Peter Norvig is the Director of research in Google and he has a simple website http://norvig.com/ . I was sent to his website through a lifehacker link teach yourself programming in 10 years
Interesting website, worth a look . The post is also worth a read.
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
She Is Beautiful Because You Love Her
I would have liked to embed the cartoon but it opens in the original blog. It is corny but what the hell this is my blog and not a facebook wall post which thrusts itself on all my friends home page
She Is Beautiful Because You Love Her
She Is Beautiful Because You Love Her
Monday, March 29, 2010
Friday, March 26, 2010
Walking with RC using Nike + ipod
Today walked with RC who has a Nike + ipod. A very cool toy , the ipod gives the current pace, the total distance covered , work out time. Found out that Sankey tank was actually 3.1 Km in diameter and we were walking at a pace of 9 minutes a km or 6.66 kms an hour. Really Cool gadget.
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Empathy - Interpretation of an old indian tale
This is a story that I read probably in the chandamama magazine but I have heard it many times
3 thieves had just stolen a lot of money and then went to their hiding place and went about dividing the loot among themselves. At some point in the night, one of the thieves by mistake put his finger in a crevice in the hideout and was bit by scorpion. As he experienced pain, he felt that since his friends had shared the good fortune of the booty with him, they should also share his pain, Instead of crying out loud, he started laughing and showing signs of joy and saying aha , aha , aha.
3 thieves had just stolen a lot of money and then went to their hiding place and went about dividing the loot among themselves. At some point in the night, one of the thieves by mistake put his finger in a crevice in the hideout and was bit by scorpion. As he experienced pain, he felt that since his friends had shared the good fortune of the booty with him, they should also share his pain, Instead of crying out loud, he started laughing and showing signs of joy and saying aha , aha , aha.
Friday, March 5, 2010
Sachin's double hundred
Sachin's double hundred in One day internationals is worthy to be noted. I am not a diehard Sachin fan but his achievements over the past 20 years are indeed overwhelming. Given the fan following of Sachin it is very difficult to be even a bit critical, however my two bits.
In the period 2001 - 2006 or so I felt that he was something of a choker, Put India under a little bit of pressure and expect Sachin to deliver victory from the jaws of defeat and in a large majority of cases you can expect that it will not happen and India will loose the match. However in the past 2-3 years , Sachin has been playing a lot more confidently and winning or saving matches for India.
A lot of people compare Sachin with Ricky Ponting and I don't have the time to compare the records but Sachin in his current form is a match for Ponting.
A very noteworthy aspect of Sachin has been his refusal to take on the mantle of captaincy. He let others like Saurav, Kumble and Dhoni take the mantle and concentrated on his performance in batting, bowling and fielding in the cricket field.
To conclude - A Salute to Sachin, may you continue to play to your fullest potential and inspire alll of us. I also particularly admire his taking on Shiv Sena. In the words of Satish Kaushik, the comedian in one his memorable movies, ( I don't remember which) - " Ye aadmi Shiv Sena ke liye bhari padega".
In the period 2001 - 2006 or so I felt that he was something of a choker, Put India under a little bit of pressure and expect Sachin to deliver victory from the jaws of defeat and in a large majority of cases you can expect that it will not happen and India will loose the match. However in the past 2-3 years , Sachin has been playing a lot more confidently and winning or saving matches for India.
A lot of people compare Sachin with Ricky Ponting and I don't have the time to compare the records but Sachin in his current form is a match for Ponting.
A very noteworthy aspect of Sachin has been his refusal to take on the mantle of captaincy. He let others like Saurav, Kumble and Dhoni take the mantle and concentrated on his performance in batting, bowling and fielding in the cricket field.
To conclude - A Salute to Sachin, may you continue to play to your fullest potential and inspire alll of us. I also particularly admire his taking on Shiv Sena. In the words of Satish Kaushik, the comedian in one his memorable movies, ( I don't remember which) - " Ye aadmi Shiv Sena ke liye bhari padega".
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