Year: 2001

Google just goes on. They’re working on voice search now.

A bizzarre calculation on the limits of computing power using fundamentals of quantum mechanics.

The Ancient History Sourcebook contains many ancient books in full-text (English), such as The Odyssey, The Code of Hammurabi, etc. Also included are the Manusmriti and Chanakya’s Arthashastra. Chanakya has also written a lesser known Niti Shastra.

New School’s History of Economic Thought website is an excellent collection of contrasting viewpoints on business and economics.

I listen to radio on Real Jukebox‘s Radio Tuner. They offer 2,500 channels, including business talk channels and western classical (my interests).

The University of Virginia computes the Bacon Number for any actor, similar to the Erdos number in mathematics. We trace the acting links of Shahrukh Khan, Amitabh Bachchan, and even Prabhu Deva to Kevin Bacon. (BCG did the same for consultants who have worked together, and it turns out that I have a Bruce Henderson number of 3.)

My friends, Dr. Jani and Dr. Jigs, have written theses on “Local Intelligent Control In Biological Systems And Industrial Processes” and Modified Microporous Aluminosilicates As Novel Solid Acid Catalysts.

Having seen a bit of it from the inside, I agree with Consulting Central’s ranking of consulting companies.

I’m in Bangkok. Not planning to update this site for a week. Incidentally, it’s almost time for my site’s first anniversary — a year since 28 July 2000, when I started updating it regularly.

Will OggVorbis beat MP3 Pro? Will Netscape 6.1 beat IE 5.5? Will OpenBSD 2.9 overtake Linux? Unlikely. But should be interesting to watch.