Clinton's at Harvard Uni Class Day

Open Culture has an interesting video of Bill Clinton speaking at Harvard University's Class Day event. A quote from the article:

... it reminds us that there may be again a day when we can look to the White House for leadership and inspiration.

Update: oculture.com link is broken. Youtube carries the same videos in 3 parts - part 1, part 2 and part 3.

I'm a huge supporter of Clinton's current humanitarian work in building a better world. Incidentally, he won the 2007 TED prize and his acceptance speech is also worth watching.

In the same way, I hope that our own President Abdul Kalam will also reach greater heights once his term in office is over and he's free of political incumbents.

Carina Nebula: The Cosmic Crucible

In celebration of the Hubble 17th launch date anniversary, astronomers released the largest panoramic photographs every taken by the Hubble's cameras. The Carina Nebula is 50 light years across and shows the birth and death of stars in an unprecedented level of detail (click the image below for a high-res version).


Hubble website has plenty of details of this magnificent nebula: Star birth in the Extreme, Carina Nebula Details, Key to Detail Images.

Book review: Advanced Linux Programming

CodeSourcery has made their Advanced Linux Programming book a free download.

This is as close to the indispensable Richard Stevens' Advanced Programming in the Unix Environment as you can get. ALP is highly recommended reading.

Hubble Detects 50,000 Galaxies

Hubble recently identified 50,000 evolving galaxies near the Big Dipper.

Read the full article from hubble site and the photo that puts everything in perspective.

I don't think I can get used to how big the Universe is. Ever.