I finished reading Free Culture by Prof. Larry Lessig. It's a wonderful book and should be read by anyone who is even remotely connected with creative work. After reading the book, I now better understand the Copyright issues. I have decided to buy the other books written by Lessig and Siva Vaidyanathan.

Yesterday I bought the Art of Electronics, the classic book on electronic circuits. I am also slowly catching up on my readings on Coding Theory.

Cringely has written another brilliant piece on building a Tsunami Warning System. His idea is neat, afew have already started working on such a system, but has afew flaws. There are currently no sensors in the Indian Ocean. Without the actual sensor sitting somewhere, monitoring the waves, nothing can be built on top, which can save lives. And two, this part of the world, unlike the west, do not keep monitoring the weather channel all the time. Weather is something taken for granted, because there is often no wide variation expected in a given day. So evenif such a system existed, it may not be of much help. It needs a change in the attitude of people. And three, reaching out to the people after getting the warning is another big issue. In my opinion, we need more radio amateurs than anyone else when a disaster strikes. So, in theory, his ideas are great, but it may not work very well in India.