MUMPS gets coverage:-)

Who'd would have thought MUMPS would get coverage at the end of 2005? Yet another language that's almost a blast from the past for me - M-A-G-I-C !

click to see Holiday Lights msn map - i have to say sweet:-)

Logitech USB Headset 250 and skyping India on a DELL 600m Inspiron

OOh - fiber in the indian ocean isn't the culprit - this new headset works great skyping to india!

wet weekend

Another wet weekend actually as bay areans get a grip on wet weather driving skills. Yet another depression in the Bay of Bengal as well. Intense weather seems to be the recurrent theme. Taking it slow and going with flow as even greener pastures loom closer - we make our own horizons.

parsing Greenspan

I am going to miss Greenspan's speeches - Bernanke is a straight shooter - sampling his work - Essays of the Great Depression - very minimal parsing needed. Nevertheless it's fun teasing someone into seeing what you are saying..

bush's no to Kyoto again at Montreal

where's the civic reaction to this? From the ringside, it's the total disconnect between the public and policy that's appalling. Wish climate were a value:-)

Modeling the exclamation point and Shannon yet again

Amazing the number of times people go back to Shannon..

Growing a conscience over food and wine..

liqueur on an empty stomach; portabello fritters followed by Syrah. spirited occasions. soulful reminescing. i tell myself yet again go with the flow. just can't;just simply can't.

who would have thought Brian Grazer is a surfer:-)

Ofcourse this is after the latest iconoclasts episode - the pairing is so key - with Brian Grazer|Sumner Redstone, the unscripted feel just worked better. Maybe these are two natural better make-believers - that's what they do for a living. Both multi faceted, down-to-earth, value money as a value, shameless at every fall , consciously don't wear what drives them on the sleeve - in the end what works just works.

--wonder what ad will be cycled on this post:-)

chinna veedu, trucking routes, red light districts and taboo - tip of the iceberg - AIDS in India

In 2002, I was surprised when the Indian Government didn't extend the work visa of a foreign social worker - who after 20 years in India spoke Inglish, wore a sari, bet she belongs much less back in the UK - she didn't bat an eye lid picking up a dying AIDS victim from the roadside - I cringed yet again. Tons of effort at the grassroots..Indian NGOs