I wasn’t really worried until this latest recall news on Toyota Prius has come out. Software problems? Brake problems? This is an eerie reality to android cars in Hollywood movies that take control of the driver and kill him/her. Stopping distance is what I am currently covering in the transportation engineering class I am teaching. […]
[Via – dragosroua] Today I’m going to interview somebody really special on my blog. And that would be you. Exactly, you, the one who’s looking at the screen right now. You are a very important person and it’s an honor for me to interview you. I prepared a list of 33 questions and I’m really […]
[Via – Lifehacker] If you want to get off your duff and onto your treadmill but think you can’t spare time away from work, now you’ve got no excuses. Consultant Jenny Evans demonstrates how to build a treadmill work station quickly and on the cheap. You should be able to pick up the supplies to […]
Dylan Ratigan was one of the very few sane reporters on CNBS. He was shown the door for reasons not disclosed. However, he came back to host a morning show, “Morning Meeting” on MSNBC about 10 months ago. Listeners of Mohana Murali GaanaLahari know that I strongly believe that President Obama only talks tough and […]
[Via – Shyam’s Column] Common sense technique coupled with out-of-the-box thinking can help slash your living expenses. Over the last few weeks, the missus and I have been trying to ‘optimize’ (euphemism for cutting) our living expenses. The reason for this sudden frugality exercise? Well, for once, the missus has agreed that continuously striving for […]
For the education statistics I’ve published for the three regions of Coastal Andhra, Rayalaseema, and Nizam Telangana, many have claimed that the numbers are misleading. The chief claim is that the numbers include public and private education. The separatists have argued that Nizam Telangana was discriminated when it came to government expenditure on public schooling. […]
When you bought that impressive new flat-panel TV to replace your old CRT model, what did you do with the clunker? If, like many Americans, you moved it to another room and set it atop a dresser or bureau, you may have inadvertently created a death trap.
A rubber band may aid in providing enough grip to remove, or at least loosen, the screw. Place a wide band rubber band inbetween the screw driver (we recommend bumping one size up from the screw head which caused the strip) and the screw, then apply hard, but slow force as you turn. If you’re fortunate, the rubber band will fill in the gaps caused by the strip and allow extraction.
[Via – ConsumerReports] High on the list of consumer annoyances these days, according to a recent poll of ours, is the near-impossibility of getting a human being on the phone when you call a big company’s 800 number with a question. I was reminded of this yesterday when I had to call a mail-order pharmacy. […]
Groundhog Day is a holiday celebrated on February 2. It is held in the United States and Canada. According to folklore, if a groundhog emerging from its burrow on this day fails to see its shadow, it will leave the burrow, signifying that winter will soon end. If on the other hand, the groundhog sees […]
Nothing But Wind : The basic idea you get when you listen to this composition is as follows: The world started with just nature, birds, clean and slowly started to get polluted and if this continues, the wold will get destroyed. Finally, only thing left is ‘Nothing But Wind’.
This is so weird. Did you come across this any time? Not really sure there is a meaning for this.. This may happens when a person who is working on this may not aware of the spelling or just his mistake or he might be completely tired on that day. How many people will stop […]
I have great respect for Mr. Paul Volker, former Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board. He is widely credited for saving the US financial system from an environment where inflation was 13.5% in 1981 to about 3.3% in two years. He did not bow to business or political pressures and gave the economy the tough […]
[Via – Lifehacker] Saving something as a PDF file is a great way to preserve it for future reference or for sharing with others, without risking the site changing before you look at it again. PDFMyURL makes it easy to convert sites to PDF. Point PDFMyURL at a website URL and it will convert the […]
[Via – ConsumerReports] In the ongoing saga of Toyota recalls, the company last night recalled another 2.3 million vehicles for potentially sticking accelerators. This recall is separate from, but in addition to, the company’s recall of 3.8 million vehicles last fall for issues that could result in uncontrolled acceleration. Notably, this recall adds models not […]
