January 2009
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Only the English could have Invented this Language
Reblogged from pratyush and jessemontevirgen
We’ll begin with a box, and the plural is boxes, But the plural of ox becomes oxen, not oxes. One fowl is a goose, but two are called geese, Yet the plural of moose should never be meese. You may find a lone mouse or a nest full of mice, Yet the plural of house is houses, not hice. If the plural of man is always called men, Then shouldn’t the...
Beating the Aussies in their home in both tests and one-days is a mega achievement. Congrats to South Africa for the win and becoming #1.
Mozilla Thunderbird is exhibiting strange behavior: several mails have been left undownloaded on gmail
I wasn’t aware of a course on Gandhian Thoughts. Seemingly, people who’ve done it can’t get any jobs http://tinyurl.com/cg3tau
Most of Delhi 6 songs sound good
Looking at: “Hanniversary for tweet milestones via @nischalshetty” (http://twitthis.com/nh2g9n)
The word ‘politics’ is derived from the word ‘poly’, meaning ‘many’, & the word ‘ticks’, meaning ‘blood sucking parasites’ via ahmedhussain
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Glancing at the Indian Constitution
This Republic Day, I thought that it would be a good idea to take a look at our constitution. It is available online here. While reading through, I found the following point mentioned in the Fundamental Duties section, which I believe should be at the top of our minds always, more so than ever in these present troubled times.
According to part IV.51A of the constitution, “It shall be the duty of...
Went to the exhibition in Island Grounds in the evening and rushed back pretty quickly; the crowds were way too much to allow free movement.
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Slumdog Millionaire Music Review
I was excited to hear the score that won A R Rahman the Golden Globe award and got him 3 nominations for the Oscars. The album has a total of 13 tracks out of which 10 are composed by Rahman. MIA have composed 2 themselves and one with Rahman. Shankar, Ehsaan, Loy have composed music for Aaj Ki Raat, which is a borrowed number from Don (new-SRK’s). O Saya, the Oscar nominated track is...
UrlbarExt is a neat Firefox plugin that provides URL shortening, site search, bookmarking tags etc. http://TinyURL.com/6ye7zg
Looking at the results it appears that only mobile service providers are doing well (Airtel, Idea); rest are all posting losses
Happy to share my middle name with the president of USA
A few hours from now and it will be the end of Bush
Hamas announces ceasefire in Gaza http://bit.ly/jytA
Two thrilling finishes today: South Africa beat the Aussies in the last over and Sri Lanka just managed to beat Bangladesh after being 6 for 5 at one stage.
How changing a button increased a site’s annual revenues by $300 Million http://www.uie.com/articles/three_hund_million_button
Now reading Undercover Economist; seems interesting so far
Hit by an unrelenting flu; have been sick for over a week now..
The striking oil co workers should be ashamed off themselves; demanding higher wages in such times of adversity. Glad to see the Govt take action and clear the strike
Red Cross speaks on the Israeli Defence Forces in Gaza http://url.ie/129r
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WattzOn - Personal Energy Monitor
WattzOn takes an interesting look at our personal energy consumption taking into account factors such as how much food we consume, what we use to commute etc.
Only talk going around in the office is about Satyam #Satyam
Have a strange feeling that my tweets are getting lost; yesterday the count showed 491 and now it is back to 487…
Listening to Tandoori Nights from Karz (2008);...
Freakonomics - Making Sense of Data
Just finished reading Freakonomics and liked the book a lot. One of the many things I liked from the book was the advice on reading through advertisements.
The description of Sudhir Venkatesh’s assignment and his analysis of the drug dealers data was engrossing. The chapters on parenting busted several myths though I did not care much about the naming of children as it is done a lot...
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Finally watched the much recommended Khosla ka Ghosla - good, fun stuff. The film was remade in Tamil as Poi Solla Porom
