Ask And You Shall Receive...(a swift kick to the head)

This is 1 of those blog circle jerk things...So excuse...Feel free to participate if you'd like.

Here are the rules:
1. Leave me a comment here saying, "Interview me."
2. I will respond by asking you five questions in my comments section. They will be different questions than the ones below.
3. You will update your blog/site with the answers to the questions.
4. You will include this explanation and an offer to interview someone else in the same post.
5. When others comment asking to be interviewed, you will ask them five questions. (Get it? - it's a vicious f**king circle)
Following are the response to my frnds questions
1. Why are you so thin?
You know why fish are so thin? They eat fish. Hee He. The thing is you haven’t seen me recently. Now my height to weight ratio is normal & I look much younger & livelier among people of my age (22)
2. If you were given an opportunity to direct an Ad, which company would you select?
That would be Lockheed Martin. Thou the company doesn’t require any advertising, I’ll at lest get an opportunities to show case their products. Also there are lots of Ads that I would like to re direct such as the Pepsi new Ad “ Hey Bubbly”. 10 seconds of bull shit on screen. It isn’t just American companies that get it wrong. The Scandinavian electronics company Electrolux tried to sell its vacuum cleaner in USA by telling Americans, “Nothing sucks like Electrolux”.
3. Are you afraid of getting old? Oh no, you cannot change that. I’ve lots of things to do. The only thing is, I’m running out of time. In between; all endings are also beginnings, we just don’t know it at the time.
4. Do you feel that, we are living inside the Matrix?
It is one thing that is difficult to answer. The very concept of existence itself is indefinable. It is some thing like; a circle won’t know the existence of 3rd dimension unless and until it becomes a sphere.
5. What do you prefer, camping under clear starlit sky in middle of a small uninhabited Island or a hot passionate Sexual encounter?
Both together are fine with me.

One major milestone

Actually, my blog has reached its 1000th hit sometime back... And I wont let this major milestone go unnoticed. This blog has stood the test of time ... a long period of almost more than 3 month is over since this blog's inception. So all ye loyal readers who have stuck on patiently, please standup for a round of applause for chandan's Blog. May Chandan and his blog live peacefully forever... Also in my stat counter they hav added this very neat feature, that allows you to lookup the ip address of your visitor to find out about them. This is very useful if you are tracing some one. But well that opens up another major issue, that of privacy. Why do I see the Webstats? Isnt it like intruding on the privacy of my dear visitors? I hope not. Im just doing this out of curiosity ... And there's no commercial intent. And come on, this is only a weblog .. This stat counter has been totally overhauled and re-worked from the ground up. It now gives you the best overall view of how your different keywords are doing. And lets you quickly and easily see which are the ones delivering you the most amount of traffic across each of the search engines. Some one had reached my blog thru a keyword "pics of gilrs in bangalore uncencored". Of all blogs why my blog. No where in my entire blog, hav i mentioned abt gurls. Well crazy search engines.

When was the last time you did some thing for the First time?

Pool
Originally uploaded by Time Machine.

I've decided to raise early in the morning 330am. But as usual it is another wasted effort. Alarm keeps ringing and I keep pressing snooze till it is 7pm. Already getting loaded. And did I here someone saying "What about Chandan's blog?" Let's see. Today I made an effort to ensure that I put in at least a blank post like this one. Or wait a minute; I think I have something to write. Yesterday I learned to play POOL. Not an interesting game altogether. I learnt the basics in the first ten minutes and the next ten minutes was spent on learning, how to hold the cue and hit the ball (Striker or whatever they call it)? Thou, initially it was tough to hit the striker but got hold of the technique by the end of the game. Guess what I won the game. Plz note my opponent was also an amateur. Most of the time we spent posing for my frnds camera trying to portray ourselves as professional players. But as the facts has it, we ended up entertaining the people present there by making the striker fly over the board across the room. Mmmm but as I always say " Its nice to try new things now and then"

Completed things in my TO DO LIST
a. Learnt swimming
b. Tried coracling
c. Learnt canoeing
d. Played Pool, snooker.
e. Camping at night in middle of an uninhabited island.
f. Mountaineering
g. Trekking
h: Stargazing using a powerful telescope.

my TO DO LIST
a. Learn diving
b. Try wild water rafting
c. Para sailing
d. Rock climbing
e. Skydiving
f. Camp in middle of a desert
g. Fly a bi plane
h. Fly a glider
i. Try Bungee Jumping.
j. River crossing

Hmm the list goes on... Mebbe I'll come up with something more worthwhile tomorrow. Till then byebye ..

Yet he cld hav made it master

Few years back I had met this guy and some how he had managed to leave a lasting impression. Not that he was extra ordinary nor i was smitten by his personality. It was because of his unique principle that i often remember and laugh. He never used to remove his hard disk to transfer data. He was against making his hard disk slave. Ya you heard that right, he did not want to make his hard disk a slave. Hmmm What shall I say???

Blogstreet India

Got Registered today. It is a tool for discovering other blogs which are similar to a blog.For Blog Authors, their Neighborhood is a pool of blogs to track. Treat it as a list of blogs you *should* be knowing about. For Readers, it helps them to find more blogs similar to a blog they have liked.

NCJ Re-Union

NCJ Re-Union
Originally uploaded by Time Machine.

Once upon a time, so long ago that I no longer remember how long ago, there used to be times when I could find time to blog frequently... But alas, those were the golden days... These are dark times that I live in...And Im busy :-(( Well I had to write this since I had promised my former class mates that I will post this bloglet before monday.

And if you didnt get it, it also implies that Im back to the trainload of work that had piled up over the week. My Exams are nearing. And that means the end terms are close by. That implies my prepration deadlines are threateningly close to me. And its not just easy

We had our NCJ class reunion today and it was nice to see my old class mates and hear there sucess stories. We were eighteen and met at our college(NCJ) and went for lunch at Chandini Chowk at koramangala. A hotel that appeared like a typical bollywood studio with a slightly higher tariff compared to other hotels.

There was this mahidhar (our class topper) who was vividly explaing his theories about brother-brother concept and babies (This concept requiries a huge bloglet that I'll post some time later). Altogether it was nice to have met them after such a long time.

It is now 4:30 in the morning(!!!) and im still up an working...life has become so cruel all of a sudden. Gota go and crash now... Bye for now ... Good night( or is it morning?)

Sunset

Sunset 1
Originally uploaded by Time Machine.

This pic was captured yesterday with my Nokia 3200 Cam Phone. Also this pic brought max web traffic to my Moblog within one hour after I posted the image. I liked the rays comming out of the cloud. The silhouette of the trees are creating a soothing effect. Nature is all-encompassing, an unending circle of events that touches every life on Earth. As author Rachel Carson revealed, "Those who contemplate the beauty of the Earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts."

Corp Presentation

Corp Prez 8
Originally uploaded by Time Machine.

This is me getting prepared for a corporate presentation at our office. Though i've given many presentations this was my first Prez to a group of Europeans. And also the entire responsiality of handling the seminar was on me. This required re organising of our conference room and hiring multimedia projectors.Surprisingly I managed all of this including the designing of the prez in 12 hours. The prez turned out really well. More Pics in my Moblog.

Coca Cola Rox

Few months back i'd read an article on how farmers across India were using coca cola as pesticides in there farms. Surprisingly the cola was cheaper and more effective then normal pesticides. As a sequel to this incident, yesterday my neibor told me that he was using coca cola to clean their wash basin, bathroom & closets. He had that " eureka" feeling in him and was laughing and talking simultaneously explaining how coke had made his ceramic ware sparkle. Now i think its time for cola giants to market there product under FMCG category.

This is how an evening has to be.

Yesterday I had gone to a seminar on 64bit computing and Sun in Infrastructure by Sun Microsystems & Increase ROI (Return of investment) using Corazio Enterprise collaboration Tools. Also there was a live demo of Corazio. Corazio appeared to be nice software with capabilities to handle certain business processes and documentation. But Price tag of 4.3 lacks for the basic version appeared a bit high.

As a matter of fact I was not interested in attending the seminar but the invitation said that the seminar was at Windsor Manor, Bangalore followed by lunch. Yes followed by lunch. My obsession towards free dinner at five star hotels is very high. It’s not just a dinner. It’s a date with multi cuisine palatable food. And it’s free. What more could one possibly ask for.

It’s a rule of thumb that whenever I receive an invitation for a seminar, I first check for the Hotel and then see weather the seminar is followed by lunch. If the seminar is at a five star hotel then I reply back stating that “ Thanks 4 the invitation. I confirm my presence along with two of my colleagues”. Here the colleagues will invariably be my friends.

And what is even more special is the spirit of camaraderie that my friends share. They will be more then eager to cancel any of there appointments just to get there dose of free food. As we walk around arena you could hear my friend murmur “ Saare log Mufth mein khaana milti hai tho kahin se bhi baag aathe hain.".

As the seminar ended we were the only interactive group at Q&A session. You could clearly see the audience cursing us to conclude the Q & A session as they were eager to have there lunch. Also you could clearly see look of the organisers cursing us to concluded our questions session as they were unable to answer most of our questions. Very Intersting situation.

The best part of this seminars are not just food it’s the goodies that we receive at the end of seminar. All we have to do is fill the feed back form and give it back before lunch and you receive free goodies. The goodies will vary from T- shirts with company logo to electronic gadgets.

Well one evening passed blissfully. Lemme conclude this bloglet with my guidelines of organising an effective seminar.

It has to be organised in a five star Hotel
Lunch is compulsory
They have to included interactive small quizes relevent to seminar topics.
The seminar has to be conducted on week days in the morning as this will limit the audience who are really interested in there product.
They have to included (For Reception) girls with deep neck figure hugging T shirts with mini skirts for visual enhancement of settings.
Avalabality of Technical ppl capable of answering all the audience questions.
The free stuff that they give should not just be there corporate cd’s . Stuff that they give should be of some use to recipent. Such as Lap tops, Palm tops
Permission to use the Hotels swimming pool and a free massage.
They hav to invite more of female audience who are open to discussion with fellow participants to spice things up.

Given my current vow of austere celibacy of thought as well, I shall refrain from posting further on this “spicing issue”. Any more of your ideas are welcome. Plz comment

Static Man, The New Super Hero

After a brief absence, I decided it has been long enough since I have stayed away from my blog....My blog performance has been a bit disappointing. Lemme see if I can improve my commitment to this journal...The other reason for absence might be that I'm in taking vast amount of information and I'm bit confused on what to publish and what not to publish. Few seconds back I worked out my confusion by deciding not to publish any incidents that occurred last week....

Due to the peculiar combination of events, I happen to watch the movie The Incredible. Nice time pass with lots of super hero stuff in the movie. And the most important thing of all was, the print was very good. Also have found out this video shop with lots of original movies nicely stacked and catalogued. As I watched the movie I was observantly overhearing my mental thought of me becoming a superhero. Unfortunately I was not bitten by any spider nor was mutated into superman. But as if my prayers were answered I'm becoming more static attractive. I reckon u understand what I’m trying to tell.

As a mater of fact I had this static attraction feature in me from the beginning. I had realized this from the day ppl started getting mild electric pulses whenever I touched them. The intensity of me building more static is when I'm wearing my shoes. Well the explanation is obvious and I wont fill this up with my physics gyan.

From a very superficial level, I wish I could say that how I hate this. But yet, some times its fun to discharge charges to an unexpected person standing in front of me. This goes with out saying that i need to charge myself by siting on a plastic chair and isolating myself frm the ground for 15 minutes before the display of my powers. U may comment saying that its possible with every other guy but I hav tendency of acquiring more charges in less time. All I hav to do is stretch my index finger and touch the persons hand. There he goes shaken dropping whatever he/she has in there hands. For the moment, let us discard this issue and conclude by stating that I’ve a tendency of writing aimlessly. Got a class in 30 minutes.. So, gotta rush .. Bye!!

PS: Over the weekend, I also made a startling discovery, the number of visitors I have on my site is positively correlated to the frequency of my posting. Not a terribly bright inference, but I don’t have a history of brightness. So that should be excused.

Uranium to Bombs

Today I was going through a report in Time about How Pakistan's A.Q. Khan outwitted Western intelligence to build a global nuclear-smuggling ring. I recomnd you to read the magazine since the online edition does not have the full article. As the facts has it "The simplest nuclear bomb is very simple indeed.". With sufficient fissile material in hand, a trained engineer could build a crude device without too much difficulty. The most basic design is that of the Hiroshima bomb, which fired two pieces of HEU at each other from opposite ends of an artillery tube. The bomb could be assembled at a basic machine shop and would fit in the back of a truck. If smuggled into the U.S.and detonated in a major metropolitan area, such a weapon could kill hundreds of thousands. But the difficulty in making the bomb is obtaining the fissile material i.e. Highly enriched Uranium (HEU). Manufacturing HEU is extremely difficult and requirs expertise unavailable to terrorist organisations. Unfortunatly HEU has been manufactured in huge quantities by countires like former soviet Union and could easily be lifted withoutout much difficulty. We could only hope that this terorist organisations are sensible enough and does use nuke as their means to War. In my next article I'll explain How the Uranium is enriched. Also read The Other Nuke Nightmare

Interview with pilot of the Enola Gay

Heres a Guardian interview with Paul Tibbets, the man who dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima in August 6, 1944. Note the obligatory attack on the US in the introduction paragraph (it is the Guardian after all), but the interview is a good read."

String Theory

There is an ill-concealed skeleton in the closet of physics: "As they are currently formulated, general relativity and quantum mechanics cannot both be right." Each is exceedingly accurate in its field: general relativity explains the behavior of the universe at large scales, while quantum mechanics describes the behavior of subatomic particles. Yet the theories collide horribly under extreme conditions such as black holes or times close to the big bang. Brian Greene, a specialist in quantum field theory, believes that the two pillars of physics can be reconciled in superstring theory, a theory of everything.

Superstring theory has been called "a part of 21st-century physics that fell by chance into the 20th century." In other words, it isn't all worked out yet. Despite the uncertainties--"string theorists work to find approximate solutions to approximate equations"--Greene gives a tour of string theory solid enough to satisfy the scientifically literate.

I came across this intresting link Elegant Universe which explains string therory and dimenssion to Tenth degree. Also check out the article which illustrates ten spatial dimenssion.

Performance Appraisals Revisited

GREAT PRESENTATION SKILLS= Able to bullshit
GOOD COMMUNICATION SKILLS= Spends lots of time on phone
AVERAGE EMPLOYEE= Not too bright
EXCEPTIONALLY WELL QUALIFIED= Made no major blunders yet
WORK IS FIRST PRIORITY= Too ugly to get a date
ACTIVE SOCIALLY= Drinks a lot
FAMILY IS ACTIVE SOCIALLY= Spouse drinks, too
INDEPENDENT WORKER= Nobody knows what he/she does
QUICK THINKING= Offers plausible excuses
CAREFUL THINKER= Won't make a decision
AGGRESSIVE= Obnoxious
USES LOGIC ON DIFFICULT JOBS= Gets someone else to do it
EXPRESSES THEMSELVES WELL= Speaks English
METICULOUS ATTENTION TO DETAIL= A nit picker HAS LEADERSHIP QUALITIES= Is tall or has a loud voice
EXCEPTIONALLY GOOD JUDGEMENT= Lucky
KEEN SENSE OF HUMOUR= Knows a lot of dirty jokes
CAREER MINDED= Back Stabber
LOYAL= Can't get a job anywhere else

Exams over

Hi every one,

Exams are over (Yahooo)... And as usual, this iteration of the exams finds me in an extremely demotivated state. I dunno how, but exams always manage to find the worst part of my deep self... And I guess, after a series of bad experiences, I too dont mind it much.

As usual everytime my exams starts; I plan new stratergies to facilitate me to concentrate more on studies. Hence this time I decided to prepare my entire exams sitting inside the library. And there lies the problem. With so many books around, it is difficult to read the goddamn textbook. Cant study at home either 'cause I may fall asleep. A nice dilemma. And the exam always loses out in this dilemma.

The best part of exams are that they are not the worst. The worst is always the result. And how terrible can results be? U have no clue at all ....

Today we had a discussion of the answers for biz op process paper. Not sure if that should be permitted. Discussing exam results can create severe trauma for sensitive individuals like me. And irreparable morale damage. So what happened was something like this... The paper had been a combination objectives and multiple option types... Of course the paper included negitive marking....And due to the lack of any other viable alternative I ended up exposing myself to a lot of risk ...

And as statistics would have it, that was not an optimal strategy. Far from it. Pretty far from it.Way out of line.

As the answers were discussed, my internal estimate of the final possible score kept spiralling down. And being the optimist that Im I kept tellin myself, "Chandu, dont u worry... U will score later on in the paper... " And with the same undying spirit, I kept waiting on and on for an event that seemed very much unlikely to happen. And with no surprising twists to the tale, in a routine run-of-the-mill manner, the statistic laws got the better of me. The only light at the end of the tunnel was from the rushing train, with my damage rate towards the end reaching torrential levels...

Well ppl, the best thing about not preparing for an exam is the fact that u always have an excuse if u dont score marks... And I always manage to keep this option open :-)) The other exams were pretty much non-descript ... Nothing much to comment on because I know I'll score very good marks in them..

Well Ppl If u wld like to know what my week ahead is like.
1.Wednesday - Prepare Case study on " Market dominance of Nokia to sony ericson in India"
2. Thursday - Interview with cell phone dealers in and around bangalore
3. Friday - Complete case study with a flash presentation and mail it.
4. Saturday - AI ERP project proposal
5. Sunday - Try to complete the design of my homepage .
6. Monday - Visit Bose for a special Wave guide tech demo that the sales exec had promised me.Interested ppl can join me.
7. Tuesday - Curse Bose all day, for me not able to buy there product.

I think thats it for now and hope you wont mind my habit of writing endlessly. Bye.