- About Me :
- I work in the field of Medical Visualization. Generally just dot the stuff I run into in my daily browsing that I find interesting: usually technology, science, and humorous stuff.
Heres my weekend project from a bit back: an open source note/thought/task manager -> http://gyrfalcon.sourceforge.net
Something in between a proper 'diary' type blog and a meandering stream of ideas ->
http://vivekv.zaadz.com/blog
myspace:
http://www.myspace.com/v_lysis
flixter (movie reviews/etc)
http://www.flixster.com/user/vlysis
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- Oct 09 2008
Lysis | Shared With: Everyone - Apr 22 2007 | article, history, meals, lunch, dinner, supper
A really fascinating article from History magazine. Interesting how much of a difference the development of lighting technologies made. It also explains how British and American eating customs ended up being so different... I'd really like to see something on what happened in other countries though (Italy and Spain have some funky customs that demand explanation)
Oh and remember: "Real men don't eat lunch!" ;)
- Lysis | Shared With: Everyone - Oct 09 2008 | anathem, review, books, neal stephenson, geeky, philosophy, science, technology
I was just blown away by the sheer ambition, depth, and virtuosity of this book. I tend to like just about anything Stephenson writes but this one takes it to a completely different level imho
- Lysis | Shared With: Everyone - Jul 19 2008 | xkcd, politics, internet, kansas, rick astley, funny
Nice
- Lysis | Shared With: Everyone - Jul 13 2008 | dubai, pictures, buildings, architecture
wow
- Lysis | Shared With: Everyone - Jul 11 2008 | video, hbo, miniseries, trailer, tv, generation, kill, iraq, war, wire, funny
click to playLooks interesting, from the creator of The Wire as well :)
- Lysis | Shared With: Everyone - Jul 08 2008 | music, funny, Gorbachev, russia, communism, death metal, art deco, history, ussr, coke, weirdness
Wow this is seriously nuts, but a brilliant zombie death metal meets soviet realism with a twist of art deco nuts and a free history lesson thrown in kind of nuts!
Oh and the scene where Gorbachov the Barbarian decapitates/death rays the KGB zombie guys with battleaxes/etc, immediately followed by happy people dancing as coke bottles and jeans fall from the sky is sheer genius ;)
- Lysis | Shared With: Everyone - Jul 02 2008 | movies, Science Fiction, alien, 2001, starship troopers, funny, humor
Quite clever
- Lysis | Shared With: Everyone - Jun 28 2008 | diablo, games, computer, blizzard, pc
Oh dear, there goes my free time...
- Lysis | Shared With: Everyone - Jun 20 2008 | star, wars, lego, movies, geeky, storm, trooper, death star
Hehe, those little lego star wars people are great, don't think I'd chip out 400 bucks(!!) for this, but it certainly is detailed.
- Lysis | Shared With: Everyone - Jun 12 2008 | video, battlestar, galactica, old 97, dance, tricia helfer, frack, geeky, rock, music
click to playHehe, I shouldn't have enjoyed this as much as I did but what the hey :)
Geek rock dialed up to 11 (and I think some Kung Fu movie motifs thrown in for good measure...) - Lysis | Shared With: Everyone - Jun 11 2008 | video, shark, octopus, science, nature
Wow, pretty cool!
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I was just blown away by the sheer ambition, depth, and virtuosity of this book. I tend to like just about anything Stephenson writes but this one takes it to a completely different level imho
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