Thai Pongal (Tamil: ???????????) is a harvest festival equivalent to a thanksgiving event celebrated by Tamils across the world. Pongal in Tamil means “boiling over or spill over.” The act of boiling over of milk in the clay pot is considered to denote future prosperity for the family. Traditionally celebrated at harvest time, it is [...]

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Starting this Black Friday and over the next 35 days leading up to the end of 2008, we want your help in promoting a consumer boycott of DRM. Once again, Apple have pushed their DRM agenda, with the release of the latest revision of their MacBook computers, with a hardware chip that prevents certain types [...]

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More data on eBay; this time, UK figures show the site actually continuing to increase its UK audience in the past year. That’s in sharp contrast to the comparable Nielsen data for eBay in the US, which has seen unique user numbers drop 10% year on year, addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fniraj.webchilly.in%2Ftechstuff%2Febay-still-growing-user-numbers-in-the-uk%2F’; addthis_title = ‘eBay+still+growing+user+numbers+in+the+UK’; addthis_pub = [...]

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The Environmental Protection Agency seems on the brink of issuing a new regulation that would make it easier for power plants to operate longer hours — and emit more pollution. The proposed power-plant rule marks a final attempt by the Bush administration to radically revise the way environmental laws are applied, especially the Clean Air [...]

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According to Reuters, markets in Asia and Europe ross about 2% Reuters reports that the downturn in the Chinese economy deepened. Reuters reports that BHP Billiton (BHP) was gloomy about its prospects and defended it bid for Rio Tinto (RTP) Reuters reports that Panasonic slashed its earnings forecast. Reuters writes that GM (GM) may fold [...]

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Academics calculate that sociopaths — those suffering from “anti-social personality disorder” — account for about 3-4% of the male population and under 1% of the female population. Dr. Martha Stout explains that since everyone assumes that conscience is universal, hiding the fact that you are conscience-free is nearly effortless. addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fniraj.webchilly.in%2Ftechstuff%2Fspotting-a-sociopath-why-its-so-difficult%2F’; addthis_title = ‘Spotting+a+Sociopath+%26%238212%3B+Why+It%26%238217%3Bs+So+Difficult’; [...]

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This is a plotter-type printer that is powered by a LEGO NXT. The website has a bunch of pictures and some videos. There are even screen shots of the code, but that’s about it. I hope there is more information posted soon. A little More about the LEGO powered Bluetooth printer [Let's Make Robots] Read [...]

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