why are we [Indians] prosperous but not happy

This post gives a good idea..
I'd like to read it once more in my leisure and ponder over it.

http://harmanjit.blogspot.com/2007/04/notice-period-to-god.html

Portal for Kids

I feel that this idea would be a hit..

resources here
http://www.memory-key.com/Parents/strategies.pdf
http://www.journal.naeyc.org/btj/200407/OnlineAndPrintArtResources.pdf
http://www.surreymuseums.org.uk/somethingelse/psycho.htm

Cognitive Sciences

I dont know what that means.. but some of the things sound interesting..
and maybe complex..

will just make a note of few things that I come across..

Please correct me if I am wrong..
Wordnet is a collection of synsets.. collection of groups of words which relate to a similar concept

Some resources:
A course at MIT OCW [mentioned in my previous post]

Some Papers:
http://www-tsujii.is.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~yusuke/paper/eacl2003.pdf
http://www.d.umn.edu/~tpederse/wnsim-bib/

MIT OCW. Real Cool Studd here

I feel that I need to constantly keep learning..

understanding new things has always facinated me..
So has looking at the same thing from a different point of view.


Now and then, I take up a topic which it vaguely related to what I know or what I can comprehend easily and try to understand it.. But such efforts have not led to something concrete till now..
The good this is that I learn.. what next? What do I do with the things I learn?

cut the crap..
Here are a few courses that I'd like to look at in the coming months: [Apart from occasional Google Videos]

• Natural Language and the Computer Representation of Knowledge, Spring 2003
• Operating System Engineering, Fall 2006
• Introduction to Algorithms (SMA 5503), Fall 2005

Will keep on adding to this list over time

Google Tech Talks I'd like to see

Update [ Aug 5, 2007]: These are the ones that I would like to add - From the Google Scalability conference - from glinden
The Google tech talks are quite informative. Ranging from mysql query optimisation to psycology and economics.

Here is the list of videos that I'd Like to watch over the next few months...

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=236331448076587879




Building GUI applications with Python, GTK and Glade
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5838951374743244232

Haiku: The Operating System
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=236331448076587879

Joomla!
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7035976321528074794

7 Ways To Ruin A Technological Revolution
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8538240380002213699

Should Google Go Nuclear? Clean, cheap, nuclear power (no, really)
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1996321846673788606



Comparing American and Chinese Negotiation Styles
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4634363396909200237

GeoServer and Architectures of Participation for Geospatial Information
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3923618086187138447



Search Engine Strategies - Eric Schmidt interview
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5651532968895500419

Spatial Query Processing Utilizing Voronoi Diagrams
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2755539754474649930



A Live Motion Portable 3D Video Camera
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3656494784112768834



Toward the First Revolution in the Mind Sciences
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=983112177262602885

You Are What You Say: Privacy Risks of Public Mentions
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6474169875352273382



Code Generation With Ruby
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1541014406319673545

Peer to Peer Web Search with Minerva
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8710122769175704670

Journey Towards The Center Of The Earth
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5797001505961854840



Near-optimal Monitoring of Online Data Sources
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2567976561168591576



The New Digital Sky
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4364162621957872851



Python 3000
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6459339159268485356

How can we better understand customers?
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1932851428624192110

Some Python Integrated Development Environments
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8158216898634409900

15 Views of a Node Link Graph: An Information Visualization Portfolio
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6229232330597040086



Competing and Collaborating in China with Bi-Cultural Competence
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6672770494265798071

People to People Lending with Prosper
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8082730452536323779



Becoming a Software Testing Expert
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6852841264192883219



Impact of Technology on Reducing Poverty and Alleviating Social Issues in India
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6671271293722797569



Introduction to Perl: The friendly programming language
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-876009974056913377



Building Large Systems at Google
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5699448884004201579



Leveraging India As India Stands Up
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2089147957292061314

Strike Up The Brand: How to Design for Branding
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5654878583447435228




Team Server / Ajax Development with IntelliJ IDEA
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5548138713037707664

The Next Fifty Years of Science
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6119231548215342323



Our Lives, Our Facebooks

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3910777240176719644



django: Web Development for Perfectionists with Deadlines
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-70449010942275062



Biofuels: Think Outside The Barrel
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-570288889128950913



Urban Sensing, Social Networking, And The Third Thing
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7829327427683569548



Predicting bugs in code changes using SCM information
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7802818288058377867

General Purpose, Low Power Supercomputing Using Reconfiguration
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4969729965240981475

The Reiser4 Filesystem
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6866770590245111825

Stanford Experts on Climate Change and Carbon Trading
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2226061573523196174