Archive for September, 2006

a probably inevitable post

Thursday, September 21st, 2006

This link just happened to come up in a google ad… just bookmarking it for reading some other day – the first page seemed to be interesting… Tweet Share

nature photographs

Wednesday, September 20th, 2006

Orangutan Originally uploaded by Mr. Bird Brain. Just a quick post… some really cool pictures from a friend. Tweet Share

rethinking education

Wednesday, September 20th, 2006

This is from a colleague (with minor editing), she’ll be able to keep track of any responses here… Tweet Share

blorgmancy

Wednesday, September 20th, 2006

blorgmancy the state of a blog being blorgmant – derived from dormant, which dictionary.com describes as being Latent but capable of being activated – or here’s a more sophisticated explanation – In a condition of biological rest or inactivity characterized by cessation of growth or development and the suspension of many metabolic processes Trying to [...]

an article for tennis fans and non-fans

Tuesday, September 12th, 2006

I’m a tennis non-fan, i.e. in general I enjoy watching tennis but its somewhere in #7800231 in my list of priorities… Still, loved this really cool article Winning by Scott Adams. Having had a discriminated against background, he had every reason to get irked by the situation. But he took it so impersonally and resisted [...]

survival of the fittest?

Monday, September 4th, 2006

Recently watched the movie A Beatiful Mind (Russel Crowe) for the second time, following it more closely. There’s an interesting scene of a blonde girl, where they’re discussing about famous economist Adam Smith’s theory that “individual ambition is for the common good”.  When a blonde girl enters the scene, Nash comes up with a thesis [...]

sky's the limit

Monday, September 4th, 2006

The sky in general is a beautiful thing, the biggest canvas in the world with the most unlimited colors! And best part is… its free – available 24 hours a day! All we need to do is take time to look Try this experiment… Tweet Share

another exhibhition of corpses

Monday, September 4th, 2006

Now there are a great deal of buses from different IT companies, that run from Electronics City to the main city. The journey is typically around 1.5 hours one way, and sometimes the road is bumpy (and that’s an understatement ). When another IT company bus passed me and I looked at the inmates and [...]

the ergonomic scientist

Monday, September 4th, 2006

One of my colleagues had sent a scary mail of photos of carpal tunnel surgery. That was definitely a mail to wake up to However I'd say the mail is a bit of exaggeration just to use fear as a motivator Whatever I'd found out with a good deal of research, carpal tunnel though a [...]

a sustainable health habit

Monday, September 4th, 2006

Here are some simple habits from my journal which got me good results. I’m not a medical guy – reader discretion mandatory. And they’re not shortcuts for instant reduction. A more natural sustainable approach is the key. The more independent we become the better, independent of devices and gadgets and chemicals and circumstances (access to [...]