Celebrity or humour: This article in the Economic Times is my candidate for today's "Copy Editor asleep at the wheel" award for the pathetic spelling and grammar.
First Live Giant Squid Photographed, says National Geographic. Be careful though, those things have giant dicks.
Societies worse off 'when they have God on their side', says a study. As much as I'd like to believe it, this study's methods article's conclusions are flawed. They've not followed the old "correlation does not prove causation" rule.
India leads South Asia in red tape. As a businessman who was experienced this first-hand, I am not surprised in the least.
OkCupid! Politics Test is an example of how asking loaded questions can get you misleading answers.
The Indian Economy Blog has got a new look with some assistance from yours truly. Go visit.
What does the Karnataka Chief Minister do when IT companies make noise about failing infrastructure in the city? Simple: talk about how they are not employing enough Kannadigas. Can we have a round of applause for this nonsense please?
BusinessWeek's: "Best of the Web" survey results are online. What are your favourite sites?
Doctors in UK are calling for a ban on kitchen knives. Thank goodness I don't live there. I have an array of big, sharp knives, and I'm skilled at using them.
Tongue-eating bug found in fish: "A gross creature which gobbles up a fish's tongue and then replaces it with its own body has been found in Britain for the first time."
The Chinese version of the Shiv Sena? The city of Kunming is "forcing developers to change the names of those properties and others deemed too foreign sounding, saying they debase traditional culture."
The Indian government has a lot of useless departments, including a "rat-catching" department in Delhi, which hasn't caught a single rat in ten years.
EBay to acquire Skype Technologies. I don't get it. Why?
In the interest of science, the ArsTechnica crew decide to put the iPod Nano to a torture test and find out its breaking point. Would you believe it survived being run over by a car?
What do you do when the government gives you a $2000 debit card to purchase essential supplies because Katrina screwed your life? Why, buy $800 designer handbags, of course!
Whoa, check out the Apple iPod nano! (Link via Adel)
How to win arguments, Dave Barry style.
Strangely-colored fruits and veggies is an interesting thread on Ask Metafilter.
20% of Americans believe that the sun goes around the earth, says the NY Times. Pretty sad, that.
Scientists have created a “miracle mouse” that can regenerate amputated limbs or badly damaged organs, making it able to recover from injuries that would kill or permanently disable normal animals.
The Panda's Thumb is a blog devoted to fighting the batty ideas of "intelligent design" and other anti-evolution philosophies.
Sania has a chance against Sharapova, says her coach. Yeah right, dude!
Homeopathy: The Ultimate Fake is a scientific explanation of why homeopathy is bullshit.
The Freakonomics blog has a good explanation of why not buying petrol for one day isn't going to change one damn thing.
Still going... | MetaFilter: While people flee from the rage of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, one hosting company refuses to leave and bravely holds its ground.
Delhi High Court issues notices to Mangal Pandey team, apparently because his descendants object to the wrongful portrayal of him in the movies. Damn it, the man died in 1857. There's no way anyone should have any locus standi in the matter a century and a half afterwards. The court should not even bother with it.
What the hell is Venus Williams doing in a Hindustan Times feature titled "Beauties at Flushing Meadows"? She's a gorilla look-alike!
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The Raving Atheist has a test to check if you're a real atheist or not. Looks like I am.
Want to meet Sania, Myskina? is the headline of this Rediff "report". Looks like Rediff too has decided to play the Times of India "content for sale" game.
