Sphinx

Our Children Will Never Know the Link Between the Two

2011-07-25T17:16:00.000+05:30

Post Secret

2011-07-25T17:13:00.000+05:30

I came across this interesting blog.

http://www.postsecret.com/

and

http://postsecretarchive.com/

This is a place where people have sent their deepest, darkest secrets on a post card. Some of them are hilarious, some are thought provoking, while the others are depressing.

It will definitely make you rethink about the things that you are doing in your life.

Practical Design

2011-03-11T15:10:00.000+05:30

This is what i call practical design!

Brilliant stuff!

http://www.worldwidefred.com/home.htm

Here are a few samples of them

BONE CHILLERS™

a chilling ice cube tray

Chill your beverages to the bone! Fill and freeze our Bone Chillers
tray and you’ll create an icy array of skulls and crossbones that’ll
have everyone’s timbers shivering. Drink up, me hearties! Clear,
peggable, recyclable display boxes.

Design: Jason Amendolara, Christina Sciullo

BOMBS AWAY™

make your next party a real blow-out

The next time you plan to party make sure you’re well armed. Our Bombs Away shot glasses are guaranteed to make it a blow-out! They’re made from high-quality double-walled borosilicate glass with a frosted interior finish. Dashingly dangerous. Packed two glasses in a handsome illustrated giftbox.

Design: Jason Amendolara, Fred Studio

TUNED UP™
silicone case & video stand for iPhone® 3G/3GS and 4G styles

Trick out your state-of-the art iPhone® in this totally retro audio cassette cover. Tuned Up may look like an out-dated mix tape, but its resilient silicone construction offers state-of-the-art protection. Flip over the clear outer case and you have a swell stand to prop your iPhone® up and watch your favorite 80’s videos. Peggable clamshell packaging.

Design: Homade

SHORT STACKED™
the doubled-up demitasse

We took the classic demitasse cup and doubled it up. Now the refill’s built right in. Short Stacked is made from glossy, durable high-fire ceramic and holds 4 fluid ounces. We’ve packed two demitasse cups and two saucers in each colorful gift box.

Design: Vice Versa, Italy

What your Email id says about your computer skills

2011-03-10T14:10:00.000+05:30

Borrowed from Oatmeal.com

http://theoatmeal.com/comics/email_address

You’ve got mail: What your email domain says about you

2011-03-10T13:50:00.003+05:30

Borrowed from blog.hunch.com

View the full post at http://blog.hunch.com/?p=34824

You’ve got mail: What your email domain says about you

Spoiler alert: if you lean toward visual images, check out the interactive version of this report, or click on the summary image below. For details and graphs and context, though, keep reading!

I generally keep the volume on my work computer on mute, only turning it on when my career calls for it… However, sometimes I forget to turn the volume down again, and this has, on occasion, led to the embarrassment of “You’ve got mail!” being shouted by my computer at the entire office.
That’s right; I still use AOL as my personal email provider. I know. I can feel you looking at me with pity, thinking, “Oh my God, what century does this guy come from?” (The same one as Buster Keaton.)
-Sam Barry, “The Daily Sam Confessional: I Still Use AOL”

SNAPSHOT OF FINDINGS

AOL users are most likely to be overweight women ages 35-64 who have a high school diploma and are spiritual, but not religious. They tend to be politically middle of the road, in a relationship of 10+ years, and have children. AOL users live in the suburbs and haven’t traveled outside their own country. Family is their first priority. AOL users mostly read magazines, have adesktop computer, listen to the radio, and watch TV on 1-3 DVRs in their home. At home, they lounge around in sweats. AOL users are optimistic extroverts who prefer sweet snacks and like working on a team.
Gmail users are most likely to be thin young men ages 18-34 who are college-educated and not religious. Like other young Hunch users, they tend to be politically liberal, single (and ready to mingle), and childless. Gmail users live in cities and have traveled to five or more countries. They’re career-focused and plugged in — they mostly read blogs, have an iPhone and laptop, and listen to music via MP3s and computers (but they don’t have a DVR). At home, they lounge around in a t-shirt and jeans. Gmail users prefer salty snacks and are introverted and entrepreneurial. They are optimistic or pessimistic, depending on the situation.
Hotmail users are most likely to be young women of average build ages 18-34 (and younger) who have a high school diploma and are not religious. They tend to be politically middle of the road, single, and childless. Hotmail users live in the suburbs, perhaps still with their parents, and have traveled to up to five countries. They mostly read magazines and contemporary fiction, have alaptop, and listen to music via MP3s and computers (but they don’t have a DVR). At home, Hotmail users lounge around in a t-shirt and jeans. They’re introverts who prefer sweet snacks and like working on a team. They consider themselves more pessimistic, but sometimes it depends on the situation.
Yahoo! users are most likely to be overweight women ages 18-49 who have a high school diploma and are spiritual, but not religious. They tend to be politically middle of the road, in a relationship of 1-5 years, and have children. Yahoo! users live in the suburbs or in rural areas and haven’t traveled outside their own country. Family is their first priority. They mostly read magazines, are almost equally likely to have a laptop or desktop computer, listen to the radio and cds, and watch TV on 1-2 DVRs in their home. At home, Yahoo! users lounge around in pajamas. They’re extroverts who prefer sweet snacks and like working on a team. Yahoo! users are optimistic or pessimistic, depending on the situation.

Check out our new roll-over graphics for the pretty picture version of all this. Ooh! Ahh!

And if this report has you thinking you need another email address, Hunch can recommend online email services. If AOL comes up in your top three, please don’t take offense.

Expedia Mars

2011-03-10T13:42:00.001+05:30

This is a very funny and interesting site. Expedia trips to Mars :)

http://www.expedia.com/daily/mars/flights-to-mars/?mcicid=Mars_us

Ubuntu.... Attempt Part 2

2011-03-07T10:43:00.002+05:30

Well, this is my first post after a very long time. Just thought that I shall share some thoughts.

Recently I installed Ubuntu after a few months. This was my second attempt at trying out a Linux Distro. The first time I had tried it, the entire experiment was a complete disaster. Nothing seemed to be in the right place, and whatever I tried, just seemed to end in a disaster.

This time, when I installed it, the first thing I did was I changed the theme since I had gotten very irritated with the entire look of the default linux theme. So, in my journey of installing my Ubunutu, I learnt a few small things that might help make your lives a little better.

· While installing Ubuntu, at the “ Who are you” Screen, enter your name. The Username can be the same as your name, but make sure that the first letter of your name is not in Caps. Otherwise, the installation will not go forward. Yes, Weird, I know

· Install VLC player first. Else you will not be able to watch any movies on the comp. Download it from the Software centre or from the terminal using the command sudo apt–get install vlc

· Change the Window Buttons like Close, Maximize, Minimize etc to the right hand side to make the transition easier. Do the below

§ Press Alt+F2 to bring up the Run Application dialog box, enter “gconf-editor” in the text field, and click on Run.

§ The Configuration Editor should pop up.

§ The key that we want to edit is in apps/metacity/general.

§ Click on the + button next to the “apps” folder, then beside “metacity” in the list of folders expanded for apps, and then click on the “general” folder.

§ The button layout can be changed by changing the “button_layout” key. Double-click button_layout to edit it.

§ Change the text in the Value text field to: menu:minimize,maximize,close

So, you guys can start off with this. once I come across more things, I shall keep posting them.

The Answer Man

2009-11-02T01:26:00.002+05:30

I saw a movie today titles "The Answer Man". It was nice, in the typical hollywood kinda way. Man struggles through a crisis and meets a girl, falls in love, etc etc. But what i really liked about the movie was that he says that he had questions and he started writing them down. Slowly he started to answer those questions. and what came out of it was a book. he says that he meant what he said and he sticks by it.

i find that to be very true. again it comes back to the "truth" what might be the answers to the questions are personal and dependent on each person. and they keep changing.

Will Start Writing Again

2009-08-01T17:59:00.002+05:30

I know it's been a long long time, and yes, i will start writin once again... Just gimme a day or two, and i'll put all my thoughts down on paper.

25 Random Things about me (picked up from Facebook)

2009-03-15T01:09:00.000+05:30

Ok since everyone seems to be doing it, so will I. Plus. It looks like fun :D
Anyways, 25 Random Things ( I had so much fun that I decided to write 30)

1. I hate odd numbers. Except multiples of 5. Can’t stand them especially when they represent volume. I need to put the volume to an even number even if it means a louder volume than I would like

2. The small small things in life interest, amuse and fascinate me.

3. Me and a close friend of mine would make the perfect couple. There's just one small snag. We're not attracted to each other.

4. I wanna send my kids to a KFI (Krishnamurti Foundation of India) school.

5. I want a daughter.

6. My friend Vikram tells me that I should have a daughter so that a guy “like me” will go out with her when she’s older and it’ll torture me.

7. I loved Kate Beckinsale in Underworld. The black patent leather body suit and everything.

8. I’m obsessed with vampires, The Sphinx, the name Lucifer and Greek mythology.

9. My ex girlfriends say that I have mood swings. I think I agree with them.

10. U should never mess with me when I’m hungry or sleepy. I’m either one of them 99% of the time. The rest of the time, I’m eating or sleeping. Or maybe it’s 40% - 60%.

11. I love my job (Hey, I’m still new at it)

12. I don't bother with the way people spell my name. As long as I know that I'm the one being called. If you can't spell or pronounce it, call me D.

13. I believe that 90% of women say that they don’t get mood swings when “it’s that time of the month”.

14. They’re lying.

15. I hate Hindi movies. When someone drags me to one, I keep making fun of the movie while it is
going on. (You know who you are)

16. I hate watching sports. Don’t find the point of it.

17. My friend Akshay is my most unconventional friend. Thought he’s fallen prey to a very conventional predator. Love. :D (Sorry Pad, never thought he would :D)

18. I think I’m a very boring person. I don’t talk much and I don’t know any jokes.

19. I just realized that my life is empty coz I can’t write 25 simple, random things about myself

20. My best “insights” into “life, the universe and everything” come only when I’m driving or riding a bike at 80 – 100 kms per hr. (You literary types will get the reference to a book in this one)

21. I wanna learn archery. Now that’s a weapon that needs skill. I also wanna learn long range shooting (Sniper School)

22. I wish guys had an excuse like “it’s that time of the month” to scream incoherently at someone.

23. My friend makes fun of me by calling me pregnant every time I feel like eating chocolates (Jahnvi, this one’s for you)

24. I tend to blurt out the first thing that comes to my head.

25. I always feel that my head is empty coz there doesn’t seem to be any legitimate thought in it. Ever.

26. I don’t think I know what kind of a girl I’m looking for. I’ve gone out with all possible combinations. Sure I have a general idea, but that also keeps changing. (Rane, u know what I’m talking about.)

27. I tend to make it sound like my life is shit when someone asks me how my life is. Even if my life is
really good at that point.

28. My friends, especially Tejveer thinks that it’s high time I got a girlfriend. I think that they think that I become neurotic when I’m single.

29. Little do they realize that I’m usually neurotic. It’s just that my poor girlfriend needs to listen to all my neuroticism.

30. I’m genuinely sorry about the way I treated one of my exes. She really didn’t deserve it.

Square O

2008-04-20T10:40:00.001+05:30

i found this thing while i was stumbling across the net. for all you puzzle addicts

Sexual Fantasies

2008-04-07T01:58:00.001+05:30

I think every generation has its iconic sexual fantasies that every guy wants to recreate. By sexual fantasies I mean the dressing up and role playing part. Obviously everyone’s sex goddess is Jenna Jameson, but here I’m talking bout movie, video game heroines. Our parents (between the ages of 40 – 60) had Princess Leia (right spelling?) from Star Wars. We, on the other hand, staying true to our information, connected age seem to be obsessed with Lara Croft from the Tomb Raider series. And ofcourse, putting Angelina Jolie as Lara Croft definitely helped to instil Lady Croft as a favourite among us perverted nymphomaniacs. And even though Angelina Jolie is on the medium side of things, upper body wise, the padded bra in Tomb Raider the movie (the first one) definitely helped put things into perspective. And hey, lets be straight. Who the hell doesn’t want to sleep with Angelina Jolie?! Every bloody person I know wants to. I say person because I know a few women also who’d like to sleep with her. :D

Ok…. Let me be honest here. There is only one guy I know who doesn’t find her attractive. And even though I have no doubts of his orientation, I can’t help but wonder…. HOW?! How can he not find her attractive? I guess, to each his own, right?

Another favourite seems to Selena from Underworld. And who can blame them? Kate Beckinsale’s hot! The full body leather skin tight suit definitely helps. :D this I guess would be some sort of vampire fetish. But if we’re lookin at vampires, then I’d definitely prefer Kristanna Loken from Bloodrayne.

An all time fantasy among all generations seems to be nurses and maids. Hot ones of course. What’s with that?

What do fantasies represent anyways? Is it the subconscious mind’s way of saying that the person you’re with is not good enough or that he / she can and should be something more and better? Or is it something else like escaping reality, being someone else or something like that? Is it that we are not happy with our life and who we are? Is it some sort of a mild drug?

What’s your fantasy?

I Think

2008-03-17T02:04:00.001+05:30

I think I over analyze and over think things.

I bet my girl friend's going to be laughing her head off when she reads this.

Kiss? What is a Kiss?

2008-03-17T01:51:00.002+05:30

You know how your relationship just kinda gets boring? The kisses don’t hold the same appeal? Well that had happened to me some time ago. The kisses in my relationship some how didn’t hold the same appeal….. they just kinda got……. Boring…….

Without going into personal details, lemme just say that my girlfriend and I discussed it and we both felt the same. I decided that I’m not gonna give up without a fight. Next time, I resolved to make it memorable. So, I tried a few things, and anyways, now things are pretty much perfect. That got me thinking, what constitutes a kiss?

Is a kiss just a mish mash, jumble, dueling of tongues, teeth, lips and saliva? I know it sounds gross, but hey, that’s what it basically is right? (I love kissing btw). And since I love kissing, I’m kinda inclined to think that it’s much more than that. Anyways, back to the basic deed. When you kiss (and I’m talking only from a guy’s point of view here. I don’t even want to consider looking at it from a girl’s point of view. Things are just too weird in a girl’s head).

Anyways, when you kiss, is only using your mouth good enough? Is that all what a kiss is supposed to be? From my experience, only using your mouth (and i'm talking about the mouth as a whole with everything it has) doesn’t do it. I’m guessing that no matter how good a kisser you are, the kiss by itself doesn’t have the same spark it used to after some time.

Is it like a drug that the body gets used to and fails to respond to? Do you need higher doses or better stuff to make you feel that familiar, amazing tingling? (Hey! That’s what some women have told me……. Tingling…… Interesting word isn’t it….. Wonder how it feels…… :D…….. Just kidding….. :D )

Anyways, so, in order to get that ‘higher dose’, does one need to do better things? More things? Like maybe use your hands on different part of the woman’s body? And if you do use your hands, can you consider it a part of kissing? Is that a kiss? Because, well, you aren’t using just you mouth. And then, because of this, are you slowly progressing to foreplay? (I know that kissing is a part of foreplay, but I’m talking about only kissing under the circumstances that you don’t want to or can’t go any further than kissing.)

Also, is a kiss a yardstick or a measurement of how your relationship is? Is it an ECG (the test that tell you whether your heart is fine or not in medical terms) of the relationship?

“I’m sorry sir, the ECG of your relationship came out. It’s bad news. Based on your kiss, you relationship is deteriorating. Soon, it will be dead.” ------ You might not get that. You'll have be my head to actually understand that. (Now I feel like Dr. John Dorian, also known as J.D. from Scrubs.)

(I think I watch too much T.V.)

I mean, how do you know whether or not your relationship is working? If someone or something had to tell you that your relationship's going to last would you listen to them? Similarly, is the kiss a benchmark or a measurement of your relationship? Is the kiss the thing that tells you "Your relationship is perfect! Don't worry.......!"

I felt like Carrie from Sex and the City while writing this blog :D

A Male version, of course.

(I definitely watch TOO much T.V.)

Re: Love

2008-03-17T00:32:00.004+05:30

Let me just clarify my stand...... after reading my blog on love, some might think that i'm against the entire concept of love or atleast against the word love...... let me just say that this isn't so. I'm not against love or the word love. I'm only against the entire way that the word "Love" is being used nowadays. The way most people use the word, just demeans the entire concept. They use it casually, off handedly, and kinda like an off the shoulder kinda way.

Now, i'm not saying that i know what love is. But i'd like to believe that it is much more than what people think it is. To me, it just seems kinda shallow. This might seem like a contradiction to what i posted earlier, but let me assure you, those were thoughts. These are opinions. Get the difference?

Anyways, suppose you're with a girl for sometime, you kiss her, make out with her, and then you end up saying that you love her. Is that what love is? A consolation prize so that the girl doesn't feel used? That's just wrong! (In all respects) (Pardon my usage of words. I'm been watching too much of 'That 70's Show' and might sound like Kelso) :D

Anyways, Back to the point. Is that what love is?

I sincerely hope not.

Flaw in the Matrix series

2008-03-16T03:46:00.001+05:30

This post is just to get it out there that there is a small, but very crucial flaw in the entire matrix series. But, this in no way diminishes the greatness of the series.

Most people know that there is the Matrix, Matrix Reloaded and Revolutions. But there is also another bunch of animated movies called the Animatrix. This is a compilation of quite a few short stories that give us a background of the matrix series and also fills in the gaps of the three movies.

In the Animatrix, there is one small but cruicial line that voids the entire Matrix series. Due to this line, the matrix shouldn’t even exist.

In the movie The Second Renaissance, Part 2, the humans are at war with the machines. The humans try everything. They even drop nuclear weapons. But nothing seems to affect them. The narrator says that the machines survive because they can stand the heat of the bombs.

But that’s not all there is to nuclear weapons. Is there?

In the Matrix, the machines can supposedly be stopped with EMP (electro magnetic pulse) weapons. BUT! When and how was EMP discovered?! EMP was discovered during the first nuclear bomb test, called the Trinity tests. Every nuclear bomb gives off a powerful EMP! Each and every one!!!!

SO, How did the machines survive the onslaught?

Technically the Matrix should never have existed and the machines should have been destroyed! See the logic?

Truth

2008-03-16T03:24:00.000+05:30

Morpheus in the Matrix said “What is real? How do you define real?” that is the question that I want to ask today. With a little bit of a tweak of course. I want to ask “What is truth? How do you define truth?” Morpheus’s answer to Neo was that reality is just tiny electrical signals that are interpreted by the brain. My answer, or rather, my question is that, is truth just another electrical signal in the brain? Is truth relative? Does it depend on each person’s view and outlook to life? Due to this is, can truth be manipulated to suit our own personal and private agenda?

My friend (who I will be mentioning more in later blogs) and I used to have long talk over bottles of coke, talking about truth, life, and pretty much everything else. For us, truth is relative. What might be true to you might not be true for me. A few definitions of truth that I have seen are that

a generally accepted fact (in this case I would like to term it as a generally accepted notion)
the true or actual state of the matter
agreement with a standard

I mean, is that what truth is? Is it just a notion that everyone has accepted? Just because everyone has accepted it, does it mean it’s true?

What is the truth for you?

What is Love?

2008-03-16T03:17:00.000+05:30

Love is supposed to be an extreme emotion towards another human being. Love is supposed to be a feeling that is supposed to be all consuming, all encompassing and pure. Isn’t it? But then is the “love” we have for our wives, girl friends, husbands, boy friends, love? Isn’t love supposed to be an emotion that gives whole and soul without expecting anything in return? If you’re in love, aren’t you supposed to accept your partner just the way he or she is? If that is so, why do couples fight? If you fight doesn’t it just mean that you haven’t truly accepted your partner and want them to be the way you are and the way you want them to be? Does this just mean that this might not be love?

Also, what about all the physical intimacy? Is this a reason to fall in love or is it just a perk? If it’s a reason, then again, we might not actually be in love. Can anyone truly say that they love their partners without actually being intimate with them? And I’m not just talking bout the early stages. What if even after a few months, maybe a few years, your partner hasn’t gotten physically intimate with you. Can you truly say that you still love them? Is love just another word for sex? (I know that it is used that way sometimes! But you know what I mean.). Is sex the reason you fall in love? Is love just a dumb short circuit in the brain so that the species can procreate and survive? (I know homosexuality exists, and cannot contribute to procreation, but lets just concentrate on heterosexuality for the moment).

So, I ask again,

What is love?

Comments as usual are welcome.

A thought to ponder over……

2008-03-14T23:37:00.002+05:30

This post was originally posted on facebook "notes". Just thought that you might enjoy it. (Goa was a year ago and now, i'm back to the place where i usually am)

Warning: Please read if you extremely bored and have no other work to do in life. Read this only after you have read all the other Notes of all your other friends on Facebook and have read the entire Scrapbook of your friends on Orkut. Don’t say that I didn’t warn you coz, I don’t want people calling me up and running after me with knives saying that I just wasted 10 minutes of their precious free time.

Consider yourselves WARNED!

I bet everyone’s heard of the “Why did the chicken cross the road” jokes. But have you ever wondered which demented mind came up with this kind of a question? I know… sounds like a pretty weird thing to be thinking about…. But a few days ago I was forced to ponder over this. Well, I don’t know who came up with these jokes but I have a pretty good idea about where the thought came from.

Well, most of you know that I’ve been in Goa for the past 5 months, ie, since November. Anyways, I live in a small village kind of a thing in North Goa, near the Taj Holiday Village and the Fort Aguada. They call these places ‘vaddo’s. Btw, for all you uninformed, I’m training at the Fort Aguada Beach Resort. Back to the point…. I was on my way home from the hotel on my bike and I entered my lane. This lane has lots of dogs, cats, pigs, and of course, chickens. So, as I was going, there was this chicken on the left hand side of the road. And by the left, I mean way, way, extreme left. The bloody thing had absolutely no reason to move from the point where it was standing, oh so peacefully, lost in it’s own world. I was at least 2 feet from the damn thing. So as I was going, this chicken started running right next to my bike and all the while, it was furiously flapping its wings (I was going pretty slow). Suddenly the chicken just zoomed across the road, right in front of my bike, barely missing the front tire. All this while, I was just observing the creature wondering what it the hell was it trying to do?! Commit suicide? The question popped in my head, “Why did the chicken cross the road?!” It stuck me that this line sounded mighty familiar. And of course, THEN it hit me that this was an entire sequence of jokes. I realized that the guy who thought of these jokes must have had a similar incident happen to him. :D I bet that was the start of all the ‘why did the chicken cross the road jokes’.

This has happened to me quite a few times since the first incident and now whenever this happens to me, invariably I ask myself “Why did the chicken cross the road?” and I burst out laughing…. And you know what? I have come to realize, there is only one possible explanation to all this. Only one answer to this question….. “To get to the other side” :D

I warned you………

The Sphinx

2008-03-14T23:15:00.003+05:30

A Sphinx is a zoomorphic mythological figure, depicted as a recumbent lion with a human head. It has its origins in sculpted figures of Old Kingdom Egypt, to which the ancient Greeks applied their own name for a female monster, the "strangler", an archaic figure of Greek mythology. Similar creatures appear throughout South and South-East Asia, and the sphinx enjoyed a major revival in European decorative art from the Renaissance onwards.

(from http://en.wikipedia.com/wiki/Sphinx)

The name I chose for my self as you can see is Sphinx. This is also my gamer name (as in the name I use when I’m playing games ;) ). The Sphinx is supposed to be a monster having the head of a woman (though I’m quite comfortable with my sexuality and am most definitely a man. Hence for obvious reasons, I’m going to modify this to having the head of a man), the body of a lion and the wings of an eagle. The Sphinx is best known in Egyptian mythology but Sphinxes have known to be present in Greek, Babylonian, and also Indian mythology.

The Sphinx was supposed to be a dangerous creature. It only asked one simple riddle. If you couldn’t answer, it would kill you. The riddle was “What walks on four legs in the morning, two in the afternoon, and three at night?” Oedipus (Greek Mythology) managed to answer the riddle and The Sphinx promptly killed itself.

A Sphinx is supposed to be a mysterious person who asks enigmatic questions. I’d like to believe that I’m an enigma, but unfortunately some of my friends would disagree. But hey, I’d like to live in my own little deluded world where I’m supposedly a mysterious person. :D

Readers, kindly pardon some of my first few blogs coz I’m kinda getting the hang of this and hopefully you’ll enjoy reading them as much as I enjoy thinking them ;)