Wandering through the network....

Sitting in front of the computer is scary. Once on it the world around you vanishes. Consider this, I just wanted to see the mail. There was 20 spams not filtered by my spam filter. 10 which were thankfully filtered. So I deleted the 20. Then I composed a couple of mails, sent and exited. Then I was tempted by the Facebook There were 3 friend requests, 2 pokes, 7 likes. By the time I went through the same, cleared and replied, there were 3 blinking chat lights. Through with them and I got diverted to Linkedin. Then Pinterest, Wordpress, Blogger. On the way some detours in Google News, Wikipedia, railway tickets, banking, movie booking ... Phew ... That's a lot of work... Feel familiar ? Welcome to social network, corporate mails and fishing in the main...

The new camera – Lytro

While cameras have become very much affordable and also easy to use, a good photographer has to decide where he wants to focus while shooting. Very often professional photographers do not have the time to decide that, for they may be shooting an action sport, dynamic wildlife etc. But that is the thinkg of the past. Here comes Lytro.
There is no need to focus. The camera captures the entire visible light field and you can focus on different planes using the accompanying software. Simple? The technology is not so. The product is amazing and comes at a price of $399 and $499 depending on the memory.
Windows users .. have to wait more time. A Mac is needed for using the software. Shipping is noe restricted to USA. Preordering is on. Check out the Lytro site

Some Interesting Indian Cookery References

Some Interesting Indian Cookery references on the Youtube

Gayatri Vantillu

Gayatri has 291 uploads. Homely Andhra recipes.

Manjula’s Kitchen

Manjula has only 192 uploads but a good choice of some interesting Indian sweets.

Show me the curry

Anuja & Hetal do a wonderful job of demonstrating Indian recipes. Simple and easy to follow, the videos a good source for some Gujarati delicacies. Has around 460 uploads

Vah Chef

Presented by Sanjay Thumma; A very colourful and nice Indian recipes. The videos are to some extent focused on South Indian recipes. Good presentation skills and easy to understand voice over. Has around 390 uploads.

Personally I liked Vahchef.

Smart, Smarter, Smartest ….

With the increasing competition among the smartphones one wonders which one is the smarter smartphone. Engadget has released the winter selection. Interestingly 11 of the 22 listed are Samsung. The lawsuits between Apple and Samsung are busy hotting up. Apple has had a setback in Australia and USA. What can Samsung do? A fantasy on options for Samsung and other product companies, see it here.

Any thoughts on what would be the smartest phone?...

Are you "in" ?

So many events are happening in the world that it takes effort to keep track of it. I for one use, like so many others, the Google news to keep track. There were times when people used to share news in the first half hour in the office. Many would not have read the newspaper and others who had would update. But now every body uses probably the google new service and all of them are updated with the news. Since they assume every body else do the same there is no news sharing.

Then ofcourse we have now Twitter, Facebook and Orkut that allows people to share news tidbits very fast. But the king of them all is the SMS facility on mobile with active use of group SMS.

Many of us assume other keep track of the news. Converstations are carried out under this assumption and until some one dares to ask "What". The other day conversation veered around the smileys with the thought every body knew about smileys that is until one the persons in the group dared to ask "What". The conversation stopped. The questioner was given a hard look and the group dispersed.

The question is are people who are not aware of FB,Orkut,Google,Twitter and those who do not know how to send SMS, use bluetooth etc are not considered "in"?

How many gadgets does one carry around?

Soon the travellers bag will consists of three gadgets.

1. A mobile phone
2. A laptop
3. iPad

It is indisputable that except for the few who do not want to communicate a mobile phone is the personand the person is the mobile phone. So then every one wants to pack a good mobile. Most travellers also pack a laptop. Of course it varies from a bulky laptop to a sleek netbook, but a laptop nonetheless.

Let us for a moment take a look at the air travellers. Once you have boarded the phone goes out of business and the laptop comes on only later. What does one do a long flight apart from trying to sleep or reading? Reading is an option. Put the laptop on and read on. But the laptop soon runs out of the battery. One can carry books. But how many one can carry?

There are mobile e-book readers but how long any one can read from a mobile? Kindle and the like fills the gap. But Kindle can only help read books. That is where iPad comes in. It can read books, see movies, browse the internet. Comfortable screen size. Easy viewing. Many applications expected. A bit big perhaps.

Early reviews suggest a positive feedback for the iPad. Good battery life.
So buy an iPad, pack the laptop in the check-in baggage, carry only the mobile and the iPad for the security. Make your travel light.

Spending the morning on Good Friday with a soon to be 17 year old

Good Friday ... long weekend.. Niece in tow. What a morning!
Can I do MBA after CA? - Is this the O Henry who wrote The Pendulum?
"Katie ... Conspicuous Window... gas jet..." I need a laptop converted to Windows Vista Business...
What is the book Traffic? (By Vanderbuilt) Good reading by the by on driving behaviour.

Is there "you" after that? and so on.

Two hours just slipped by answering those questions and comments..

Wonder what I will do on the good Saturday and Sunday following that?