Indian Remixes
One thing I have noticed in the remixes of hindi songs for some time now. The remixes are usually mixed with some english song. And then the name of the remix is given something like this
(hindi_song_name)Vs(english_song_name)-(dj's_name)
(don't mind my software-like language while showing the 'syntax' of the names; I'm a hard-core software guy).
Any coments?
Thursday, August 21, 2003
Delhi Metro shall rule
Delhi Metro Rail Corporation is doing a great job. I just saw the 'latest' map of the rail routes for the train and it looks amazing. For those passengers who had to board crowded buses and travel in them for half-hour to one hour, the travel time might get reduced to less than 10 to 15 minutes. Lovely network, fabulous systems, well-designed coaches and stations. Look at the photos. Worth a look.
Delhi Metro Rail Corporation is doing a great job. I just saw the 'latest' map of the rail routes for the train and it looks amazing. For those passengers who had to board crowded buses and travel in them for half-hour to one hour, the travel time might get reduced to less than 10 to 15 minutes. Lovely network, fabulous systems, well-designed coaches and stations. Look at the photos. Worth a look.
Got the first link...
I got the first link to my blog. My friend GBS blogged about the latest Google Toolbar that I had downlaoded and then told him about it. Feels great. I know no one comes here and reads my blog. But then, I still try to write something here.
My problem is that its very difficult for me to learn new tricks. I mean, getting into habits is difficult for me and coming out of them is so easy. I try to make blogging a habit, but then I am not a creative writer. I lack a good vocab and do not have the inclination for writing. My father cribs taht I should write often. And many friends complain that they do not hear from me. True.
I got the first link to my blog. My friend GBS blogged about the latest Google Toolbar that I had downlaoded and then told him about it. Feels great. I know no one comes here and reads my blog. But then, I still try to write something here.
My problem is that its very difficult for me to learn new tricks. I mean, getting into habits is difficult for me and coming out of them is so easy. I try to make blogging a habit, but then I am not a creative writer. I lack a good vocab and do not have the inclination for writing. My father cribs taht I should write often. And many friends complain that they do not hear from me. True.
Friday, August 15, 2003
Pepsi-Cola and the contorversy..
Is there any end to the pesticides-in-cola controversy? Cola MNCs join hands against EU quality norms - The Economic Times. The cola manufacturers said, at the beginning of the controversy, that they follow the EU norms and now they say that blindly using the same norms in India can be counterproductive. First we were fighting about following the norms or not, then the topic was drawn to the fact that there were no norms at all in India. Now they want to say that the EU nrrms are very stringent.
Is there an end to this controversy?
Is there an end to this controversy?
Thursday, August 14, 2003
BLOGGER
Testing BlogThis!
Just trying to use this feature. It seems much easier because it takes almost no time to start typing, one very important thing you need to do effective blogging and beat the laziness out of the system
Testing BlogThis!
Just trying to use this feature. It seems much easier because it takes almost no time to start typing, one very important thing you need to do effective blogging and beat the laziness out of the system
How different
Today I went to a Govt office to meet someone who was known to my father. He had sent a packet for me through this person. This person is in the education department and has good knowledge of the things that happen around us. But then when I talked with this person, I found how different people think and how different their belief systems are. They see life from the Govt's perspective, and mark things good or bad accordingly. Things that matter to us are sometimes very different than the things that matter to them. There is too much diversity in this world
Today I went to a Govt office to meet someone who was known to my father. He had sent a packet for me through this person. This person is in the education department and has good knowledge of the things that happen around us. But then when I talked with this person, I found how different people think and how different their belief systems are. They see life from the Govt's perspective, and mark things good or bad accordingly. Things that matter to us are sometimes very different than the things that matter to them. There is too much diversity in this world
Tuesday, August 12, 2003
Latest at my Alma Mater
The 41st convocation at IIT Bombay was captured in a slide-show at Rediff.com. Here is the slide-show. Take a peek.
The 41st convocation at IIT Bombay was captured in a slide-show at Rediff.com. Here is the slide-show. Take a peek.
Great Electronics Bargains (with a little sweat)
I went to SPJ Road (near City Market, Bangalore) again today. I had to go there to buy a Pen Drive for my father. I came to my office and found that the power supply was disrupted and was not expected for the next few hours. So I had a chat with the few colleagues who were in office, had my lunch and left for SPJ Road.
Today's experience was great. I got the pen drive I wanted for a very good price. But that was not the best thing to happen. I bought thin, foam-filled plastic covers for CDs, ones that store two CDs in one pouch, for 2 bucks a piece. And then I bought hard plastic two-cd-holders for 4 bucks a piece. These were really good bargains because my CDs eat a lot of dust at my place and now I can properly store them and extend their lives.
I had taken a box of precision tools to Bhopal this vacation (for reasons better left untold). My father saw it and admired it. He also said, in a very low voice, that I should have one too. So this time I have bought one for him and shall send the same to him. He shall surely like this small gift.
Overall, a good experience of wandering on the roads there. I like doing such shopping, where I know that I have to buy something. If I know that I am not going to buy and shall just window-shop, I just can’t do that.
I went to SPJ Road (near City Market, Bangalore) again today. I had to go there to buy a Pen Drive for my father. I came to my office and found that the power supply was disrupted and was not expected for the next few hours. So I had a chat with the few colleagues who were in office, had my lunch and left for SPJ Road.
Today's experience was great. I got the pen drive I wanted for a very good price. But that was not the best thing to happen. I bought thin, foam-filled plastic covers for CDs, ones that store two CDs in one pouch, for 2 bucks a piece. And then I bought hard plastic two-cd-holders for 4 bucks a piece. These were really good bargains because my CDs eat a lot of dust at my place and now I can properly store them and extend their lives.
I had taken a box of precision tools to Bhopal this vacation (for reasons better left untold). My father saw it and admired it. He also said, in a very low voice, that I should have one too. So this time I have bought one for him and shall send the same to him. He shall surely like this small gift.
Overall, a good experience of wandering on the roads there. I like doing such shopping, where I know that I have to buy something. If I know that I am not going to buy and shall just window-shop, I just can’t do that.
Monday, August 11, 2003
What number are you?
Got this from another blog, don't remember whose. But I liked it. Try it
what number are you?
this quiz by orsa
Got this from another blog, don't remember whose. But I liked it. Try it
I am the Natural Number e I go with the flow _ |
this quiz by orsa
56 events that changed India
I was browsing (can't do more than that in the Office) through the latest copy of India Today I had bought yesterday from MG Road. The cover story is about 56 events that changed India. Its Independence time around and as it does each year, India Today has traveled to India 'Yesterday' and has tried to come up with a list of 56 events that perhaps could never be forgotten by any India. Events that jolted us, events that haunt us, events that make us proud, and even events some of us don’t even know of (I had a friend at IIT Bombay who didn’t know what 'Emergency' was or what the 'Mandal commission' was. And he calls himself an Indian. Sick!).
Buy that copy and feel nostalgic. See the course India has taken in these 56 years of Independence.
I was browsing (can't do more than that in the Office) through the latest copy of India Today I had bought yesterday from MG Road. The cover story is about 56 events that changed India. Its Independence time around and as it does each year, India Today has traveled to India 'Yesterday' and has tried to come up with a list of 56 events that perhaps could never be forgotten by any India. Events that jolted us, events that haunt us, events that make us proud, and even events some of us don’t even know of (I had a friend at IIT Bombay who didn’t know what 'Emergency' was or what the 'Mandal commission' was. And he calls himself an Indian. Sick!).
Buy that copy and feel nostalgic. See the course India has taken in these 56 years of Independence.
Lovers of Classics
ClassicReader.com is a website that has a good number of fiction and non-fiction electronic books written by world-famous authors. These books are not copyrighted any more and hence are pretty legitimate. Take a look.
ClassicReader.com is a website that has a good number of fiction and non-fiction electronic books written by world-famous authors. These books are not copyrighted any more and hence are pretty legitimate. Take a look.
Jet Set Go
I saw the Hero Honda Karizma yesterday at Rex theatre. On the face of it, it looks like just another bike having no more capacity than 150 CC. On a closer look, you see the difference. The engine is well hidden beneath elaborate fiber body work. It has a digital odometer, trip meter and fuel gauge. It also has a button that changes the display to show the Clock, something I always wanted in my Kinetic Honda way back in school (I did open the front panel and put in a 30 bucks worth digital watch in it; solved the purpose). It has disc brakes and automatic electric ignition and it comes in 7 beautiful colors
At the street price of Rs 79,001 (registration, insurance road tax etc extra), it seems to be a good bike.
Only one problem. Its tyres are the same size as that of the Splendor or the Passion. Why such small tyres?
I saw the Hero Honda Karizma yesterday at Rex theatre. On the face of it, it looks like just another bike having no more capacity than 150 CC. On a closer look, you see the difference. The engine is well hidden beneath elaborate fiber body work. It has a digital odometer, trip meter and fuel gauge. It also has a button that changes the display to show the Clock, something I always wanted in my Kinetic Honda way back in school (I did open the front panel and put in a 30 bucks worth digital watch in it; solved the purpose). It has disc brakes and automatic electric ignition and it comes in 7 beautiful colors
At the street price of Rs 79,001 (registration, insurance road tax etc extra), it seems to be a good bike.
Only one problem. Its tyres are the same size as that of the Splendor or the Passion. Why such small tyres?
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