They considered me foolish; they thought that I was growing soft in my head, that I was just plain nuts. And for a long time I did try and examine myself to see if what others talked about m… Read More

All the book shops I visit have huge section of books dedicated to the “management”. Considering the amount of space dedicated to the “management book”, I would assu… Read More

I wanted to get a feel of how it would have been for a person writing the bible. since i was not there at that time, i thought i would kind of write something along the lines of genesis, but… Read More

journal entry dated 19th January 2006 :nasa dc-8 stardust mission was a great success. all initial reports from johnson space center looked great. the scientists were ecstatic and happy, the… Read More

For a quite few million years, it had lived a lethargic existence, vaguely aware of its dark surroundings, but not very concerned or worried, but just a dull awareness that it seemed to the… Read More

It all started on a dark and gloomy night when my mother was serving her customers in her tavern, the usual rounds of shredded horse meat and warmed teflonian beer. In walked a tall gangoli… Read More

it was a few years ago while i was still a bumbling youngster, in the prime of my life, more spirit than sense, that i came across a bamboo hut during a walk through the forest.on my first g… Read More

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life has been interesting..botanically speaking. a sudden spark seems to have moved me from photographing nature to actually working with nature. in that last 30 day, we have about 23 pots (… Read More

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not much blogging.shifted my residence, settling down in the new place.work is kind of hectic.recession seems to be looming.naina's has been updating me with the learning she is going throug… Read More

nothing has ever scared me before in my life. my name is John Braid and i am 6 feet tall and weigh about 190 pounds on a bad day.it was the 4th of may, when the strangeness in my life starte… Read More

stuff happening in mumbai.first it was the rain,then it was the riots and burning,and we had that 7/11 with lot of people loosing their life,innocent people who were on the way home.after a… Read More

the world being taken over google style. "rumours mount over googles internet plan" read more about it here.Technology, Technology news, Times Onlinetaking off on THAT article, my thoughts f… Read More

looks like the "government" has finally lifted the ban on blogger.com. ah no need to use various 3rd party tools to access the blogs.BUT.....the last few days have been spent exploring a few… Read More

here is my experiment with the picasa web just got to upload a few pics. for the first time have uploaded a few pics of myself.here it is Read More

last few days the monsoon has broken .. and as usual flooding being reported all around. the road leading out of the housing complex i stay in, is kind of flooded. i took about 90 minutes to… Read More

mumbai has been branded rudest city in the world."Mumbai Judged Rudest City In World Mumbai is the rudest city in the world, where door-holding, paper-picking and th… Read More

finally took the plunge and went in for a marantz setup. the amp Marantz PM 7001, the cd player Marantz cd 5001. both being classified as "budget" equipment. running them on a jpw 188 speake… Read More

i was out of mumbai in kashmir. 15 days of bliss. wonderful place, untouched beauty.the presence of armed forces was continous and quite visible most of the time.visited jammu,pahalgaum,yus… Read More

24th Feb, seems to be a date which has no major relevance, in my life on this earth. but for whatever reason this seem to be the date on which i had last blogged.i am getting back online aft… Read More

first impression of the google desktop, it seems to be highly user oriented. giving access to what a user would want on the desktop quickly.but like the man says, encrypting the search index… Read More

came across this today. guess i will take it out for a trial run shortly. going throught the features list right now.kind of excited and at the same time kind of unsure.Google Desktop Downlo… Read More

archive ot jethro tull stuff. hail willerup brothers, way to goWillerup Bros: Jethro Tullnow i am getting deep into the site. i may find some lyrics of tull songs which i have lost, yet to f… Read More

i have been reading, and reading stuff which i had read a long time back. While reading "I,Robot" and "Robots and Empire", i was kind of engrossed in the conflict which daneel and giskard ge… Read More