Let there be light

An Italian company called Coelux has created a natural light that very much resembles sun light. And the applications in interior design are endless.

Switching to a Standing Desk

They say "every minute you spend sitting shaves several years off your life". If its true then I would be dead in the few years ago ;-)

Still a good read: I Switched to a Standing Desk

Why rob people, when you can rob ATMs

Seems to be lucrative job. The robbers have stolen 73 ATMs, and each time, they have stole cash in the range of 1,300 to $12,000. They were brave enough to grab to attach an ATM near police station or even in the broad day light. And no one is caught yet.

The greatest hack in the history

Remember Stuxnet? The highly sophisticated hack that took down Iran's nuclear program? We were thinking that it was a technically advanced program. Now Kaspersky reveals that "Equation Group"created a malware and giving out "bread crumbs" to other teams like Stuxnet. Scary!

http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/02/how-omnipotent-hackers-tied-to-the-nsa-hid-for-14-years-and-were-found-at-last/

Power Split Drive of Toyoto Priyus

An wonderful explanation of PSD in Toyotos: http://eahart.com/prius/psd/

Cars Jony Ive

The not-so-small list of cars owned by Jony Ive. Note: "Ironically, the car crash alerted Apple to how important Jony is to the company and they gave him a big pay raise".

Thought for the day: If you crash your car, will your company give you a raise?

The Enchanted Island of Centenarians

Moraitis was diagnosed with Lung Cancer. The doctors gave him nine months to live. He had to choose between his current house in Boyton Beach in Florida or to his ancestral property in Ikaria, a Greek Island. He choose to die in his ancestral place. He didn't go thru any therapy, yet the normal way of living in the island, made him stronger.

25 years later, the cancer seems to have gone without any medication. He has outlived the nine months that the doctors gave him. He went to America to see the doctors to get an explanation. All of his doctors were dead!

A very long interesting read from NY Times. Summary: drink herbal tea, drink wine, sleep well, eat vegetables that you grow in your garden, socialize.

Why is the Dollar sign has the letter 'S'

Why is the Dollar sign has the letter 'S'? That is an interesting question, isn't it? Here is the answer.

Bonus link: A tale of two zippers

100 years of National Geographic maps

Kids these days grow up with Google Maps or Apple/Bing Maps. 100 years ago, maps were completely different. Here is an evolution of the maps by National Geographic.