Being Social..

The interesting part is the message at the bottom-right corner of the pic. -- "Happiness is... being up to date".

I'm sure the message has several interpretations. But in the context of this tech-savvy world, Facebook/Twitter/Blogs have striven to help people experience it.

People (some of them still consider such things as utter nonsense/waste of time) spend more than 10% of their time on such social engagements in the cyber world. Considering an average of 85 years (minus ~10-12 years of childhood and ~10 years of old-age) that's ~6 years of our Lives!

Now, that's some food for thought.

Learning += Fun;

I like the humor here ..

... if we want to hear the sound of a dog without getting emotionally attached, we can create (instantiate) an ephemeral, temporary dog, and coax a little noise out of it before it disappears.

prompt> (Dog.new).speak # or more commonly, Dog.new.speak
Bow Wow

"Wait," you say, "what's all this about the poor fellow disappearing afterwards?" It's true: if we don't bother to give it a name (as we did for pochi), automatic garbage collection decides it is an unwanted stray dog, and mercilessly disposes of it. Really it's okay, you know, because we can make all the dogs we want.

Seriously, I'd love to have dogs if the aforementioned operations were true in the real world.

u know u need some "change" in life when....

u dream of writing a script to take care of your daily tasks....
gimme a break!

Buckhead Church & a Brazilian brunch ! :)

What an awesome start to a Sunday! Thanks to Adria and Shafi, we visited a Church in the morning to attend a (Palm Sunday) Service. It was amazing. Buckhead Church is not quite like a traditional church. No idols at all. The architecture of the building is more like a Software Company. It has a huge auditorium with 6k+ seating capacity, pool tables, kids' games, discussion rooms and separate auditoriums according to age groups.
I was amazed to find out that they have adapted so well to the 21st century culture. It's more about giving knowledge in a way that can be easily understood and assimilated by the current generation.
If you look at it in a more elaborate manner, there is a great deal of unconventional effort to be extremely flexible about how one can share the message of God. After all, the Message is important! ...regardless of the way it's been delivered. I liked that !
So, we had a "rock band" opening the Service. It was hilarious. A perfect way to energise everybody.
I had never seen something like that in my life! I had the perception of a church as being a peaceful, sacred place of worship. But today, that has changed. It's modern, but its just beautiful. Not just the Music.. but the lyrics played an important part, too.
Some of the lines from the (kinda rock) song are...and i quote >>
"show your light. let the whole world see." and so on ... it was great !
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some pics: does it look like a Church ? :-P
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.......pic : @The Band at the Church
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Later, we went to a Brazilian Cafeteria to have breakfast. I loved the cheese balls and the Brazilian Coffee. We couldn't have asked for a better place. It was just too good :-D

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The other end of the line

Jesse Metcalfe & Shriya Saran create magic.
Anupam Kher at his "patent" best.... What a performance! Kudos!
A great movie. Romantic, exciting, funny ,........Just too good. :-)
Does anybody have soundtracks of the movie?
Update
I could just find one..
Pretty Woman

First snow!

Okay, this happened about 2-3 weeks ago. I admit that i m too late in posting this. However, I need to capture this moment on my blog... even though it's late to do so!

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....because I think it's funny ;-)

int rand(void);

Watched a random set of movies in the December break and I am trying to write a Random post to list this random set of movies so that random people can read it randomly :-P

basss.... faar pakaav joke hota...

List of movies:

Rock-on -- yeah i know, m quite late in watching this one

Flavors -- its about life in the US, esp. from the POV of parents

The Terminal -- The movie with the mysterious "Republic of Krakozhia"

Cast Away -- too good (i know .... u wont believe that i'd not seen that yet)

Transporter Part I -- got to watch the next parts .... dunno when i 'll do that

Seven Pounds -- My first movie in a US Theatre

Ghajini -- Nice, typical bollywood style Masala movie. Aamir deserves to act in much better movies though. My second movie in a US Theatre.

// Added on 30th Dec.

A Beautiful Mind -- Awesome movie! mind-blowing

Slumdog Millionaire -- A R Rehman Rocks! gr8 music.. nice story-line....its a bit weird to watch Mumbai (as it's shown in the movie)...but its a fact we can't refute.

// END: Added on 30th Dec.

Just to make the post truly random>>
I hate people at the Theatre who do not wait till the Movie ends. How can u watch a movie for 3 hours and just get up and get out when theres just 2 min. of reel left ?
People tend to loose interest once they know how that particular movie would end. Same happened in the case of the movie - Ghajini; at a Theatre in the US (so called sophisticated Desi public in the US). There is a song at the very end of the movie. People just got up and went out of the theater. I consider that synonymous to -- going for a wedding, eating lots of food; and then not meeting the newly wed couple to offer good wishes... its that bad! Now one might argue that skipping the "obvious" end-part is to avoid the rush at the Exit of the Cinema Hall. But guys ! ...if you are so busy ...don't watch a movie !!

things that matter....and most of them are now ..far ..far away ...

so here i am ... in the US of A...
just wanted to note down a few things out of the million ones i miss a lot...
this is not the senti types blog where i note down all my friends and family members names....and ..all the "things that matter" ...etc etc ...oh pls.... come on... its obvious that i miss all of them sooo much ...

what i want to note down here ....are a few interesting things that i never thought played such a important role in my day to day life...
car/bike : its just been a couple of days here ... i ve been walking a lot. sometimes i get a feeling... y cant i just take the keys and ride off to the nearest bus stop or grocery or pizza place.
food : its soo damn expensive here ...
i never really cared while ordering a cuppa coffee in CCD/barista back in India ...
but here ... one automatically becomes so conscious even b4 entering a Starbucks. To avoid temptation, we decided not to enter one ;-)
so ...heres what i miss... Vaishali Rupali Amrapali Relax Ambrosia CCD Barista Sujata-Mastani ZKs Mc Donalds CPK Food Court Big Bazzaar Live kitchen and last but not the least Kalyan Bhel ;-) obviously ...how can i forget that ? :-P
some other things : my Guitar ... yeah ...i know that i hardly used to play my guitar when in India ... but just the realization that it was there ...right in my room ....was just great !
my bed...my PC... etc etc ...the list goes on and on ...
now before this post becomes one (of the many) boring post(s) ...(or has it become one already ? :p ) i guess i should post it right away and stop adding things to it.

Now ... Thats Shopping!! ;-)

:-P
trust me ...
I m very bad at shopping ...
I bargain for the things I really dont want to buy. Effectively, I end up getting a good bargain and then decide against buying it! hehehe...
On the other hand ... if I like something...i just jump on it...! buy it without even thinking of asking for a better price ;-)
well.. thats me ! and thats y I need someone to accompany me while shopping...always... :-S
infact... thats y i hardly ever go shopping... ;-)
but this time around it was quite different. I "just had to" shop. It was inevitable. Moreover, a friend agreed to accompany me.
Thanks to the end of season sale happenin' everywhere, I got a fair price on almost everything. (30% to 50% off everywhere...now u know what a "fair price" according to me is!)
Some things were quite amusing. I m ignorant of so many things. I had to buy a suit and could not try out a Tie :-(
I came home and then did a bit of google(damn! i m succha typical software guy :-S ) and found this How to tie a Tie ..quite useful! The website has very detailed diagrams of how to tie a Tie in different styles. I could not actually try it ...cause I forgot to buy the Tie that day :-P ...but thats another story ..hehe ;-)

It is easy to forgive others for their "bugs"; it takes more grit to forgive them for having witnessed your own.

OK ..OK... if u have already figured it out ....the title is copied from :

""It is easy to forgive others for their mistakes; it takes more grit to forgive them for having witnessed your own."" -- Jessamyn West.

but i had to modify it to match what i wanted to put forth....
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hehehe ... too good....!!
and very true indeed..... ;-)
@buddy developers/programmers: how many cliche`s(out of the 25 given above) have u used already? :-P
any "original" excuses to add to the list :-p ??

V-Day special ....

Aam Zindagi
Hum 1 bhi ladki nahin pata sake,
College ke 4 saal barbaad ho Gaye.

Mentos Zindagi
1 bhi ladki humein nahin pata paayi,
Sabke 4 saal barbaad ho gaye !!!!

Mentos khao mast raho Yaar. J J

effects of modern technology

Found this stuff on rediff.com ....a user had commented bout the effects of modern technology on our lives....


Scene in an office in the year 1950.
Colleagure A wants to pass a message to Colleague B. He goes across to his desk and tells his message.
Scene in 1970 -A sends a Inter Office Memo to B.
Scene in 1980 - A picks up the intercom and speaks to B.
Scene in 1990 -A faxes the message to B.
Scene in 2000 -A emails the message to B.
Scene in 2008 -
A says to B on intercom - Hey B , what is your fax number?
B - My fax is under repair. Can you mail it.
A - My system is down.B - Can you SMS it.
A - Too long. And I forgot your mobile number.
B - Damn I also forgot what my mobile number is.
A - Ok, go back and check your mobile number and SMS me your number. And in return I will SMS you when my system is right again and send through the message. If not you can SMS me when your fax is repaired so that I can fax it. OK?
B - Hey that is a good idea.
The next day B's fax is repaired. He sends SMS and asks A to fax it.Now A has a different problem. He has forgotten what was the message he wanted to convey !!

Hehehee ...hahaha ... very true indeed!!

The Teacher gave a punishment to the student and asked him to write
"I Will Not Throw Paper Airplanes in the Class" 500 times on the black board. and the student wrote

Born to Be A Software engineer ..................

Some Cool Quotes :-)

great_quotes:
We are indeed much more than what we eat, but what we eat can nevertheless help us to be much more than what we are. Adelle Davis

"Plenty of people miss their share of happiness, not because they never found it, but because they didn’t stop to enjoy it." William Feather

The very powerful and the very stupid have one thing in common. Instead of altering their views to fit the facts, they alter the facts to fit their views...which can be very uncomfortable if you happen to be one of the facts that needs altering.

Time is an illusion, lunchtime doubly so. Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001)

What is the difference between unethical and ethical advertising? Unethical advertising uses falsehoods to deceive the public; ethical advertising uses truth to deceive the public. Vilhjalmur Stefansson (1879 - 1962)


The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do. Walter Bagehot (1826 - 1877)


User, n. The word computer professionals use when they mean "idiot." ~Dave Barry
Computers, huh? I've heard it all boils down to just a bunch of ones and zeroes.... I don't know how that enables me to see naked women, but however it works, God bless you guys. ~From the television show King of Queens (may not be exact wording), spoken by the character Doug Heffernan


If you have any trouble sounding condescending, find a Unix user to show you how it's done. ~Scott Adams


Hardware: the parts of a computer that can be kicked. ~Jeff Pesis


I just wish my mouth had a backspace key. ~Author Unknown


There are 10 types of people in this world: those who understand binary and those who don't. ~Author Unknown


Unix is simple. It just takes a genius to understand its simplicity. ~Dennis Ritchie


Home is where you hang your @. ~Author Unknown


Unix never says "please." ~Rob Pike


The Unix philosophy basically involves giving you just enough rope to hang yourself. And then a couple of feet more, just to be sure. ~Author Unknown


Computers must be female. No one but the creator understands their internal logic. The native language they use to communicate with other computers is incomprehensible to everyone else. The message "Bad command or file name" is about as informative as, "If you don't know why I'm mad at you, then I'm certainly not going to tell you." Even the smallest mistakes are stored in long term memory for later retrieval. As soon as you make a commitment to one, you find yourself spending half your paycheck on accessories for it. ~Author Unknown