Poll shows some look forward to reading spam!

It's been pointed out over and over again that if no one ever bought from spam, there wouldn't be much of a need for it. USA Today has managed to track down a few of the people who keep spammers happy and keep the rest of us miserable.



One-fifth of U.S. residents acknowledge buying products from spam purveyors, according to a Yahoo Mail survey of 3,100 Internet users in May. A third said they respond to spam.



In Japan, nearly half of 3,200 e-mail users polled by Yahoo said they send angry replies to spammers.

'Thin Client' Seen As Windows Alternative

Unlike earlier incarnations of thin-client computing, users don't have to maintain a constant connection to the network. E-mails and other work can be performed off-line and synched up with central servers later.



IBM Workplace - 'Thin Client' Seen As Windows Alternative

Lance Armstrong wins record 6th Tour De France!!!

Armstrong makes history



The Tour de France has been described as the equivalent of running twenty marathons in twenty days. During the nineteen-eighties and nineties, Wim H. M. Saris, a professor of nutrition at the University of Maastricht, conducted a study of human endurance by following participants in the Tour. "It is without any doubt the most demanding athletic event," he told me. "For one day, two days—sure, you may find something that expends more energy. But for three weeks? Never."



Lance Armstrong's heart is almost a third larger than that of an average man. During those rare moments when he is at rest, it beats about thirty-two times a minute—slowly enough so that a doctor who knew nothing about him would call a hospital as soon as he heard it. (When Armstrong is exerting himself, his heart rate can edge up above two hundred beats a minute.)



How did Lance Armstrong manage the greatest comeback in sports history?



"Regardless of one victory, two victories, four victories, there's never been a victory by a cancer survivor. That's a fact that hopefully I'll be remembered for." - Lance Armstrong

This land is my land, Bush vs Kerry

Here is a really funny animated song introducing both the candidates

;-)



This land is my land, Bush vs Kerry

What is the Point of Drinking?

Germans are Europe's worst binge drinkers with almost one in five believing 'the point of drinking is to get drunk,' according to a recent survey



The Point of Drinking Is to Get Drunk?

oh no..not another blog!

a study in how to waste time absolutely

General Ways to Annoy People

Seriously, this site is dedicated to show thousands of ways to annoy people

GMail - Monitor / Import Contact utility

Here is a pretty cool little program called the GMail Agent API. It's a .NET API for accessing your GMail account(s), with some sample applications that let you monitor your account and import address book contacts. Since it's an API, you can also build your own GMail applications using the functions that are supplied.



Also, check the project called Pop Goes the GMail, which says it allows you to check your GMail from a POP3 desktop client. That one requires .NET too!

Can You Spell R.O.C.K.?

Finally, rock icons get the iconic treatment they deserve :o)



Music videos converted to ASCII and MIDI.

Missed the Fireworks?

You can enjoy the fireworks here :-)

The Secret Source of Google's Power

Very interesting article from Rich Skrenta, CEO of Topix.net

The Secret Source of Google's Power



Here are some snippets:

Google's snippet service, required that they store the entire web in RAM.

Google has built their own distributed, fault-tolerant, petabyte filesystem, the Google Filesystem.

Google is a company that has built a single very large, custom computer. This computer is running the world's top search engine, a social networking service, a shopping price comparison engine, a new email service, and a local search/yellow pages enginelt a single very large, custom computer.

100 new planets found

The Hubble Space Telescope may have discovered as many as 100 new planets orbiting stars in our galaxy



The planets were found during a seven-day observation period in February by astronomer Kailash Sahu.

Why some people choke and others panic

Read this interesting article by Malcolm Gladwell where the difference between choking and panicking is very well explained.



The Art of Failure

My favourite news show

As crazy as it seems to get, John has a knack of getting the point across and with humour



here are some examples