A taste of Ethiopian cuisine

Last weekend, couple of us friends were in the mood for something different to feast on — so we thought of giving Ethiopian cuisine a try. I had earlier tried (and loved) Thai, Italian as well as Korean cuisines. But I was not sure what to expect on the menu at…

Hello World, Take 2

Hello World! [http://weblogs.asp.net/ashben/archive/2003/09/28/29428.aspx] — been two years of blogging today for me. And how has blogging changed things for me: 1. It’s a kickass tool for personal knowledge management. Posting text and media (pictures, audio and video) all in one…

ThinkGeek T's

Some really cool t-shirts from ThinkGeek [http://www.thinkgeek.com]: [http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts/frustrations/5aa9/] [http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts/generic/29d2/] [http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts/coder/5d6a/] [http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts/coder/57f0/] [http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts/science/60fd/] [http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts/…

Got iPrimus Broadband

Till a couple of months back, me and my flat-mate were sharing the ADSL broadband service from Dodo [http://www.dodo.com.au]. It was quite stable and had very little downtime in the 4-5 months duration that we had used it. Now that we have a new flat-mate and…

Salaam Namaste

Last saturday, I went out with a couple of friends to watch the new bollywood movie “Salaam Namaste [http://www.yashrajfilms.com/]” at Hoyts Cinema in the city. The Indian-origin audience, mainly a large bunch of youngsters, was evident even outside the theatre, and later it was a packed house…

Small stuff

> Don’t sweat the small stuff – essentially, it’s all small stuff really!…

Knowledge Management Systems

Here’s an excerpt from a very interesting article [http://www.changedrivers.com.au/DrivingChange/Knowledgemgt.htm] I read on Knowledge Management Systems by Alan Ward. > In his book “Future Shock”, Alvin Toffler notes that if you were to take the time that human beings have been in…

Live in Concert

The credit to help me develop a taste for Urdu poetry and Ghazals goes to my dear buddies-since-school Horil and Moses. These guys introduced me to the world of Jagjit Singh. It all seemed so vague and over-board at first but Horil being a great singer himself has a way…