animals : a rabbit hutch.
2 a storage chest.
• a cupboard or dresser typically with open shelves above.

some time-pass

found this interesting pic:

http://yourscene.latimes.com/mycapture/photos/Image.aspx?ImageID=163236&EventID=474195&CategoryID=17991&Sort=&CollectionID=0

a road named Zzyzx Road...

it actually exists on the way from LA to Las Vegas

now... with such an interesting name, Las Vegas nearby... ppl have even made movies named on it

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zzyzx

1 of these movies is disputed to be one of the lowest grossing movies ever (30 usd)... however many ppl say that it was a good movie... movie also has a website

www.zyzzyxrdthemovie.com

now i for one would like to see the movie...

... and more to read

Top 10 funny books (Brit voting) at http://www.abebooks.com/books/funniest-books.shtml?cm_ven=nl&cm_cat=nl&cm_pla=cme_fb_brit&cm_ite=feature

1. Right Ho, Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse (1933)
2. Catch-22 by Joseph Heller (1961)
3. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams (1979)
4. Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K Jerome (1889)
5. Wilt by Tom Sharpe (1976)
6. A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole (1980)
7. Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis
8. The Code of the Woosters by P.G. Wodehouse (1938)
9. Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding (1996)
10. Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall by Spike Milligan (1971)

........ and more

Choto Juju and Boro Juju

A really good entertainer - Juju by Chandrabindoo



Youtube search link

From cool spidy photos to the philosophy of learning

On spiders, electron microscopes, MIT, Wikipedia... and ultimately, learning.

http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000895.html

Molecular Biology made FUN !!!

Following images from http://www.salisbury.edu/biology/faculty/flerickson/Human%20Genome%20assignment%20paper%2006.htm

DNA Song on Youtube

Bhagat Singh

Probably this is why we should remember our debt to people like Bhagat Singh...


watch more at aniBoom

Youtube search link for "Sebastian's Voodoo"

Books To Read

1. The Living Sea by Jacques-Yves Cousteau
   - inspiring tales of a researcher
2. The man who knew too much : Alan Turing and the invention of the computer by David Leavitt.
   

A Tool for Good Research

As i was deeply concentrating on my "research work" today, I saw something that i had not noticed before...

In the PhD comics website , there is an emergency button just below the comic strip at the bottom right corner... (image added for benefit of the reader). Click it if you haven't before... And scrolling down to the end of the page (of course i skipped the text), I found some interesting controls embedded there...

Cool!

An Awesome Idea

Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine that I would be tempted to buy something by watching a tele-marketing advertisement. But the "Snuggie", a blanket with sleeves, has made me think otherwise.

Snuggling cosily under a blanket, I have often been irked by the need to take my hands out - for purposes like reading a book, typing on the laptop, holding the coffee mug etc. With the Snuggie, those irritating moments would be history. Hats off to the person who came up with the simple yet wonderful idea.

Here's an image of the Snuggie.

And here's the advert (done in classical tele-marketing style):


PS: And while I am writing this, why do I keep revising my writing, looking for places where I can be more terse etc? I guess that's what comes from being immersed in the process of writing a paper...

On extra-curriculars

Dad recommended: on extra-curriculars, their importance and how to manage. 

Nice article. But does it apply to Grad students?

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090101/jsp/careergraph/story_10320689.jsp