Well deserved victory
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
It was a well earned victory and India played some solid aggressive football (its the most popular sport in the world ... americans insist on calling it "Soccer", but I know it as "Football") in the finals yesterday to shut out Syria & lift the Nehru Cup. Watching the news and reading some articles before the match, came to know that there's more to it, much more than just a 11 member Indian team going out there and playing the 90 minutes. Full credit to Bob Houghton and his team as they ended up defeating 112 ranked Syria.
Its high time we started a movement, enough cribbing about Cricket and treating the players as Gods; I hope we end up re-building our training facilities, promoting fresh talent and attracting sponsors; for money and in turn facilities are a major hurdle right now.
Hope the good work continues and that we do strike while the iron is still hot.
Labels: Bhutia, Cricket, Football, India
Posted by Rajesh @ 7:58 PM; PERMALINK,
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Onam - Oh seven
Sunday, August 26, 2007
Couple of years back, i.e in 2005, I thought I saw Maveli up here in Boston - but then I was wrong. Last year this time, I was back home in Kerala, India celebrating our harvest festival - ONAM.
This year - Oh well, just a few phone calls, this post and a few snaps from last year ;-)
Wish you all a Happy Onam!!
This year - Oh well, just a few phone calls, this post and a few snaps from last year ;-)
Wish you all a Happy Onam!!
Labels: 2007, Kerala, Maveli, Onam
Posted by Rajesh @ 6:55 PM; PERMALINK,
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What do you mean you've run out of chloroform?
Saturday, August 25, 2007
... one of the entries into the "Caption competition" on BBC Magazine Monitor. The winning entry, however, was - "Weren't you wearing a watch before we started?" :P
Labels: Australia, BBC, Competition, Lion
Posted by Rajesh @ 2:23 PM; PERMALINK,
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I'm a Reploid
Saturday, August 18, 2007
Your Future depends on your dreams, so go to Sleep. A one liner that carried us along our undergrad days, err .. motivating us 
. But then it so happens that most of the times you don't recollect what goes through your mind while you are asleep. You wake up and realize that there was something- but what exactly ? Doesn't ring a bell.
I realized the next day morning when I woke up, that something's fishy. Realized that I'd dreamt of something and for probably the very first time I remember it. It was a game with words and I was speaking them, most of them that I haven't even heard of, Ever. The one that I remember is "Reploid". Just another ordinary word until you see the meaning of it. Don't know how I ended up uttering or even thinking of it.
Reploid - A Reploid is a robot with completely free will and thought processes comparable to that of humans [Origin: Japanese games, Video Games].
The trouble is that I'm still not able to digest this. God knows how many other similar 'unheard' words I had in my stash - hell scary I tell ya.
Having seen the movie Matrix umpteen times, it did go through my mind whether all could be true. I mean all the yada yada yada about we being part of the Matrix yada yada yada. Well who knows; I, for one, believe that we could very well be (atleast I have a feeling). A recent new article in NY Times that - there a 20% chance we are in a matrix and that it is almost a mathematical certainty that we are living in someone else’s computer simulation - gives me goosebumps.
. But then it so happens that most of the times you don't recollect what goes through your mind while you are asleep. You wake up and realize that there was something- but what exactly ? Doesn't ring a bell.I realized the next day morning when I woke up, that something's fishy. Realized that I'd dreamt of something and for probably the very first time I remember it. It was a game with words and I was speaking them, most of them that I haven't even heard of, Ever. The one that I remember is "Reploid". Just another ordinary word until you see the meaning of it. Don't know how I ended up uttering or even thinking of it.
Reploid - A Reploid is a robot with completely free will and thought processes comparable to that of humans [Origin: Japanese games, Video Games].
The trouble is that I'm still not able to digest this. God knows how many other similar 'unheard' words I had in my stash - hell scary I tell ya.
Having seen the movie Matrix umpteen times, it did go through my mind whether all could be true. I mean all the yada yada yada about we being part of the Matrix yada yada yada. Well who knows; I, for one, believe that we could very well be (atleast I have a feeling). A recent new article in NY Times that - there a 20% chance we are in a matrix and that it is almost a mathematical certainty that we are living in someone else’s computer simulation - gives me goosebumps.
If so - what is he (the someone else) up to? Could I be the one of 'them' ? Would Morpheus find me somehow ? Would he give me a Red and a Blue pill that I would have to choose from?
And ..... am I Neo ? Labels: Dream, Matrix, Reploid, Robot
Posted by Rajesh @ 6:34 PM; PERMALINK,
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Google's Gift
Friday, August 17, 2007
Google Blog recently made a post (on 14th Aug to be precise) and it read -
"Happy 60th birthday, India! We can't wait to celebrate, but we're going to wait a few days for the formal unwrapping of our gift to Indian users. Check back and we'll have news shortly."
Guess what - they've come up with Google Labs India. Right now they just have 2 tools but of course they'd keep adding useful stuff out there.
Have a nice Weekend everyone!!
Have a nice Weekend everyone!!
Labels: 60, Google, Independence, India
Posted by Rajesh @ 11:32 PM; PERMALINK,
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Its hot and everyone's sweating
Saturday, August 11, 2007
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ts hot in NYC, its hot in Europe, hot in Japan and other parts of Asia. The Cause - not summer's not the cause, its because of sub-prime mortgage fears and a panic. In today's economy, a global economy, things that happen out here in US is not just restricted to the US. Fear has spread to Europe n to Asia.
With the market swinging up and down staying putt seems to be the sane thing to do. But maybe not - its a hot oven out there on Wall Street now gripped with Fear and Speculation. Although Feds have intervened pouring some liquidity into the market, some are not happy. The real estate market that took a beating looks real bad and some were hoping for rate cuts. Chairman Ben Bernanke decided to play the waiting game and some folks like Cramer are not quite sure why ...
I totally love his show - Mad Money but don't think I totally agree with him. As people are losing money left and right, losing money invested in Financial companies, Real estate - it has started to affect the Tech stocks which are slipping down amidst all this fear, investments like 401k have also suffered a setback as people wait and watch. Its a waiting game as we go into the next week as the market tries to recover from a huge slide which some say is really bad ;the real estate slump is the worst since the Depression.
The weakening $$ doesn't help either, if at all anyone's gaining from all this its the firms in Asia. Just as an example the $ -Indian Rupee conversion now stands at 1 USD ~ 40 Rs, while it was close to 50 about 5 years back. Companies like Wipro (NYSE:WIT) are buying out US software firms and forging ahead in the IT sector.
What's happening in Boston - It was hot and humid 4 days this week and then a sudden slump to 70s. The car sits there in the parking lot baking in the sun and giving company to a GMC truck. It would have hoped of driving through the narrow streets this WE - but not today. Maybe tomorrow ..... if I'm able to get myself off of the Mac, which (as it would have learned by now) is a big IF :P
The weakening $$ doesn't help either, if at all anyone's gaining from all this its the firms in Asia. Just as an example the $ -Indian Rupee conversion now stands at 1 USD ~ 40 Rs, while it was close to 50 about 5 years back. Companies like Wipro (NYSE:WIT) are buying out US software firms and forging ahead in the IT sector.
What's happening in Boston - It was hot and humid 4 days this week and then a sudden slump to 70s. The car sits there in the parking lot baking in the sun and giving company to a GMC truck. It would have hoped of driving through the narrow streets this WE - but not today. Maybe tomorrow ..... if I'm able to get myself off of the Mac, which (as it would have learned by now) is a big IF :P
Labels: Boston, Dollar, Market, NASDAQ, NYSE, Rupee, Stock, Wipro
Posted by Rajesh @ 9:20 PM; PERMALINK,
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Don't Clutter, Buy a Mac
Tuesday, August 07, 2007
Yes. Its all up there right in front of you. Apple released the latest version of their Mac today - a new Keyboard as thin as a cardboard, glass monitors. The HDD, CD/DVD drives, USB ports, firewire ports, jack for speakers/headphones, built in camera, microphone - everything's there in the pic you see above.
The standard version of Mac includes the following -
And if you get their bluetooth Keyboard and Mouse, you'd have just one power cord - the one that plugs in your monitor/CPU
pic from apple.com
The standard version of Mac includes the following -
- 1 Gig memory (SDRAM)
- Whopping 250 Gig - Hard Drive
- 2.0 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo processor
- 8x DVD, CD +RW
- 20" widescreen LCD
And if you get their bluetooth Keyboard and Mouse, you'd have just one power cord - the one that plugs in your monitor/CPU
pic from apple.com
Labels: Apple, Mac, Technology
Posted by Rajesh @ 6:34 PM; PERMALINK,
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Switch to Flickr ...
Wednesday, August 01, 2007
I was trying to login to my Yahoo photos account and here's what I see -
I did read a while back that they were trying to close down "Yahoo photos" somewhere in the 3rd quarter this year. Well, there it is - either download them onto your machine or switch to Flickr.I didn't click on the "Get Started" link on the page and Get Started; thought of giving it some time and find out how easy it is to switch. A friend of mine asked - "How easy do you think it would be? Would we have to go thru the dwnload and then upload process, or would it be a direct switch from Y! to Flickr". Well at least they've got that right; one can skip the download process altogether.
Anyways pretty soon, I'd have to decide whether to use Flickr or Picasa. Both have their own advantages but I think I prefer the Y! product - atleast for now :P
Labels: Flickr, Photos, Picasa, Yahoo
Posted by Rajesh @ 7:48 PM; PERMALINK,
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