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H4 visa: Questions asked at the port of entry

Ridhima Suri — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:49:43 +0000

The overwhelming response to the posts related to H4 visa prompted me to write this small post on questions asked at the port of entry in the U.S. Please note that each case is different and the line...

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links for 2010-02-20

Digvijay Lamba — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 08:00:56 +0000

SLOOH – Your Live Online Observatory (tags: astronomy observatory online telescope photography) Geocaching – The Official Global GPS Cache Hunt Site (tags: travel games community fun...

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Sat, 20 Feb 2010 00:00:00 PST

Tips for H4 visa interview

Ridhima Suri — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 19:28:02 +0000

Recently I was at the New Delhi Embassy of the United States for my visa extension. As expected the process was very systematic and streamlined but I’d like to share my observations. I observed...

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Online Personal Branding

Ridhima Suri — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:04:41 +0000

Living in a networked world In a world so wired and so connected it is impossible to have privacy. Having said that another angle to look at the issue is ‘who wants privacy?’ About a...

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Treat your Roomba like a child..:)

Ridhima Suri — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:32:30 +0000

Initially I doubted our Roomba purchase. I thought that purchasing the Roomba was not a very wise decision. While the I-Robo cleans your home, it requires intensive cleaning and care as well. The...

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Movie Review: Kurbaan (2009)

Ridhima Suri — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:06:38 +0000

By far ‘Kurbaan’ is a decent watch and successfully engages the audience. I am a big fan of hindi movies but have been bitterly disappointed by recent movie releases. Kurbaan did not let...

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Paranormal Activity : Movie Review

Ridhima Suri — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:02:27 +0000

If you’ve read any of the other reviews for ‘Paranormal Activity’, you will notice that many reviewers talk about ‘not sleeping’ at night after watching it.Yes it is...

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Kosmix Startup Ping Pong Smackdown

Digvijay Lamba — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 11:47:00 +0000

Kosmix hosted a startup ping-pong smack down. Hilarious video: http://bit.ly/1zksQ2 # Share and Enjoy:

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Hair Tips: Great Herbal Hair Pack!

Ridhima Suri — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:52:35 +0000

Hair loss is a common problem for everyone. I tried this simple (homemade) herbal hair pack to reduce hair loss and condition my hair. Works really well. Ingredients: 2-3 tbsp of Amla...

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Blogging without rules

Ridhima Suri — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 06:43:36 +0000

Is there a rule that says that you should write blog posts everyday? Well there should be, because if our mind is bumbling with so many ideas and we have the strangest penchant for sharing everything...

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Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PDT

California Academy of Sciences
The California Academy of Sciences has a modern planetorium in San Francisco. It combines it with other non space exhibits. Definitely worth a look for anyone interested in Astronomy
Exploratorium: the museum of science, art and human perception
The Exploratorium in San Francisco has a few space related exhibits. Its not really a planetorium. However, they have an Observatory from where you can view exhibits about the sky.
Fujitsu Planetarium De Anza College
De Anza college has a planetarium with shows every Saturday night. Not as fancy as the others but worth a look with a cheap admission price.
Lawrence Hall of Science Planetarium | Lawrence Hall of Science
UC Berkeley has a planetarium with daily programs in the day and Saturday night star gazing from their observatory.

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Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:00:00 PDT

World History : HyperHistory
The best website with good visual way to summarize and understand history on a very large scale. Must see.
MacroHistory : World History
A good well organized set of essays on different periods of history. Tries to summarize history well.
Big History
Defines what Big History is and a case for big history. A good essay by the author a great book on the subject

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Thu, 14 May 2009 00:00:00 PDT

LIBSVM -- A Library for Support Vector Machines
Home page for LiibSVM
SVM-Tutorial using R (e1071-package)
[R] e1071/svm?
How do you use R's output for an SVM model to predict classes.

Links for 2009-05-07 [del.icio.us]

Fri, 08 May 2009 00:00:00 PDT

Data Visualization Systems: XGOBI and XGVIS, freely available
A software for visualizing high dimensionality data.
XmdvTool Home Page: Downloads
Visualize and classify high dimension data

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Wed, 15 Apr 2009 00:00:00 PDT

C++ Physical Design: How to organize and build large C++ software
A great book on organizing and building a large C++ build system. Includes configuration, tools, scripts etc.
Modular C++ Build System Documentation
A good basic overview of how to set up and organize a large C++ Build system with autoconf, automake and configure tools
A book on converting a legacy C++ Build system
Describes how to take an existing C++ Build system and convert it to a modern system that uses autoconf, automake etc to organize and set up a build

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Tue, 03 Mar 2009 00:00:00 PST

How to Write a Spelling Corrector
A great article on writing a quick and dirty spelling correction tool. All the basic ideas are in there.