I am not a big fan of watching TV series, except for random watching of shows like AFV or special interest shows like National Geographic. However, when Netflix announced House Of Cards (here), I got a little more curious than usual. Part of the reason is the presence of Kevin Spacey, the actor who left …
Category Archive: Interesting
Jan 26 2013
Replublic Day 2013
My Republic Day morning is spent at SA Palm Meadows. After a brief session of Squash, I headed to the flag hoisting ceremony organized by the community. This short and sweet function is attended by residents of our community – from all age groups. The sequence of events included flag hoisting, message by the President …
Oct 07 2012
Mission for the day – Sunrise @ Mission Peaks
Started the day with this goal – Hit the trail early and watch the Sunrise from the peak of Mission hills. In a nutshell, the goal is accomplished. Cold breeze started hitting the face at the start of the trail this morning. Its impact stayed almost halfway thru the trail. By the time decent amount …
Sep 10 2012
Kundan’s Habitat
Kundan Mehta’s home at SA Palm Meadows is slowly evolving to be a natural habitat for birds. While I was doing my morning rounds with my camera this weekend, Kundan invited me to shoot a few pics within his premises. The most recent addition to his home are this nice moth and this little birdie …
Sep 09 2012
ISRO @ 100
Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) successfully launched its 100th mission today. Congratulations to ISRO and all the people who are behind this great milestone. PSLV-C21, as part of this launch, also carried a couple of foreign satellites – Spot 6 (French) and Proiteres (Japanese).
Sep 05 2012
Palm Meadows and Go Green
Our Palm Meadows community is a strong supporter of going green. There are lot of initiatives in our community towards waste management, water conservation, power conservation and well being practices. Our placards during Independence Day walk show what we care about. As part of our Independence Day celebrations, our community launched our first T-shirt. Here …
Aug 27 2012
Ant Algorithms
Do ants follow protocols that are similar to the ones that govern Internet? Especially for congestion avoidance and time-outs? This particular study at Stanford says yes. Interesting read.
Dec 07 2011
Social Media Screening and Government
Well, we always think that things would improve over time and people get wiser. But there are occasional corrective events that help us refine such a thought process of ours. One such event of recent times is Mr. Sibal’s directive to the social networking sites on social media screening. There is a mention of upcoming …
Nov 03 2011
Japan and Backup City for Tokyo
I have heard and read about many innovative disaster plans, but this idea is above and beyond my imagination. (Read more here too.) Building a backup city for Tokyo seems like a fairy tale story for Backup and DR specialists. Being exposed to the way Japanese people do things, I am sure this will be …
Sep 29 2011
Bicycle Tyre
After about a couple of decades, I had one of these moments that was so common in the early days of my life – Bicycle Tyre going bad and getting replaced. Last Friday, I noticed that the tube pressure is giving away. When I pumped air in the tube on Saturday, the tyre gave away, …
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