Re: [silk] An anniversary

2020-12-20 Thread Charles Haynes
When my friend Chris Kantarjiev learned we were moving to Bangalore for a year he said I should join Silklist. So I did. Still here ten years later. (Silklist, not Bangalore. Now we're in Melbourne.) -- Charles On Sun, 20 Dec 2020, 12:36 pm Udhay Shankar N, wrote: > The first message on

Re: [silk] Dream concerts

2020-12-20 Thread Udhay Shankar N
On Sun, Dec 20, 2020 at 9:29 PM Peter Griffin wrote: Taking off from the memorable concerts thread, and assuming you have a time > machine at hand with enough juice to take you to, let's say, five > performances, which musicians would you go listen to? > Since we have a time machine... At the

Re: [silk] An anniversary

2020-12-20 Thread Madhu Menon
If memory serves me right, it was the year 2000, and I was pissed at a now-defunct book-selling website named FirstAndSecond.com for delaying the hell out of my order. In anger, I started searching for what other people were writing about the site, and Google had indexed a thread from silk where

Re: [silk] An anniversary

2020-12-20 Thread Tomasz Rola
On Sun, Dec 20, 2020 at 07:05:56AM +0530, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > The first message on silklist went out 23 years ago. > > There are some members who have been around since then, and many others who > hopped on at a later time. > > How did you find out about silklist? Share your stories. Like

Re: [silk] An anniversary

2020-12-20 Thread Geetanjali Chitnis
Yes :) I’m the daughter. Hi! I was introduced to Silklist through Udhay a few years ago although I’ve known about it for far longer. For some reason, I’d always imagined it to be a very tech-focused forum but I’m glad I was wrong! On 20 December 2020 at 7:56:23 AM, Shiv Sastry

Re: [silk] An anniversary

2020-12-20 Thread Venkatesh Hariharan
Udhay, you were the one who introduced me to SilkList. I have really enjoyed being on this list. SilkList is currently the only non-work related mailing list that I am on :-) Venky On Sun, Dec 20, 2020 at 8:20 AM Srini RamaKrishnan wrote: > I can't tell for certain, but I think I joined in

Re: [silk] An anniversary

2020-12-20 Thread Shiv Sastry
Nice to hear from you Geetanjali. 2nd gen lister. My daughter Pooja is also on Silk. Udhay collects people shiv On 20/12/20 2:34 pm, Geetanjali Chitnis wrote: Yes :) I’m the daughter. Hi! I was introduced to Silklist through Udhay a few years ago although I’ve known about it for far longer.

Re: [silk] An anniversary

2020-12-20 Thread Danese Cooper
What Venky said... On Sun 20 Dec 2020 at 08:52, Venkatesh Hariharan wrote: > Udhay, you were the one who introduced me to SilkList. I have really > enjoyed being on this list. SilkList is currently the only non-work related > mailing list that I am on :-) > > Venky > > On Sun, Dec 20, 2020 at

Re: [silk] An anniversary

2020-12-20 Thread john
On 2020-12-19 19:35, Udhay Shankar N wrote: How did you find out about silklist? Share your stories. Udhay -- I'm not certain, but I may have first read of Silklist in Christopher Kelty's book "Two Bits - The Cultural Significance of Free Software"(2008). It so happened that Udhay and I

Re: [silk] An anniversary

2020-12-20 Thread Anish Mohammed
Hi Udhay, Its been a very long while since it happened. If i am not mistaken I ran into you on sci.crypt. I guess I got added after that, this was before google ( i had a myrealbox.com email address). This was possibly after I finished my house-surgeonsy ( internship) - 1997/8. Without a shadow

Re: [silk] What are the things you splurge on that are worth the money?

2020-12-20 Thread Venkatesh Hariharan
Chiming in late here: 1. I recently bought a Laz-y-boy recliner and (on impulse) decided to up the budget I allocated to buying a 55 inch TV, and buy a 65 inch one. The combo of a large screen + recliner has been wonderful, especially in these times when a theatre visit is out of question. 2.

Re: [silk] An anniversary

2020-12-20 Thread José María Mateos
On Sun, Dec 20, 2020 at 07:05:56AM +0530, Udhay Shankar N wrote: The first message on silklist went out 23 years ago. There are some members who have been around since then, and many others who hopped on at a later time. How did you find out about silklist? Share your stories. I quit social

[silk] Dream concerts

2020-12-20 Thread Peter Griffin
Taking off from the memorable concerts thread, and assuming you have a time machine at hand with enough juice to take you to, let's say, five performances, which musicians would you go listen to?

Re: [silk] What are the things you splurge on that are worth the money?

2020-12-20 Thread Anish Mohammed
coming in even late than everyone else - my list is as follows (similar in many items to everyone else on the list) -Computers - GPU’s , desktop, laptops ( Macs), iPad -VR headsets -Noise cancelling headphones -Books -Travel (upto 20% annual expenses as per my accountant) -GPU's (includes

Re: [silk] Dream concerts

2020-12-20 Thread Heather Madrone
Peter Griffin wrote on 12/20/20 7:58 AM December 20, 2020: Taking off from the memorable concerts thread, and assuming you have a time machine at hand with enough juice to take you to, let's say, five performances, which musicians would you go listen to? A Grateful Dead New Year's show.

Re: [silk] An anniversary

2020-12-20 Thread Radhika, Y.
I was introduced to Silk via Biju Chacko in 2003. I was dating some loser in Bangalore and on one of the train journeys I made from Chennai to Bangalore I ended up chatting with Biju. Later, I met Udhay through Preetham Gopalaswamy and Udhay allowed me to come on board despite my clearly