November 2011
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July 2011
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WatchBy far the most mind blowing of collaborations I’ve seen. Ballake Sissoko and Vincent Segal create magic.
I should have posted this a long long time ago. Also listen to their globalFEST concert.
May 2011
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WatchAmiina’s new video Sicsak.
Jerky, but love the music.
April 2011
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Ben Pieratt's Blog: In Praise of Quitting Your Job →
(Alternate title: The New Work Ethic)
I wrote this email to a friend a few weeks ago, and then the topic came up again last night with an old buddy who was frustrated with his work. He seemed to appreciate what I had to say, so I figured it might be worth sharing:
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Thinking about your…
March 2011
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It seems that sparrows are fast becoming rare.
So...
December 2010
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Music: Gorillaz →
And the Gorillaz are out with their latest album. It’s worth a listen.
You can listen for free on the link above.
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Music: Phish
Haven’t talked about my favourite music in quite some time.
I’ve been listening to Phish to keep me sane. I have a couple of CDs (Round Room, Rift) converted to MP3s since the netbook doesn’t have an optical drive. Then there’s the 03.06.09 Live at Hampton Coliseum which they had for free download a long long time ago. Here’s the latest free live set (Live Bait 3)...
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Death and Dying...
…has been on my mind for quite some time now.
Death is sudden, dying prolonged.
Does death shock you? Does dying prepare you for what is to come?
Does the knowledge that someone is going to die make it any easier?
November 2010
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A collection of interesting: Dear self... →
lifeinsideout:
Isn’t it amazing? The deliciously growing statistics on Facebook usage in India, the advent of 3G, old media embracing new media and the boisterous opportunities to shape what role digital plays in India, all of it, isn’t it amazing?
Today, the world aliases digital with barely cutesy names like…
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Muscle Power
When you have half a billion users on your side and a pretty well set platform, you can make war.
Welcome to a ringside seat at the Facebook vs Foursquare battle.
With yesterday’s (today’s?) announcement at the Facebook event, Facebook is moving quickly to consolidate and keep the flock within the ecosystem.
I guess it’s going to be a war to watch. Will it be Facebook vs...
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October 2010
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Hallelujah
Your faith was strong but you needed proof You saw her bathing on the roof Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew you She tied you To a kitchen chair She broke your throne, and she cut your hair And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah
- Leonard Cohen, Hallelujah
There’s something about these lyrics. I can’t put a finger on it.
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Two definitions
These two developed from an #SMBC conversation.
I wonder when they’ll make it to Urbandictionary.
September 2010
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“To sit with elders of a gentle race
This world has seldom seen.
They talk of...”
– A part of the song Kashmir by Led Zeppelin. Now imagine those elders to be similar to Geelani. Ominous, isn’t it?
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Four Dimensions
Connect the dots
Read between the lines
Turn the pages
Follow the arrow of time.
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Water and Land
The next big war will be fought for water
And agricultural land will be the most expensive piece of real estate.
Mark my words.
August 2010
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June 2010
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“It is unfair to compare the first solar plant to the 100,000th coal plant.”
– Tom Werner - CEO, SunPower
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Brazil vs Portugal
This, for me, was the most awaited match in the league stages. As it turns out, it turned into a scrappy first half and a dull second half. There were chances for either side in a match marred by excessive card-showing by the Mexican referee. I would rate Eduardo, the Portuguese ‘keeper as the best in the game due to the fine saves he pulled off. Both teams failed to convert half chances,...
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“When Exxon was fined $5 billion for the Alaska oil spill, nearly $40,000 was...”
– M J Akbar
World Cup: Argentina vs Nigeria
Quick Summary: Argentina score in the sixth minute via Gabriel Heinze and then fail to live up to their hype. Nigeria play sitting ducks in the first half till they realise they’re the Super Eagles in the second and create chances. Messi takes half-hearted shots at the goal.
Argentina are playing like a bunch of stars rather than a champion team.
Rookie Rock Fan Mistake
Overheard: “Eric Clapton was called slowhand because he played the guitar quite slowly.”
Clarification:
The Yardbirds rhythm guitarist, Chris Dreja, recalled that whenever Eric Clapton broke a guitar string during a concert, Eric would stay on stage and replace it. The English audiences would wait out the delay by doing a “slow handclap”. [The British colloquialism is “to be...
World Cup Opener: South Africa vs Mexico
Quick Summary: Mexico starts off well, stumbles and lets SA take advantage. SA score a stunner. Mexico comes back late in the second half to equalize. Very middling game.
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“But nowadays everybody’s a comedian, even the weather girls and continuity...”
– Douglas Adams, The Salmon of Doubt.
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Iceland via live webcams
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Ever wanted to check our Bjork’s homeland? We have.
Now through the site inspiredbyiceland.com, you can view Icelandic ice, lagoons, and town life through five different live web cameras.
Choose from Blue Lagoon, Austurvollur, Skolavordustigur, Tjornin, or Jokulsarlon. Hard to spell, but easy on the eyes.
Our personal favorite is Jokulsarlon. It’s all light white and pale gray beauty.
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“Because when you’re scared but you still do it anyway, that’s brave”
– Coraline Jones. Source: Coraline by Neil Gaiman
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On Yellow Hearts
This post was written thanks to a reminder by BombayAddict and Paromita.
In the course of my work, I had the opportunity to witness an open heart surgery, technically a Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG or cabbage, as the doctors call it). You have to go in for CABG when the blood vessels that supply fresh oxygenated blood to the muscles of the heart (yeah, they need blood too), the Coronary...
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On language
Here in India where languages have scripts quite different from the rest of the world, the characters (or syllables) are phonetic. So when you use English to spell out words in local languages, the pronunciation comes out quite differently. This thought struck me while at a station called Vilé Parlé, which without the accented e, sounds like a sinister place. Then again, there are the English...
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Adjustments
Bus journeys where you have ample time to notice people, provided you’re not sleeping, makes you spot interesting things. How people keep fiddling with things right from the beginning till the end. First up is the luggage. If it can’t be stowed in the hold or the overhead rack, it goes under the seat, where it keeps shifting with the bus’ swaying. Then there are minor things like...
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Yet another bus journey
This is probably the most entertaining bus trip I’ve had to Pune. There’s the bus. Ambling at an amiable pace of sixty kilometres an hour. Some witty pieces by Douglas Adams to read, and there’s no Salmon of a Doubt that this is a great book. Then there are the kids ‘playing’ antakshari, whose English equivalent I believe, doesn’t quite exist. In any case, these...
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May 2010
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