Links For A Sunday Morning

• Elections Results
  I was pretty confident of a Congress/UPA lead but certainly didn't expect them to do this well. Was only hoping that they didn't have to rely on the stupid Left or even worse...the 'oily' Mulayamar. Though they still have to contend with the very flaky Momta didi.
  One disappointment though was Bangalore with no wins for the Congress(infact the whole of Karnataka was a disappointment). Another disappointment was that the Left wasn't decimated. Maybe next time. Same for Gowda and Son. One other disappointment was Andhra where Chiru didn't do all that well. (Am a big fan :|)
  Major gains in UP will probably lead people to see Rahul baba in a different light. I think both Congress and BJP will gain if they fight it out alone. Only problem though is that parties aren't willing to lose a few elections in the short term for long term gains.
• EasyWP Install (Beta)
  Traditionally to install WordPress you would have to download the archive, extract it to your computer, upload over 600 files to your website, and then set up your databases, etc.
  EasyWP takes all this pain an complexity out of installing WordPress by automating the whole process.
• Spam : Elliott Burford
  An ongoing project illustrating the titles of emails found in your spam/junk box.
  :)
• Chemist Shows How RNA Can Be the Starting Point for Life
  He has solved a problem that for 20 years has thwarted researchers trying to understand the origin of life  how the building blocks of RNA, called nucleotides, could have spontaneously assembled themselves in the conditions of the primitive earth. The discovery, if correct, should set researchers on the right track to solving many other mysteries about the origin of life. It will also mean that for the first time a plausible explanation exists for how an information-carrying biological molecule could have emerged through natural processes from chemicals on the primitive earth.
• Official Gmail Blog: Import your mail and contacts from other accounts
  Am still resisting...
• Indian Readership Survey R1 2009: Some Highlights
  Way too many people give competitive exams here.
• The 50 Greatest Movie Monologues
• The Simpsons theme song - a cappella
  Awesome :)
• Google unveils new search tools
• The inevitable ugliness of the IPL trophy
  Finally somebody points it out. The commentators obviously wouldn't. Just cos you can and have slapped every precious stone you can find doesn't hide the fact of its gaudy hideousness. At least they could've gotten the sizes of the letters equal!
• Tuscan Whole Milk, 1 Gallon, 128 fl oz
  Some really funny reviews of milk on Amazon.com (via)
• A blogger is engaged to be married to a man who began his connection to her as a commenter on her blog
  In defence of keeping your comments open?
• President Obama at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner - Part 1, Part 2
• mysunnybalcony

  MySunnyBalcony: a project aimed at giving everyone the dream garden that they've always wanted, right outside their windows.
  Any space that receives even a little bit of sunlight is a potential MySunnyBalcony space: A tiny unusable patch outside your front door, an ugly terrace on your roof, or even a back balcony in your your high rise apartment.

  Bangalore-based. Nice.
• Ignorance is no bliss says Tony Lewis
  Interview with Tony Lewis, one half of the Duckworth-Lewis team.
• Mad As A Batter
  Twenty20 is not a many-nuanced battle. It's akin to a duel with pistols, a game of chance, not a battle of strategy. Team owners need to understand this.
  And so do the spectators.