Sunday, October 17, 2010

Mathematics is an art?

Anyone who hasn't already read it, should read it. The blogs from Steven Strogatz :
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/author/steven-strogatz/

The real joy of reading mathematics ...

Monday, October 4, 2010

Commonwealth games 2010

People are searching for Commonwealth Games 2010, the largest such games currently going on the earth. The not-so-surprising fact is that people are not probably looking for Games result or prospects, but they are actually searching to get updates on poor infrastructure.

To get a confirmation, open Google and search for Commonwealth Games Delhi, the suggestions you would get are shown below -

The infrastructure comes at third most related one as of today. It's good that "ceremony" has generated enough hype to beat "infrastructure" as the single most searched word along with "commonwealth games delhi". I'll report the same once more, when the Games is over.

Updated near the end of the Games :

The picture actually is worse than what we started with.

Now another feather in the crown has been added to it. Corruption was always a part of Indian organizations and will probably remain so in near future. So, it just made a cut in the list.

Windows Mobile, Kinect and Holiday sales

Microsoft is going to unveil a couple of new products in this holiday season. The first is their new Windows Mobile. It's understandable that people who plan to buy it will definitely would like to search for it on Google. Although time is still left for playing a late catchup game, the numbers still doesn't look good for Microsoft.


See above - Windows Mobile (blue) against Android (red), Full Report

The other bet Kinect is generating poorer response compared to Sony's Move, the competitor in this game.


See above - XBOX Kinect (blue) against Playstation Move (red), Full report