Archive for March, 2008

Typical Mauritian food

Sunday, March 16th, 2008

We were at Péreybère on Sunday as delightfully narrated by Gavin on his blog. There, after some swimming and kayaking, we indulged ourselves (twice!) in some “glaçon rapé” (pictured above). It’s basically, in case you are not from Mauritius, ice served with different kinds of syrup.
I may be wrong but I think “glaçon rapé” is [...]

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MIT Names Its Top 10 Emerging Technologies for 2008

Friday, March 14th, 2008

Graphene sheets are not entirely flat, © A Geim, U. Manchester
Graphene transistors will be one of the top emerging technologies of 2008, according to researchers at MIT. Microchips built with graphene have the potential to work faster than silicon-based circuits, produce less heat, and conduct it away more rapidly. The MIT researchers are high on [...]

elooooooooo :p

Friday, March 14th, 2008

Just to let everybody know that am still alive, so is my blog Now being over-overloaded with the writing of my project report and tests have been scheduled for the last week of march. As for the project report, deadline for submission is 14th april 2008 (may God help us all meet that deadline)
And [...]

40 years ago!

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008

Today while reading yesterday’s paper, i came across an article on the success of a familial company. This company came into existence 40 years back when the founder tried to introduce he first locally made toothpaste. Blendax was then made known to the public. 4o years later, the brand is still going strong. When i [...]

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008

We are finally there. Four English teams ( Mant Utd, Chelsea, Liverpool, Arsenal) out of the eight that qualified. The other four are Barcelona (Spain), Roma (Italy), Fenebahce (Turkey) and Schalke (Germany).
Some ( the canal + guys) say that this will be the consolation prize for the England as they ll watch Euro 2008 [...]

MBC?

Tuesday, March 11th, 2008

MBC?what the f*ck is that?
Again the same thing goes on.I can’t control my anger.
Li met pub pou play match liverpool and mo in attand 2puis 00.30! ! !
MBC?come on guys.Learn how to be more professional! ! !zot in faire sa plis ki 3 fois.! ! ! !
keep the bad work going on.Hats off
[...]

Do you believe in god?

Monday, March 10th, 2008

Note : This is only my point of view….
You may not agree with me, and express ur own beliefs…
God is a figment of man’s imagination.
We YOU created him in our your undeniable lust for security and a need for purpose. God doesn’t…

Are we worthy Mauritians?

Monday, March 10th, 2008

Paul Graham, one of my heroes, has written Six Principles for Making New Things where he offers the following (timeless) advice when creating something new:

I like to find simple solutions
to overlooked problems
that actually need to be solved
and deliver them as informally as possible
starting with a very crude version 1
then iterating rapidly.

I wonder if this recipe [...]

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Football in Mauritius

Monday, March 10th, 2008

I know. I know. The state of football is not that great in Mauritius. And, to be frank, I don’t even know the names of the teams in the 1st division.
I’m writing this blog entry because I got a mail from someone called Piotr Chmielewski (he is from Poland) who writes about football on a [...]

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Une presse sans Gutenberg?

Monday, March 10th, 2008

Article paru dans l’Express d’aujourdh’ui…concernant Internet et le journalisme
Check here to read article…
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