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Thursday, November 30, 2006

Start looking for new grounds

Stephen Hawking (author of Brief History of Time) urges that we move to another planet in another star-system to save humanity from being wiped out by an unfortunate calamity. In his words, "the human race must move to a star outside the solar system to save the future of the species."

Saturday, November 25, 2006

Find out if you are an engineer

All of these (whichever applicable) hold for me!

Saturday, November 18, 2006

What is 78 x 23?

The author makes a point by asking the question, which I am sure all of you will appreciate. (Food for thought.)

Orbit

Nice game where you set a comet in motion amidst a set of planets fixed in space. Your objective: to place the comet thus, that it remains in motion till the blue timer bar runs off. I bet Newton would win this game every time if he played :)
Very addictive!

The Shell Game

Keep an eye on the ball as the pot containing it is being shuffled!

Wednesday, November 15, 2006

Who is looking?

Check out these cute looking (yes!) insects in this photographs. Well I never thought insects look cute, but this set of pictures made me change my mind.

Monday, November 13, 2006

Lunar Lander

Here's a remake of a game that you might have already come across in your life.
The objective is simple, to use the thrusters on the shuttle so that it can land on the various pods without breeching the safety limit velocity.
The original version was known to have caused quite a few missed appointments.

Friday, November 10, 2006

Dice Mogul


A nice little game of Monopoly with very cool effects like moving clouds and buildings which upgrade. Might help kill some of your time for those who like this kind of games :)

The end of sea fish is near

According to this article in BBC, in 50 years from now there will be hardly any sea fish left. Bad news for sea food lovers... and that also probably explains why the prices on sea foods are outrageous!

Beer can art

This webpage shows some very artistic usage of beer cans!

Cool matchbox trick

Here is a nice little trick that you can try next time you have access to match boxes. Put two sticks with the matchbox to support a third string, with the black part touching each other. Then light up the black portion, to see the third match rising on it's own! See the video for better explanation...

Wednesday, November 08, 2006

Puki the swarm

Another online shooting game with nice music... this one is a nice stress buster.

Sunday, November 05, 2006

Pinman Mafia

Play a mafia and carry out various missions in this online underworld themed shooter game.

Saturday, November 04, 2006

Turbocharged Penguins

I have no idea why they have chosen penguins as the main article of the game... but I like it. A real stress reliever :) Let's see how high you can go!