Archive for July 2006
Red-Haired Older Son
Posted by: usmanahmad on: July 29, 2006
- In: Puzzles
- 5 Comments
Two mothers met in the street. They started talking about their children. “I have three sons,” said the first mother. “How old are they?” asked the second.
“Well, it’s easy to figure this out,” replied the first mother. “The product of their ages is equal to 36 and the sum of their ages is [...]
Einstein’s Puzzle
Posted by: usmanahmad on: July 29, 2006
- In: Puzzles
- 7 Comments
The author of this problem is Albert Einstein who said that 98% of the people in the world couldn’t solve it.
Facts:
1.
There are 5 houses (along the street) in 5 different colors:
blue, green, red, white and yellow.
2.
In each house lives a person of a different nationality:
Brit, Dane, German, Norwegian and Swede.
3.
These 5 [...]
Intro to microformats
Posted by: usmanahmad on: July 25, 2006
- In: Techie
- 2 Comments
I was searching on some tutorial on MicroFormats introduction and found some material Here on Web, Here is a brief Intro to MicroFormats, The next Big thing on Semantic Web.
Microformats are an important – no, very important – new idea on the web. In fact, I think they are so important, they could precipitate a [...]
Ecto
Posted by: usmanahmad on: July 18, 2006
I am using Ecto for writing my blogs, its pretty cool .Ecto is a feature-rich desktop blogging client for MacOSX and Windows, supporting a wide range of weblog systems, such as Blogger, Blojsom, Drupal, MovableType, Nucleus, TypePad, WordPress,
and more
Readings
- Old Media Monday: Reviewing the Reviewers December 22, 2009New York Times: Sunday Book Review cover: Jeanette Winterston on The Talented Miss Highsmith by Joan Schenkar: "Concealment was her game, and her way of life. Dating three women at a time was not difficult for her. She collected snails, liking their portable hiding place and the impossibility of telling which was male and which was female. She traveled […]Amazon.com Bookstore
- The Best Book Cover of 2009: "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies" December 21, 2009I thought the ancient proverb that would come in handy for our inaugural Best Book Covers of the Year poll would be "Don't judge a book by its cover," but the one I keep thinking of instead is "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder." Starting with the nearly unanimous disgruntlement our slate of nominees were met with, followed by som […]Amazon.com Bookstore
- Omni Personal Shopper: Let's Do Something December 19, 2009 Amazon.com Bookstore
- Omni Daily Crush: "The Imperfectionists" December 18, 2009 Amazon.com Bookstore
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