Ghost Writer
3/07/10 •
I watched “The Ghost Writer” with friends the night it came out. It is a well made political thriller, based on a 2007 book. The movie is very Hitchcock-ian: there is a constant undertone of tension which is steadily torqued up as the movie progresses. This feeling is enhanced by the incisive dialogue and the [...]
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How the Brain Works
3/08/10 •
A very short video explaining the basics of how the brain works, from John Cleese. Priceless!
The Purest Soul in Physics
2/13/10 •
I have just finished reading Graham Farmelo’s “The Strangest Man, The Hidden Life of Paul Dirac, Mystic of the Atom.” It was a very enjoyable book for me. I read Schrodinger, Heisenberg and Bohr’s biographies in the early 1009′s – almost 20 years ago now. And I read Einstein and Feynman when I was younger [...]
Does it Pay to Store Oil on Ships?
1/09/10 •
This short write-up talks about the recent history of oil prices and the impact of floating storage on the price of crude oil. [...]
Paul Samuelson
12/28/09 •
Paul Samuelson, the great economist and Nobel Laureate passed away earlier this month. Obituaries in The Economist, and New York Times and on Paul Krugman’s blog.
Hawaii and India
12/08/09 •
his is a short video that strings together clips from my trips to Hawaii and India this year. Taking videos has not been as much fun as I expected. I love to take still photos, but when I am doing videos, I just get bored. [From facebook, click on the 'View Original Post' link below.]
Top 100 Global Thinkers
12/08/09 •
Foreign Policy magazine published their list of the the top 100 most influential global thinkers of 2009. The list is dominated by economists, writers, politicians, scientists and writers. You can view the full list here. Some of the people on the list are repeats from previous years’ – e.g. Mohammed Yunus. It would be interesting [...]
Recital
11/28/09 •
Natasha recently had a recital at her music class. Each of the students in the group took turns conduction and playing each of the instruments. Here is a picture of Natasha conducting from the platform at the back and the other students are playing the instruments. Click to the post to listen to the piece.
Saturday Morning TV
11/15/09 •
Watching cartoons over breakfast on Saturday morning. Go to the blog post to see the video.
Describing Myself?
9/13/09 •
This is a Wordle of my booksmarks. This is much prettier than what delicious.com shows as its tag cloud. I produced this in the process of migrating my bookmarks. But as soon as I saw this, I had to smile to myself. Is this how I project myself to the world-at-large? It has some nuggets [...]
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