Quick thought.

December 28th, 2005

No amount of money in the world is worth not being able to look at yourself in the mirror.

Keep that in mind.

Just another video.

December 27th, 2005

Yes, I realize that I have had no really interesting content in the past few days. Cut me a break. I been busy and stuff. :)

Today’s video is called “Happy Tabla Guy and Happy Singer Guy.”

I could try and summarize the video clip for you, but that just wouldn’t be as much fun. Enjoy.

(Thanks, Neera!)

Hardware Graveyards

December 23rd, 2005

I was browsing Flickr yesterday and came across an interesting photoset called Jet Set Ruins.

Pretty interesting stuff. I find it a bit eery to see airplanes in a graveyard like this. It’s almost surreal.

Where not to do bhangra

December 21st, 2005

The title says it all.

Check out the video: YouTube - Where not to do bhangra

Note: Never step into a shower with 3 sardars. More importantly, do not drop the soap while in the shower with 3 sardars.

Thanks, Neera!

Christmas in DC

December 19th, 2005

Sukhi and I went out to DC last night to check out the National Tree and go for a walk around White House.

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We ended up just meandering around for a bit. Took a little stroll around the tree, warmed up at the bonfire and then went on a little walk around the White House. We stumbled across some peace activists that claimed to have been there continuously since 1981. Who knows.

Anyways, I took some of the sorriest pictures I’ve ever taken. I think my camera hated me after that. See the rest of the pics here.

Yet another conspiracy.

December 16th, 2005

Not long ago, I wrote about some Kazakh tightwads that were accusing Ali G of some sort of conspiracy to portray Kazakhstan in a derogatory way.

Now, finally, someone has stepped in to say something to those crazy Kazakhs.

Reporters Without Borders is criticizing Kazakhstan for going too far in its war over the words of British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen, best known in the U.S. as the title character of the satirical “Da Ali G Show.”

But come on, Borat really is trying to portray the Kazakhs in a good light now:

“Since the 2003 … reforms Kazakhstan is as civilized as any other country in the world,” he said in his video address using the blue Kazakh national flag as a backdrop. “Women can now travel on inside of bus, homosexuals no longer have to wear blue hat and age of consent has been raised to eight years old.”

Read the full article: Watchdog Criticizes Kazakhstan Over Ali G

Thanks, Jack

What’s your name again?

December 15th, 2005
The Chief Minister of Delhi Sheila Dixit announced today that the capital of the country will change its name back to what it was in the pre-colonial-pre-mughal-pre-sultan-pre-everything-else-except-Mahabharat days. However there is no consensus on the exact name that should be chosen.

Read the rest: Delhi to be renamed

And I thought my tests were hard.

December 11th, 2005
1. Name and define the Fundamental Rules of Arithmetic.

I’m good at math. But whoa. I think I already failed this test.

See the full test:1895 Eighth-Grade Final Exam

Beer goggles are full of suck.

December 7th, 2005
The drink-fuelled phenomenon is said to transform supposedly “ugly” people into beauties - until the morning after.

Ah yes, I do remember a friend’s father telling me that “he sure had gone to bed with a lot of pretty women, but woke up with far fewer!”

A poll showed that 68% of people had regretted giving their phone number to someone to whom they later realised they were not attracted.

A formula rating of less than one means no effect. Between one and 50 the person you would normally find unattractive appears less “visually offensive”.

Non-appealing people become suddenly attractive between 51 and 100. At more than 100, someone not considered attractive looks like a super model.

Read more: BBC NEWS: ‘Beer goggles’ effect explained