- sniping
- navigation (land, sea and air)
- physics of origami
- mixing music
- more photography: taking pictures of star streaks, time-lapses
Monthly Archives: June 2007
Top five songs while making love
- Zion, by Juno Reactor
- High octane, by DJ Rap
- Breathless, by Shankar Mahadevan
- Boss on the boat by Tosca
(I decided to leave this one at 4. It became too tough to decide amongst the remaining contenders. Might revisit it tomorrow.)
Top five favourite phrases
The last weekend was a boat trip to Hanko. Absolute fun (Isn’t the combination of women & saunas exactly that?). Above all, I learnt stuff about navigating in the sea. The best part was the ride back at 2 in the morning with a little darkness around us around because of the clouds (remember, this is Finland?). Throughout that ride, I stood at the front with a flashlight, binoculars, a compass and the sea charts looking out for buoys and other navigational aids helping the skipper. I will write in detail about that later. For now, it is lists.
Inspired by High Fidelity, I have been obsessed with top 5 lists since morning. Out of approximately 10 lists that I created, I would put up a few now in here and invite you all to add yours or well, begin a new list.
get a life – part deux
“And earlier this week, adult entertainment company Playboy announced the launch of a Playboy Island in Second Life that will include a retail store, video lounge and virtual beachfront property where Second Life members can hang out.”
From this Source .
While on that topic, I thought could also mention some first life stuff. Here is a mashup of Hot Or Not with Google Maps.
http://hotmaps.frozenbear.com/
I think I have said this before: The world is changing, we are doing the same things in different ways.
Part one here
what is “global” to you ?
Try out this group if you are on facebook: “People Who Always Have To Spell Their Names For Other People“. I feel every classmate of mine could join this group because no matter how simple your name was, at INSEAD, you could always find some one who would mis-pronounce it.
queues revisited
I was tempted to put up this picture. The queues don’t change much even in the rain. (I posted my reflection on the bus queues some time back).
I was tempted to put up this picture. The queues don’t change much even in the rain. (I posted my reflection on the bus queues some time back).
I find it intriguing that people prioritise personal space over protecting themselves from the rain :). A contrast to what I am used to.
FYI, It is raining in Helsinki since yesterday and the temperature is around 10 degrees. Ofcourse, in defiance of nature, I still don’t wear any warm clothing. This is all the summer I get in here and I am not letting it go. Aaargh!
on shahpur jat
Shahpur Jat is an interesting place. I have spent quite some time in that village which lies in urbanised surroundings. It is where I met mantriji and maha-mantriji and the one and only pee kay ass :). It is also where about twenty of my friends were roughed up by a couple of locals (i wasn’t there by chance. i don’t think it would have helped though!).
In Shahpur Jat,I have
* felt safe
* been to terrace parties (or competitions in getting drunk without being seen by neighbours ?)
* spent many hours waiting (yeah, just plain waiting)
* drunk the worlds best cold coffee
* felt unsafe
What is also interesting is the shops in basements. Some real cool stuff happens in those by lanes that I discovered only on the internet and never in my visits. Anybody who has been there would know that the landlords and the tenants are a different segment of people and don’t mingle much outside of the once-a-month routine.
A design company, the shoe factory (TSF), a creative forum are from that place.
And a few days ago, I came across this interesting website that sells everyday items made a bit differently. They call themselves Happily Unmarried. Lotus like feet has asked me what I would want from there. I am thinking to choose between the lassi glass, the mug or the 4-set of shotglasses.
SJ is ironic: guess that’s what I wanted to say.
212, the movie
An interesting flash movie that thakurji sent me. link
PS: 212 degrees fahrenheit is 100 degrees celsius
got a life?
Did you know that Sweden has now set up an embassy in Second Life ?
Did you know that INSEAD has set up a campus on Second Life ?
Did you know that IBM, Nokia and so many other companies too have real estate on second life ?
If you didn’t, then you should find out what the fuss is about. Goto www.secondlife.com, download the software and start living. Talk to real people. visit interesting places and well, get a life after all!
PS: I am tempted to continue adding to your compendium of useless information: Did you know that a nursing whale can produce upto 160 gallons of milk each day ?