Happy Lunar New Year!
Filed under General, Malaysia, People, World
To all my Chinese friends and readers from around the world, have a nice and prosperous Lunar New Year 2010!
Regards,
Raghuram S.
Tags: Happy Chinese New Year, Happy Lunar New Year
Happy Valentine’s Day!
Filed under General, People, World
To all my readers, have a nice and joyous Valentine’s day! For the singles, wish for something nice on this nice day 
Regards,
Raghuram S.
Tags: happy valentine's day, valentine's day, valentine's day 2010
Respond to Haiti Quake
Filed under World
January 12: a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti, as we all know. If you’d like to offer help, please head over to the below pages.
1. Google Crisis Response #Haiti
http://www.google.com/relief/haitiearthquake/index.html
2. UNICEF Malaysia 2010 Haiti Earthquake Children’s Appeal
https://www.supportunicefmalaysia.org/emergency/index.php
or via bank transfer, Maybank Acc no: 514329427587
Mind Boggling Burj Dubai Inauguration!
Filed under World, Youtube/Vimeo/Videos
If you missed the inauguration of the Burj Dubai, now known as Burj Khalifa, here’s a good video coverage on it. Watch the video, and you’ll know what the title of the post means.
North Magnetic Pole Moving
Our earth’s north magnetic pole is racing toward Russia at almost 40 miles (64 kilometers) a year due to magnetic changes in the planet’s core, new research says.
The earth’s core is too deep for scientists to directly detect its magnetic field. But researchers can infer the field’s movements by tracking how Earth’s magnetic field has been changing at the surface and in space.
Now, newly analyzed data suggest that there’s a region of rapidly changing magnetism on the core’s surface, possibly being created by a mysterious “plume” of magnetism arising from deeper in the core.
It’s to be noted that currently, the magnetic pole is located in northern Canada. Magnetic north, which is the place where compass needles actually point, is near but not exactly in the same place as the geographic North Pole. Right now as we speak, the magnetic north is close to Canada’s Ellesmere Island.
The magnetic north pole had moved little from the time scientists first located it in 1831. Then in 1904, the pole began shifting northeastward at a steady pace of about 9 miles (15 kilometers) a year. In 1989 it sped up again, and in 2007 scientists confirmed that the pole is now galloping toward Siberia at 34 to 37 miles (55 to 60 kilometers) a year.
A rapidly shifting magnetic pole means that magnetic-field maps need to be updated more often to allow compass users to make the crucial adjustment from magnetic north to true North.
Source: NatGeo
Prague in 18 GigaPixel Glory!
Filed under Tech, Visual Graphics & Images, World
Have you always wanted to see a whole city at a glace? Well now you can!
This panoramic view of the historical city of Prague indeed looks great, thanks to 360Cities.net. They also have some other cities covered; you can view them on their site. And don’t forget, you’re seeing Prague through an 18 Gigapixel (not even Megapixel!) image!
Enjoy!
Happy New Year 2010!
Filed under People, Visual Graphics & Images, World
Wishing all my beloved readers a
Happy New Year!!
[Wallpaper courtesy of Ugendran Letchimenan. Click to download]
Regards,
Raghuram
2009 Comes to End
Filed under General, People, World
2009 was a good year to many, but not for me, I can frankly say. From renal issues to grandmother’s passing, plenty of things had happened this year that would change me in times to come. There were some good times of course, like graduation and getting a new job, but overall, 2009 was not an exciting year for me.
Now that it’s coming to an end tonight, I’m looking forward to 2010 in being tonnes better, for everyone, and myself likewise.
Happy New Year to everyone reading this blog!
Regards,
Raghuram S.
Merry Christmas
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Merry Christmas to everyone reading this blog. And of course, Happy Holidays!
Regards,
Raghuram S.
Antarctic Ice Sheet May Be Losing Mass!
Filed under Environment, World
The East Antarctic ice sheet has been losing mass for the last three years, according to an analysis of data from a gravity-measuring satellite mission.
The scientists involved say they are “surprised” by the finding, because the giant East Antarctic sheet, unlike the west, has been thought to be stable. Other scientists say ice loss could not yet be pinned on climate change, and uncertainties in the data are large.
These two bodies of ice contain enough water to raise sea levels by about six to seven metres (20ft) each if they melted completely. Melting the East Antarctic sheet would raise sea levels by much more – about 50-60m.
But scientists have generally discounted the possibility of it happening because the region is so cold. The measurements in the study suggest there was no net ice loss between 2002 and 2006. But since then, East Antarctica has been losing 57 billion tonnes (Gt) per year.
Read more on BBC
