X-Prizes everywhere. It seems like everyone is doing it these days.

I-Prize Contest Proving a Winning Approach to Discovering Billion-Dollar Business Ideas -> News@Cisco

A few weeks ago, I was thinking about work. Well, mostly about the
emotionally, menatally and soul demanding jobs of today’s information age.
What’s the point of it all? Living like this, stressing ourselves out, even
during vacations, so that we retire tired, broken, old, depressed, our
grown-up kids having left us and awaiting the end of it all… and the
beginning of an afterlife that we haven’t even prepared well for. What the
frack are we really working for??

I really liked this piece! Amusing and funny!

Why do you get more upset about your beloved dog dying than about 1,000 people killed by a flood in a village in India? Why is it always Us v. Them? Why do racial stereotypes exist? This article is an interesting and entertaining take on questions like that.

What is the Monkeysphere? | Cracked.com

I’m not really intrigued by the prospect of a hidden galaxy that’s under our noses all this time, but I like this stuff.

Milky Way galaxy may have hidden twin – space – 30 November 2007 – New Scientist Space

It’s promising, but it looks ugly. It may be better than Sony’s, though.

Amazon.com: Kindle: Amazon’s New Wireless Reading Device: Kindle Store

I like this concept: the service provider or telecom operator being a transport network for applications, and not just a mere transport network but more of a catalyst, with infra-services like security, customer-managed QoS, network-based middleware, traffic acceleration/shaping, etc.

Savvis unveils $45M network, data center upgrades – Network World

Finally, Juniper switches! I can’t wait to see those screamin’ babies! I really hope they do support virtualization (like Cisco’s StackWise in the Catalyst 3750 and VSS in the Catalyst 6500).

Juniper ‘Hurricane’ in the forecast – Network World

I liked this article. I scan-read it and it rings true to what I know to be true. You gotta learn how to build your contacts.

Gulfnews: Role of networking in job-hunting

If you believe in Evolution Theory, do you think genetic modification is hurting evolution? I personally think that evolution is a possibility, and that it doesn’t conflict with religion. Alright, perhaps I don’t buy into that we-were-apes part, but I think life’s biology in general does evolve, and with God’s will. So, Intelligent Design preachers and Evolution pros, shake hands and say sorry! Now let’s watch Planet of the Apes together.
While I prepare the popcorn, what do you think?

Consider the Chaos Theory while considering this: when you eat less, you may be indirectly giving food to the hungry and needy. It’s another motivation to reduce your weight. What do you think?