QFI Open Quiz on July 30

The 2nd edition of the QFI Open Quiz will be held on 30th July. Here are the details

Date: 30th of July 2006 (Sunday)
Schedule: Prelims - 9:30 a.m. and Finals - 11:00 a.m.
Team size: Maximum of 3 members
Venue: "Sri Venkata Auditorium"
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan
37/39, East Mada Street
Mylapore, Chennai – 04

So just grab a couple of friends and enjoy. Will be loads of fun considering Vinod and Goach are the quizmasters.

Read the full announcement here.

YouOS

This has to be the coolest thing I've seen in years, check it out - it's an web operating system. Click on try a demo and check it out. It's brilliant

More info here

Bolti Bandh

The Indian government has blocked access to typepad and blogspot blogs

Bloggers against censorship wiki
http://scratchpad.wikia.com/wiki/Bloggers_Against_Censorship
This has lots of useful info about using RTI and lists of bloggers protesting and ways to work around the gag

Slashdot entry: India joins China in censoring websites
http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/06/07/17/1732209.shtml

Sites carrying the story
http://in.rediff.com/news/2006/jul/17blog.htm
http://www.boingboing.net/2006/07/17/report_indian_gov_bl.html

Ways to by pass the ban (courtesy Kiruba’s blog)
http://scratchpad.wikia.com/wiki/Bypassing_The_Ban

Bloggers collective is having a discussion on this
http://groups.google.com/group/BloggersCollective

Best part is I am able post to blogspot as blogger.com is not blocked! But I cannot see my own blogposts!!!! (Access via http://www.pkblogs.com/ works from office)

Wordpress, livejournal have not been blocked
I thought we became a free country in 1947

It's so sad that the country touting itself to be the world's technology destination does not have Free Speech

Seriously what kind of bozos are running this country anyway???? It's been done to tackle terrorist elements apparently and may not be a permanent blockade

Zizou head butting Materazzi flash game

:D Check this out. You are Zizou and you get to "butt f***" [sic] Materazzi. Just keep head butting him till you get a red card!

World E Book fair

Free Access to the public from July 4th to August 4th, in celebration of Project Gutenberg's 35th Birthday

Happy reading!

Link here