Tachyon Brush

Time Magazine’s: Top 100 Movies May 26, 2005

Time magazine on Monday published its list of 100 all-time favorite movies. For those who enjoy lists, here are two more: The IMDB Top 250 and The AFI Top 100. Together, these lists cover most of the top movies of our times.

PS: Check out a Japanese Anime series called Naruto. Pretty well made and damn addictive.

Collection of Puzzles May 26, 2005

For those who are looking for Puzzle books, forget it. William Wu’s site is one of the best puzzle sites on the net. He has made a comprehensive archive of riddles that are very challenging and loads of fun. Also useful for interview preparation. PC, you won’t feel the need for a puzzle book after browsing his puzzles page.

PS: Do you know any good site with challenging puzzles/riddles? Do use to comments section to let me know.

Move Mount Fuji? May 24, 2005

I am currently reading “How Would You Move Mt. Fuji” and came across a nice puzzle in that book. The puzzle has two solutions, one being pretty obvious. See if you can crack both the solutions:

You are given a rectangular cake with a rectangular portion cut off. The cut off rectangular portion can be of any size/orientation and can be located anywhere on the cake.

How will you divide such a cake into two equal halves with just one slice of a knife.

Free eBooks May 20, 2005

Planet PDF has some excellent eBooks available for download. The books have a decent layout, tags to aid navigation and reasonable typography. I am a big fan of eBooks and these well produced PDFs are certainly readable on a laptop. Unlike other sites, I believe, Planet PDF’s copies are all legal.

Get your copies from the Planet PDF site.

Books May 11, 2005

Have been enjoying life for the past few days. The vacation I had was amazing. Got to read a huge set of SFF books. The prominient ones being:

• Wizard of Earth Sea by Ursula ‘le Guin
• Tombs of Atuan by Ursula ‘le Guin
• The Farthest Shore by Ursula ‘le Guin
• The Lions of Al-Rassan by Guy G Kay
• Tigana by Guy G Kay
• Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett
• Mort by Terry Pratchett
• Sourcery by Terry Pratchett
• Wizard’s First Rule by Terry Goodkind
• Eats, Shoots and Leaves by Lynne Truss

Books currently on my shelf:

• Clash of Civilizations by Samuel Huntington
• The Art of Deception by Kevin Metnick
• The Vorkosigan Series by Lois M Bujold

For fans of Sci-Fi & Fantasy, here is the Internet Top 100 SFF list.

Photos: Skylights May 10, 2005

Skylights
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Photos: Ducks May 10, 2005

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Photos: Waterfall May 10, 2005

Waterfall
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Photos: Golden Hues of Sunset May 10, 2005

Golden Waters
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Photos: IITB Lake Side Sunset II May 10, 2005

IIT-Bombay Lake Side Sun Set II
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