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Fiat Lux Lamp for Those Who Read in Bed

Fiat Lux Lamp for Those Who Read in Bed

Lot of people enjoy reading. But you cannot be expected to enjoy it while sitting behind a desk. If you have to write then yes but when you are reading you feel most comfortable when you are in your bed. There are many of us who must read few pages before they fall asleep. But getting up to keep the book back in the shelf becomes a task that breaks [...]
Read On A Chilly Night With Warm Hands

Read On A Chilly Night With Warm Hands

Hundreds of years ago Plato said “Neccesity is the mother of invention.” Well the statement still holds true. Every new invention crops up because somewhere someone feels the need of it. Then be it the great invention by Graham Bell that changed the fate of mankind or a cute little creation by Andrea Ayala Closa. A designer who has created soft, [...]
The physics of ‘Angels and Demons’: anything is possible in movies

The physics of ‘Angels and Demons’: anything is possible in movies

The plot is action-suspense formula: some stolen antimatter from CERN’s Large Hadron Collider and a threat to use that antimatter to blow up the Vatican during Conclave, by the Illuminati or some scientists driven underground during the 17th century and who are now going to make the Vatican pay by killing thousands of innocent people. ‘Angels [...]
India: BJP Shows Off Communal Feathers Yet Again!

India: BJP Shows Off Communal Feathers Yet Again!

BJP, the main oppostion party in India has finally stopped hiding its communal feathers and has openly acted against one of its own senior leaders Jaswant Singh for writing a book praising Pakistan’s founder Mohammed Ali Jinnah who was also one of the principal architects of bloody India-Pakistan Partition. The fact that Jaswant Singh had blamed congress [...]
Wikipedia Book: The Heftiest & Most Innovative Book of Knowledge.

Wikipedia Book: The Heftiest & Most Innovative Book of Knowledge.

One of the biggest and most comprehensive online information center is Wikipedia. This information super vault is comprised of more than 75,000 volunteer contributors, who have dedicated their time to work on more than 13,000,0000 articles across 260 languages. Wikipedia was launched in the year 2001 and is one of the most popular reference websites [...]
Jimi Hendrix was murdered by his manager: a roadie’s tale

Jimi Hendrix was murdered by his manager: a roadie’s tale

An upcoming book entitled ‘Rock Roadie’ is claimed to be an insider information from one of the former production assistants of legendary rock singer Jimi Hendrix. According to James ‘Tappy’ Wright, one of Hendrix’s roadies, Hendrix’s manager Michael Jeffery, ‘made a drunken confession a year after the star’s death in September 1970’ [...]
Beethovan Concertos by Legendary Pianist Daniel Barenboim in 2010

Beethovan Concertos by Legendary Pianist Daniel Barenboim in 2010

Legendary Pianist Daniel Barenboim is planning to present Beethovan Concertos in London in 2010 in his usual renowned way – he’ll conduct as well as perform with his orchestra. Last February he had present Beethovan Sonatas which was a total sold out affair. The 66 year old musician is well known for reinventing himself through his music. Recently [...]