Author Archives: donniel

Google and China: My two cents

Google’s exit from China has caused major waves in not just the technology circles, but even in living rooms and water-cooler discussions everywhere. This is for good reason, as both China and Google are super-heavy-weights, and major movers-and-shakers. Any decisions … Continue reading

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The purpose of life

(This post is best read while stoned or drunk) Ladies and gentlemen. I am going to do what numerous philosophers, scientists, religious nuts, movie protagonists and cats have tried to do for centuries. I am going to uncover the meaning … Continue reading

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Am I racist?

I’ve been inundated with racist vibes over the past few weeks. Not as a victim, just as a bystander. Bystander best describes it, because I hardly ever partook in the discussion. It’s not that I didn’t realize that racism existed, … Continue reading

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Ponderings

I recently read a blog entry by an old classmate of mine. This was a guy that I remembered as being quite intelligent and rational. I was therefore quite surprised to see what seemed to be a narrow-minded, bigoted and … Continue reading

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Choosing amongst many – the deal breaker method

I am in the process of finalizing which PHP framework (in short, a web programming toolkit) for a project I was working on. As I was researching the frameworks available, I was disappointed to note that there seemed to be … Continue reading

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Genius = monomania?

I read a very interesting article featured on /. recently: http://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/the-myth-of-multitasking The article talks about research that suggests that ‘multitasking’, the ubiquitous term that has come to mean the ability to perform multiple focus-intensive tasks simultaneously might not be a … Continue reading

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