Dec 13, 2008 Posted by Gubbi

College, Enthusiasm and Studies.

Professor is six minutes late.   Venu wrote a nice post presenting his hypothesis to explain the decline in enthusiasm with regards to studies among the undergrad students.  It was a great read and a good topic to contemplate on. Go read his post to understand what exactly I’m responding to.  The “pecking order” might be one of the factors. But I’m not entirely convinced. I... read more

Dec 13, 2008 Posted by Gubbi

Signal Patterns

Music Pattern: People who know me say I’m sadistic, which I’ve always denied. And still do Personality Pattern: This, I actually took countless times to get the result I wanted So, take it with a grain of salt. I liked their new revision of music patterns and their integration with imeem is awesome. It recommended me songs that surprised me. There were a couple of Hindi songs too. I... read more

Nov 30, 2008 Posted by Gubbi

Mumbai Terror Attacks Coverage Roundup.

  Just a look at Mumbai Terror Attacks from various perspectives. Photographical walk through. Timeline of events. Heartfelt call to keep chasing the golden songbird. On television from across the border. By a Kashmiri born political science teacher in Norway. Wall Street Journal’s Commentary. Putting the jigsaw pieces together.   Lots of chilling stories about individual tragedies and individual... read more

Nov 30, 2008 Posted by Gubbi

Life in a Metro.

  Maa tells me this when ever she reads a news item about someone getting mugged and beaten to death on lonely Bangalore road at night Avoid going outside late nights and in lonely places. Maa tells me this when ever there is a terrorist attack anywhere: Avoid going to crowded places. When I point this out to her or when she reads about horrowing house theft stories in paper she tells: It’s nowhere... read more

Oct 27, 2008 Posted by Gubbi

It happens only in blogosphere.

Robet Scoble shared a post entitled “8 daily tasks to increase blog traffic“ via his google reader. Funny that the blog is now down since it couldn’t handle the traffic it got. Story turned funny. BTW, be sure to check the blog post when it’s back up. Anybody would love to be overwhelmed with lots of traffic like this. ... read more