Author Archives: The Empty Head

Codemasters – The official F1 game makers!

Gaming enthusiasts who are into playing racing games have been satisfied for several years by Electronic Arts(EA) Need for Speed series. But for those who admire F1 racing, EA also had a brief series of F1 racing simulation games. Back in my college days, I got the chance to play the EA F1 2000, and… Read More »

YouTube – Now in India

A few years back, YouTube took the online world by storm by offering a unique video sharing service that was previously unheard of. It did not take very long for YouTube to become a culture in itself, much like the social networking sites that mushroomed all around it. And yet the novelty of watching videos… Read More »

The Hunt for Red October

In my case, the Red October is not a nuke powered sub. I am searching for a JD761 series laptop battery to power my Dell Inspiron battery. I had purchased my laptop when I was in the US last year, and one year later its battery died. Now I am faced with the near impossible… Read More »

Posting via LiveWriter

This is a trial post, to test the posting and editing capabilities of Windows Live Writer. This seems to be a very promising web publishing tool. I thought that the Live Writer would only work with blogs that use Live Spaces, but the seamless integration with my WordPress based blog proved me wrong instantly. The… Read More »

Learn new words, earn someone a meal

This is pretty much the concept behind FreeRice, an online initiative taken by UN World Food Program. The way it works is simple, you go to www.freerice.com, play the simple wordgame there, and for every word you get right, 20 grains of rice are donated to UN WFP. WFP is the United Nations frontline agency… Read More »