Why is Linux better

I guess people won’t switch to Linux because it’s free (as in free speech, they probably don’t care) or because it’s free (as in free beer, they probably think they didn’t pay for Windows), but because they see new, great features that Windows doesn’t have. So here are a few reasons why Linux rocks!

Eat more, stay thin

You see them. Your rail-thin coworker who seems to live on pizza and never exercises. The skinny sibling whose best friends are Ben & Jerry. The svelte buddy who never met a second helping he didn’t like. We hate these people.

Why is staying thin so easy for them and so tough for us? The ego-sparing reply is that they simply have great genes and a faster metabolism than we do, which at least shifts a little of the blame to our parents. But, sadly, this is often not the case.

Time: 50 coolest websites

Time magazine has published its listof 50 coolest websites. Some of the sites are really worthy, but some are not. Take a look and see how many of your favorite sites are on the list.

50 Coolest Websites 2005: Blogs
For most Netizens, Web logs—reading them, writing them, or both—have become a way of life. So this year, they get their own category
By MARYANNE MURRAY BUECHNER

Hay(na)ku

Hay(na)ku
is a
three line poem

One
word on
the first line

Two
on second,
three on third

Hay(na)ku
a poem
with six words

Hay(na)ku
is very
easy to write

Reverse Hay(na)ku

Reading, writing Hay(na)ku
is equally
enjoyable

Simple, straightforward.

Go
ahead, try
writing a Hay(na)ku.

Not-Books

Abebooks is celebrating its 10th anniversary by giving away free not-books. What are not-books you ask? They are books which are not really books. They are non-existent. The picture says it all.

Mumbaites: really rude?

Reader's digest conducted a survey to find out the courtesy levels in some of the most famous cities of the world. A rude shock to Indians, Mumbai takes away the crown of the rudest city in the world.

Given the fact that most (should I say all?) of the middle class people travel in stuffed, stinking, claustrophobic local train for atleast 2 hours a day, every day of their lives without fail, can we let them be a little less courteous? I have experienced the coldness of the people as you stand on the local train platform staring blankly at the train status display, not knowing what those code letters meant, but I wouldn't call the people rude. Yes, they are indifferent sometimes, but definitely not rude. They will help you if you ask them. They won't go out of their way to offer you any help, but if you go to them, they won't turn you down.

My husband puts it in a nice way. "When the local train is at the platform and you want to get in, people won't let you get in, but once the train starts moving and if you are hanging at the door, the same people won't let you fall".

Hats off to the mighty Mumbaites.

Test your nerdiness level

Have you been recently called a geek, a dork, a NERD? Do you want to be a nerd, geek, or dork? Well, this test is for you! This highly advanced 'test' will determine once and for all how nerdy you are.

Phrases, idioms and more

Do you know what 'the bee's knees' means? Do you know the origin of 'raining cats and dogs'? How about the phrase 'paint the town red'? You can find answers to all these and much more on this site. You can find meanings and origins of hundreds of phrases. They also provide 'a phrase a week' facility – a phrase delivered to your inbox every week.

The Phrase Finder helps you find a phrase you are looking for. It's definitely raining phrases out there. Go ahead and make hay when the sun is shining.