different perspectives of an airport
Douglas Adam’s had this to say about airports… anyone who’s been a frequent flier might relate to this brilliant description immediately!
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thought for the day
I don’t know if I’m just repeating something I’d heard long ago… but this struck me today… If you’re not getting enough out of life, it means you’re not giving enough of yourself.
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non-violence revisited
A lot of people and particularly Indians feel that non-violence is cowardice. I believe its important to note that according to the below article, Gandhi has said that violence is better than cowardice. Non-violence is not cowardice, it takes far greater courage and strength to be non-violent than it takes to be violent!! 🙂 Gandhi…
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some poetry
I’m not really one for poetry but came across some that I quite liked. Any more of your own… you’re welcome to post it here (even in HTML if you like). One was in a comment that someone had left on Nipun’s site on the day he was about to leave for his trip to…
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an article for tennis fans and non-fans
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…
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survival of the fittest?
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…
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refining listening skills
When Person A is saying something to Person B, several things typically happen…
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objectionable content on a cartoon channel
Well that’s what this started with, but it went on into a more broader topic. One of my colleagues was discussing about semi-adult content coming in ad-breaks on a cartoon channel for kids. Another one replied saying no probs… Though time has been throttling my neck nowadays, I somehow created some time to type a…
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simple tips to save paper in office
Some general things based on noticing the indiscriminate carnage of trees (indirectly) whenever I collect a printout from the printer in office. Three very simple things…. * Don’t “print and forget” – dont *forget* to collect your printout! * Set your Default Printer Preferences to print on both sides of the paper. * Please think…