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Coffee at Midnight
Posted by: BD on: November 14, 2009
Reposting an old post from a defunct blog of mine.
“Eyes don’t obey but your mind says no way.
You remain confused while the work stays at bay
You need that magic potion,
something like the Gaul’s ration.
The doctors say this ain’t the time
Darn! it’s difficult to resist the temptation.
Out of milk and out of sugar,
it won’t be that [...]
Great Monday
Posted by: BD on: February 23, 2009
We knew it right from 1992. Now the world knows.
Congrats Rahman!
I liked his acceptance speech:
All my life I had the choice between hate and love. I choose love and here I am.
What a news to start the morning with
Posted by: BD on: January 12, 2009
- In: General
- 2 Comments
Congrats ARR
And belated happy birthday to you !
Is there anybody out there?
Posted by: BD on: August 6, 2008
- In: General
- 8 Comments
I’m not sure if you share this feeling. Every morning, as I browse through the newspaper, it feels as if I already know what’s gonna be in it. I switch to TV, looking for some excitement. The same feeling again. Things have become so predictable!
I ultimately end up relying on my morning tea to wake [...]
Lenovo thinking about Linux
Posted by: BD on: September 9, 2007
- In: Lenovo| Linux
- 7 Comments
A while back, on Dell’s adoption of Linux for its home user segment, I had said:
Dell happens to be the number 1 PC maker in the US. It won’t be wrong to assume that other PC manufacturers would mimic Dell’s strategy.
And guess what, now Lenovo has this to say in its blog:
… One of our [...]
On being separate
Posted by: BD on: September 8, 2007
- In: advaita| non dualism
- 4 Comments
An interesting video about non-dualism
At this juncture I’d also like to share an excerpt from Wayne Liquorman’s (aka Ram Tzu) poem:
Go back to your church, your temple,Your therapist, your drug dealer, your ashram.There you may find a moments peace.You found it there once.Here is only emptiness for you.You’ll find no food for your ego [...]
Milk for the Cat
Posted by: BD on: September 7, 2007
- In: Humor
- 2 Comments
If you happen to be a cat lover, you surely must have read Harold Monro’s “Milk for the Cat“.
I had come across this poem at school. It’s been one of the most cherished ones till date; not only because it was amazingly detailed, but also because I grew up in the company of cats [...]
The Sacrificial Lamb
Posted by: BD on: September 7, 2007
Just stumbled upon this:
Nepal’s state-run airline has confirmed that it sacrificed two goats to appease a Hindu god, following technical problems with one of its aircraft.
BBC NEWS
I don’t know who really is the sacrificial lamb; the goat or the passengers? If you happen to use Nepal Airlines for your travels, you better [...]
US bomber loaded with nuclear missile by mistake
Posted by: BD on: September 7, 2007
- In: B-52| Military| bomber| nuclear
- 6 Comments
An Air Force B-52 bomber flew across the central United States last week with six cruise missiles armed with nuclear warheads that were mistakenly attached to the airplane’s wing, defense officials said yesterday.
The Stratofortress bomber, based at Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota, was transporting a dozen Advanced Cruise Missiles to Barksdale Air Force [...]
Marvel vs DC
Posted by: BD on: September 6, 2007
- In: Humor
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We have so many Mac vs PC parodies floating around, but this one’s the best I’ve come across so far. Here’s some Marvel vs DC action!
There are more here
Prostitutes no longer criminals
Posted by: BD on: September 5, 2007
- In: India| prostitution
- 8 Comments
If the proposed amendments to the Immoral Traffic Prevention Act of 1956 are passed, prostitutes would no longer be treated as criminals.
However their profession would still continue to be treated as an illegal one.
Fifty years after India enacted a legal framework to check prostitution, Government has finally decided to go for a radical change in [...]
Google indic transliteration
Posted by: BD on: August 30, 2007
is simply the best indic transliteration tool I’ve come across till date.
Currently it’s just available for Hindi. Hopefully this would be added to Google’s localized pages — and support for more languages and scripts is always welcome. (via: india uncut)
Dailytimes Hacked
Posted by: BD on: August 27, 2007
- In: Dork Media| Pakistan
- 2 Comments
Just got this via email (thanks Ayesha). It seems the website of leading Pakistani daily Dailytimes got hacked yesterday. The exact time and the duration of operation is unclear, but the site is back up and running today.
The hackers posted the following message:
“hack3d by ic3d r0s3 
greetz to (linuxg0d) ,(savechanges) ,(pagefault) and old whackerz crew;;;;;; [...]
Deja vu
Posted by: BD on: August 20, 2007
- In: Politics| censorship
- 6 Comments
It seems wordpress.com was blocked in Turkey. Almost seems like a page out of history.
Thanks to RTI we came to know how the Government blocks websites in India.
Update:
Official reaction from wordpress.com regarding the ban in Turkey.
The letter mentioned in the above link contains the list of blogs that led to a Turkish court order to [...]
Synchronous Hermaphrodite
Posted by: BD on: August 18, 2007
- In: Humor| Personal
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Srikant, a really good friend of mine, has framed an ‘interesting equation’
Limit [Human] = [...]
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