- Latest Popular Stories, Instablogs Community by Ankit http://ankit.instablogs.com/ - Latest Popular Stories powered by Instablogs Community. http://www.instablogs.com/site-img/insta-slogo.gif Instablogs Community http://ankit.instablogs.com/ en-us Instascript 2.0 http://www.instablogs.com Mon, 12 May 2008 06:50:31 +0000 Divers Offer Burial Below the Sea http://ankit.instablogs.com/entry/divers-offer-burial-below-the-sea/ http://www.instablogs.com/entry/divers-offer-burial-below-the-sea/ Ankit

About 45 feet beneath the ocean’s surface lies a cemetery with gates, pathways, plaques and even benches. The Neptune Memorial Reef, which opened last fall, is seen by its creators as a perfect final resting spot for those who loved the sea....

]]> About 45 feet beneath the ocean’s surface lies a cemetery with gates, pathways, plaques and even benches.

The Neptune Memorial Reef, which opened last fall, is seen by its creators as a perfect final resting spot for those who loved the sea. They hope that one day the reef will cover 16 acres and have room for 125,000 remains.

]]> Mon, 12 May 2008 06:50:31 +0000 DiverburialoffbeatNeptune Memorial Reef Innocent photographer or terrorist? http://ankit.instablogs.com/entry/innocent-photographer-or-terrorist/ http://www.instablogs.com/entry/innocent-photographer-or-terrorist/ Ankit

Misplaced fears about terror, privacy and child protection are preventing amateur photographers from enjoying their hobby, say campaigners. Phil Smith thought ex-EastEnder Letitia Dean turning on the Christmas lights in Ipswich would make a good...

]]> Misplaced fears about terror, privacy and child protection are preventing amateur photographers from enjoying their hobby, say campaigners.

Phil Smith thought ex-EastEnder Letitia Dean turning on the Christmas lights in Ipswich would make a good snap for his collection.

The 49-year-old started by firing off a few shots of the warm-up act on stage. But before the main attraction showed up, Mr Smith was challenged by a police officer who asked if he had a licence for the camera.

]]> Fri, 18 Apr 2008 08:27:51 +0000 terrorismhuman rightsphotographersPolitics and Society Web pages have come alive and started breeding http://ankit.instablogs.com/entry/web-pages-have-come-alive-and-started-breeding/ http://www.instablogs.com/entry/web-pages-have-come-alive-and-started-breeding/ Ankit

Matthew Hockenberry and Ernesto Arroyo of Creative Synthesis, a non-profit organisation in Cambridge, Massachusetts, have created evolutionary software that alters colours, fonts and hyperlinks of pages in response to what seems to grab the...

]]> Matthew Hockenberry and Ernesto Arroyo of Creative Synthesis, a non-profit organisation in Cambridge, Massachusetts, have created evolutionary software that alters colours, fonts and hyperlinks of pages in response to what seems to grab the attention of the people who click on the site.

]]> Fri, 18 Apr 2008 08:24:32 +0000 internetwebsitesWeb pagesMatthew Hockenberry How to make your site run 10 times faster http://ankit.instablogs.com/entry/how-to-make-your-site-run-10-times-faster/ http://www.instablogs.com/entry/how-to-make-your-site-run-10-times-faster/ Ankit

Great tips to make your site run 10 times faster. How to make your site run faster == Database layer 1. Switch all database writes to offline processing 2. Minimize number of database read access to the bare minimum. No more than two queries...

]]> Great tips to make your site run 10 times faster.

How to make your site run faster

== Database layer

1. Switch all database writes to offline processing

2. Minimize number of database read access to the bare minimum. No more than two queries per page.

3. Denormalize your database and Optimize MySQL tables

etc.

]]> Mon, 14 Apr 2008 05:43:45 +0000 database designprogramminginternetTechnology Another first for Instablogs http://ankit.instablogs.com/entry/another-first-for-instablogs/ http://www.instablogs.com/entry/another-first-for-instablogs/ Ankit

After establishing its supremacy in the blogosphere, the Instablogs Networks, Asia’s largest blog network, has achieved another first by launching the country’s maiden global online newspaper. Combining together blogging, citizen journalism,...

]]> After establishing its supremacy in the blogosphere, the Instablogs Networks, Asia’s largest blog network, has achieved another first by launching the country’s maiden global online newspaper.

Combining together blogging, citizen journalism, traditional media and other channels of information, the company has developed www.instablogs.com into a global news portal in the true sense of the word.

Adopting a collaborative news model structured on interactive mode, it offers a rich and varied content with inspired citizen opinions from all over the world. Instablogs has created an environment in which passive readers and viewers spread across 60 major countries of the world have become active participants. With over 15,000 contributors across the world and 30 lakh page views, it is challenging and confronting the normal media channels.

]]> Wed, 26 Mar 2008 05:19:48 +0000 instablogssocial newstribuneTechnology The world according to newspapers http://ankit.instablogs.com/entry/the-world-according-to-newspapers/ http://www.instablogs.com/entry/the-world-according-to-newspapers/ Ankit

The cartograms below show the world through the eyes of editors-in-chief, in 2007. Countries swell as they receive more media attention; others shrink as we forget them. These maps allow you to grasp several media trends at a glance. First,...

]]> The cartograms below show the world through the eyes of editors-in-chief, in 2007. Countries swell as they receive more media attention; others shrink as we forget them. These maps allow you to grasp several media trends at a glance. First, traditional newspapers are highly selective in their coverage of world news. Looking at the three British dailies, editors favour countries that are bigger and more populous, but also closer to home and better developed.

]]> Mon, 24 Mar 2008 08:43:50 +0000 newspaperseditorsMSMtraditional media Bangladeshi villagers reduced to eating rats who ate their crops http://ankit.instablogs.com/entry/bangladeshi-villagers-reduced-to-eating-rats-who-ate-their-crops/ http://www.instablogs.com/entry/bangladeshi-villagers-reduced-to-eating-rats-who-ate-their-crops/ Ankit

An infestation of rats is creating severe food shortages in the impoverished Chittagong Hill Tracts region of Bangladesh, close to the borders of India and Burma. Sangram, a rat catcher in the remote Bangladeshi village of Theihkyong, has never...

]]> An infestation of rats is creating severe food shortages in the impoverished Chittagong Hill Tracts region of Bangladesh, close to the borders of India and Burma.

Sangram, a rat catcher in the remote Bangladeshi village of Theihkyong, has never been busier and nor has his work been as important as it is now.

]]> Sun, 23 Mar 2008 11:20:50 +0000 Chittagong HillBangladeshinfestationrats How a Congolese girl struggles with witchcraft accusation http://ankit.instablogs.com/entry/how-a-congolese-girl-struggles-with-witchcraft-accusation/ http://www.instablogs.com/entry/how-a-congolese-girl-struggles-with-witchcraft-accusation/ Ankit

She is thought to be among hundreds of African children living in the UK and sent back to DR Congo or Angola after being accused of witchcraft. The issue came to light in the summer of 2005, when a court in London heard the case of a young girl who...

]]> She is thought to be among hundreds of African children living in the UK and sent back to DR Congo or Angola after being accused of witchcraft.
The issue came to light in the summer of 2005, when a court in London heard the case of a young girl who was tortured after being accused of being possessed.

The jury learnt a new word, kindoki. It is what the Congolese call witchcraft.

]]> Sun, 23 Mar 2008 11:19:18 +0000 congoafricawithcrafttrauma 3 Incredible Gatherings: The Largest, Strangest and Scariest Collective Activities in the World http://ankit.instablogs.com/entry/3-incredible-gatherings-the-largest-strangest-and-scariest-collective-activities-in-the-world/ http://www.instablogs.com/entry/3-incredible-gatherings-the-largest-strangest-and-scariest-collective-activities-in-the-world/ Ankit

As humans we have a difficult time comprehending large numbers, and vast collections of people perhaps in particular. There is something simply surreal about a pilgrimage that attracts more people than the population of Texas or a festival that...

]]> As humans we have a difficult time comprehending large numbers, and vast collections of people perhaps in particular. There is something simply surreal about a pilgrimage that attracts more people than the population of Texas or a festival that draws thirty thousand revelers deep into one of the harshest deserts on Earth. The following three events are vastly different in terms of geography, history and purpose but are all impressive in their own way and right as these images show.

]]> Mon, 17 Mar 2008 22:27:48 +0000 festivalsCollectivemaha kumbh melaburning man Time Machine: Worlds Biggest Collider http://ankit.instablogs.com/entry/time-machine-worlds-biggest-collider/ http://www.instablogs.com/entry/time-machine-worlds-biggest-collider/ Ankit

World’s most powerful particle accelerator becomes functional this spring - unleashing forces, capable to distort not only space (just like gravity distorts space around Earth), but also...

]]> World’s most powerful particle accelerator becomes functional this spring - unleashing forces, capable to distort not only space (just like gravity distorts space around Earth), but also TIME.

]]> Mon, 17 Mar 2008 22:25:23 +0000 time machineparticle acceleratorCERNHadron Collider