Author name: S Anand

Good and bad physics in movies.

A “JPEG virus“. (Note: The JPEG file itself isn’t the virus. You don’t have to stop sending JPEGs.)

For those as ignorant about the World Cup as I am, the FIFA website has a summary of Stage 1 and Stage 2.

This purple and crimson diamond is supposed to be the most valuable object in the world. (Weight for weight.)

Joel on why companies try to sell free products. (To sell more complementary products, to spare you the suspense.)

Almost no site has linked to my page. (I sort of like that a bit. It means the 30-odd hits a day that I get are from people who TYPE my URL.)

An SMS Weblog. That’s a cool idea.

Kartoo has an amazing Flash interface for a search engine. I’m not sure how to use it effectively, but I’m sure someone’ll take this idea up and make something really useful out of it.

If there’s a nuclear war between India and Pakistan, about 3 million could die. I live in 3 of those 5 cities. I’d better take a vacation.

I am on vacation. Please don’t expect updates till 20th June 2002. (Sorry!)