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[15 Aug 2009 | No Comment | 299 views]
KeyNote – Musical Typing

I was thinking how each key we type produces a slightly different sound/pitch. It would be interesting to see how each key’s pitch differs from other keys. And then when we type different words – does it produce a certain kind of music?
And can this music be used to understand words/language differently? A different version of spoken/auditory english maybe?
I began by typing! a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a . A whole bunch of a’s. Recorded the sound on Soundbooth. …

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[12 Apr 2009 | 5 Comments | 686 views]
Missed Calls in India? Find out who now!

Ever got a missed call and wondered and wondered who it could possibly be from? Well, know you can know! Well, not exactly. Through the free missed call lookup service you can now see the location and the operator of any mobile phone in India.
I came up with the idea when a ’shady’ friend of mine sent me border-line ’shady’ messages when she got a new number.  The data available is not 100% up-to-date and is mostly restricted to GSM phones. Will try to update as and when.
Post script: Since …

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[3 Apr 2009 | 2 Comments | 491 views]
New Free Wordpress Theme

Simply Pink is a simple, minimalistic Wordpress theme intended to look more like a small personal website than a blog.

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[25 Mar 2009 | No Comment | 187 views]

Testing a few IP mapping services. Cluster maps below. Not entirely open source.

DIY Maps. This seems to be the coolest but hardest to configure. I’m trying to configure it here. Not happening so far. Sigh. My dream.

IPCCP is also a cool wordpress plugin.
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/ipccp/. Testing right now.

CEMA, Featured, Life and Lit »

[7 Mar 2009 | One Comment | 420 views]
No More Fear of the Dark

Three women are walking home after eating dinner at 9pm. It isn’t late. It isn’t a long walk home. 7 minutes. It is, however, dark.

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[4 Mar 2009 | No Comment | 3,941 views]
Tea with Krzysztof Zanussi

Krzysztof Zanussi is an established yet ‘unentertaining’ Polish filmmaker who visited Srishti for a brief talk on 3rd March, 2009.

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[17 Feb 2009 | One Comment | 443 views]
Dharavi Stars: An Interview

In January 2009, some children from Dharavi, Mumbai, created music with Bappi Lahiri and DJ Paul Devro of Mad Decent.

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[11 Feb 2009 | 2 Comments | 2,217 views]
The CEMA Pink Chaddi Brigade

The Pink Chaddi Campaign, part of the Consortium of Pub-going, Loose and Forward Women.

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[7 Feb 2009 | One Comment | 336 views]
Porous City

A cool thing Prayas is doing! Check it out – the evolution of the bamboo bus!