Chuma Blog

An urge to pee

2005-09-15T19:19:00.000-07:00

It's a situation anyone could find themselves in - having to answer the call of nature in the middle of an important meeting. But when you are the US president, at a gathering of more than 150 world leaders, it is even more tricky.

And, he is said to have turned to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice for advice. ...more...

Katrina

2005-09-04T12:57:00.000-07:00

First of all I feel sorry for all the victims - because of natural disaster and man made disaster. Then, I laugh at intelligence of those (mostly administration officials) who say - Oh we did not know this was going to happen. And, then, I am furious at those playing blame game and those in media (radio and TV) who are spinning to make sure that blame lies on the other side. This is not partisan issue - Katrina was neither republican nor democratic.

Citizens Required for a New Country

2005-08-24T14:00:00.000-07:00

Danny Wallace’s cybernation compliments the fascinating 6 part BBC documentary “How To Start Your Own Country”. Follow the hero as he learns how to set up his government and look after his people. You can even become a citizen yourself, if you pass the citizenship test that is. In fact you can sign up and become a citizen on the following website www.citizensrequired.com

The struggle over science

2005-08-24T07:41:00.000-07:00

Bush administration's hostility to science.... Surely the Bush cabinet are intelligent men, but their continued bungling of international affairs and unsubtle pandering to industry at home are pretty baffling. What long-term good can come of pretending climactic catastrophe is not happening? more...

Hard Flash Drives

2005-08-11T20:42:00.000-07:00

Samsung Electronics hopes that falling prices for flash memory chips will mean solid-state memory can eventually replace hard drives in laptop computers and other devices, a top executive says. ...(more)

Idog and other cool toys

2005-08-10T13:09:00.000-07:00

Japanese company SegaToys was researching how to take the music from your portable player and pump it through an emotional robotic dog. That's right, the iDog serves as a speaker for your iPod, delivering terrible monaural sound through an irresistibly adorable package. The iDog moves its ears, rotates its head and blinks its colored lights in response to sounds made around it ... (more)

Peter Jennings

2005-08-07T21:17:00.000-07:00

It is a sad news that Peter Jennings, the anchor of ABC Worldnews died today. He was a person for whom I had deepest regard and highest respect. In todays world of media trying to spin stories, he represented a class that believed in truly FAIR and BALANCED reporting.

Barefoot College

2005-08-07T14:44:00.000-07:00

The College encourages practical knowledge and skills rather than paper qualifications through a learning by doing process of education. This is really cool concept ...

What is chuma blog?

2005-08-07T14:36:00.000-07:00

When I was in undergraduate school, there existed a slang "CHUMA" for what will be "just like that". CHUMA IS ANYTHING RANDOM.