Somniloquy
Came across an interesting paper today. What if you could reduce the avg. power usage of your computer from ~200Watts to ~200mWatts when you are not using it? I usually keep my system on for downloading torrents and this is exactly what makes it possible to put everything but the network interfaces in your computer to sleep.
Enter Somniloquy, which means to talk in one’s sleep. The computer is theoretically sleeping but can network and download data. For this they use a modified network card with a low power embedded microprocessor and a data card. This processor takes care of the ongoing downloads when you put it in a semi-sleep state. Once the miniature 2 Gb SD card is filled up, you wake up the computer to copy the data onto the hard disk and put it back to sleep and download.
An interesting read. You can get the paper here.
:(
Well, I lost my first bet today… won four in a row.. 
I bet on Chennai in their match against Deccan. It was a pretty close call. Thought that deccan should loose sooner or later, even though thats my home team… serves me right i guess..
Anyways here are my stats:
Bets Placed: 5 (each of 10 Rs.)
Won: 4 (+31 Rs)
Lost: 1 (-10 Rs)
Net: +21 Rs.
I should be a happy man 
Pranith, name meaning
Well, I often heard people asking me what my name ‘Pranith’ meant. So here goes. My name was actually spelled as Praneeth. But after a bungling at my school in 10th standard, it came out to be Pranith in my certificate. It stayed that way ever since.
Hmm, coming to the topic, after a bit of researching I found out that it means humble, simple, pleasant. Well, my parents must have wished for that.
[update: corrected]
IPL 2
Well, even though I am not such a huge fan I find this IPL interesting cos of the convenience of earning a little money 
. We have an informal (cough)betting(cough) going on at office. Lets see how it goes
Interesting Life
It’s rare that we come across people who’ve actually experienced life to the fullest. Most of us have a pretty smooth ride without many bumps. I came across one such person today. Mayuresh Kathe. You HAVE to read his story. The ups and downs which one had to go through makes them that much stronger. Life, relationships, work, people… all that one can ask for. Please do read his story here.
