Thursday, May 01, 2008
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Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Currency Tracking Project - Interesting
WheresGeorge.com
I got a $15 haircut the other day and paid with a $20 bill to get back $1 bills as change. One of the bills had this message "Track this bill at www.WheresGeorge.com" message stamped on it in red ink. (below is an example, though the bill I received had different markings)
I obviously had to look up the website and see what this "Currency Tracking Project" was all about. WheresGeorge, named after George Washington, the first President of the USA, whose face features on all dollar bills is an experiment in Tracking currency notes as they circulate around the country and the world. Obviously the success of such an experiment depends entirely on public participation.
According to the website itself "Where's George? was not created to make money or collect email addresses or anything like that. It was created to simply allow people to track their currency as it circulates around the country and the world. The funds generated from the banner ads and the Friends program go to help pay for the hardware, software, and bandwidth it takes to keep the site running. The point is to have fun tracking your dollar bills and interacting with thousands of other fun and interesting people here at Where's George? Please join in the fun!"
So I logged in to the website and found out that this bill was first tracked in Seattle, WA three years ago.. check this out
I got a $15 haircut the other day and paid with a $20 bill to get back $1 bills as change. One of the bills had this message "Track this bill at www.WheresGeorge.com" message stamped on it in red ink. (below is an example, though the bill I received had different markings)
I obviously had to look up the website and see what this "Currency Tracking Project" was all about. WheresGeorge, named after George Washington, the first President of the USA, whose face features on all dollar bills is an experiment in Tracking currency notes as they circulate around the country and the world. Obviously the success of such an experiment depends entirely on public participation.
According to the website itself "Where's George? was not created to make money or collect email addresses or anything like that. It was created to simply allow people to track their currency as it circulates around the country and the world. The funds generated from the banner ads and the Friends program go to help pay for the hardware, software, and bandwidth it takes to keep the site running. The point is to have fun tracking your dollar bills and interacting with thousands of other fun and interesting people here at Where's George? Please join in the fun!"
So I logged in to the website and found out that this bill was first tracked in Seattle, WA three years ago.. check this out
Friday, November 09, 2007
Thursday, September 13, 2007
Saturn and Me
I was born on a Saturday, the Indian name for which is "Shani-var"
"Shani" literally means the planet "Saturn" so Saturday is basically "Saturn Day".
I was born in August 1981 on a Saturday.. thats the same month and year that a spacecraft from Earth, Voyager 2 was actually near Saturn, clicking away at 'my' planet.
Just something I discovered :P
Some interesting stats on Voyager 1 and 2
As of August 2007, Voyager 1 is approximately 9.7 billion miles from the sun. Voyager 2 is at approximately 7.8 billion miles. Voyager 1 is in the heliosheath, and Voyager 2 is approaching it.
In the next ten years, scientists expect the Voyagers to cross the heliopause, the edge of the bubble created by the sun's supersonic wind, and become the first craft to reach interstellar space.
As of July 2, 2007, at the speed of light, it takes 14 hours and 12 minutes for a signal from Voyager 1 to travel over 103 AU to reach one of the giant antennas of the Deep Space Network, and 11 hours and 24 minutes for Voyager 2, which is over 83 AU away.
Learn more:
http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/
www.nasa.gov/voyager
"Shani" literally means the planet "Saturn" so Saturday is basically "Saturn Day".
I was born in August 1981 on a Saturday.. thats the same month and year that a spacecraft from Earth, Voyager 2 was actually near Saturn, clicking away at 'my' planet.
Just something I discovered :P
Some interesting stats on Voyager 1 and 2
As of August 2007, Voyager 1 is approximately 9.7 billion miles from the sun. Voyager 2 is at approximately 7.8 billion miles. Voyager 1 is in the heliosheath, and Voyager 2 is approaching it.
In the next ten years, scientists expect the Voyagers to cross the heliopause, the edge of the bubble created by the sun's supersonic wind, and become the first craft to reach interstellar space.
As of July 2, 2007, at the speed of light, it takes 14 hours and 12 minutes for a signal from Voyager 1 to travel over 103 AU to reach one of the giant antennas of the Deep Space Network, and 11 hours and 24 minutes for Voyager 2, which is over 83 AU away.
Learn more:
http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/
www.nasa.gov/voyager
Thursday, August 09, 2007
Google Unveils Paid upgrades
Google has finally unveiled paid upgrade options. I discovered this since my Gmail account was at 97% capacity and I got an option to buy additional space when I logged in.
$20 for 6 GB per year is what I paid.. look at the screen shots below
$20 for 6 GB per year is what I paid.. look at the screen shots below
Friday, July 13, 2007
Quintessensial Kishore Kumar
Hilarious and funny, this interview is all what Kishore Kumar was about. One of the greatest male playback singers out of Bollywood, never trained to be one.
This is certainly one of the best Kishore Kumar interviews, which noted journalist and producer Pritish Nandy took during his tenure as editor, The Illustrated Weekly of India. He shares this interview exclusively with Ram Kamal Mukherjee. This interview was published in The Illustrated Weekly in 1985.
Read on...
PN: I understand you are quitting Bombay and going away to Khandwa…KK: Who can live in this stupid, friendless city where everyone seeks to exploit you every moment of the day? Can you trust anyone out here? Is anyone trustworthy? Is anyone a friend you can count on? I am determined to get out of this futile rat race and live as I've always wanted to. In my native Khandwa, the land of my forefathers. Who wants to die in this ugly city?PN: Why did you come here in the first place?
KK: I would come to visit my brother Ashok Kumar. He was such a big star in those days. I thought he could introduce me to KL Saigal who was my greatest idol. People say he used to sing through his nose. But so what? He was a great singer. Greater than anyone else.
Read the entire interview at the link below
http://www.buzz18.com/showstory.php?id=3252
This is certainly one of the best Kishore Kumar interviews, which noted journalist and producer Pritish Nandy took during his tenure as editor, The Illustrated Weekly of India. He shares this interview exclusively with Ram Kamal Mukherjee. This interview was published in The Illustrated Weekly in 1985.
Read on...
PN: I understand you are quitting Bombay and going away to Khandwa…KK: Who can live in this stupid, friendless city where everyone seeks to exploit you every moment of the day? Can you trust anyone out here? Is anyone trustworthy? Is anyone a friend you can count on? I am determined to get out of this futile rat race and live as I've always wanted to. In my native Khandwa, the land of my forefathers. Who wants to die in this ugly city?PN: Why did you come here in the first place?
KK: I would come to visit my brother Ashok Kumar. He was such a big star in those days. I thought he could introduce me to KL Saigal who was my greatest idol. People say he used to sing through his nose. But so what? He was a great singer. Greater than anyone else.
Read the entire interview at the link below
http://www.buzz18.com/showstory.php?id=3252
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