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Funnily Enough !!!

2011-01-09T07:23:00.000-08:00

Happy New Year 2011 to you !!! This year 2011 with years of acquired wisdom, I have a large list of resolutions on my sight. The list includes a weekly personal blogpost. So here it goes. Atleast one good laughing minute a day is absolutely essential for me to retain one's own sanity and soberness in this changing world. I am habituated to burst into a laughing episode while enjoying a cartoon/

What's your favorite movie?

2010-07-01T10:49:00.001-07:00

"I believe in America” is the line with which my most favorite movie of all time begins. What can I write about the movie which almost every other movie fan believes it is their most favorite movie ? Everything about the movie, including original story, flawless direction, powerful dialogues, memorable sequences, inspiring performances and the background music of the movie is a classic

The “Mozart from Madras” Show

2010-06-14T06:49:00.001-07:00

Click here to see Pictures of the Show Expectations were sky-high ever since we had booked the tickets for the Jai-Ho Concert (For me personally, it was higher than the next gen iPhone announcement from Steve Jobs). Last June, we were enthralled by Sonu Nigam, Sunidhi Chauhan and Team at the Patriot Center and this year it was the turn of “Oscar Winner ‘Sir’ A. R. Rahman”. Ever since his

The Random Post

2010-04-15T07:10:00.001-07:00

Wisdom is something acquired over the years from experience with facts and the reactions to it. The experience could be one’s own or from others. I learnt first hand about a wrong judgment interpretation thought line also known as gambler’s fallacy in my last week’s trip to LV which states that “past results do not prejudice the future outcome”. Two more lessons for me were “the house always

What is Wrong With GLOBAL WARMING ?

2010-03-01T08:39:00.001-08:00

The Fact of Life is, If You Ignore the Facts, The Facts will Ignore You. The only thing wrong about Global Warming is “The People Taking Credit For Predicting the accuracy of Global Warming”. Humans have proved themselves to be Curious. For years now, there have been individuals who have attempted to learn and unravel the mystery of nature. Nature on the other hand follows its own course and

Lactose Intolerance

2010-03-01T07:58:00.001-08:00

In 1988 I read Maneka Gandhi ‘the animal rights activist’ state in a interview that genetically ‘Indians’ did not possess the enzyme to break down Milk. I was 13 then and found the idea crazy. Being a TamBram (Tamil Brahmin) raised in Maharashtra, My daily consumption of Milk was upto half a gallon in one form of the other. As a matter of fact, Milk is one of the essentials of a daily diet

Will you Cross the Skies ?

2010-02-28T08:03:00.001-08:00

“When Love Happens. Love hits you” – VTV My Wifey and I were majorly impressed with the latest Tamil Movie “Vinnaithandi Varuvaaya”. Almost every other Tamil movie we have seen in the recent past has had us regretting the very decision why we had gone all the way to the Cinema Hall. But VTV stumped us throughout the run. Showcasing old wine in a new bottle takes a lot of talent, conviction

Softricks !!!

2010-01-26T11:36:00.001-08:00

Laughter is the best medicine. – Anonymous Now more than ever, I acknowledge that a bad memory enables one to laugh at the same joke again and again. Surprisingly some jokes/anecdotes are too brilliant and have a universal appeal of evoking laughter in spite of recognition. Below I am listing a few such anecdotes/incidents/relates which I always react to. 1) Before China manufactured

Guest Post by my Bro – Vj – About Sathabhishekam

2010-01-25T11:01:00.001-08:00

Hi It was a grand gala event celebrated at my Home known as Sathabhishekam and also another celebration of Sashti Purthi. Last weekend, I had the good fortune to attain my Uncle's (Attimber) 80th b'day celebrations & 60th b'day celebration of my Cousin and it was a fun filled event. It was an occasion for the entire family to gather around the great relatives. Events as taken place: 21st

Short Vacation Trips

2010-01-13T14:29:00.001-08:00

The last two weeks of 2009 are now etched in memory because of ‘planned’ two short weekend trips to Ocean City, MD and Miami/Key West Florida. December is not an ideal month for a visit to Ocean City. Our trip’s aim was to idle away in isolation away from home. The Hilton stay was exactly what the doctor ordered. A break from the routine. After a year long stressful work, a planned trip

My MOM’s Creative Designs on Sweater

2009-12-21T04:42:00.001-08:00

Demoing one of My mother’s creative design. Comments always welcome !!!

Guess What My Name Is Khan is all About

2009-12-17T17:29:00.001-08:00

Several years ago, when I watched Kill Bill Vol 1, I was blown away by the motivation and reasoning given behind the ruthless revenge vendetta Uma Thurman followed in the movie. Today as I got some time to have watch the trailer of another SRK movie My Name is Khan I could not help thinking about what the storyline would be. From the trailer itself it is clear that SRK plays an autistic

Reading “ASP.NET MVC In Action” book on our “Nook”

2009-12-09T09:59:00.001-08:00

Finally My Wifey and I decided on the name for our Nook. It took a wee bit of time to get reading stuff on it. I was easily able to copy of PDF files into the gadget by simply hooking it to the PC with the provided charger cable. The PDF’s formatted well but not as sharp and smooth as I wanted. I recently had purchased a “ASP.NET MVC In Action” and “IPhone in Action” book by Mannings

Got My EReader NOOK

2009-12-08T10:53:00.001-08:00

Finally after a weeks delay, my thanksgiving purchase this year arrived today by UPS. It took a 20 minute tussle to unwrap the packing to lay my hands on it. It looks kinda cool and very much like kindle except for the iphone like bottom coloured bar. I have kept it for charging now and will begin using it later in the day. Here are the pictures of the NOOK captured on my iPhone 3GS.

Smart things to Know - 2

2009-11-18T07:32:00.001-08:00

In a follow up to my earlier post. I have recently learnt a couple more tricks to be smart. Whenever my friends shop online for a technology product or even for a pizza, One of the things they always do is to scout for a Coupon Code or a Deal Offer. It’s strictly no-no to buy a product without a deal or discount. Once the product to be purchased is decided on, Just Google the product or the

Google Wave – The Impressions

2009-11-17T07:57:00.001-08:00

Over the last one month, Google Wave has frequently been a trending tropic on twitter. Most of the time, it would be a ‘spam tweet’, luring unsuspecting users to unwittingly provide info and in turn getting them to retweet the same ‘spam tweet’ further encouraging the trend. Finally when my friend SN gave me an invite, I invested a couple of hours in the last few days to investigate and jump on

TTCMM

2009-11-04T07:29:00.001-08:00

-------------------------------------------------------- Sometime in 1979, We first got introduced to each other in kindergarten class. There has been no looking back ever since, our friendship has grown strong and stood the test of time and distance. My best friend and I were raised in a town named Roha in the state of Maharashtra in India (Asia). Of all the imaginations and discussions we

Heavy Breakfast and Heavy Technology

2009-11-04T06:25:00.001-08:00

Today morning I had home made vegetable puffs (instead of Wednesday waffles). Just two pieces have made me feel heavy in the tummy. They were excellent but as I am typing this I am feeling drowsy. In my first job as a technical trainer, a colleague told me “Eat for yourself, but Dress for others”. From that day on, I have always put efforts to dress properly. But on the other hand, my eating

Smart things to know

2009-10-25T09:25:00.001-07:00

Did you know, In a multiplex, you ‘can’ use the same ticket for viewing another show at another screen ? Come to think of it, I never even gave a second thought to this anytime. But when I heard this It sounded crazy. But apparently there was some truth in it. Some of the present immediately acknowledged having done so. No wonder many students might as well as use this information for

The Missing Decimal Point

2009-10-12T09:23:00.001-07:00

Another weekend passed by and I had another set of interesting events and incidents. I attended two sessions of NoVa Code Camp and both the session were extremes for my liking. While One was a slow and patient snail walk, the other was a roller-coaster ride without the safety belts on. Many interesting ideas presented just flew over my head before I could wrap my brain around it. Was

Information Overload – Tipping Point

2009-10-08T14:59:00.001-07:00

My understanding of ‘Tipping Point’ is a hind sight recognized threshold number at which an activity starts to deviate from its travel path. Thanks to new york press writer Malcohm Gladwell, ‘Tipping Point’, ‘Blink’ and ‘Outliers’ are words being used frequently in the day to day vocabulary. Every time I open up a browser, I type the url http://reader.google.com and start acknowledging

Book Review : Free , The Future of a Radical Price

2009-10-05T09:05:00.001-07:00

I always acknowledge that any book or article which introduces an ‘idea’ or a ‘train of thought’ I have not thought about is well worth the price and time spent. I might not always agree or be totally convinced but the influence it might cause will only be known later. Today I completed reading (hearing) the Chris Anderson’s latest book ‘Free’. I did not pay a cent for it but I invested a lot

What is Google Wave !?

2009-10-04T08:09:00.001-07:00

I was searching for a brief and really helpful explanation of google wave for those who have come in late. The video below explains 3.5 % of google wave and is really good. [Thanks Ben]

My Incomplete Blog Drafts - Heading

2009-09-23T20:10:00.001-07:00

Over the last couple of years, I have had numerous instances when a thought occupied me long enough to make me almost blog about it. In the following cases I started with a heading but somehow did not get enough time to complete it . Just blasting it off so that one day hopefully it will be either irrelevant to write about or I get charged enough to complete this draft. Why

Reading ‘The Lost Symbol’

2009-09-22T05:44:00.001-07:00

Ever since I saw the poster announcing Dan Brown’s next book ‘The Lost Symbol’ at a Barnes and Nobles shop about 6 months ago, I have been awaiting it. Now that it has been released last week, I got my own copy from the ‘Costco’ shop last week instead of waiting for the ‘request’ queue in the Local Library to serve it fast. I have been trying to read and flip through the chapter’s and after