Q: What is the difference between a duck?
A: One leg is both the same.

-today's fortune cookie.

one thousand and one islamic inventions

no, this has nothing to do with arabian nights. well there are only 20 listed here: http://news.independent.co.uk/world/science_technology/article350594.ece but you can get more at www.1001inventions.com if your afternoon is not particularly happening.
pretty interesting trivia, if you're into that kind of thing.
the article finally confirms a suspicion held deep inside me that the word 'camera' and the hindi word qamra are somehow related. and now i also know why ethiopian qahwah is actually called that. 'algorithm' comes from al-Khwarizmi and algebra from al-Jabr. banking is really 14 centuries old ? when was the last time you read the word saltpetre ;-) my chemistry teacher would be ashamed of me.

time flies

time flies like an arrow
fruit flies like a banana.

today i realised how truly brilliantly funny that one is and i laughed and laughed.

alien rain in india

the aliens have landed. read this:
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/world/story/0,,1723913,00.html