chennaied

During the weekend, Chennai happened during the proto.in weekend. Had been hearing all these tales of the narrow-mindedness there, horror stories of acute regionalistic feelings. Wasnt expecting much, but I came out pleasantly surprised of what little I saw of Chennai. Not many know Hindi; but can manage with English keywords. Autowallahs definitely try to

the E=MC2 of procrastination

I have no New Year resolution this year atleast nothing that tells me to wake up at insanely unearthly hours and sweat it out in the cold. This I learnt from the past experiences. Dr. Piers Steel has worked 10 years on the topic of procrastination and has his own theory on the same. Steel

market truism: proto.in

Products are designed by marketers, not technologists. … said Mahesh Murthy. He went to explain that a marketer is simply one who understood what the consumer wants/needs, understands how he can create a market/product out of it and build it and sell it. No truer words were spoken that day. Im in a rush right

world’s greatest dad

Without doubt the world’s greatest dad is Dick Hoyt. To know what I mean you may want to read the story here. To know more about the wonderful father-son relation, This is a beautiful story that needs to be read. A truly humbling moment for me personally, just as a proof as how far people

put mallika in jail

the customers are not at fault; the prostitutes are! mr amitabh killed a man in a movie; lets stop him now itself, lest he kill a thousand men! if we were to go by the logic of this man! if that ridiculous article is not enough, have a look at the first comment following it.

iPhone!!!

1984 – Mac. I missed this milestone. 2001 – iPod. There. 2007 – iPhone. There! Lots of rumors later. Lots of speculations later. We have one single device : iPod + mobile phone + internet connectivity device all in one. Isnt that gorgeous? A thing of beauty. Apple has this knack of thinking ahead of

Superman meets Apocalypse

Where? What? How? Dont wonder reader & think no far. Its just me! I am Superman Superman 100% Hulk 90% Batman 85% Green Lantern 75% Catwoman 70% Robin 65% Iron Man 65% Spider-Man 60% The Flash 55% Supergirl 45% Wonder Woman 15% You are mild-mannered, good, strong and you love to help others. Click here

dancing away to g(l)ory

as a student of pattern recognition and of computer vision, let me disclose first off, that my opinions are limited by my data set; and being a non-party type guy i am, its no way exhaustive, let alone comprehensive. subject to the limited data set, the statementes made here are necessarily sweeping and flawed. but

se7en

another calendar year has come to an end. 12 leaves of pages thrown away, now consigned to being covers of books, to be into the make-do parcels for 100 grams of sugar or a handful of nuts and spices. new glossier gods adorn the walls, a new 12 pages rule the roost for the next