My Chronicles and my take on life...

Irony!!!

2008-11-08T14:43:00.000-08:00

I can't believe it has to come down to this...I have to write this post to make my wife believe that I actually own this blog!!!

The Calcutta Chromosome

2006-06-26T17:56:00.000-07:00

I got this book from the library yesterday, thought I will flip throught some pages while I waited for the train, I eventually ended up staying up late , so that I can finish the book. A very intersting story, with a mix of science fiction, occult, technology. Its is a story about how a programmer in New York finds a ID card of a person, who has gone missing in Calcutta and tries to find him. And what he finds is absolutely out of this world. A rivetting book that is very hard to put down.

I must be really bored....

2006-05-30T17:44:00.000-07:00

to post twice during the same day. Anyway, for those of you who are not satisfied with having a million friends in your orkut friends list and a zillion scraps..another site to keep you busy http://fo.rtuito.us. It lets you meet people whom you have never met before...worth checking out.

This is what boredom make you do

2006-05-30T17:24:00.000-07:00

1.Grab the book nearest to you, turn on page 18 and find line 4?
"And the boy asked if this would be the first time that Craig-Vyvyan would test him" Taken from Freddy and Fredericka - Mark Helprin. Not a bad read if you are looking for something funny.

2.Stretch your left arm out as far as you can.& catch air? Box of Granola bars! Don't ask me what they are doing here...

3. What is the last thing you watched on TV? That 70's show

4. Without looking, guess what time it is? 7.15pm

5. Now look at the clock, what is the actual time? 7.28 pm

6. With the exception of the computer, what can you hear? The air conditioner

7.When did you last step outside? What were you doing? Went to work ...duh!!!

8.Before you started this survey, what did you look at? My mail, for the 100th time today.

9.What are you wearing? Shorts and T Shirt

10.When did you last laugh? Yesterday

11.What is on the walls of the room you are in? Nothing...my room is really bare!

12.Seen anything weird lately? This whole tag business is pretty weird

13.What do you think of this quiz? Like I said, this is weird ...how does it matter what I wear...Perverted if you ask me.

14.What is the last film you saw? Sin City

15. If you became a multimillionaire overnight, what would you buy? An Island.

16.Tell me something about you that I dunno? Why should I....fever gets tagged by the weirdest people

17.If you could change one thing about the world, regardless of guilt or politics, what would you do? Everybody gets a month off every year, starting Aug 31st :-)

18.Do u like to Dance ? Ballroom.....actually Bathroom dancing!

19. Imagine your first child is a girl, what do you call her? I guess I'd like to know that name of the mother first.

20 Imagine your first child is a boy, what do you call her? Atleast a hint of the mother's name would do!

21.Would you ever consider living abroad? And finally I realize it, this whole tag wasn't meant for me !!

22.What do you want GOD to say to you when you reach the pearly gates ? You've got the job..I'm outta here!

And this tag stops right here

Chennai surgeon performs 50 surgeries

2006-02-13T17:14:00.000-08:00

Chennai surgeon performs 50 surgeries. I was just appalled by this story. Why would someone actually play with the lives of 50 people just to create a world record. A Hernia operation might not exactly be as complex as a bypass heart surgery, but isn't this doctor even a little responsible. Now I wonder how many of those 50 poor souls actually needed an operation and how many actually got it done successfully.

2005-12-19T04:46:00.000-08:00

How is temperature 1 deg F if the Low for the Day is 11 deg F and if that is not bad enough it actually feels like -11 , because of the wind chill.....I can't wait to get to India!!

The Kite Runner

2005-11-20T08:11:00.000-08:00

Have picked up a reading habit in the last couple of months. I tended to waste too much time on the Internet and this seemed to be a more useful diversion. I just finshed reading a book called "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini. This book came highly recommened and rightfully so. It's a very simple, well thought out story but quite depressing. But that I guess is the beauty of the book. It keeps coming back to haunt you. Its quite interesting how the sad stories always leave their mark behind, you never tend to forget them easily. Well, definitely read it, if you get a chance. I'm now off the the 1400 page magnum opus by Vikram Seth called "A Suitable Boy".

Rechercher sur Internet

2005-11-09T18:56:00.000-08:00

AOL is my favorite search engine from now onwards.
Type "google earth download here.Rechercher sur Internet....Actually, is that AOL , america online ??? I have no clue!

Assasination Victim .....what the hell ?

2005-11-09T18:11:00.000-08:00

What Famous Leader Are You?
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Test Results

2005-11-09T18:07:00.000-08:00

Test Results: "

What Classic Movie Are You?
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That is the kind of "Movie I am ". Everbody looking at this , give it a shot..its fun!

IHateGanguly.com

2005-10-31T16:59:00.000-08:00

Check out I Hate Ganguly...Thought this kind of stuff happens only in the US. People in my university came up with this site Fire Ron Zook. Zook being the coach of the football team. Believe it or not, the website played a major part in the sacking of the coach. I hope the same thing happens to Ganguly, hope he is not allowed to play cricket until he learns how to play a short ball.

Guess what I found....

2005-10-28T19:51:00.000-07:00

...on my desk today. A Shiny Black IPOD Nano with my name inscribed on the back. Apparently my boss is pretty happy with our team and so everyone got new Ipods . This makes it my second free ipod, the first one being a mini( courtesy my apartment office). I thought my phone was small, but this one is in a different class of its own. Has to be seen to be believed. Enuf said..Goodnight!!

Boring Boring Boring!!

2005-10-27T17:44:00.000-07:00

Got back relatively early from work today , and have no clue about what to do. Ironic, isn't it, you think about getting back home early everyday and the day you do get back early, you have absolutely nothing to do! My luck ran out even with baseball games, was hoping I could watch atleast one whole game, but the White Sox won the championship yesterday... not that I'm unhappy about that, but they could have atleast had a game today. Come to think about it, the White Sox is probably the only team that I've supported that has gone on to win the national championship.

As long as I followed cricket, India never won a world cup. I use the past tense because the only thing I follow in cricket nowadays is the Ganguly - Chapelle love affair. Guess a couple of new things have been introduced into the game recently, power play and super sub..both of which I don't know much about..super sub sounds a lot like the designated hitter in baseball, might as well start playing baseball if we keep getting stuff from them.

Actually every team I follow seems to be jinxed..Formula one - I can't stand schumacher and for the past couple of years , my only interest in F1 was to see if he would crash, atleast that way mclaren to get a podium position. Well, they did change the rules, and I think .Ok..Fine..mclaren have a good car, good driver and this year is the championship year...well guess what, the renault was better.

College Football- Passionately follow the Florida Gators-- last year was miserable, we get a new coach, this guy has been the BEST coach in the country for the past 2 years, Has lost a measly 4 games in as many years and his team went unbeaten last year. So you think if you can get a coach with a record like that , the team is going to have a wonderful year. Well, it turns out the coach ends up with a losing record....

and so it goes on...the list goes on..but I'm going to stop ranting and start doing nothing. Amazingly, some body has been jobless enough to write this down...

Plan ahead. Whether it's an hour, a day, or a week of doing nothing, cancel all of your appointments for that block of time.

Let people know that you'll be unavailable. Whether you choose to tell them that you're actually setting aside some time to do nothing, or you just give them the vague explanation "I'm going to be busy" (busy doing nothing!), tell them not to call, visit, or interrupt.

Find a quiet, private place where you feel unpressured to do anything. This might be your bedroom, the garage, the car, or a local park. Find that place and go there.
Set your watch or an alarm to go off when your "nothing" time is over, so that you don't have to constantly look at the clock and count the minutes. Turn off your cell phone, and maybe even all other phones within your reach.

Sit quietly by yourself. Feel the breeze, the sun shine, and the chair touching your skin. Listen to the rustle of the trees and birds singing, and water flowing. Do not think about the past or future. Avoid the temptation to turn on the TV, listen to music, write a note to yourself, get a bite to eat, or whatever. The only thing you should do is go to the bathroom if needed.

Learn how to meditate and clear your mind. That way, not only will your body be doing nothing, but so will your mind. Since your brain is constantly working, learning how to give it a break can provide a major sense of peace and regeneration.

More of this stuff is here

Au Revoir

Why does every post need a title

2005-10-06T17:37:00.000-07:00

Alright,alright fine....if want it so badly, here it is...but stop the phone calls, stop the comments and the emails! :-P ..a bit cheeky for someone who is posting after two month but who cares. I do appreciate the people who have been regularly checking though, and for the ones who haven't( sitemeter never lies ) I'll put in my best effort to see that you blogs don't rank high with the google spiders!

The past couple of months have been a complete whirlwind of activity. Was pretty much swamped with work and if that wasn't enough I've been taking stock/option trading classes that are being offered by my company. I still remember April 28th 2004, I had just walked out of my final Programming Language Principles class, thinking that this would be my last and final (crappy)exam. But here I am, back again, two classes a week, assignments , quizzes et al.

I used to think that there isn't much to trading, after all you buy when its cheap and sell when its high. Quite easy isn't it.. But the extent to which it is an exact science is quite mind boggling. I never had an idea that things would be so complicated. The class itself feels like an advanced calculas class, and whenever there is math ivolved, only seven words ring in my ears. "Deepak, will you pass in the exam ? ". These prophetic words were uttered my none other than my first year maths teacher and this single statement was enough to shatter whatever little confidence I had in myself, that I could somehow come to terms to whatever mathematics had to offer. I still remember struggling to make any sense out of the maths question paper that year and praying that her words don't come true. I was lucky enough pass with a stamp!

Enough about the math, I was lucky enough to be in sacramento a couple of weeks back to welcome the newest member of my family - Samhita. My sister gave birth to a cute little girl on the 23rd, just a day before my nephew's birthday ! Pictures of my neice are up here, where among other things you will see me clumsily holding the baby and praying that I don't drop her! That is probably the only eventful thing that happened between my last post and now.

@Nawaz - You asked about my comments on the Ganguly affair..I say chuck him out,chuck dalmiya, chuck bhajji...actually chuck everyone one out, shutdown cricket till tendulkar comes back and follow American football till then.

Well..thats it, feels good to be writing again. Enjoy guys!!

Google IM

2005-08-23T17:15:00.000-07:00

It has been talked about for a while, some said it was a rumor but turns out its not. Google does have an IM, although its not official yet. It doesn't have an interface though, you'd have to use a client like GAIM to connect to talk.google.com. I got all this info from here. So check it out. Its a lonely world on google IM,I'm the only person on my list :-p. This is another way to waste time I guess, as if yahoo and msn weren't enough, but if its new and free..I ain't saying no!

Two post in two days...is life getting easy ??? No way!!! realized fighting a lost cause is no use...might as well chill!

2005-08-22T18:10:00.000-07:00

Google Desktop 2 - Check out the web clips feature..very much like a feed reader

Are they being sarcastic or just plain dumb?

2005-07-22T19:59:00.000-07:00

The headline at rediff says in bold "Narain 19th in second German GP practice"

Leaving behind his technical snags, Narain Karthikeyan scorched the 4.5740-km Hockenheimring, touching speeds up to 323 kmph to finish 19th in second practice on Friday.

The Indian rookie driver, racing for Jordan Grand Prix, stopped the clock at 1 minute, 17.506 seconds and left behind teammates Tiago Monteiro of Portugal and Nicolas Keisa who brought up the rear finishing 22nd and 23rd.

MindComet :: Blog In Space

2005-07-19T19:58:00.000-07:00

MindComet :: Blog In Space is quite an interesting website. They claim they will broadcast your blog into space using satellites. I doubt if it really works , but I did put in my blog address. Just doing my small part in inviting an intergalactic invasion !!

OMG!

2005-07-07T17:59:00.000-07:00

Looking at the comments from my previous post, its quite obvious that nobody got to the disclaimer part of it. "Ramblings of a tired mind" are never to be taken so seriously! Maybe I missed out on smiley somewhere..But I still belive in the essence of the post. Neither a temple nor a mosque should exist on that peice of land, can't it be put for some other good(ok..a nuclear test site is not good, just in case anybody is unclear about my interpretation of the word "good") use. Wouldn't that be a fair solution?

@#$%&*

2005-07-05T19:41:00.000-07:00

I'm sick and tired of hearing about the temple/mosque at Ayodhya. Just when you think everything is ok and everybody has forgotten about it, it has to pop its ugly head again. Its quite sad that a small peice of land has caused so much death
and suffering. Well atleast this time, thanks to the CRPF, only the terrorists were killed. But you really have to hand it to the terrorists, not only did they fail in their mission,but they also managed to rekindle the BJP's temple cause which seemed to be dying. Surely the dumbest bunch of terrorists I've seen.

And if the BJP is so disgusted and angered by the terrorist act, they should be protesting in POK and not in their street corners. I don't think they give a damn if the temple is built there or not as long as they can get publicity which ofcourse translates to votes.

Methinks the best way to get rid of this whole problem is to convert the site into a bombing range for the airforce, so that they can bomb the shit out of that place..or better still, just test our next nuke there, so that that no soul in his right mind would ever step on that site again. Well, thats just my opinion...also proof that I can never be trusted with any kind of power or responsiblity :p

Btw, all the opinions expressed in this post are ramblings of a tired mind. I think I need a long weekend just to get over the tiredness after a trip during the weekend. Again proof , that I'm also lazy , but who cares!

PEACE!

Google Earth Download

2005-07-04T07:26:00.000-07:00

Google Earth can also be downloaded from here. What you have to watch out for though, is that sometimes google earth doesn't work when you start it up. It says it can't connect to the google earth servers. Be patient and try after a while and it usually works. Sorry for the delay, but am on the road in Indiana ( Finally, a long weekend plan did work out...:-) ).

Google Earth is amazing

2005-07-02T09:26:00.000-07:00

If you thought Google Maps were the best, you are definitely wrong. Check this out Google Earth. It actually gives you a 3D picture of major cities in the U.S. The camera angles are amazing, you can literally walk between the buildings. They do have information on India, but the resolution isn't that good. This is still the Beta version I guess. I've posted a few screenshots below...Enjoy!!!

2005-07-02T09:25:00.000-07:00

Cubbon Park, the Golf Course and Chinnaswamy stadium

2005-07-02T09:24:00.001-07:00

View of Downtown Chicago

2005-07-02T09:24:00.000-07:00

Check out Chidambaram stadium and the sands of the Marina Beach