Free ebooks directly from Google

Google recently announced to enable people to read and download public domain books through Google Books. You can get the book in the plain-vanilla text as well the PDF formats.

Public domain books are marked as “Full view” in Google Books.

rubik’s cube, so you want to solve it

Found an interesting article describing how to solve the Rubik’s cube blindfolded. Yes, you read it right. The prerequisite for solving the puzzle is determination. People have reported to have learned and mastered the method having never solved a cube with his eyes open.

It’s cool!! check it out for yourself.

Stealers are spenders

It has been mined out that users of P2P technology spend considerable money on traditional media and entertainment.

Their importance has been emphasized for the traditional media companies. Their survey shows that the P2P user

• Attends 34% more movies in theaters,
• Purchases 34% more DVDs and
• Rents 24% more movies

than the average internet user. Okay, so the report shows that the people who steal are basically enthusiasts. And, they do also go out to pay for the companies as well.

Cool mac shortcut for programmers

Use open command’s -h switch to dig information from header files.

> open -h <stuff you are looking for>

will let you see all headers in the mac system which have a match.

The story of stuff

http://storyofstuff.com/ . A nice video describing how the developing nations is earning by selling themselves and risking their national health. It also described some of the long term damages to the mother earth we all are causing.

Good any time eye exercises

here here

First decide what then, how is more important

Ever increasing pay-checks…

In India for the last decade or so, it has been observed that salaries in some of the fields have accelerated manifolded. Scenarios, like salary hike in the range of 15-50% is not unheard in the IT industry for instance.

The professionals have started believing that the hikes are justified with the required amounts of skills, working hours, thought process, and work pressure. And the scenarios will, and most importantly should, continue for ever. And they feel annoyed in case a salary hike is not at par with their previous hikes, or their peer’s hikes. They are not even bothered to contemplate about the possibilities/reasons for the lower hikes, if at all, in the near future.

What, I believe, is missing from the perceived picture, is the fact that the pay in India are, and rising, so because the alien nationals still perceive us as cheap labors. I, frankly, see only a few businesses growing at the compounded rate of 15% year-on-year. And this makes me wonder how long these lucrative salary hikes could continue for most. What frightens me is the fact that the scenario may change drastically when we are not cheap anymore for them.

If you want to be Rich & Happy…

The book that I just finished reading is titled…”if you want to be rich & happy: Don’t go to school“

It was an interesting book, wherein the author, describes the shortcomings of the educational system. Throughout the book, he insisted for a non-bipartite educational system; Some student’s classified as being smarter, and others being labeled as weak. He asserted in the text that everyone is a genius and his inner strengths may/may not be aligned with what is demanded by the educational system.
The Author also encourages lifelong education in a fun filled manner.
I would recommend everyone to read this book. My recommendation would be even stronger, in case you are a parent, a student, or a teacher; which pretty much covers mostly all who can read

A good eye exercise…

Click here: For the detailed instructions the a very useful eye exercise. I was suffering with blurred vision on my computer screen. The exercise helped me to cope with the problem in a better way.

Recommendation: high.