This is a very funny and interesting site. Expedia trips to Mars :)
http://www.expedia.com/daily/mars/flights-to-mars/?mcicid=Mars_us
http://www.expedia.com/daily/mars/flights-to-mars/?mcicid=Mars_us
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Monday, March 7, 2011
Ubuntu.... Attempt Part 2
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.
Monday, November 2, 2009
The Answer Man
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.
Saturday, August 1, 2009
Will Start Writing Again
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.
Sunday, March 15, 2009
25 Random Things about me (picked up from Facebook)
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.
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.
Sunday, April 20, 2008
Monday, April 7, 2008
Sexual Fantasies
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?
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