I wrote to the MObirds listserv, mentioning a piece of doggerel that I'd written about birding.

(You can see it

here )

and also giving the link to the video I'd taken, of an Indian Blue Robin bathing

(the post is

here and I got a reply from someone called Ken Thompson ( Read more... )

Dad said he had some work to do...
Sit on the porch, and on his lap
Keep his computer and work... tap-tap-tap.


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After my laptop and I went flying over a granite surface last January, in Chambal, my friendly neighbourhood laptop repairman, and my dear friend

Chandan together brought it back to life, and it's been performing creditably ever since ( Read more... )

Harish Bhat, who is a friend on Facebook, and posts a lot of interesting stuff, posted about

the flexible e-paper display launch Though I am impressed by the innovation in terms of material use and invention, I still feel that products like this fall into what I call the classic Innovation Trap ( Read more... )

I have a spelling checker ( Read more... )

A lot of people impact the world in many ways...but some also have that elusive quality...charisma. One such, I think, was Steve Jobs.

One of the best accounts of Jobs' life that I've read was in Time magazine:

click here to read it Portrays him well, warts and all. The photo essay in the same issue is also stunning. I suppose all of you would ( Read more... )

HP Unveils Non-Computer For Those Who Don't Need A Computer

From

The Onion

May 14, 2011 | ISSUE 47•19


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MACinTrash Jokes ( Read more... )

My father...I've never written about him, for some reason. Like all caring and resposible fathers...an amazing guy. Born to easy affluence as the son of someone who was the Financial Advisor to the Government of India, and who earned an OBE, or Order of the British Empire, he really enjoyed a princely lifestyle, shuttling between Delhi and Shimla, ( Read more... )

Amazing! Someone has something nice to say about a Microsoft product!

http://sriniram.livejournal.com/19621.html

I found Vista slowing down my laptop so much, I had Chandan and anushsh take it out and install XP for me...ah, well, I missed a chance to be a dictator (or, to be precise, a