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The Magic of Numbers…

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I had the honour of attending a seminar given by Mr. Simon Singh at IISC(Indian Institute of Science) today. Theju, Preethi and Sidharth accompanied me and I want to thank Preethi, coz without her we would have never been at this talk. The talk was about “Risks, Probability and Gambling” at the National Institute of Advanced Studies auditorium.

The talk was simply faboulous. The Gentleman in his brief 45 min lecture explained some of the fasinating facts and occurences in Mathematics. The experience was awakening of sorts to my love for Maths. I still remember that it was my favourite subject in school but somewhere down the line the charm had run out.

He started out explaining probability with a simple game of coin tosses and patterns.

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Harry Potter and The Order of The Phoenix – Book Review

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Rating: ****
(Lowest: * Highest: *****)

The Wizarding world moves into darker times with the 5th book in the Harry Potter Series. JK Rowling’s amazing ability to keep you at the edge of your seat makes The Order of the Phoenix a must read.

The book reveals the ideas of Voldemort and introduces a few more characters who will definately be important towards the end of the series. The book also shows part of the angrier side of Harry as he is angry with almost everyone.

The Umbridge char in this book is the char that I have loathed the most in the 5 books. Snape continues to be my favourite char and Fred n Gorge the funniest. Dumbledore meets the Dark Lord for the first time

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Waiting for Reply…

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One of the things that totally irritates me is when I write a mail or a sms (asking expicitly for a reply or imply for one) and I dont get a reply back. For some reason this happened like a dozen times in the last few days and that bothers me. I have had this … Read more

I XpRss myself… do you

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Xprss is live… It is one of the products launched by Applibase, Inc. Today was the official launch and the anticipation has been there in our faces for days now(more on that later)

So what is Xprss and what is so cool about it….

Xprss in simple terms is a Rss Aggregator(If you dont know what an Rss Aggregator is please read this). Yes, something like Bloglines… It manages to pick up your feeds and update you with the data… WAIT! but there is more… here are some of the features provided by Xprss that very few(or absolutely no other) Rss Aggregator provides:

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