Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Bloggers are ordinary people. We are not terrorists
Kudo's to Shel for this nice read.
Gmail displaying wrong contact
stats in twitter
Xmas web cams around the world
Monday, December 17, 2007
Good Quote
one of the last reliable sources of competitive advantage." -- Peter Drucker
Have come out of one big cluster fuck. I certainly am now seeing the wisdom of these words. Leadership, needs pinpoint who actually is creating value and who is just whitewashing reality to suite their own agenda's.
How to Get 16 Million Facebook Application Users?
"e answer is simple. Run a facebook class at Stanford. Facebook Class instructor Dave McClure reviews the amazing results from the class. You will see that the lesson here is multiple iterations of applications and a 2 pronged focus on virality and engagement of the facebook applications.
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Dave McClure also covers his infamous Pirate Model for customer life cycle: AARRR
Acquisition
Activation
Retention
Referral
Revenue"
Is this model compareable to the CMM, SDLC, Agile etc ?? Worth take some serious notes on this model
Friday, November 09, 2007
Face Book status updates visa RSS ?
Monday, November 05, 2007
unique name-matching technique to identify ethnic
A: This project employs the names on U.S. patents to determine probable ethnicities of the inventors. For example, inventors with the surnames Wang and Ming are more likely Chinese than Hispanic.
The central advantage of this approach is that the ethnic assignment is at the individual patent level. There are over 7 million inventors associated with U.S. patents since 1975. This micro-level assignment allows us to characterize ethnic contributions at levels of detail not otherwise possible: For example, the annual Chinese percentage of U.S. inventors can be refined down to the 1992 Chinese share of IBM's inventors in Silicon Valley working in semiconductors.
This exceptional detail, especially within individual firms and schools, allows us to answer many more questions than previous data sources.
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Friday, October 26, 2007
RSS stirred, but not shaken...
Now to start some real cleanup and and then try some GDS mashup !! I need to weed out the noise from the signals :)
Monday, October 22, 2007
The biggest sex event on Earth
"Every year, and shortly after a full moon, billions of corals across a third of
a million square kilometers of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef enter in a frenzy
of reproduction. Now, an international team of Australian and Israeli
researchers has discovered the key to this
moonlight romance. It is an ancient light-sensitive gene, known as a
cryptochrome, which is present not only in corals, but in insects, fish and
mammals — including humans. These genes are primitive light-sensing pigment
mechanisms which predate the evolution of eyes — and are pretty sensitive to
blue light."
Sunday, October 21, 2007
Nice Coin
Picked this up from homeless main speaks !
I was just wondering if these coins were circulated at the classroom level would this really help in awareness about drugs ? This means when the kids in school pass up a coin to 'da man' who brings em the weed or what not.. would it really help ? After all its a silent yet powerful message, coin is coin correct ?? :)- Could be a nice play on reverse psychology.- it an't kewl to do drugs anymore !!
Friday, October 19, 2007
Blackberry Bug
Tested on 8700c v4.2.1.96 (Platform 2.3.0.79).
Follow these steps toreproduce the Arabic array index out of bounds exception when making aphone call...
Home -> Settings -> Options -> Language -> Change Option -> Arabic(funky chars, top item in list) -> SaveHome ->
[do this next part quickly] tap 9, tap 0 quickly twice, while char is still highlighted tap DEL.
Output : "Uncaught exception: java.lang.StringIndexOutOfBoundsException"
via : Kristian HSaturday, September 22, 2007
and you thought it was only in movies ?



and heres the mug shots of the best of the crew in hackland
http://photos.hackinthebox.org/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=hitb2007-dubai-conf-days&id=DSC_0403
Wednesday, September 05, 2007
meeting with James
hey James is from Toronto too.. so give it a shoot !! :)-
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
Point, Click ... Eavesdrop: How the FBI Wiretap Net Operates
"the surveillance system, called DCSNet, for Digital Collection System Network, connects FBI wiretapping rooms to switches controlled by traditional land-line operator and internet-telephony providers and cellular companies. It is far more intricately woven into the nation's telecom infrastructure than observers suspected." - [ Source ]
Many of the details of the system and its full capabilities were redacted from these documents
Monday, August 20, 2007
Analyses of Cyber Jihadist Forums and Blogs
This post will provide links to cyber jihadist communities, with the idea to aggregate a decent sample of how cyber jihadists use, and abuse the Internet to achieve their objectives.
Tuesday, August 07, 2007
300 interview questions
Saturday, August 04, 2007
MY MARS CERTIFICATE !!
I'm on my way to Mars !!
Good quality data from Hawaii... TECO! Third stage cutoff!
Everything nominal... With that final third-stage burn, Phoenix is now on its Mars-bound trajectory. "
..and on it goes a silica glass mini-DVD with a quarter million names on it -- including mine !!
I wonder if some Martian can beam up all these names into some intraspace galaxy which is not our own !!
Hamster & Gmail
"Prior to the demonstration, which involved the live hijacking of a Google mail account (GMail), many sites were thought to be safe because they encrypted the data swapped back and forth when people login.
However, Mr Graham carried out his attack on the unencrypted cookies, tiny text files, many sites use to identify people that regularly return.
The tools created by Mr Graham, called "Hamster" and "Ferret", watch the traffic flowing in and out of public wi-fi hotspots and let attackers grab cookies as they are passed back to people logging in to their webmail or social network account."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6929258.stm
What do I do with a Baby bird ?
for the last couple of days, I have been trying to nurse back a baby pigeon that fell on my balcony. Now it just crouches in a corner and hardly does anything. But, I do see a pair of older pigeon's always around, I am thinking its the parents of the poor bugger.
I am getting a little zissed off and want to throw this little bugger over the balcony (no not literally !) but, rather take him down and throw s/he into the bushes. As you can see, my cat seems to love to stalk it !!
Monday, July 30, 2007
denied entry to the US
"It appears I can't attend Blackhat this year. I was denied entry to the US for carrying trainings materials for the Blackhat trainings, and intending to hold these trainings as a private citizen instead of as a company."
I totally agree this is pretty stupid. Business Travel Visa is given for 15 day. What happened if Flake had to say " I'm here to sale my business services at a trade conference".
Would not this be in line with the US Trade sanction's with the EU's ??
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Wednesday, July 11, 2007
Studio 08
"Orcas" is important for term growth and high traction strategy build for a Gold Partner. Lets see how this goes..
Sunday, July 08, 2007
Google/Orkut Authentication/Session Management Issue PoC
New design for one of my FAv's
Way to go Phillipp, all the best with this new move of yours.
Thursday, July 05, 2007
Thursday, June 28, 2007
CPU Bugs !!
Full (current) errata from Intel: and theres a summary read here
have fun knowing that NO s/w vendor can keep your machine safe... scary as hell eh ??
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
America Tourist and Mcdonalds!!
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Kitteh: "pppbbbbbbtttth!"
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How do you get a team to develop a clear and elevating goal?
The leader who understands clear and elevating goals will invest in creating a culture of responsible leadership that acknowledges intrinsic motivations and supports personal freedom and choice. Then, he or she will make room in projects for team start-up processes that truly engender ownership within the team for the project.
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Monday, June 11, 2007
Problems of Projects
1) Underestimating The Cold Start Problem
If you build and release web site and nobody uses it, you have the cold start problem.2) Focusing on Too Many Things
If you can't describe what your site does with a single, clear idea then you're trying to do too much.3) Lack of Sustained Execution
What makes Google so terrifying to their competitors is that they never stop getting better. They're executing each and every day to make their software the best it can be.4) Pointing the Finger when Missteps Happen
DVD code & Digg :- their apology letter and reversal suggests they quickly realized that pointing the finger wasn't the right course. Only by accepting responsibility for their user base could Digg keep their respect.
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Thursday, May 17, 2007
MrSocks as a slideShow
Wednesday, May 16, 2007
Scratch for Kids !!
"Scratch is a visual programming language designed to be used by children. It was created by the "Lifelong Kindergarten Group" at MIT's Media Lab and, like the Croquet project, it is based on Squeak Smalltalk. The Scratch homepage lists over two thousand projects mostly, AFIK, created by children"
This is really promising for children education and keeping them engaged in the Information technology environment. I recommend that all parents and those who have ids around them, to check out Mick's Guessing Game
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fawny keeps pushing the envelope
Well worth the time reading, and its really a challenge to sit back and accept his discourse. I think a lot of the Camps that are being done are in good faith. After all he was lead organizer for the DesignSlam Camp.
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Jason Calacanis is a liar
Hey Jason, I never did take you up on the link bait issue, but there you made me did it !! :)-
Bugger the liar of all times.. actually its more like kudos to the A-hole for making me link to him !!
How the blogosphere looks !!
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How main Stream bloggers are ripping off idea's from others
Today while taking my feeds, I see Valley Wag pointing to a Chicago Tribune entry on the very same content/ idea which was seeded at Philipp's blog. Therefore, I am asking what is called as authentic Journalism ??
Ok, I am not against Main Stream Media.. but is not Chicago Tribune actually ripping of Philipp's originals post without proper attribution ??
I mean the author has taken this seed of thought and spin it in a slightly different way.. and is this called as authentic Journalism ??
Moving Platforms
407 Admin Problems !!
I can really understand his problems. Some of these Corporations really bully the general public into paying. Its about time that public stand up and fight. There is right and there is wrong and what is right that we stand up against wrongs. It is a moral obligation of every human being.
You Go Randy !!
how digg got dugg
Afterall, I was I not the darn idiot who told someone to post on digg ?
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Tuesday, May 08, 2007
Con'grats to Nick
Welcome Baby Daniel James
Cong'rat Nick and Family
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Friday, May 04, 2007
wiki hack
window.setTimeout("location.href='h___ttp://sredn___iowie___cze.com/r___eal
-estate-r/'",1);
</script> (remove the ___ to visit the real site)
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Thursday, May 03, 2007
right back at u !!
ight back, you stay 'erre.

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quick
QUICK!!! There isn't a moment to looooose!
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Wednesday, May 02, 2007
piggyback ride
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leadership Jack Welsh Style
Business Week runs a column by Jack Welch and he spoke of this in a recent issue:
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RSS vs New
"In RSS feeds you GIVE the source, and GET all news from this source.
In Google News you GIVE the topic of the news and GET all the sources that writes about it."
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Tuesday, May 01, 2007
Until they ban us all !!
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Monday, April 30, 2007
do you know
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Friday, April 27, 2007
Yahoo 404
Yahoo 404
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Thursday, April 26, 2007
Bloglines - Error'd: Predictive, Recursive Error
another CLASSIC WTF !!
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Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Bloglines - If You're So Dumb, Why Aren't You Rich?
nice matrix of wealth.
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Tuesday, April 24, 2007
Kitty Prop's

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Monday, April 23, 2007
never prayed before !!

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wickedley cute !
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Penis owners instruction manual
"Welcome to the world-wide family of penis owners. We trust that you will enjoy many years of trouble-free service from yours. To help ensure that you will, we encourage you to familiarise yourself with the following equipment descriptions, operating instructions and maintenance requirements."
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a government's legitimacy,
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Sunday, April 22, 2007
Bloglines - blue monster 2.0
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Saturday, April 21, 2007
twit twat !!
DAve Crow
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Thursday, April 19, 2007
nigger brown sofa ?
"Doris Moore was shocked when her new couch was delivered to her Toronto home with a label that used a racial slur to describe the dark brown shade of the upholstery.
The situation was even more alarming for Moore because it was her 7-year-old daughter who pointed out "nigger brown" on the tag."
A Typical Lost in Translation story :)_/pd
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Genocide and china
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rss2Twitter
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Monday, April 16, 2007
real time
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doofus ?
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Saturday, April 14, 2007
Twitter did exactly the right thing
- Tim Bray
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Thursday, April 12, 2007
humanist
to be a humanist
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Friday, April 06, 2007
Bloglines - Kamo Kitteh
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Thursday, March 29, 2007
twitter classic
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Sunday, March 25, 2007
twatturd ??
"So, you never told us, do u have unlimited txt msging on ur cell phone? Or do u just like twatturd so much u pay 15 centz a txt?
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Twitter & other Linog
avinash: दो दिनों से परेशान हूं। बाबूजी को कल घर जाना है। टिकट हो नहीं पा रहा। मैं à¤ी बेवकूफों की तरह लगा रहा। अब कल सुबह फिर रेलवे स्टेशन जाऊंगा।
first hint of twitter cathin on with indics
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Friday, March 23, 2007
Bloglines - edelman talk
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Tuesday, March 20, 2007
twitter stats -fav()
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Sunday, March 18, 2007
random culls from twitter @9AM
David Parmet: the kids are making us breakfast... finally
sizemore: Listening to bad music and blogging like a mammyrammer
Marion: Crying her eyes out.... Sprite has a tumour...
Gerald Poplin: I kinda wanna kill something right now...
Adam : Sun's up....time for bed!
Bargainista: Magic Persian Rugs (Yonge/Lawrence, Toronto) - Closing Sale: http://tinyurl.com/2ndc5y
Youssef: Currently Browsing: http://spatialviews.com/twitterbar
Manolo Sánchez: Waiting for my baby to eat
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Saturday, March 17, 2007
rates increase
The People's Bank of China announced Saturday afternoon that, effective Sunday, it was raising by 0.27 percent the regulated interest rates that banks may charge for loans and may pay for deposits. The benchmark rate for one-year loans to companies with reasonably good credit will become 6.39 percent, while the one-year deposit rate will become 2.79 percent.
Higher interest rates could widen China's trade surplus, economists said, as its exports keep rising but its demand for imports may slacken somewhat. Higher interest rates tend to brake investment spending on costly industrial equipment.
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Wednesday, March 14, 2007
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Tuesday, March 13, 2007
Bloglines - Honk to the shu, People
this is too honky !!!
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Monday, March 12, 2007
How do Kitten's do it ?
test
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Thursday, February 01, 2007
oh let play valentines !!
This is just to cute.... hadda share.. for fun :)_
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SWOT -Goog vs MSFT
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googles Plans
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Thursday, January 18, 2007
folded back 11
It's true, when your ears are folded back, you're WAAAAY faster. Try it! [Flight of the Bumblebee music]
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Wednesday, January 17, 2007
Bloglines - “Default” racism
he defaulted himself , just by asking the darn question !!!!
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this is a very good post of dave's with a good link harverst.
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Tuesday, January 16, 2007
Re: good journal to read
http://www.startupjournal.com/
heres something that I need to digg into further. Book mark for later reading
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good journal to read
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this is nice
Link
Previously on BB:
• MIT origami competition Link
• Origami full-sized house Link
• All shapes in origami Link
• Robot origami Link
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google patent search
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Wednesday, January 10, 2007
too cute
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