Re: [silk] Stephen King

On Sat, Jan 9, 2021, 5:43 PM Biju Chacko wrote: > I stopped reading Stephen King in the mid to late nineties. Though I > enjoyed his earlier books, I started to feel like he had become so popular > that he stopped listening to his editors. The books were getting > excessively long and tiring. >

Re: [silk] New member intro - Krishna Udayasankar

> > Thanks for welcoming into this wonderful space. My name is Krishna, I >> pretend to be a writer (nothing you have read, I sincerely hope!) and >> keep up the pretence by continuing to put my name on about 7-odd novels >> that were mainly written by my 3 canine fur-kids; who are now >> at work

Re: [silk] New member intro - Krishna Udayasankar

> > Thanks for welcoming into this wonderful space. My name is Krishna, I > pretend to be a writer (nothing you have read, I sincerely hope!) and > keep up the pretence by continuing to put my name on about 7-odd novels > that were mainly written by my 3 canine fur-kids; who are now > at work on

Re: [silk] On Lit fests

> > Why are literary festivals in India less about literature and more about > journalism? That gets them the popularity of course, but where do writers > congregate? What do you all think? > I don't believe literary festivals are about journalism more than literature. In fact, I'm curious to

Re: [silk] What's your primary computing device?

> > As in, what do you spend the most time doing serious work/play on? For any > definition of 'work' or 'play' that appeals to you? > I have a total of two devices - a work-issue ThinkPad L460 and a Google Pixel phone. The latter is, by design, work-disabled, and I have, by devious machinations,

Re: [silk] Silkmeet on June 28 - bangalore

Bah. I'm only getting in on the 30th. On Mon, Jun 19, 2017 at 9:39 PM Thejaswi Udupa wrote: > If 28th, I'm in. (Didn't follow rest of mail trail, but I'm glad plans > moved away from the weekend.) >

Re: [silk] Any leads?

nd to possibly set up something like a shoot, if the details > intrigue her enough. > > Best, > Samanth > > On Thu, Jun 1, 2017 at 10:17 AM, Sumant Srivathsan <suma...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > My family is pretty widely distributed across the globe, but most of

Re: [silk] Any leads?

My family is pretty widely distributed across the globe, but most of them make their way to Kozhumadai (a short drive from Thoothukudi), where the family deity resides, whenever they visit India. Those living in India usually make an annual visit. It's a trip I make once a decade or thereabouts,

Re: [silk] What replaces Landmark in Chennai?

> > There used to be this store inside (I think) The Connemara hotel in > Madras. Reminded me of the late lamented Premier Bookstore in Bangalore. > Any idea if it is still around? > Yes, Giggles. It's been on death watch for years now, and somehow, Nalini Chettur has managed to keep it going to

Re: [silk] What replaces Landmark in Chennai?

> > Isn't there another one in Khan Market that's holding on though? Can't > recall the bookstore name but it's the one that houses Cafe Turtle. > Full Circle.

Re: [silk] So, hi! An introduction

On Mon Jan 05 2015 at 8:50:58 PM Esther Schindler est...@bitranch.com wrote: *giggles* Hey, I just grabbed one of my published bio paragraphs and edited it. Or rather SHE did. This is rather apropos: http://s23.postimg.org/j6lp7u2qj/asterix.jpg

Re: [silk] best indian whisky and rum ?

Knowledgeable reviews and seems to be that the nasik wines are rather better, indage platinum, York, Tiger Hill etc are reasonable alternatives to Sula. Especially indage I've had more occasion to drink Indian wines than I'd like, and usually limited in choice. Based on this, my views: -

Re: [silk] Slacktivism

On Fri, Aug 22, 2014 at 9:27 AM, John Sundman j...@wetmachine.com wrote: The person or people who thought it up happened, for whatever reason, to be interested in ALS. Speaking of whom: http://www.salon.com/2014/08/20/co_founder_of_als_ice_bucket_challenge_drowns_at_age_27/ -- Sumant

Re: [silk] Fwd: Question from the Washington Post

Surely US immigration policies should allow in 100,000 of the poorest, illiterate low caste Indians every year so that they can taste freedom and opportunity in the land of milk and honey? No. -- Sumant Srivathsan http://sumants.blogspot.com

Re: [silk] Madras 19th?

I may not make it for lunch, but I'll try drop in for a bit of post-lunch chit chat and coffee. Same here. Having said that, isn't Copper Point/Azulia becoming something of a default venue? Surely there must be at least one other alternative in this city?

Re: [silk] Bangalore - 27th April

So, if we have only one meeting, what do we call it? Velcro? A fabric convention. -- Sumant Srivathsan http://sumants.blogspot.com

Re: [silk] Bangalore - 27th April

shall never forgive Neha for this. -- Sumant Srivathsan http://sumants.blogspot.com

Re: [silk] Living Well to the Age of 150 and Beyond

to die'*. - From the epigraph of The Waste Land, borrowed and translated from Petronius's Satyricon. The immortal Cumaean Sibyl who failed to ask for eternal youth when she asked Apollo for as many years of life as grains of sand she could hold in her hand. -- Sumant Srivathsan http

Re: [silk] Easily forgotten phrases

Hm. Maybe I should try asking Siri. Or Google Voice... I think you mean Google Now. Google Voice is that virtual phone thingy. -- Sumant Srivathsan http://sumants.blogspot.com

Re: [silk] Easily forgotten phrases

is length^3/length = length^2 What might the real world significance of this area be? (Answer later if no one gets/spoils it.) Nice. One of my favourites as well. :) -- Sumant Srivathsan http://sumants.blogspot.com

Re: [silk] Lunch with Adrianna Tan tomorrow at the madras race club (eom)

Amethyst is a lovely place...if Race Club doesn't work. Not for dinner, though. Their menu is anemic, and the mosquitoes are hell in the evenings.

Re: [silk] have your reading habits changed?

, Jan 3, 2014 at 10:48 PM, Sumant Srivathsan suma...@gmail.com wrote: I find most of their arguments can be distilled down to devices are different from books and I haven't bothered to adjust. How does one adjust to DRM and bitrot? S. -- Homer: Hey, what does this job pay? Carl: Nuthin

Re: [silk] have your reading habits changed?

Mohsin Hamid and Anna Holmes on the subject: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/05/books/review/how-do-e-books-change-the-reading-experience.html I find most of their arguments can be distilled down to devices are different from books and I haven't bothered to adjust. -- Sumant Srivathsan http

Re: [silk] have your reading habits changed?

pattern might be. -- Sumant Srivathsan http://sumants.blogspot.com

Re: [silk] Into the 5th power circle

) aren't quite Herge (insert more accents as applicable), but they're famous enough. -- Sumant Srivathsan http://sumants.blogspot.com

Re: [silk] Yahoo Groups redesign

)) -- Sumant Srivathsan http://sumants.blogspot.com

Re: [silk] Intro!

Giant Robot. Ja-yanto Robo. You know nothing thewall. You know nothing. For the record, the show's English title was Johnny Socko and His Flying Robot. So much for you know nothing.

Re: [silk] In Mumbai

Mahesh (the restaurant) is one of my favourite places in Mumbai. I'm game. 7:30-ish on Wednesday? Really? I can only assume you haven't been there in a while. The Lonely Planet curse had struck with a vengeance. Overpriced generic fare that does its reputation no justice, IMO. Decent wine list,

Re: [silk] In Mumbai

In, depending on which day gets frozen. I should know by tomorrow which days are out. -- Sumant Srivathsan http://sumants.blogspot.com

Re: [silk] coming calamity in Bangalore

and carry on. -- Sumant Srivathsan http://sumants.blogspot.com

Re: [silk] Why don't women write or reply more on Silk?

manages to disengage quite effectively from the baggage of the original. -- Sumant Srivathsan http://sumants.blogspot.com

Re: [silk] Mumbai Silk List Meet - 16th December

in Bandra. The one in Pune is called Stone Water Grill. There's a Smoke House Deli somewhere in the NCR, and one must believe that there must be some amount of jugglery involved with these terms to name future restaurants that the group might open. -- Sumant Srivathsan http://sumants.blogspot.com

Re: [silk] Storing digital photos

Doesn't iCloud sync your photos as well? -- Sumant Srivathsan http://sumants.blogspot.com

Re: [silk] Just So Stories

Before we pass judgement, we'd do well to remember Tom Lehrer (in a slightly different context): I could tell you things about Peter Pan / And the Wizard of Oz - there's a dirty old man!** Apropos of which: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_Girls -- Sumant Srivathsan http

Re: [silk] Fw: [IP] RIP Ray Bradbury

on the dead since 1998) -- Sumant Srivathsan http://sumants.blogspot.com

Re: [silk] Help!--linguistic brain-tapping needed, please

I've also heard the term First Peoples. (What, nobody else existed anywhere?) I believe the official Canadian term is First Nation. -- Sumant Srivathsan http://sumants.blogspot.com

Re: [silk] Does IQ really matter

I gave a Mensa test once that I cleared. But I don't recall being given an actual IQ score. The test was fun enough to give though. I like giving exams. Don't judge me. The correct verb associated with exams, for both examiner and examinee, is 'take'. While this has no relevance to the topic of

Re: [silk] English expressions that irritate me

Is this the thread where we commit all the egregious sins of corporate communication under the pretext of mocking them? -- Sumant Srivathsan http://sumants.blogspot.com

Re: [silk] What is the greatest human invention?

turn to that instead of calling the help line. When Heather takes to Google, she'd have a decidedly less polite forum post that simply says RTFM. :) -- Sumant Srivathsan http://sumants.blogspot.com

Re: [silk] Hello

I avoid it like a bad disease. What's your position on food? Because, you know, 90% of the food in the world is inedible crap. Sturgeon's Law is everywhere. -- Sumant Srivathsan http://sumants.blogspot.com

Re: [silk] Anniversary silkmeet in Chennai, Dec 24/25

+1, though I'd prefer the Tuscana on Chamiers Road. I'm not a fan of Copper Point.

Re: [silk] Recommended Reading from 2011

Lessing and Zadie Smith. So, having identified a deficiency, Shoba, got recommendations? -- Sumant Srivathsan http://sumants.blogspot.com

Re: [silk] Recommended Reading from 2011

. And for something slightly different, David Mazzuchelli's Asterios Polyp and Logicomix, a comic bio of Bertrand Russell. Is Beatzo on Silk? -- Sumant Srivathsan http://sumants.blogspot.com

Re: [silk] if we didn't have Pakistan...

...we wouldn't have http://www.wimp.com/indiapakistan/ Buckingham palace guards have *nothing* on these folks. While this is true, I believe this practice has been toned down substantially, not least because of injuries to the soldiers involved in the goose-stepping. -- Sumant Srivathsan

Re: [silk] samsung 8.9 tablet

it's the iPad or a PC monitor. The eInk display is a winner for me when it comes to the Kindle. -- Sumant Srivathsan http://sumants.blogspot.com

Re: [silk] Plus by Google

with the content like other Google+ users. They'll be able to join Google+ as we let more users in over time. I assume this means nobody can invite people just yet. -- Sumant Srivathsan http://sumants.blogspot.com

Re: [silk] Using an X-Box Controller as a PC text input device

that can solve their problem? -- Regards, Aadisht Email for lists: li...@aadisht.net Personal Email: aadi...@aadisht.net Mobile (TN): +91-96000 23067 Website: http://www.aadisht.net/ Blog: http://www.wokay.in/ -- Sumant Srivathsan http://sumants.blogspot.com

Re: [silk] Mumbai silkmeet May 6?

I'd love to meet on the 6th. Anywhere in Bandra West except Mia Cucina, please. +1 -- Sumant Srivathsan http://sumants.blogspot.com

Re: [silk] Mumbai silkmeet May 6?

After intense deliberations with Udhay on Gtalk, it appears that 5-Spice at Pali Naka is the ideal venue for this rendevous. Yea/nay/alternatives? -- Sumant Srivathsan http://sumants.blogspot.com

Re: [silk] Mumbai silkmeet May 6?

5 spice? A little claustrophobic, no? We're already numbering 8. Wouldn't a larger place be better? Global Fusion, Cafe Basilico, Royal China? Don't they have that large room upstairs? I've attended a couple of large gatherings there. -- Sumant Srivathsan http://sumants.blogspot.com

Re: [silk] Fwd: iPad2 -- 3g question

an SMS confirming that I would revert to EDGE. I live in Mumbai, and the two weeks I spent on Vodafone's 3G network wasn't particularly exciting. Coverage was spotty, even in the city's central locations, but speeds were significantly better than EDGE (when it worked, that is). -- Sumant

Re: [silk] New year meetup in Chennai

4. Sumanth Srivatsan? Aye - but I'm only here until Sunday. -- Sumant Srivathsan http://sumants.blogspot.com

Re: [silk] Kindle readers?

in that environment than a paperback. I can see myself giving up printed books for good, once the inventory and pricing of e-books catch up with my expectations. -- Sumant Srivathsan http://sumants.blogspot.com

Re: [silk] What's the strangest thing you've eaten?

Rocky Mountain Oysters - sheeps' testicles Bulls' testicles, AFAIK, and confirmed recently by a guy who grew up on a farm where they were 'harvested'. -- Sumant Srivathsan http://sumants.blogspot.com

Re: [silk] test

Udhay has broken test post rule 1, however list test post rule 1: all test posts must contain a really bad haiku Or a 5-7-5 short poem that's not a haiku at all? -- Sumant Srivathsan http://sumants.blogspot.com

Re: [silk] The Rock Album as Science Fiction

, but the concept is quite interesting. I might consider a space opera a la BSG instead. -- Sumant Srivathsan http://sumants.blogspot.com

Re: [silk] The Rock Album as Science Fiction

after concept album. -- Sumant Srivathsan http://sumants.blogspot.com

Re: [silk] In India, Sometimes News Is Just a Product Placement

. Not that credibility matters, either in the media or in politics. /cynicism -- Sumant Srivathsan http://sumants.blogspot.com

Re: [silk] buying a laptop online in india ?

does have an online store. Comes with a catch, though. You can't pay online. So you save your cart, and close over the phone. -- Sumant Srivathsan http://sumants.blogspot.com

Re: [silk] Population problem? What population problem?

Now I have always wondered - what is a Bong accent ? I have been variously pointed out to Pranab Mukherjee, Arnab Goswami and so forth. But what is the true accent? AFAIK, Arnab Goswami is Assamese. For a more relevant answer, IG's response is considerably more thorough. -- Sumant

Re: [silk] Simon singh's gets attention from MoJ

Simon Singh won his appeal. Yay! http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1262735/Simon-Singh-wins-libel-appeal-bogus-treatments-article.html -- Sumant Srivathsan http://sumants.blogspot.com

Re: [silk] Tim Bray the new face of the google apple rivalry

On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 10:25 PM, Danese Cooper dan...@gmail.com wrote: I'm worried that Tim is just trading evils. If he's picked the lesser one, that's the best possible outcome. There's no business organization that's totally not evil. -- Sumant Srivathsan http://sumants.blogspot.com

Re: [silk] Tim Bray the new face of the google apple rivalry

On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 10:25 PM, Danese Cooper dan...@gmail.com wrote: I'm worried that Tim is just trading evils. If he's picked the lesser one, that's the best possible outcome. There's no business organization that's totally not evil. -- Sumant Srivathsan http://sumants.blogspot.com

Re: [silk] Nintendo DS cartridges to India

! Which makes me the woman... and I have no interest in that, besides wearing the occasional underwear, which as we discussed is strictly a comfort thing. -- Homer J. Simpson Sudhakar ChandraSlacker Without Borders -- Sumant Srivathsan http

Re: [silk] TED....

quite want the trouble I guess. They even bumped him up to business class as an 'anniversary present'. But SRS is right - it was purely PR damage control (per an ex-colleague who heads MarCom for Cleartrip). -- Sumant Srivathsan http://sumants.blogspot.com

Re: [silk] Digital media experts

Also try talking to (in India) Vijay Rayapati http://amnigos.com/ Gaurav Mishra http://2020social.com/ Is either of them on this list? I don't know Vijay Rayapati at all, and I know Gaurav fairly well. -- Sumant Srivathsan http://sumants.blogspot.com

Re: [silk] chemistry question

the numbers are put together is when referring to the same substituent at the same position on the hydrocarbon chain. For example, it would be 3,3-dibromohex-1-yne. At least, that's how I remember it from my chemistry-teaching days. -- Sumant Srivathsan http://sumants.blogspot.com

Re: [silk] Ombaba gets Nobel peace

, the military dictator Anwar Sadat. Yes, the Nobel Peace Prize stands for all sorts of good stuff. -- Sumant Srivathsan http://sumants.blogspot.com

Re: [silk] Ombaba gets Nobel peace

to be alive, just that you need to collect the prize in person come December. So if you're alive and can't make it, you're still SOL. -- Sumant Srivathsan http://sumants.blogspot.com

Re: [silk] Guido's tweet on top posting

I think we've hit that point where this thread has stopped being amusing and is turning into noise. Can we please stop here? Thanks. -- Sumant Srivathsan http://sumants.blogspot.com

Re: [silk] Function [was Chennai Silk Meet on the 29th?]

is that classical Tamizh does not have a unique character for 'H' either, and makes do with the 'C/K/G' character. Which leads to wonderfully confused pronunciations such as 'Sonia Handhi' and 'Manmogan Sing'. -- Sumant Srivathsan http://sumants.blogspot.com

Re: [silk] Can't seem to find the word

On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 11:00 PM, Deepa Mohan mohande...@gmail.com wrote: What is the precise antonym for uxoricide? And don't tell me that wives don't murder their husbands, I've come close to it many times... Mariticide -- Sumant Srivathsan http://sumants.blogspot.com

Re: [silk] Can't seem to find the word

Thanks Sumant! I'd only got as far as the Latin root, Maritus, for husband, and not got the word! :) I went to the fount of all knowledge (Wikipedia, of course), and in the entry for uxoricide, there's a Related Article called 'Mariticide'. :) -- Sumant Srivathsan http

Re: [silk] It's turtles all the way down

http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/43455/181/ Physicists split the electron I let my AAAS subscription lapse years ago. Can someone help with the Science article? -- Sumant Srivathsan http://sumants.blogspot.com

Re: [silk] Forensic Anthropology

. The American Association of Forensic Sciences recognizes physical anthropology as one of the disciplines applicable in a forensic setting. Findings are not legally admissible as evidence, though. -- Sumant Srivathsan http://sumants.blogspot.com

Re: [silk] Dark Side of the Moon

Highly recommended - Phish's live take on the album. I'd point to a link, but unfortunately I only ever got to hear it off a friend's bootleg CD in the US several years ago. The hunt for another copy has been on since then, and has proven futile. -- Sumant Srivathsan http://sumants.blogspot.com

Re: [silk] Dark Side of the Moon

Uh is not this one? http://is.gd/1teK2 Self-same. I must have said I was looking for physical media. Quizzer's curse. :) -- Sumant Srivathsan http://sumants.blogspot.com

Re: [silk] Introducing myself: Tom Rielly, Fellowship/Community Director from TED Conferences in New York City

PS: Why is TED India so darn expensive? As Reuben Abraham keeps reminding us, TED India is priced at a fraction of the cost of the US sessions. Under half-price, I believe. In perspective, the India Today Conclave costs about the same amount. -- Sumant Srivathsan http://sumants.blogspot.com

Re: [silk] Indian foodies

: you just don't pay more than a certain amount to eat them out of home (which usually only happens in a pinch or when one is on the move). -- Sumant Srivathsan http://sumants.blogspot.com

Re: [silk] Indian foodies

more beneficial for them to cast a wider net. Maybe Madhu can tell us more about how this works. I'd certainly avoid charging Rs. 200 for pongal in Madras. I couldn't stay open for more than a week if I did. In Bombay, however... -- Sumant Srivathsan http://sumants.blogspot.com

Re: [silk] Fuel from trash

I haven't really thought about it, to be honest (despite the idea being rather interesting), but I must say that the Back to the Future Time Machine Mk II comes to mind. Along with that other immensely entertaining fiction called cold fusion /dumb geekery -- Sumant Srivathsan http

Re: [silk] Fuel from trash

. -- Sumant Srivathsan http://sumants.blogspot.com

Re: [silk] Best Science book you would recommend to a friend ?

*The Double Helix* is a nice read, but I haven't read the follow-up that Abhishek mentioned. Michio Kaku's book on parallel universes - can't remember the title offhand, too lazy to Google. -- Sumant Srivathsan http://sumants.blogspot.com

Re: [silk] Need some help

How do you propose to end pragmatism? :) By removing the need for it in this context, i.e., by removing the fear. :) -- Sumant Srivathsan http://sumants.blogspot.com

Re: [silk] Meetup in Bombay?

I'm not really time-bound, except that it needs to be outside of working hours. :) -- Sumant Srivathsan http://sumants.blogspot.com

Re: [silk] Introduction - New Member

, a mouthful of bread with pineapple jam and a MAC keyboard. This is being written on the desktop; the MAC is stark in death in the corner. Keyboards have MAC addresses now? ;-) -- Sumant Srivathsan http://sumants.blogspot.com

Re: [silk] Prime Ministerial candidate

Peccavi. Isn't that in Pakistan? There is an urban legend linking this word to the province of Sind in Pakistan, and it depends on an awful pun. And yes, Sindh is in Pakistan, which indicates that Biju probably had prior knowledge of this most atrocious pun. -- Sumant Srivathsan

Re: [silk] Twitter users

hurt as a publicity tool for your blog, either. And then there's all the stuff you can do as a business on Twitter. Google is your friend. -- Sumant Srivathsan http://sumants.blogspot.com

Re: [silk] Twitter users

it off at work. But it will happen, I'm sure, and I'm going to blame Guy Kawasaki. And, um, yeah: http://www.twitter.com/sumants :) -- Sumant Srivathsan http://sumants.blogspot.com

Re: [silk] Need some help

be a lentil preparation becomes a tepid, watery, tamarind-flavoured concoction with all of yesterday's leftover veggies floating about in it. How could anyone enjoy a cuisine that was so brutally misrepresented? -- Sumant Srivathsan http://sumants.blogspot.com

Re: [silk] Need some help

. Of itself, it's quite a silly story to tell, but young impressionable minds were scarred that night. But this was before I happened to sample the food at IITB, IITD, BITS Pilani and a few other places. I usually went back feeling thankful for the food we were fed in our mess. -- Sumant Srivathsan http

Re: [silk] Trashy book amnesty

Cf. Calvin's demand for the Huey/Kablooie (or something similar) Such sacrilege. That's *Hamster Huey and the Gooey Kablooie*. :) Will return presently with more - this is a pet peeve. -- Sumant Srivathsan http://sumants.blogspot.com

Re: [silk] Facebook's New Terms Of Service: We Can Do Anything We Want With Your Content. Forever.

that is created off-site, but is shared on Facebook via applications/RSS? Do they claim ownership of that too? -- Sumant Srivathsan http://sumants.blogspot.com

Re: [silk] can't accuse them of being timely

the price one pays for being flippant about something. I just meant that the Bible-thumpers can be shut up a bit more easily now, that's all. I've met my share of religious Democrats, and they're no less fanatical than the Republicans. -- Sumant Srivathsan http://sumants.blogspot.com

Re: [silk] can't accuse them of being timely

-admits-galileo-was-right-.html There goes one extreme-right-wing political agenda for the GOP. Next up, stem cells aren't even fish, and we eat those, don't we? -- Sumant Srivathsan http://sumants.blogspot.com

Re: [silk] list 2.0

Facebook? I almost hate it as much as Orkut. Death to all them social networking sites, I hate them as much as reality TV. Out of curiosity, why? (I get the reality TV bit, though) -- Sumant Srivathsan http://sumants.blogspot.com

Re: [silk] Lyrics for song by Avial

In a related, but not really, kind of way, Thermal And A Quarter played at the Hard Rock Cafe here in Mumbai last night. For those who haven't heard of them: http://www.thermalandaquarter.com -- Sumant Srivathsan http://sumants.blogspot.com

Re: [silk] last-minute itinerary for southie lens workout

asked for too much, or you're using a broken crutch to help you stand. -- Sumant Srivathsan http://sumants.blogspot.com

Re: [silk] last-minute itinerary for southie lens workout

have made it immensely difficult for Brahmins -- Sumant Srivathsan http://sumants.blogspot.com

Re: [silk] last-minute itinerary for southie lens workout

on these attributes ? Arent there shoemakers, shop-keepers, tailors, sweepers .. who are'nt brahmins, but display all these characteristics ? -- Sumant Srivathsan http://sumants.blogspot.com

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