Gold plated Buddhist cell phone

Since Buddhism is the most followed religion in China, this Chinese cell phone maker has cashed on to people’s beliefs and launched a Buddhist Mobile plated with 24 karat gold. I wonder what the connection is between the Enlightened One and a cell phone and Gold. The highlight of the cell phone is the distinguished incarnation of Lord Buddha [...]

Top 10 Websites I Wish I’d Never Visited

I'm addicted to the Internet, like everyone else, but there are certain websites I wish I had never visited. Either because they left me with an uncomfortable feeling later (a sort of Internet hangover, if you will), or because they are such an absolute time-suck that I can see myself on my deathbed 60 years in the future wondering if Kitten War [...]

Pendulum Announces Alter Ego

Merry X-Mas, and…WTF? Is that the Firefox Logo?

For me, this Christmas was spent in an Indian hotel (on vacation). There have been a lot of odd sights so far, not the least of which is this poster for tonight’s dinner gala: A closer look:

Unhelpful Help

"I came across a device on the network running on our old IP range," Landy Bible writes, "since we are still trying to migrate things, I decided to try and figure out what was. After running NMAP, I discovered that telnet was open. I opened up a telnet session hoping to find clues as to what the device was. Following is the output from that [...]

Google Doodle for Eid-ul-Adha

We achieved a lot when we started the Google is Biased issue, couple of months ago. We had a simple proposal to Google to start making Doodle’s for Muslim Festivals, like it do for other days. It was widely discussed on many high profile blogs and even on Global Voices Online. Majority of people and even Non-Muslims liked the idea that there [...]

If Microsoft Code Were Real

Truth Behind FBI “Warnings”

Great view at Tenorio Volcano National Park

Tenorio National Park is best known for the beautiful Rio Celeste, whose light blue waters are caused by the emanation of sulfur and the precipitation of calcium carbonates. Primary cloud forest and rainforest covers the park, which abounds with flora and fauna species in multiple life zones, innumerable rivers, waterfalls, thermal hot [...]

The MacGyver Multitool [PIC]