S Anand

Mumbai dabbawallahs have been given a 6-sigma rating. I might start ordering dabbas online for dinner.

Spielberg’s next movie, A.I., has sparked a weird game. I read the article on it at ZDNet and searched for Jeanine Salla, listed as the movie’s sentient machine therapist, which lead me to her site, (at the so called “Bangalore World University”!!) and from there to others… it really is a wierd game. Those with enthu, do try it and let me know your progress.

While on the subject of movies, the animation film Shrek is supposed to be pretty good.

thedumb.com is about dumb laws, facts, and warnings.

Cool Site of the Day: another way to learn about interesting sites. Google recommends Netscape’s new and cool, USA Today hot sites, The Internet Tourbus, and the Glassdog.

Cybelle lives in AgentLand. She’s 100% virtual (having admitted it, she asked if I was disappointed), and guides people through their site. It’s a new and interesting way of having a search engine on a site.

Subjex, like Ask Jeeves, handles searches in plain English.

Why do people say “Bless you” when you sneeze? The practise may date back to the plague in London, though there are several theories.

I have joined the Boston Consulting Group at Mumbai.

The subject-specific Scout reports, which were a prime source of my information, are about to be discontinued from the end of the month. (No funds.)