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Suramya’s next birthday gift

« 2 May 2007 at 6:04 pm | 4 Comments
Cool people, Techy | Tags: »

Well, considering I don’t eat waffles myself, this makes the perfect thing to buy for Suramya’s next birthday …
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Check out the full post at TreeHugger.



Closing a bookshop

« 5 April 2007 at 9:34 pm | 2 Comments
Personal, Cool people | Tags: hollywood florida trader john's bookstore »

One of the saddest things for me is to see a bookshop closing.Call me sentimental, but a book shop is supposed to be around for ever … from the time you first discover it to the time you show it to your kid-brother to the time you are too old to walk to it.
This is […]



Homophonous phrases

« 2 April 2007 at 3:56 pm | 3 Comments
Cool people, Ideas/Work | Tags: Funny buffalo homophonous »

Ok, so the title doesn’t suggest the lightness of reading it all … but once you get the idea, it’s hard to stop repeating this …
 
Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo
Now, repeat this to yourself “that was a valid English sentence”
And go write this in your term paper and if the teacher gives […]



Sri Lankan Airlines pitches - India?!!!

« 29 March 2007 at 6:50 pm | No Comments
Personal, Cool people | Tags: India sri lankan airlines funny ads »

So this cool ad for Sri Lankan Airlines in Newark’s Penn Station pitched the airline’s routes to … India!
There isn’t even a single mention of it’s destinations to Colombo or other Sri Lankan cities.
 
Not that I’m complaining, but … what gives?
 
OTOH … the photos are of a traditional women’s outfit (and hair-do) from different cities/parts […]



Reva Electric Cars gets funding: $20 million

« 22 December 2006 at 6:00 pm | No Comments
Cool people, Ideas/Work | Tags: REVA electric car DFJ »

Reva Cars just got an additional $20 million in funding from a couple of big investors.
This is pretty cool news for a car company that is trying to do the right thing and make it easier for people to use fuel efficient vehicles that are economical (cheap to buy) and easy to use.
 
Read the Reva […]



Divorce rates: whats with them?

« 13 December 2006 at 7:26 pm | 2 Comments
Personal, Cool people | Tags: »

Surabhi and I get married next month. Yup, thats how much bachelor time I have left.
And whats this? A post titled “Divorce rates”. Whats going on?It’s just that suddenly, topics related to weddings, married life, etc are more than just academically interesting to me. After all, just a month or so, right?
Well, this article I […]



NY Tech Meetup at The Cooper Union

« 8 December 2006 at 3:39 pm | No Comments
Cool people, Techy | Tags: Startup website demo Entrepreneur NY Tech Meetup Urbis Cogmap uPlayMe LinkStorm »

I finally showed up at another NY Tech Meetup at the Cooper Union in NYC (Didn’t show up at the last one because I didn’t qualify) on Tuesday evening.Great location for presentations, BTW.
One word review: Fun.Short crib: Over-crowded post-event networking space.
All of the demo’s were pretty good. My fav. presenter was Brent Halliburton of Cogmap.com. He […]



Ice Cricket, or what I’m going to do at Lake Placid

« 17 November 2006 at 9:39 am | 1 Comment
Personal, Cool people, Ideas/Work | Tags: Lake Placid Cricket »

So my friends and I are gearing up to spend the next long weekend at Lake Placid at a cozy wood cabin (unlimited firewood!!! No … I won’t let you environmental types stop me … I do this about once a decade, so let me burn some wood for a change!!! I even turn off all […]



Daniel Craig will do: Casino Royale!!!

« 17 November 2006 at 8:54 am | 2 Comments
General, Cool people | Tags: review Casino Royale James Bond »

So I did the usual thing I do when a new James Bond movie is about to come out … make sure I go watch the earliest show possible (no, I won’t skip office to watch it during the daytime!). So Surabhi, Suramya, Pranav, Aarti, Tintisha, Jessica and I headed out to Jersey Gardens theatres […]



Tata Group featured in Time magazine

« 16 November 2006 at 10:50 am | No Comments
Cool people, Ideas/Work | Tags: India Tata Time »

Time magazine has a very nicely written article on the Tata group and it’s various accomplishments in the industrial and economic development in India over the last so many decades.
I like the way Time magazine (like many other US publications) has a nice mix of facts with aggressive writing.
Read the Time magazine article here.
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