Monthly Archives: March 2008

O blah!

Posted on March 30, 2008 by Aditya

This week has been very very bad for me. Firstly I was working 11 hour days through most of the week, and then had to work on Saturday and Sunday! So – I didn’t/couldn’t blog for the whole of the … Continue reading →

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To all my feminist friends out there

Posted on March 21, 2008 by Aditya

toothpastefordinner.com I know, I know… too many of these posts…. I promise… Better posts soon.

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What does it all mean?

Posted on March 20, 2008 by Aditya

toothpastefordinner.com Horrible phrase isn’t it?

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The Red Queen

Posted on March 20, 2008 by Aditya

So, I’m already off by one day on my self-imposed call to give at least one blog entry per day (since I started blogging again). I’ve done over a week of posts but now am a day late and still … Continue reading →

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Arthur C. Clarke – The Final Odyssey

Posted on March 19, 2008 by Aditya

Arthur C. Clarke died today at his home in Sri Lanka aged 90. A gifted visionary, he believed that “At the present rate of progress, it is almost impossible to imagine any technical feat that cannot be achieved – if … Continue reading →

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Nobel-prize winner!

Posted on March 17, 2008 by Aditya

Poor poor Richard Feynman!

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Lewis Wins!!!

Posted on March 16, 2008 by Aditya

Lewis Hamilton wins the opening race of the 2008 Formula1 Season at Albert Park! Wooohooo! An incredibly accident-packed, incident-packed Australian Grand Prix leaves only 7 cars on track at the end of the race! Whew – only 9 official finishers. … Continue reading →

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Hornblower and the Art of Reading Old Naval Stories

Posted on March 15, 2008 by Aditya

After many years, I am re-reading the Horatio Hornblower series by C.S. Forester. Hornblower, a fictional naval officer in the Royal Navy during the times of the Napoleonic Wars, is an immensely charismatic person. He is shown as very intelligent, … Continue reading →

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If only I were so lucky!

Posted on March 14, 2008 by Aditya

In the very public parking lot of a large IT park in Bangalore today at lunchtime a very interesting sight was witnessed. A dirty, but recognizably blue Daewoo Matiz was parked next to the main walkway. The engine was running, … Continue reading →

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Firefox 3 Beta 4

Posted on March 14, 2008 by Aditya

So finally we’re coming around to the release of Firefox 3. Beta 4 has just come out, and while I was hoping that this would be the last beta of Firefox before release, it seems that there will still be … Continue reading →

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