Audiobook (noun) - A book in audio form (duh!)
Podiobooks.com has a lot of free audiobooks, submitted by authors directly (you can interact with the authors on the site). The books are released in chapters, as a podcast. I’ve listened to a few chapters, and the quality of work is really high - great for that commute to work and back!
Most of the automotive advancements publicised are about alternative fuel, or about faster, more powerful cars. This one from BMW sheds light on the breakthroughs made in construction design. This car is made of a carbon fibre wireframe, covered by a fabric, which means the car can change its shape for either aesthetic or aerodynamic purposes. Watch the video, and be amazed.
BMW GINA Light Visionary Model: Design - The most amazing videos are a click away
Apologies for not blogging as frequently as before - here’s a terrific game to break the boredom. Keep spinning the scene till the ball (directed by gravity) falls into the black hole. Much, much tougher than it looks :-(
Play here
Folder Size Shell Extension is a very handy freeware utility that lets you see the sizes of all the subfolders within a folder, in a hierarchical fashion - great way to find out why your mighty(?) 200GB hard drive is cramped for free space.
Once you run it, it sits as a tab in the Properties context menu (yes, the one where you right-click-on-folder-then-click-Properties). You can then drill down into child folders, sort by name/size, change the units between KB/MB/GB …
You can download the utility from Softpedia or from PCWorld
Ted was recalling a story about his first skydiving instructor:
During class he would take time to answer any of our stupid First Timer Questions. One guy asked: “If our chute doesn’t open…..and the reserve doesn’t open, how long do we have till we hit the ground?”
Our jump master looked at him and with a perfectly straight face answered: “The rest of your life.”
Banksy (a pseudonym) is probably the most (in)famous graffiti artist in Britain. His works are mostly satirical takes on politics, governance, culture etc. Graffiti blurs the line between public art and vandalism, with much of Banksy’s work being erased by graffiti-cleanup crews. In most places, his art has been declared as vandalism; though in some cases, it has been allowed to remain by public consensus.
Banksy’s website offers a rich experience; watch freedom of expression at work…
Some of his works:
For larger versions, and the rest of my photos, please see the Photography section on http://akash.kurdekar.com
If you’re the kind who liked to watch Discovery Channel or National Geographic now and then, then you’ll probably love ScienceHack.
It’s a collection of short videos which explain interesting things in various subjects - physics, chemistry, space, psychology, nature, mathematics and many more. The strength of the site lies in its veracity - they claim on their homepage that “every science video on ScienceHack is screened by a scientist to verify its accuracy and quality”. Add to that the short length of the videos and you have small bites of knowledge you can comfortably chew whenever you feel like it.
Here are some videos to get you started right away:
Physics
Chemistry
Space
Psychology
Robotics
Biology
How It Is Made
Mathematics
Civil Engineering
Computer Science
Green Energy
Nature
One of the most popular games of all time, Tetris has been played religiously since it was invented in 1985. Hop over to this page, where you can see the largest game of Tetris ever played - Electrical Engineering students of the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands converted the whole face of their faculty building into a gigantic Tetris game. Smooth!
Then have a go at the game itself - this game can pretty much be played for any length of time, and it’s a quick snack for a bored mind any day. Play here..
Don’t watch this now if you can’t laugh out loud :o)
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