I just got back from a memorable trip to the east central Indian state of Chhattisgarh [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chhattisgarh]. I visited my wife’s hometown (Bhilai [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhilai]), and adjoining towns on the trip (see map [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&…
I’m an idealist. I don’t know where I’m going, but I’m on the way. > main ek fard hoon (I am an individual) ya ek ehsaas hoon (Or am I a feeling) mein ek jism hoon (I am a body) ya rooh ki pyaas hoon (Or…
To all my mates in Melbourne, Call on Me [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4214526222901414631&q=%22call+on+me%22] . I remember you guys! [Call on Me by Eric Prydz [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call_on_Me_%28Eric_Prydz_song%29]]…
While I was cleaning up my draft posts, a reference to a movie surfaced, which my friend Gautam recommended a couple of months back. The film – 11′ 09” 01 – September 11 [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0328802/] – is an omnibus collection of eleven short films inspired by the events of…
Alright, its got nothing to do with Ornithology (which, as I just learned, is the study of birds), but the golden bird has just become a trillion-dollar economy [http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=cb43db0e-5b6e-4463-9157-d68383cb9cb2&MatchID1=4457&TeamID1=8&TeamID2=1&MatchType1=2&…
What if you get a paper cut from a Get Well card? [Photo by Pavel Potocek [http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3822624]]…
There’s a short claymation show called ‘Prometheus and Bob [http://www.nickelodeon.com.au/toonroom/kablam/prom.php]‘ (wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prometheus_and_Bob]) on Nickelodeon that really amuses me. Prometheus is a smart alien that is trying to teach a dumb caveman, Bob. Bob is…
What if the next time you longed for a piece of software to help you do your job, you could simply create the software yourself, in a few easy steps? That’s the promise of some do-it-yourself online web application builder tools, like Coghead [http://www.coghead.com], Dabble DB…