Credit Crisis Documentary

PBS made an hour-long documentary for you to watch for free “Frontline : Inside the Meltdown”

Explanation

In me, there meet a combination of antithetical elements, that are at eternal war with one another, driven hither by objective influences, tither by subjective emotions, wafted one moment into blazing day by mocking hope, plunged the next moment into the Severian darkness of intangible despair, I am but the living ganglion of irreconcilable . . . → Read More: Explanation

Blog gets OpenID

I’ve been tweaking the blog, and barring my inability to find themes that are simple , readable and modern looking at the same time, for now I’ve decided to stick with the Journalist 1.9 theme.

What I did manage to implement in a jiffy, is the OpenID system on this blog. This means . . . → Read More: Blog gets OpenID

Why Scientists won’t use Twitter…

Twitter doesn’t need an introduction. The microblogging service is widely popular, and most Twitter users swear by its wonderful utility. It is a “Social Commons”, as one enthusiastic web junkie put it. But a few months into using Twitter, I realised that there are very few scientists – and I mean natural scientists, on . . . → Read More: Why Scientists won’t use Twitter…

How To : Install Windows 7 on VirtualBox

I am assuming you are using the latest version of VirtualBox.

I have already installed Windows 7, hence you see the Windows 7 entry on the left of the screen. Ignore that if you are beginning with a new installation.

Click “New” and the following wizard will appear :

On clicking “Next”, . . . → Read More: How To : Install Windows 7 on VirtualBox