Another nice puzzle site

A nice puzzle site:
http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~wwu/riddles/intro.shtml

ponder this...

If you are interested in great puzzles/mathematical problems here is a great site:
www.research.ibm.com/ponder/

Videos on consciousness!

Here is a great link of videos on consciousness and philosophy:

http://broodsphilosophy.wordpress.com/2006/06/15/online-videos-of-philosophical-lectures

Running 10K

In case you want some sort of crude amateur bench mark for practicing 10K run:

I could run with 2 weeks practice:
6km in 38 minutes at ~10km/hr [6.6 including cooldown in 43 minutes]
7.5 km in 50 minutes at ~9km/hr [8.5 including cooldown in 1 hr]

joel on software

This is one of the sites I like:
http://joelonsoftware.com

Interesting software musings ...

தமிழ் windows

If you want your windows in தமிழ் you can install this software from this link:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=0DB2E8F9-79C4-4625-A07A-0CC1B341BE7C&displaylang=ta

I have it on my computer.

Road to reality

If you want to learn a lot of physics, 'Road to reality' is the book for you.
It will take a lot of time to complete though. But it is a great book.

Selfish gene

One of the best books I have read - [converted me into an atheist!] - This book is about evolution. This book says we [all animals] are survival machines built by our genes for their survival! Very interesting, a bit depressing for the first time readers.
I think every one should read this.

Great physics courses online

if you are interested in physics and want to actually learn it - this is something you want to look at:

http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Physics/8-01Physics-IFall1999/VideoLectures/index.htm

IE7 vs firefox 2.0

If you are confused between upgrading to IE7 and firefox2, Here is one reason to pick IE7:

It installs some nice cleartype font, reading from computer looks so pleasing even for other applications.