Archive for October, 2005

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Sunday, October 30th, 2005

Einstein tells me

..that I should chase my dream:

Fun via this.
And here are my two most favorite quotes from the same genius(click on the pics to enlarge) :
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Comments - Posted in Fun by Rk
Saturday, October 29th, 2005

I am rich!

My blog is worth $2,822.70.How much is your blog worth?

Via Swaroop
And the above will result in :
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Heck, my full time job does not make me that rich (obviously) …
and then there is a good earner from blogging.

Comments - Posted in Fun by Rk
Thursday, October 27th, 2005

Jealous guy keeps on loving you

KEEP ON LOVING YOU (Reo Speedwagon)
You should’ve seen by the look in my eyes, baby
There was something missing
You should’ve known by the tone a’ my voice, maybe
But you didn’t listen
You played dead, but you never bled,
Instead you lay still in the grass, all coiled up and hissing
And though I know all about those men
Still I [...]

Comments - Posted in Blogging, Fun by Rk
Thursday, October 27th, 2005

Helpless

Work(deadline).
Holidays(festival).
Rain.
Hello, can something be changed ?

Comments - Posted in Life by Rk
Thursday, October 27th, 2005

Chennai rains

Looks like it is Chennai’s turn now after the heavy rains at Bangalore.
It has been raining here from yesterday afternoon. Heard that trains (Chennai-Bangalore) had been cancelled for the previous weekend. Lucky that I had not come home.But this weekend it is Diwali and planned since long.
It looks dark even during the day. No [...]

Comments - Posted in Life by Rk
Tuesday, October 25th, 2005

Bangalore in Google Earth

Thanks to this, here is an almost complete set of placemarks for Bangalore. Don’t forget to take a tour (view-play tour) and enjoy
Related Earlier Post

Comments - Posted in Fun by Rk
Monday, October 24th, 2005

WP.com

Got the wordpress.com invite at last. Just reproducing the post I put there. [Am not discontinuing here (negimaki) with all the additional advantages and of course with Gallery Surprisingly, for the first time I got my preferred username! ].
Finally am here….WP has always rocked. From the day one I have liked it. With [...]

Comments - Posted in Blogging by Rk
Thursday, October 20th, 2005

On comments

Sometimes I ask questions to get answers, as I do here.
This time, I got answer ready-made. When I qualify for 5 out of 6 reasons with out doubt, I deserve to get no-comments.

Comments - Posted in Life by Rk
Thursday, October 20th, 2005

Not bad ..

..but it might be best to avoid a career in either law enforcement or IT recruiter - was the verdict given after taking this small quiz. One has to identify a computer language inventor from a serial killer. I scored 6 out of 10.

Comments - Posted in Fun by Rk
Friday, October 14th, 2005

Stumbled

While browsing when I find something interesting to share with people it is always difficult task to copy the hyperlink, paste that in an email and then sending those to the friends. I often forget that I would have copied some link earlier.
Of course there is del.icio.us (and a simple firefox plugin) through which not [...]

Comments - Posted in Installations by Rk
Friday, October 14th, 2005

It is all in the game

It is been pouring in Chennai for the last few days. I really like it when it pours in the night and gets neater in the day so that I can travel to office safely and comfortably. If it is a weekend, the more I wish the skies to stay clear so that planned [...]

Comments - Posted in Life by Rk
Friday, October 14th, 2005

2 vs 2

Two virtues whose importance can never be overemphasized:
1) Time management
2) Discipline
Two vices whose detrimental effects should never be underestimated:
1) Laziness
2) Negligence

Comments - Posted in myQuotes by Rk
Thursday, October 13th, 2005

Power of bloggers

I have followed Rashmi’s Youth Curry and Gaurav’s Vantage Point since a long time. When I had seen IIPM exposed in JAM magazine, I did not think it would create such ripples.
Few days back I read about the so called email legal notice post ,and as he ends the post with a laughter break, I [...]

Comments - Posted in Blogging by Rk
Saturday, October 8th, 2005

Festival Pics

Bit late, but here is the pic from the Gauri-Ganesha festival.
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And here is the album:
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Comments - Posted in Life by Rk
Saturday, October 8th, 2005

Who doesn’t want to fly ?

Who doesn’t want to fly ?
That was the 5th sentence in my 23rd post which was the result of a curious and investigative effort to understand what in aerodynamics stops bumle bee to fly and how does it overcome it. Curiosity led to the finding that the famous quote is not factual.
People are curious [...]

Comments - Posted in Blogging by Rk
Saturday, October 8th, 2005

Some rant

Being bachelor is tough. Had to face several difficulties in Chennai. During the hunt for the house, I call up the owner:
“Sir, we are looking for rented house, and you have advertised in the paper..”
“Bachelors ?”
“Y..” (Could hardly finish saying yes)
“Not available”. Cut.
One owner finally did enough investigation and accepted to rent the house. With [...]

Comments - Posted in Life by Rk
Thursday, October 6th, 2005

Recursive

BlogPics/eyeOs.jpg What am I doing here ? Viewing this page inside WebOS which is opened inside a WebOS and which is again opened inside another……..
I like the colours ! EyeOs

Comments - Posted in Fun by Rk
Tuesday, October 4th, 2005

Google stuff

It is too late to speak about it, but let me do my bit.
In its new avatar, google desktop search has become google desktop and packs some stuff in the sidebar. Of which I like photo slideshow just too much. I keep reading some stuff and doing some stuff on the comp and suddenly my [...]

Comments - Posted in Installations by Rk
Tuesday, October 4th, 2005

A life lived

“Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman!”
This is a biographical book on famous physicist and nobel prize winner Dr. Richard P Feynman.
His Lectures on physics (3 volumes) are popular books. Any low day, browsing through few pages of that would resurrect the mood in me.During one program on BBC, a interview of his friends revealed some insights [...]

Comments - Posted in Book Review, People by Rk
Monday, October 3rd, 2005

Kannada Audio

KannadaAudio has some wonderful collection of audio. Apart from film songs, there are other collections like - devotional songs, folk songs, Yakshagana, Harikathe, Drama, Vrathas, Discourses etc. Whats more there is also 24 hour radio channel ! It is a good site to be bookmarked for Kannada Music. My downloading like there is no tommorrow [...]

Comments - Posted in Installations, Kannada by Rk
Sunday, October 2nd, 2005

Love and hate

In an effort of trying to understand that which is difficult. Love,hate and girls. Here, here and here

Comments - Posted in Fun, Links by Rk