New BitTorrent Client

It's obvious that many folks have been struggling with bitTorrent clients for a while now.

Rest easy. There is a new client in town. Check out azureus. It is written in java and may require you to install java runtime, but it's much, MUCH better than any other bitTorrent client.

Happy torrenting.

note: I've found SWT

My Slashdot Fortune for Today!

Why are you doing this to me? Because knowledge is torture, and there must be awareness before there is change. -- Jim Starlin, "Captain Marvel", #29

No Logo

For enlightening articles on the state of the world please proceed to www.nologo.org.
In this site Naomi Klein, international activist, raises voice against inhuman globalization. She has an almost radical view, which, I'm sure most will share after reading her articles.
The book on the site "Fences of enclosure, Windows of possibility" was eye opening.

"Narrow the distance between those who make decisions and those who have to live the effects of those decisions. Empathy and social solidarity answer positive deeper desires for community, relationships and connection."

-Naomi Klein, author of No Logo.

Human Rights Day - Dec 10

Maldivians know it as "Masveringe Dhuvas". The world has celeberated it as "Human Rights Day". No wonder Maldivians never get to celeberate it.



On 10 December 1948, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which states "All human beings are born with equal and inalienable rights and fundamental freedoms".

United Nations
Amnesty International
Human Rights Education Associates
Human Rights Watch

Take a Stand Against Injustice
Celebrate Your Rights

Maldivian Democratic Party

I'm at a Maldivian Democratic Party Conference.

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My Top 10 Cult Movies

It's cult season folks. So in no specific order I present some of my favourites.

• Apocalypse Now


• The Shining


• Halloween


• Lost Highway


• Ed Wood


• Rosemary's Baby


• A Clockwork Orange


• Donnie Darko


• Pink Floyd - The Wall (movie)


• The Ring

It seems that they are doing a remake of Suspiria for next year. Hope that will be good. Anyway I reserve the right to change this list in the future. Having said that you'll find below some other notable movies. Remember that the key word here is Cult.

Jacob's Ladder
The Others
Dark City
Cube
Paperhouse
The Birds
Suspiria
Blue Velvet
Eraserhead
Pi
The Blair Witch Project
Brazil
Life of Brian
Fight Club

update :
I've changed the list a bit. Below I'm adding movies that I haven't seen but would like to see in the near future.

Vana espuma (a.k.a Idle Mist)

Information Management

I've got a pre-exam test on IM (Information Management, not Instant Messenger) today.

I was wonderfully surprised to see an article on the same subject turn up on slashdot.
It's an interview with Sir Arthur C Clarke.
Here's a quotable quote from the article.

... it is vital to remember that information, in the sense of raw data, is not knowledge;
that knowledge is not wisdom;
and that wisdom is not foresight.

Sir Arthur C Clarke

Humanity will survive information deluge ? Sir Arthur C Clarke