Moved over to LiveJournel ...

I have moved over to LiveJournel now. Click here to read my blog. Blogger does not allow a REDIRECT tag.

http://www.livejournal.com/users/inthing/

Thanks to BLOGGER !

Uniformity or Loss of Diversity ?

Go to New York, you get a KFC. Come to Bangalore, you have a KFC on Brigade. You can get a pepsi in SFO, Tokyo, Bangalore or even in a place like Maddur. Sometimes wonder where all the difference between various places in this world is going! Ppl wear a Lee, Levis here, so do ppl elsewhere. PPl use MS Windows here, so do ppl elsewhere. Ppl speak in English here, so do ppl elsewhere.

So, is all these major leaps in communication diminishing the diversity in this world ? Upon furthur thought, hope this loss of diversity diminishes the imparity too !

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I may be switching to LiveJournel from next week. User name is inthing tentatively. Posting in both the places until then.
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Wassup:
Eevent:
- Lots of great comments to my previous post. Thanks again guys, esp to kuLLi, VC and ash.
- Kewl bud, Sundeep Desai is back to namma blr, Thanks for his comment. Feels sad that I haven't been able to catch up with him.
- Deccan Herald has changed its outlook. Dont know whether they have changes their site .. wait, will check now ... yep, even thats changed too !
- Another kewl Bud Priyatam got a Laptop in UK. In his words. "got for 430 £ . HP omnio xe4100 . 1.2Ghz celeron, 256MB, 30 GB, DVD/CD/floppy/2 USB/14" monitor/touchpad. He said it was a factory refurbished, but i found it to be as good as a new one !"

Links:
- Linux Humour link
- Why You Can't Find Your System Administrator - here
- Directions within bangalore - here
- Bangalore map magnified - here
- Saddam jokes - go
- calvin cuts - Thanks to loi

Is this ironic enuf .. ?

First and foremost, thanks guys for the efforts to prop me up and giving some specfic funda abt life. Thanks to ash, VC, loi and the forever anila. Thanks machas.

Last week as I glanced ashwin's blog, I saw my name along with ravee, gautam and guruprasad. To quote : "I am constantly inspired by people like Guruprasad, Nithin, Ravee, Gautham and the other great people behind DreamRoutes." ... Haa, me great (?) ?

The selfish nIthin, says thanks, but the nithin typing this says, No .. No .. Not me As an irony, someone who clicks that link finds that my current post is titled "Yen Kittakdhe .. ?" ... Makes me think again ...

In any case, forget that. Let me get into more material (ash says 'fun') things of life.

Flying high .. quite literally ...
Last Friday, I was flying at about 24000 ft about ground. Hmm, why bcoz I'd been to chennai for some work related work. Stayed at one of the best hotels. Had a swim. Finished my work to satisfaction and flew back. This was the first time I flew. More than me my grandmom was very happy :D

Had a pretty bad exp with auto drivers in Chennai. I never ever could imagine that a Metro, could have autos plying without using meters and relying merely on negotiation. The next auto driver was a good guy. He charged only 80 intead of 300. Strange are the ways of that place.

Wassup:
Eevent:
- Anila's back in namma blr .. working for a 'sakkath company' ... Best wishes to him.
- Me started cycling in the morn again after a long break. This time surely I'll continue the habit.
- Me, sundi and sathy are planning a bike trip to Sakleshpur. Loi is not ready for it. He says Biking in Himalayas or no biking. Again, thinking that "Alone funda" :)

Links:
- APSR
this is a networking testing tool .. has some components called apsend and aprecv. link

- Cracker blog .. interesting. link

- Anti India / Outsourcing site
As one of the site says, this site would have been designed better had it been outsourced :D .. Link

- Loi's favourite phone - Motorola's MpX200 and other windows smart phones here

- Telecom Giant Motorola into TVs .. here

- Emergence of India. This article is doing lots of rounds in magazines, newspapers, notice boards. Makes sense.

Yen Kittakdhe .. ?

ishtella maadi yen kittakdhe .. is a popular idiom in the local language here. This is the state of my life currently. All the thinking, all the turbulance, all the hardwork, .. yella maadi yen kittakdhe ? What has me achieved by all my doings over the past 1 year or so. Have I got got a hike, No, Have I got on some high mountains, NO, have I kept ppl happy, NO, Have I kept my self happy, NO. So what is the use of this kinda life. Change is the key.

Have to change my lifestyle .. as Loi says, have to do some refuelling and get going. Thats life.

Wassup:
MooVee:
- 'Behind Enemy Lines', saw it for the third time, and enjoyed it as much as the first time.

Funda of d Day:
- Never take 'Change your password' mails lightly.

Links:
- Torvalds' Open Letter to EU. here
- ipchains creator Rusty Russell's Interview, Enjoy. Liked his ideas about messengers and e-mail. Getting inspired by it.
- Olympic torch to pass thro' India -olympic torch to pass thro' india - link

To go it alone ... ??
Sitting at Infinitea at 7:30 PM on Sunday with Sundi and Sathy, this tought struck me. Not that its a kinda of revolution or something, Just a thought. To go for it alone or not go for it ? It can be anything, but the focus of my thought was outings. In college days, all we friends had went for something together whether we like it or not. In an year or so, we found our preferences, some of which were common like trekking, some uncommon like biking, travelling, rock climbing, Culture, dancing etc. Whenever I feel like going after my preferences, its been a habit to involve my friends. What do I do if my friends are not interested. Coax them and take them ? Leave them alone and you also be dont go ? Leave them alone and you go ? Sundi says going it together is better than going it alone, which tends to imply that going it alone in not OK. Sath says that going it alone is better than not going at all !

Which is better ? ... Upon some more thought I realize that I am not the only one who will be interested in something, there will be at least one more like me who may go after his/ her preferences rather than waiting for company .. so, the rationalist wins and I go after my preferences and would be happy to take anyone along/ meet anyone along !!

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Ashwin's US trip here , and here . His webshots page here.

Wassup :
In 'n' Out :
- Been to Infinitea and tasted Masala Tea as well as Elixir on the Rock. The former should be had with company while the latter if you are alone :)
- Been to Poorna Chandra Tejaswi's Bird Photo Exhibition at KCP. Missed Ravee by a whisker. link. KP happens to be a Bird Photographer and Writer. Heard to his insightful words on virtually everything. Felt blessed :)

Funda of y'day:
- Never Do a Blind Code Upmerge :))