- How the internet is covering the Obama inauguration
The Obama Inauguration will start on January 20, 2009 starts at 11:30am Eastern Standard Time ( 8:30am for West Coast United States, 4:30 pm UK time, 9:00 pm Indian Standard Time) and will cost upwards of $170 million.…
Topic: Internet and Websites, Internet and Websites, Obama, Inauguration, Simpleguide | Read more
- A Simple Guide to Aamir Khan and his controversies
People call the perfectionist of Bollywood. As someone not quite convinced by the claim, I would say Aamir has perfected the art of creating controveries to benefit his movies, something that many in the Indian film indu…
Topic: Films, Aamir khan, Simpleguide, Celeb media industrial complex | Read more
- A simpleguide to the Mumbai Terror attacks 2008
It is 4-30 PM here in India as I write this post and the terrorists are still inside the Oberoi Hotel. Some have called the attacks as the coming of age of Urban Jihad in India with the Armed forces and police fighting b…
Topic: Terrorism, Terrorism, Mumbaiterrorattack2008, Simpleguide, Mumbai | Read more
- jobsearchguide: a simpleguide to 22 cool sites to find web related jobs
The internet is a great place to look for jobs and no list can a complete list. So, for starters:
Job Search Engines
1. Indeed - don't forget to set feeds and alerts for your job searches
2. Simplyhired
Special…
Topic: Jobs and Careers, Simpleguide, Work | Read more
- quickreadguide: a simpleguide to read the paper in 10 minutes
Okay, first let's be clear about something: this quick guide is for young people who are really too 'busy' to read serious news and susally go for the fluffy freesheets and entertainment sections. As if we weren't clear …
Topic: Entertainment, Simpleguide, News, Toread | Read more
- conguide: a short and simple guide to fooling people
There is a sweet post about how people fool other people on PsychologyToday. Here's the 25 word version:
The key to a con is not that you trust the conman, but that he shows he trusts you.
Sweet.
How to con a con?…
Topic: Scams, Simpleguide, Howto, Psychology | Read more
- cameraguide: a simpleguide to the ideal pixel number for your digital camera
Contrary to popular opinion and all those shiny camera ads, more pixels don't really translate into better pictures. The New York Times has written about it here. here's the less than 100 word version:
More pixels do ca…
Topic: Advice, Photography, Digital photography, Cameras, Simpleguide | Read more
- A simpleguide to the best photography web page ever
It is none other than this page on Digital Photography School blog. IMHO, this page links out almost all essential photography guides. A sampling of the headlines:
* Wedding Photography
* How to Take Great Group Pho…
Topic: How To, Photography, Digital photography, Simpleguide | Read more
- peoplesearchguide: a simpleguide to track people online
Whatever people might say, web 2.0 has proven to be a boon in tracking anyone online. Ask any HR flack or a college admission guy. Here is a short list of things you might want to to serach for someone online:
1. Star…
Topic: DIY, Simpleguide, Google, Howto | Read more
- Torrent Safety Guide: a simpleguide to P2P downloads without letting your ISP know
This not a fullproof but still a tryable list of things to do to to lower your risk of detection by your ISP if you are using BitTorrent.
1. Enable encrypted stream for downloads in your BitTorrent client so that your…
Topic: Software, Torrent, Online video, Simpleguide, Howto | Read more
- Startup essentials: 10 essential documents
Jason Nazar of Docstoc has posted 10 highly useful documents that most startups need. Here is the link and here's the list of 10 essential startup documents needed t in the United States. Goes without saying that these l…
Topic: Business and Finance, Startup, Simpleguide | Read more
- How to create a Fascist regime
This comes from a great article in Alternate titled, 'Fascist America, in 10 Easy Steps'. The movie 'V for Vendetta' can be seen as the accompanying pice for this guide.
1. Invoke a terrifying internal and external…
Topic: Civil Liberties, Fascism, Howto, Simpleguide | Read more
