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Monday, 24. November 2008, 15:23:10

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A little Technology, a little Music, a little Photography and a whole lot of Life!
PS: If you get bored, here are some great blogs to visit: :link: (I would!)

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Look what I found!

Monday, 2. November 2009, 16:59:35

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I am not going to write too much and just let the awesomeness of the video do the talking:



Yes folks, thats an Elvis - Sinatra Duet!

If you are not a Elvis/Sinatra fan, then sorry to get you excited. P:

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Obama declares swine flu national emergency

Monday, 26. October 2009, 09:11:18

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Our favorite Nobel laureate has declared swine flu to be an emergency. Hmm, that was fast.

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Injured Pigeon

Wednesday, 21. October 2009, 05:04:23

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I found this injured pigeon on the pavement. Was probably hurt by a Diwali firecracker. It wasn't able to fly,
all it could do was scamper under cars for cover.

I felt bad that I could not do anything to help it.

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Inside Me

Tuesday, 20. October 2009, 13:05:12



My Xray plates came it this afternoon. Looks cool doesn't it?

The repost says that I have a "small left pleural effusion". Thats totally awesome because now I don't have to use layman terms like "sick" or "unwell". I have a 'pleural effusion' baby!

You know, when people go, 'Shaunak, what happened to you?'. I don't have to give a stock lame reply anymore. I can state 'I am suffering from a trivial case of left pleural effusion' and enjoy the look of plain frustration on other person's face. And in their heads they are going like "What on earth does he mean? Why cant he just be unwell like all the other kids?"



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Happy Diwali Everyone

Saturday, 17. October 2009, 15:14:19

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Diya


Lamps

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Blog Action Day: The lighter side of environmental degradation.

Thursday, 15. October 2009, 05:53:35

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Today of course, is the 15th of October, Blogaction Day. Bloggers from all around the globe are going to be talking about how fossil fuels are fast running out, the air is slowly getting unfit for respiration, and how the earth is gonna end. Not a very cheerful prospect, I say. I believe that the only thing that makes life worth living is optimism. So lets take a look at the lighter side of environmental degradation.

All coastal cities like Mumbai, Honk-Kong, New York etc. are probably going to be submerged in about 8 feet of water. Which will be really neat because:
  • each of these cities will become exactly like Vennice. Really romantic. Imagine how much you would save on vacations if you live here.
  • Thousands of poets will finally be able to use "Hong Kong" and "long gone" in one clever verse.


Other positives for people all over the world:
  • It would be summer all year round. A balmy 90 degrees Fahrenheit in December even on the north pole.
  • Penguins and Polar-bears would be able to show off their beach wear.
  • The swim-wear market would quadruple.
  • Being bald would be in fashion. Balding, middle aged men would become the coolest dudes on earth.
  • You wouldn't have to visit the spa for a tan or a sauna. All you have to do is sit with a towel wrapped around you.
  • "Isn't it hot in here?" might just start to become an effective pickup line.
  • End of all winter clothes. Sheep and other small furry animals might finally get some peace. No more poaching! Yay!


Of course, some spoilsports might wanna to oversee all these benefits and save the earth from am eternal summer. Here are some revolutionary technologies and people that will save our planet:
  • The RoHS standards. Which will reduce 2mg mercury from the manufacturing of a 200mg mercury product and sell it to consumers as a 'green' product
  • Out dear Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, superhero, president rolled into one. The one and only Barack Obama ! You just knew I was coming to him didn't you? :D He might pull the Earth out of orbit and exchange places with Mars, or he may do what he does best, give speeches.


In conclusion, wishing everyone a happy blogaction day and don't wait for others to save this planet for you, do it your self. Do the little things that make a difference, and see the big change automatically happen around you.

I am feeling unwell today, so I will not type any more, and go of to sleep. I had also planned to draw a cartoon for today, buy my health doesn't permit me to do so. So I will just shamelessly use an older toon.



Link: www.blogactionday.org.


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Horrible Weather

Monday, 7. September 2009, 14:11:12

Enduring I realize that its been a long time since I last posted here. Not that I have been unwell or unwilling, just short of time, all the time. :D

Anyway, we are facing some horrible weather here. Extremes of temperatures, unbearably hot in the afternoons and unnaturally cool in the evenings. All this punctuated with bouts of heavy showers.

The funny thing about the rain is that it always seems to come bearing down when you are the least prepared for it.
  • Forgot your umbrella? Woosh, rain.
  • Wearing thick jeans which become unbearably heavy once soaked? Woosh, rain.
  • Need to get somewhere fast? Woosh, rains followed by traffic jams.

But the rains do make everything seem so much more beautiful. Lush green grass, tranquil gray skies, you get the drift. Well, I guess every cloud must have its silver lining. (or is it chrome these days?) :D

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Social Soup

Thursday, 13. August 2009, 03:27:41

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Its been a while since I last visited My opera. A packed third semester timetable takes blame for that. Anyway, I tried logging in last night and caught the server playing bingo. The time-off seems to have done it good, because today it integrates with Twitter and Facebook.

The good people at My Opera have integrated two of the most popular social networks into My Opera. It was inevitable really, you just had to see this coming. As always, some will love it and others will hate it. Some will enjoy the information linking and synchronization and others will disfavour this social noodle soup.

I personally am a big fan of information linking. Creating large banks of information sourced from all over integrated in one place. To me it seems a bit like cloud computing. Data turns into information only when you can make sense of all of it, and this seems like step out of the bog.

If you have seen the IBM advert, you will be familiar with this little statistic that goes: "everyday humans generate times more information everyday, than that is present in all U.S. libraries." This includes text, videos, pictures, and music. Even small steps taken in linking all of this data and improving accessibility is positively great.

Perhaps I am romanticising a little update way too much, and making extravagant comparisons, but I am well and truly pleased with is social network integration, because to me it represents a much larger concept. Then again, I am just being me. P:

What do you guys think?

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I'll be headed to the mountains

Friday, 12. June 2009, 18:16:22

I will go for a short trip this weekend. I am headed to a to a hill station with some friends. We intend to go trekking in the rains.

I promise to be back with a truck load of photos.

The train leaves tomorow morning at six.
Got to sleep now. Have to get up early tomorow.
G' Night.

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