December 2011
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The Brilliance of being Kapil Sibal
Kapil Sibal, the Telecom Minister of India, has vowed to clean up the internet. The internet - that sewage that carries all the scum from all the connected devices on this planet! The drain will be cleaned when it enters India, and will remain clean throughout till it flows out into the vast ocean of garbage that is the internet, outside of our pristine country!
In doing so, he who shall not be...
November 2011
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Chor chor mausere bhai
Chor chor mausere bhai…
Unanimous condemnation of assault on Shard Pawar! Cutting across party lines… Unprecedented amongst our esteemed “public servants”!
October 2011
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Anonymous asked: do you know how to change the graphics card to what you want your macbook to use?
September 2011
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“The answer to many WHYs is “just because”!”
– Self
August 2011
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July 2011
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2x Batmen
(Sachin the batsman’s voice + The Batman’s voice)/2 = Average man’s voice.
— Self
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Why not accept defeat? →
Why not declare defeat? Why not admit that India lacks the political will to deal with the issue of terrorism from Islamic groups? After all, there is a long and noble tradition, especially in North India, of eagerly submitting to the newest group of barbaric men on horses who come over the Khyber Pass in order to sack Hindustan and even rule it. A nation that lacks self-respect, that cannot...
June 2011
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TOI on a noble campaign! →
Yeah right! Not being able to drink till the age of 25 is the biggest plaguing this country! And, it is the only “campaign” worthy of central space on a leading daily’s front-page!
May 2011
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“Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap...”
– Steve Jobs - Stanford University 2005 Commencement speech
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Crime
What is the bigger crime?
1. To never allow a person to experience the fresh air of freedom, the privilege to make mistakes, and learn from them, the ability to judge for oneself the good or the bad nature of one’s actions, to provide a reasonable amount of shelter from false retribution however popular the violated tenet may be.
Or
2. To give all the freedom mentioned above, and then...
April 2011
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“Rajinikanth wears shades to protect the sun from his eyes.”
– Self
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TI vs. Lays chips!! →
TI to produce more chips than lays!!
March 2011
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“The first India-Pakistan series was decided when the hosts won at the Brabourne...”
– http://www.asianage.com/columnists/beyond-boundaries-470
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“Sometimes a man wants to be stupid if it lets him do a thing his cleverness...”
– John Steinbeck, novelist, Nobel laureate
Apple Sends Customer iPad 2 After Wife Made Him... →
fuddmain:
minimalmac: Wife said no. Apple said yes. (via my smart, beautiful, and talented Wife).
February 2011
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The Hallmark of a Sports Great
The purpose of sports is to unite, divide, excite, propel to celebration, or to mourning, or simply stir as many emotions as possible, while testing the discipline of it’s student!
By that definition, the player who creates most emotions in the minds of the audience should be defined the greatest! Sreesanth comes to mind, but his reasons have nothing to do with sports.
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“It is impossible to enjoy idling thoroughly unless one has plenty of work to do....”
– Jerome K. Jerome
January 2011
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“The way Bangalore’s restaurants are charging hidden “taxes”...”
– An expensive meal
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“Shake off all the fears of servile prejudices, under which weak minds are...”
– Thomas Jefferson, third US president, architect and author (1743-1826)
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446. Forget the present. Write dad a letter.
(via rulesformyunbornson)
December 2010
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Bharat Matrimony : Bringing anti-socials together
Bharat Matrimony : Bringing anti-socials together since 1997, for people who don’t trust their own or their children’s judgement about “real” people around them!
The latest feature they have is state-based and caste based sub-sites!
PS: No, I wasn’t hunting for myself. This was after I was forced to visit their website after they started spamming me!!
October 2010
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parislemon.: About Those MacBook Pro Batteries... →
So, I bought a new 15-inch MacBook Pro. Intel i7, the new high-res screen, and an SSD. Even since last year I’ve been waiting to get one of the new sealed battery MacBooks to benefit from the huge battery life. This one promised 8-9 hours.
Over the past few weeks, based on my regular usage (web…
How sub-optimal software can blow away an amazing hardware capability!
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Once Before You Die (Cricket) →
Peter Lalor tells you why if you’re a cricket fan, you must come to Bangalore’s M Chinnaswamy Stadium once before you die!
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“To be *and* not to be.”
– Schroedinger doing a Shakespeare.
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“Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize...”
– Ronald Reagan
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“India is a functioning anarchy.”
– John Kenneth Galbraith
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“If evolution is so smart, why do we have feet instead of wheels?”
– Creationists.
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“Engineering - this is where the semi-skilled workers realize the work of better...”
– Sheldon Cooper
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The relevance of Tendulkar →
From a cricinfo blog:
Wow moment As an Indian fan, it gives you goosebumps when Tendulkar walks in to bat. Every single person is on his or her feet, applauding and cheering wildly, with cries of “Sachin, Sachin” resounding through the stadium. I have been fortunate enough to witness, and contribute, to that adulation before. I did so this time as well. It is a special feeling.
September 2010
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The case for Safari Reader or "Readability" add-on... →
First, let’s recap, with a heavy dose of paraphrasing.
Jim Lynch, last week: “This Safari Reader stuff is bullshit. It’s going to cannibalize advertising revenue right across the web, and it will be a nightmare for publishers who are, after all, entitled to that revenue by virtue of the mere…
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A plugin for your Gmail →
Rapportive is a plugin for almost every browser that you use for Gmail. It replaces the “Ads” section of your GMail page while viewing emails, with the social footprint of the contact(s) in the email.
You may see the Flickr/Twitter/Facebook information about the contact in that section. Nice concept, specially for keeping up with people on all fronts.
Demo:
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Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle for n00bs
(A policeman pulls Werner Heisenberg over on the autobahn for speeding.)
Policeman: Sir, do you know how fast you were going?
Heisenberg: No, but I know exactly where I am.
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“The most amazing achievement of the computer software industry is its continuing...”
– Henry Petroski
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For the lazy you →
Now Google will auto-complete anything you type!! Suggestions in real time.
The news channels will probably have a field day “generating” news!
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The decimation of the Nokias in India →
Well-known private equity funds are currently evaluating Maxx, scratching their heads to understand how a 14-year old school dropout built a Rs. 2,000-crore business so quickly.
August 2010
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Your own butler built into the Mac - Automator →
In this week’s SweetAppSunday I bring you something you may not even know you have already: Automator. What is Automator? Simply, it automates things on your Mac. Perhaps that’s hard to abstractly think about, so I’ll give you an example.
I’m pondering turning my filing cabinet into a…
Exactly why I think using Mac OS X rocks!!
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Online course books for Indian Universities →
An enterprise by NSIT undergrads to make it easier to procure courseware. Includes rentals too, for a year or semester.
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“That science did not become the dominant religion anywhere in the world is...”
– Anup Rajput
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Meet the Superhumans →
A list of real-world (and living) superhumans compiled at the History Channel’s website, from it’s program - Stan Lee’s Superhumans. It’s incredible!
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Free (and legal) full-length movies on Youtube! →
Including cult classics like Vivah and even The Best of Three Stooges!
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The MIT gallery of hacks! →
Now that’s what makes me want to go to MIT one day!!
(Recommendations and sponsorships welcome.)
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Electronics projects for Evil Geniuses! →
Love the name!! :)
tinyAVR Microcontroller Projects for the Evil Genius