India at world solar challenge

The World Solar Challenge is a biennial event based on a competitive field of solar cars crossing the Australian continent powered by nothing but the sun.

As the fossil fuels are exhausted, the fuel cost is increasing drastically. Thus, the need to use alternative sources of energy is of utmost importance. For a country like India, the need for such initiatives is imperative due to its economic situation. The present rate of growth can be sustained only with innovations in the field of alternative energy.

India is being represented by "Team Solaris" with car number-95 in Challenge class. Its great to know that a team from Delhi College of engineering is in the race with teams from all over the world.

Lets wish team solaris all the best for the panasonic world solar challenge which is to take place in the month of October.

Orkut closed for maintenance

Have you ever caught Orkut when they are doing maintenance? It looks like i did..The error message that i got is shown below.

The site however, was accessible just a minute later. I wonder if it is a result of increased traffic or other maintenance work.

Askreamaor write about windows and linux

Askreamaor writes a blog about windows and linux.
He writes posts about diverse topics ranging from firefox to SEO. He even wrote some stuff about exploiting digg(buy-yourself-to-the-top).

He has just now stated a competition to increase the popularity of his blog. To know more just see the Contest information and Rules page.

Very recently he had gotten into a lot of controversy after writing about the things he is tired of hearing from linux users. But actually he was writing about the other operating systems as well.

Make sure that you check all the stuff he has written about geekism. He has also started of many different sections on topics like search engines, firefox browser, SEO and internet just to mention a few.

Things u will need for world domination

In case you are planning on becoming the sole king or presidente of the whole world, you will be needing the following things

1. A secret island hideout
2. A weapon of mass destruction or some new secret weapon
3. A peculiar characteristic such as a inimitable laugh
4. At least one follower who agrees to everything you have to say
5. A very interesting costume to wear
6. A arch rival with lot of "Hero" like attributes
7. A scientist whom you can kidnap (not compulsory)
8. A self destruct button for your island hideout. This should be the first thing you need to put after making your island hideout.

But i really hope for your sake that you are not trying to get control of the whole world. As it generally leads to your own defeat.

Pacman on google homepage

The arcade game Pacman has come onto google homepage as well. After finishing the game you get the chance to put up your high score. The score can be compared with the top scorers from around the world playing Pacman on google homepage.

The game can also be played on a poped out window. The game can also be put on your website as any other google gadget or module can be added. Just goto to Pacman search results and add any of the many pacman games.Its a flash game in a module. It would be great if it was made using javascript.


The four main modules for pacman are PacMan v2.4, PacMan, PacXon v1.0 and Pacman.All the four are worth playing. The game is as addictive as it was when you played it the first time.

The games are by and large ad free, except for PacMan.For more variety in the game try PacXon v1.0.

So Get ready! and start eating the dots.

Is web2.0 just read write web or more?

Although there is a controversy surrounding this word..(some consider it to be just a marketing buzzword) most wold agree that web 2.0 can be used to refer to the shift of the internet towards a read/write approach. Wiki's and blogs would top the list of web 2.0 sites. customised search, content sharing would also be covered by this definition.

The small changes that became popular with web 2.0 are forgotten in this confusion. The way URL's are made has been fundamentally changed.The two main changes are-

1. The URL contains the year and month of publication. Blogger is a good example for sites that use URL's of the type "http://www.xyz.com/2007/06/hello-world.html"
2. The URL is a single word tag. The various tagging services have popularized the idea of having the tag as the folder name. For example, we would have "http://xyz.com/blog" which lists all the content related to the word blog.Even wikipedia follows this method.

This trend seems to make the URL's more organised and easier to understand than using numbers and abbreviation.

Blogosphere-stop three

Wolfstone has to say he is a "university student in Vancouver, Canada, who recently discovered the world of investing. Since i invest mostly in micro cap resource stocks, this blog will focus on covering news and analysis regarding resources with a dash of fun."

from the blog roll of wolfstone we find the next link to carlfutia


The blogosphere that we have followed had one blog about advertising, followed by two about investment. Its yet to be seen if the blogopshere is made up of little pockets of similar blogs or diverse topics interacting together.