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The following is a list of all entries from the General Interest category.

Sudoku

Filed in Books,General Interest,Sport, September 16, 2005, 3:24 pm by

Ever since I read some Brain Builders, I was on the look out for a good puzzle/game to keep …

Could the Katrina disaster have been averted?

Filed in General Interest, September 5, 2005, 11:25 pm by

An article (link below) by Mark Fischetti in the October 2001 issue of Scientific American talks about the Coast 2050 …

Salt on a magpie’s tail

Filed in General Interest, August 12, 2005, 11:23 pm by

TweetA Swedish folk tale from Eldrbarry, worth reading to your kids (Via Priya Raju).

Origin of the “Red Carpet” treatment

Filed in General Interest, July 24, 2005, 8:39 pm by

TweetWonder how this  practice originated?  An interesting discussion in Google Answers  points  to Aeschylus describing the practice in 500 B.C. But the discussion on Phrase Finder points to a more recent Moghul origin. Apparently, the brother-in-law of Emperor Jehangir  decked out the  path with  velvets and  gold brocade  so that the Emperor’s feet did not […]

Guns, Germs and Steel

Filed in General Interest, July 10, 2005, 7:40 pm by

TweetAfter reading “Collapse”, i have become a fan of Jared Diamond. Wired magazine has an excellent interview with him and also points to a PBS series on his previous pulitzer-prize-winning book “Guns, Germs and Steel”. This series starts on July 11th. For those that find Jared Diamond’s style to be a bit dry, this TV […]