Wave cloud was observed in Florida. It is called a Kelvin–Helmholtz instability (fluid dynamics). Helmholtz or Hermann von Helmholtz also did some groundbreaking work in electromagnetism. Click on the picture for the series of breath taking pictures. Kelvin Helmholtz
Whitney Houston has passed away
Whitney Houston, a movie icon died in a hotel room with her entourage. Far cry from her days in the 80s. She married rap artist Bobby Brown and subsequently there were rumours of rampant drug use. LOS ANGELES – The…
More ways to use Evernote
Evernote is a service where you store your notes. You can enter notes from any smartphone, computers and browsers. Pretty run of the mill stuff right? It seems that it can do much much more. September 18, 2009 Guy Kawasaki…
SAF seeks to build mental toughness.
You never know what you get to read in the newspaper. For example the following: A programme to build mental toughness among military recruits by teaching them to talk about their emotions and think positively seems to be producing better…
Old Wives Tales
well , you know how old wives goes, keep warm or you will catch a cold etc. This one is interesting. And it rained. SINGAPORE, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) — Thousands of people braved the rain late Sunday for a countdown…
The Dumbest idea in the world.
Forbes ran an article on “Maximising Shareholder value” as the The Dumbest Idea in the World. Now reading it. Very interesting. The real market vs the expectations market In today’s paradoxical world of maximizing shareholder value, which Jack Welch himself…
Good by 2011 and hello 2012
Queen Elizabeth once commented a certain year was ‘annus horribilis’. Well for me 2011 it was one, changing jobs in difficult circumstances and not a stable home front. In the first half of the year, I was trying to increase…
Dear Galaxy (SII) autocorrect
Autocorrect fails. When I type “issit”, I don’t want “oddity”. When I type “lah”, I don’t want “lag”. When I type “liddat”, I don’t want “Lidar”. When I type “simi”, I don’t want “SIMI”. When I type “knn”, I don’t…
2011 The year in pictures.
The first picture will make click through the rest. The rest is here. Part 1, Part 2
National Geographic Photo Contest result 2011
The results are out for the annual National Geographic photo contest. As usual very moving pictures. http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/photo-contest/ http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2011/12/winners-of-the-national-geographic-photo-contest-2011/100211/