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Yesterday, I had a chat with a friend after ages, and as we both used to be busy on LJ, we talked about how we and everyone else on our friends circle don't post anymore ( Read more... ) -
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I used to be able to write - type right into the text area on the update page on LJ - and get something out. It would rarely be coherent, but at least I could get out some of what I wanted to say. Unfortunately, I have a cluttered mind, and it creates untidy texts ( Read more... ) -
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I had started reading an Atlantic article about the "Loebner Prize" 1, when the first paragraph threw this up:I wake up in a hotel room 5,000 miles from my home in Seattle. After breakfast, I step out into the salty air and walk the coastline of the country that invented my language, though I find I can’t understand a good portion of the signs I ( Read more... ) -
Milgram's nurses
Warren Ellis posted a drawing by Brandon Graham (royalboiler) which is quite exquisite and which has Fucking Flying Whales ( Read more... ) -
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Things I quit in 2010:
a) Working
b) Smoking
Things I managed to do in 2010:
a) Do nothing useful
b) Read
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Quick Gun Murugun - Eat my dosa or die
[Note for the two people following on Google reader: The post contains the embedded video of a clip from the movie Quick Gun Murugun.] -
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Blast Wave, a webcomic. Funny, very funny. (Would have put it on twitter or something, but can't be bothered.) -
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My moral compass is probably orthogonal to most other people, and that is probably why I am deeply disturbed by things that most people don't really seem to think about. Why, for example, do people find it easier to accept euthanasia for pets than they do for humans? Consider that a person asking for 'assited suicide' is making the decision on ( Read more... ) -
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Jay ignored the security and ran right into the airport terminal. He took a moment to orient himself before making his way towards the security holding area.
'Aditi!' he shouted out as he tried to jump over the security check counter.
BANG!
"Damn! He could have lived, if only he had stopped," said the officer."Jaane tu ... Ya Jaane na" should ( Read more... ) -
Things from Microsoft that I love the most
The big difference between Microsoft and Google is that while Google starts off with toys and builds them up, Microsoft is always off building suspension bridges and intercontinental liners. The clever bit in a toy is obvious, the cleverness in stringing the suspension cables is less obvious.
One of my all time favorite Microsoft creation is ( Read more... )
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