Re: [silk] Good puns

Perhaps a kick in the shins will help with the groaning Madhu. :-P On Fri, 18 Jun, 2021, 1:43 pm Madhu Menon, wrote: > > > > > > > > And as he trudged along, his heart swells with pride, because he's the > > first in his tribe to cart Asian geometry to polar coordinates. > > > > This thread is

Re: [silk] Good puns

Send me your address. You need a kick in the shins for explaining. :-) On Fri, 18 Jun, 2021, 1:00 pm Shenoy N, wrote: > My original composition which often gets me kicked in the shins if the > listener is in close proximity > > An inuit decides to pull his tribe out of the darkness of ignorance

Re: [silk] Hello!

You should move to Telegram or Signal. I'll be happy to join that group. On Mon, 14 Jun, 2021, 12:10 pm Mohit, wrote: > Welcome Ameya > > My name is Mohit, I am from UP, lived a long time in Delhi, but have made > Hyderabad my home now :-) > I run a whatsapp group dedicated to puns &

Re: [silk] Hello!

Welcome to Silk. We have some punsters here, expecting a thread drift soon. Cheers On Sun, 13 Jun, 2021, 3:45 pm Ameya Nagarajan, wrote: > Hi everyone! > I've heard a lot about this list and am very pleased to join. > My name is Ameya (uh-MEY-a for those who would like to know). I am an >

Re: [silk] Fwd: "World Turtle Day" - Mon, May 24 at 7:00 pm ET

Thank you, Mark. Interesting to me, for sure. On Sat, 22 May, 2021, 9:53 am Mark Seiden, wrote: > might interest some of you... > > > Begin forwarded message: > > > > From: "The Explorers Club" > > Subject: "World Turtle Day" - Mon, May 24 at 7:00 pm ET > > Date: May 21, 2021 at 12:30:03 PM

Re: [silk] Silkmeet on Friday? (21st May, Zoom)

Second that. Great meeting everyone... Thanks Udhay , Vinit and Surabhi for setting this up. On Fri, 21 May, 2021, 9:25 pm Peter Griffin, wrote: > Thanks for a fun evening, all. Thanks Udhay, Surabhi and Vinit for setting > it up. >

Re: [silk] Silkmeet on Friday? (21st May, Zoom)

Dang it. Now Deepa's name will not be the first in her nice and alphabetical list. On Tue, 18 May, 2021, 6:20 pm Biju Chacko, wrote: > +1 > > On Tue, 18 May, 2021, 18:16 M.K.Pai, wrote: > > > Please count me in too. > > -- Saint Pai > > Hero of Socialist Labour > > People's Commissar for

Re: [silk] Silkmeet on Friday? (21st May, Zoom)

Count me in. On Tue, 18 May, 2021, 11:28 am Udhay Shankar N, wrote: > So we have so far > > Vinit > Surabhi > Udhay > Peter > > who else? >

Re: [silk] Fwd: An anniversary

Also from CiX. Which was inaccessible to me when I traveled out of the country and Udhay used to send qwk by email and uploaded it back to CiX for a while. Also, one of the old timers on Silk. -V On Tue, 22 Dec 2020 at 6:01 AM, Shiv Sastry wrote: > Nice to hear from Martin. I recall he made

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

1. Lenses: The only one left on my list is the Olympus 150-400 PRO 2. Perfumes: Partial to Terre d’Hermes 3. Coffee: Current favourite is the Bibi Plantation AAA from Blue Tokai 4. Travel: Pay more to travel and stay comfortably, and to go on safaris to satisfy the naturalist in me. 5. Time: I get

Re: [silk] Dream concerts

1. Live Aid with Queen. 2. Any Jethrotull concert 3. Any Mohammad Rafi live concert 4. Hell Freezes over -V On Mon, 21 Dec 2020 at 7:45 AM, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > On Sun, Dec 20, 2020 at 9:29 PM Peter Griffin > wrote: > > Taking off from the memorable concerts thread, and assuming you have

Re: [silk] Founder's Day!

Happy Birthday, Deepa and Udhay. Have a great day and year ahead. Cheers, Venkat On Fri, 23 Oct 2020 at 11:32 AM, Anish Mohammed wrote: > On Fri, 23 Oct 2020 at 06:16, Deepa Mohan wrote: > > > Whether Udhay founded it or foundered on it, this list and his > Interesting > > Friends have given

Re: [silk] What did you change your mind about in 2019?

John, Nice post. And not boring at all. As usual, made for a good read. I can’t say much about Republican vs Democrats being a resident of India. My few years in the US were pretty busy with the kids and I didn’t give a thought to politics. Not that I do otherwise. :-) Your points on religion

Re: [silk] New member intro - Krishna Udayasankar

Welcome to Silk. Beer and Whiskey, and the occasional Gin/Aquavit are staples here. Cheers --V On Tue, 17 Dec 2019 at 8:50 PM, Krishna Udayasankar < kris.udayasan...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear friends, > > Sorry if this mail is a duplicate, but I seem to be having some > trouble with replies on

Re: [silk] Silklist Anniversary Meetup

I’m out of town. Can’t make it. Have fun folks... Udhay can have a beer for me. :-) —V On Thu, 12 Dec 2019 at 1:09 PM, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > How about lunch at Communiti on Residency road, around 12 noon on Saturday? >

Re: [silk] Bangalore and Chennai food/restaurant recommendations

MTR is over-rated. :-) CTR (there are two of them near Malleswaram) is better for dosas. Shree Sagar (Central tiffin room - CTR1) is near the Malleswaram ground. Chikkanna Tiffin Room (CTR2) is near the temple in Kumara Park. Both have lip-smacking dosas. Venkateshwara Sweets for Mysore Pak,

Re: [silk] Wildlife filmmaking, the Emmys,

Congrats, Kalyan! On Sat, 17 Aug 2019 at 4:37 AM, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > PSA: Longtime list.lurker Kalyan Varma [1] has been nominated for an Emmy > award [2] for his work on the "Super Cats" documentary [3]. Congrats, > Kalyan, and let me take the opportunity to also plug the documentary

Re: [silk] In Bangalore June 20/21/22

-1. I’m scheduled to be out of town on 22nd. Dang it, missed this one too. —V On Sat, 15 Jun 2019 at 9:29 PM, Huda Masood wrote: > Moving offices and conducting a dirt biking workshop that weekend. I'm out, > my apologies. > Sorry to miss this get together though! > > Huda M > > On Tue, 11 Jun

Re: [silk] In Bangalore June 20/21/22

+1 On Thu, 13 Jun 2019 at 9:31 AM, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > On Tue, Jun 11, 2019 at 10:17 AM Udhay Shankar N wrote: > > > > I am visiting Bangalore to attend and present at Rootconf.in. Thursday > >> promises to be kinda crazy but would love to meet the good folks of Silk > >> on > >> Friday

Re: [silk] Bangalore Visit

+1 On Fri, 17 May 2019 at 8:37 AM, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > Show of hands so far: > > Jim Grisanzio > Udhay Shankar > Kavita Chaudhury > Biju Chacko > Huda Masood > Jessica Prabhakar > Naresh Narasimhan > Jahnavi Phalkey > Vinit Bhansali > Surabhi Tomar > > Vinit and Surabhi have graciously

Re: [silk] Silkmeet in Bangalore 18 Feb 2019

I’ll be able to meet. On Mon, 11 Feb 2019 at 4:12 PM, Alok Prasanna Kumar wrote: >  > > < > http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email_source=link_campaign=sig-email_content=webmail > > > Virus-free. > www.avg.com > < >

Re: [silk] Legal adulthood

Interesting. I’m in. 20th could be a slight challenge. I think I am one of the early ones. On Fri, 14 Dec 2018 at 9:33 PM, Gaurav Vaz wrote: > Geist is launching a Stout in Banglore on the 19th of December - if you > guys can make it there, I'll add all of you to the guest list :) > > >

[silk] Silk is 21, and we need a silk-meet!

I can’t believe it’s already 21 years old. How about a Bangalore meetup before New Year? Cheers, Venkat

Re: [silk] Nineteen!

Pictures or it didn’t happen. Cheers, Venkat > On 12-Dec-2016, at 5:45 PM, Amit Varma wrote: > > Amazing, congratulations. I'll dress up in silk to celebrate. > > On Mon, Dec 12, 2016 at 5:25 PM, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > >> Tomorrow is the 19th

Re: [silk] Nineteen!

I still remember how you used to send me the qwk package by email from CiX when I was in Seoul! Long way, my man. Cheers, Venkat > On 12-Dec-2016, at 5:40 PM, joy bhattacharjya > wrote: > > Excellent. And truly inspirational! >> On 12-Dec-2016, at 5:25 PM,

Re: [silk] Nineteen!

Cheers! Will a single malt qualify? Cheers, Venkat > On 12-Dec-2016, at 5:25 PM, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > > Tomorrow is the 19th birthday of silk. Raise a glass, and feel free to > party. I know I will! :) > > Udhay > -- > > ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com))

Re: [silk] Things that are worth the money

Responding inline for a change. :) > On 29-Nov-2016, at 9:41 AM, Thaths wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 29, 2016 at 1:56 PM Udhay Shankar N wrote: > >> I saw a post by Ramit Sethi [1] that got me thinking. >> >> What, to you, are the things that are worth the extra

Re: [silk] Delhi meetup?

016 09:26, "Preetha Chari-Srinivas" <bling...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Bangalore has never been addressed as such, since the namma wave has >> caught on, in Chennai only :-) >> Cheers, >> Preetha. >> >> On Nov 8, 2016 8:35 AM, "Venkat

Re: [silk] Delhi meetup?

Namma Chennai? Like Namma Bangalore? :) Cheers, Venkat > On 07-Nov-2016, at 9:52 PM, Preetha Chari-Srinivas wrote: > > Howdy folks, > What about poor ol' Namma Chennai - there never seems to be a Silk meet-up > in my neck of the woods :-) > Cheers, > Preetha. > > On Oct

Re: [silk] Delhi meetup?

I do think that it is improbable though. Cheers, Venkat > On 07-Nov-2016, at 11:59 AM, Amit Varma <amitbl...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 7 Nov 2016 22:19, "Venkat Mangudi - Silk" <s...@venkatmangudi.com> wrote: >> >> Doesn’t the subject alrea

Re: [silk] Delhi meetup?

Doesn’t the subject already have [silk] in it? I thought the it was added automatically. Cheers, Venkat > On 07-Nov-2016, at 9:20 AM, Amit Varma wrote: > > This is a hilarious thread. A quick word of advice for those sending the > same mail to both Silk and Satin:

Re: [silk] The right kind of activism

As a Tamil Kannadiga, he is spot on. Sometimes I find the activism here a little petty, as he has so eloquently put. The last time there was a Cauvery issue, around 1992, it was much more violent. Thankfully, it has been reasonably peaceful this time. --Venkat On Saturday 10 September 2016,

Re: [silk] Fantastic to get onboard

Welcome to the roller coaster ride... --Venkat On Friday 9 September 2016, Sreejith sivanandan wrote: > Fantastic to get onboard this esteem group. > > This is Sreejith Sivanandan, alias 'Sree'/Sree Sivanandan here. I am based > out of Bangalore suburbs since 2003 and Oh

Re: [silk] ISO: explainer video firms

I love the confidentiality notice. It wasn't there in your first email. Guess you forgot to remove it later, huh? Cheers, and welcome. --Venkat On Friday 9 September 2016, Prashant P Kothari wrote: > Thanks a ton... will check it out > > Regards > Prashant > >

Re: [silk] Eating Millet

; Hm, I'm interested to know more. Are there are any caveats or special > conditions that you omitted? > > On Mon, Aug 8, 2016 at 2:12 PM, Venkat Mangudi - Silk < > s...@venkatmangudi.com <javascript:;>> wrote: > > > Cholesterol in food doesn't affect y

Re: [silk] Eating Millet

s. > > --srs > > > On 08-Aug-2016, at 2:00 PM, Venkat Mangudi - Silk < > s...@venkatmangudi.com <javascript:;>> wrote: > > > > Weight loss has nothing to with eating fat, and vice versa. Starch is > > another thing altogether. > > > >

Re: [silk] Eating Millet

Weight loss has nothing to with eating fat, and vice versa. Starch is another thing altogether. --Venkat On Monday 8 August 2016, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: > Both very useful suggestions but I sort of fail to see the point about > adding fat and starch to something that

Re: [silk] On having goals

Wake up, survive, go to bed. Only goal that makes sense! Cheers. On Thursday 4 August 2016, Mohit wrote: > On Thu, Aug 4, 2016 at 11:02 AM, Deepa Mohan > wrote: > > > Living happily on this earth, possibly, been my goal...call it > >

Re: [silk] Maacher Jhol

Keep them recipes coming. Suresh can get hungry as much as he wants. These are gems! Next time in Mangalore, I will look for these specialities. Cheers, On Thursday 4 August 2016, Shenoy N wrote: > The GSBs (Gowd Saraswat Brahmins) from whose ranks come I, have at least >

Re: [silk] Hello (intro)

On Thursday 4 August 2016, Shenoy N wrote: > > > I run a small metal parts manufacturing factory in Mumbai and spend my > free time listening to hindustani classical music (Mallikarjun Mansur being > my all time favorite) and following chess with manic passion, despite being

Re: [silk] Hello (intro)

Welcome to Silk. I'm curious about how news in the popular TV news channels are curated. Maybe a later post or thread to discuss that. Oh, and how did it numb you? Even more curious about that. Regards, Venkat On Wednesday 3 August 2016, Venkatesh H R wrote: > Hello all!

Re: [silk] Intro

Punny, I meant. Herr otto korrect made it a penny. On Tuesday 2 August 2016, Venkat Mangudi - Silk <s...@venkatmangudi.com> wrote: > Welcome to Silk. And it's quite a penny list. Beware. > > Venkat > > >>

Re: [silk] Intro

Welcome to Silk. And it's quite a penny list. Beware. Venkat On Tuesday 2 August 2016, Simmi Sareen wrote: > Hello Silklisters > I just got here, and Udhay mentioned it's good form to start with an intro > so here goes... > I grew up in small town Punjab, knocked about

Re: [silk] Danese in Bangalore...time for a Meetup?

Welcome to Bangalore... Let's catch up Venkat On Wednesday 2 March 2016, Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan < chandrachoo...@gmail.com> wrote: > Friday works better for me too. > > (Which is also to say, Hello Bangalore. I am in you. I've moved.) > > > > On Wed, Mar 2, 2016 at 9:26 AM Biju

Re: [silk] Danese in Bangalore...time for a Meetup?

I'll have to leave around that time to be able to do my 8 pm call. Can't postpone it, sadly. I'm assuming that we are talking about this Friday, right? Venkat On Wednesday 2 March 2016, Udhay Shankar N <ud...@pobox.com> wrote: > On Wed, Mar 2, 2016 at 2:05 PM, Venkat Mangudi - S

Re: [silk] Danese in Bangalore...time for a Meetup?

That works too. Earlier the better. How early can everyone get here? :) On Wednesday 2 March 2016, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > I thought the original proposal was for ABC, not Windsor. Will be easier > for many folks to get to. > > -- > > ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com))

Re: [silk] Danese in Bangalore...time for a Meetup?

Windsor Pub again? :) I'll leave at 7 though, I have an appointment at 8. Venkat... On Wednesday 2 March 2016, Danese Cooper wrote: > Needs to be evening, because I'm likely tied up all day out at PayPal. > > D > > > On Mar 2, 2016, at 12:20 PM, Rajesh Mehar

Re: [silk] Legal adulthood

I'll be there. On Dec 1, 2015 11:08 AM, "Suresh Ramasubramanian" wrote: > Date? I’ll travel over. > > > On 01-Dec-2015, at 8:29 AM, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > > > > Somebody was commenting the other day about silk being really quiet these > > days. And we

[silk] Anybody in Munich?

I'm in Munich today and tomorrow. Anybody here? Want to catch up for beer/dinner/drinks? Cheers Venkat

[silk] Real steel in real life?

I, for one, am very excited about this. No carnage, no death... Just technology beating up each other. US startup builds 15-foot gladiator for the first-ever giant robot battle

[silk] What's your take on this? 1984 happening soon?

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/11/beware-of-ads-that-use-inaudible-sound-to-link-your-phone-tv-tablet-and-pc/ --Venkat

[silk] Bay area meet-up?

Anyone interested in one? Say 29th Oct? Venkat

Re: [silk] Puns in other languages

Opposite of area? Eranguya Old Tamil PJ. On Sep 24, 2015 8:37 AM, "Udhay Shankar N" wrote: > On Thu, Sep 17, 2015 at 5:05 AM, Thaths wrote: > > What are your favorite puns in languages that are not English? > > > ​"Hold my bike" = "encyclopedia".​ > > > >

Re: [silk] On the Road

Fantastic short story. Liked the bits about Bison, blood and Bears. We get them everywhere. Super smart people with zero cq (common sense quotient) not to be confused with IQ. P.S: I really hate typing on iPads. Oh, don't get me started about selecting and deleting, this email took 8 minutes 34

Re: [silk] Renaming Aurangzeb Road

gt; <javascript:;>> wrote: > > > Yup. Me too. Remedies anyone? > > On 12 Sep 2015 10:41, "Venkat Mangudi - Silk" <s...@venkatmangudi.com > <javascript:;>> > > wrote: > > > > > BTW, James Bond has been writing to me directly. Did anyon

Re: [silk] Renaming Aurangzeb Road

Of course, I meant Chopra. On Saturday, September 12, 2015, Venkat Mangudi - Silk < s...@venkatmangudi.com> wrote: > I love the wisdom of copra. Sample deep thought The physical world is > the foundation of the mechanics of timelessness. > > > I am now hooked! > >

Re: [silk] Renaming Aurangzeb Road

Tsk , tsk... This kind of language is going to get you *blocked*. Ignoring his emails have been working for me so far. And if it persists, I'll "report spam". Deal with metta, y'all. On Sep 12, 2015 7:19 PM, "Biju Chacko" wrote: > On Sat, Sep 12, 2015 at 7:02 PM, Mohit

Re: [silk] Renaming Aurangzeb Road

But, OTOH, I like... no, love... Bruce's writing. I don't mind reading more of it. Keep at it, Bruce. :) On Sep 11, 2015 10:48 PM, "Aditya Kapil" wrote: > Bruce, > Don't waste your energies man. > Strip away the words 'mexican', 'buddhist' and 'metta' and there'll be >

Re: [silk] [ADMIN] noise reduction

What's the metta with you? One does not go around punning about such a serious metta? On Saturday, September 12, 2015, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: > > > On 12-Sep-2015, at 10:04 AM, gabin kattukaran > wrote: > > > > On 11 September

Re: [silk] Renaming Aurangzeb Road

BTW, James Bond has been writing to me directly. Did anyone else get emails from 007? On Saturday, September 12, 2015, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: > Ah, I am so glad silk list metta up with “Bonilla”, if it made Salil come > out of lurk mode here :) > > As someone else

Re: [silk] Renaming Aurangzeb Road

> On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 2:27 AM, Venkat Mangudi - Silk < > s...@venkatmangudi.com> wrote: > > > We, as in Indians, love renaming stuff. Roads, cities, states, and > just > > above everything else that may or may not belong to anyone in particular. > > Cologne i

Re: [silk] James Bonilla - Introduction

Welcome to Silk, James. P.S: I hate top posting. P.P.S: I hate responding to a long email thread with one sentence and top posting. :) On Sep 10, 2015 9:33 AM, "Lahar Appaiah" wrote: > Dear James, > > What about the non-Buddhist groups, what do you think is an optimum number

Re: [silk] James Bonilla - Introduction

Almost forgot, P. P. S: I think Eugen Leitl is a great guy and seriously jealous of him for a bunch of reasons. On Sep 10, 2015 11:51 AM, "Venkat Mangudi - Silk" <s...@venkatmangudi.com> wrote: > Welcome to Silk, James. > > P.S: I hate top posting. > P.P.S: I hat

Re: [silk] List etiquette

Only one rule here... Assume good will. On Sep 10, 2015 7:41 AM, "James Bonilla" wrote: > Dear List, > > Can someone fill me on the finer points of etiquette on this List? I see a > bunch of people talking about not "top posting". Suresh just did that. > > Also, I am being

Re: [silk] Bangalore meet in September

I can, depending on the venue. Have to leave early though. On Sep 6, 2015 12:33 PM, "Naresh" wrote: > Yes I can > > Naresh Narasimhan > Sent from my Phone > > > On 06-Sep-2015, at 8:39 am, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > > > >> On 9/4/2015 3:42 PM, gabin kattukaran

Re: [silk] Bangalore meet in September

CBD might be a little more preferred, speaking selfishly. ☺ On Sep 6, 2015 6:23 PM, "Udhay Shankar N" <ud...@pobox.com> wrote: > On 9/6/2015 2:43 PM, Venkat Mangudi - Silk wrote: > > I can, depending on the venue. Have to leave early though. >> On Sep 6, 2015 12:33

Re: [silk] Functional telepathy

Wow! What a piece. My thoughts below. On Wednesday, July 22, 2015, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote: Charlie Stross is reliably thought-provoking, in his books, and on his blog. This piece is no exception. For me, the most thought-provoking bit is the almost throwaway reference to the

Re: [silk] It's not cool, but...

Good show? Interesting. Meanwhile, congratulations UL. -Venkat On Jul 13, 2015 10:54 AM, Aditya Kapil blue...@gmail.com wrote: Congratulations man! Good show. Please convey my best wishes to L. Adit. On Mon, Jul 13, 2015 at 7:38 PM, Jessie Prabhakar jessyl...@yahoo.com wrote: Congrats

Re: [silk] Camera gurus - need advice

and forget that I had this dilemma. Cheers... On Jun 6, 2015 10:26 PM, Venkat Mangudi - Silk s...@venkatmangudi.com wrote: Olympus OMD EM5 it is. On May 9, 2015 12:46 PM, gabin kattukaran gkattuka...@gmail.com wrote: On 8 May 2015 at 19:08, Venkat Mangudi - Silk s...@venkatmangudi.com wrote

Re: [silk] Camera gurus - need advice

Correction, it is the mark 2. On Jul 2, 2015 10:09 AM, Venkat Mangudi - Silk s...@venkatmangudi.com wrote: The Olympus OMD EM5 mark I is a great camera. I doubt that I will be able to get birds in flight pictures, but that is not the intended purpose anyways. I love the in body 5 way stability

[silk] Miami meet?

So I am in Miami right now for at least another week. Any silk lister here? Cheers Venkat

Re: [silk] Camera gurus - need advice

Olympus OMD EM5 it is. On May 9, 2015 12:46 PM, gabin kattukaran gkattuka...@gmail.com wrote: On 8 May 2015 at 19:08, Venkat Mangudi - Silk s...@venkatmangudi.com wrote: I'm debating between Olympus OM-D EM-5 which is a mirrorless that comes highly recommended and Canon EOS 7D now

Re: [silk] Interactive web art app

It didn't work for me on my phone. Venkat On May 24, 2015 9:26 AM, Deepa Mohan mohande...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, May 24, 2015 at 9:19 AM, Amit Varma amitbl...@gmail.com wrote: If bottom-posting is the right thing to do, (and I can see the logic) why does Gmail not format it so that the

Re: [silk] Food spoilage question

Maybe Konkani is not derived from Sanskrit. Maybe it is derived from Tamil. On May 20, 2015 5:52 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian sur...@hserus.net wrote: Thoya is water in sanskrit. Purely human error in etymology if it has a different derivation. On 20-May-2015, at 5:44 pm, Thejaswi Udupa

Re: [silk] Interactive web art app

Agreed. But no way of setting that as default, though. On May 24, 2015 9:41 AM, Amit Varma amitbl...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, May 24, 2015 at 9:40 AM, Venkat Mangudi - Silk s...@venkatmangudi.com wrote: It didn't work for me on my phone. Yeah, doesn't on phone, but that has a reply

Re: [silk] Camera gurus - need advice

So I did more research and reading. I agree that mirrorless is the future. But for wildlife photography, the recommendation is still to go with a DSLR. I'm debating between Olympus OM-D EM-5 which is a mirrorless that comes highly recommended and Canon EOS 7D now. No more full frame thoughts

Re: [silk] Camera gurus - need advice

On May 1, 2015 7:36 PM, Tim Bray tb...@textuality.com wrote: Why would you want a larger, heavier camera that won't actually take better pictures? Actually I found that the mirrorless was quite slow. During my recent trip, the camera and the rented lens (prime lens at that) was too slow.

Re: [silk] SF Silk Meetup?

On May 1, 2015 2:34 AM, Ashwin Kumar ashw...@live.in wrote: Hi folks I will be in the SF area from May 26th to June 10th. Meetup anyone? ~ashwin Hijacking the thread . :-) Anyone in Miami? I'm likely to be there for a couple of weeks in June. -V

[silk] Camera gurus - need advice

Looking to upgrade from my mirrorless camera. Considering a full frame. Canon 5D or nikon D810? Thoughts? -V

[silk] Anyone in Hyderabad?

I'm here for a meeting. Leaving tomorrow. Want to catch up if anyone is interested. Cheers Venkat

Re: [silk] Anyone in Hyderabad?

Today? On 24 Feb 2015 19:23, Ekta Bahl ektab...@gmail.com wrote: Silk meet in Hyderabad in March? Regards Ekta

Re: [silk] Bangalore Silkmeet?

Oh, well. Something has come up and I'm going to have to take a rain check. I'm going to regret not being able to attend. :-( -V On 16 Feb 2015 09:43, Venkat Mangudi - Silk s...@venkatmangudi.com wrote: Where is the hockey club? If it allows for better chatting, wouldn't that be better

Re: [silk] Bangalore Silkmeet?

Where is the hockey club? If it allows for better chatting, wouldn't that be better? Rather than trying to speak over the music. I don't mind the location. But that's just me. YMMV. On 16 Feb 2015 07:57, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote: On Sun, Feb 15, 2015 at 10:00 PM, Vinayak Hegde

Re: [silk] Bangalore Silkmeet?

In for the 16th. 5ish? I'm ok with any place around MG Road. On 11 Feb 2015 07:02, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote: On Sun, Feb 8, 2015 at 9:31 AM, Danese Cooper dan...@gmail.com wrote: On the 16th I get back to MG Road 4:30pm-ish...if that helps any with scheduling. ​I prefer 15th

Re: [silk] Bangalore Silkmeet?

+1 On 5 Feb 2015 12:18, Shoba Narayan sh...@shobanarayan.com wrote: 16th and 17th work for me. Midtown meet up please?

Re: [silk] Bangalore Silkmeet?

I prefer 16th... Will that work for the others? Coffee? Drinks and snacks? Dinner? What's the plan? Venkat On 8 Feb 2015 09:22, Danese Cooper dan...@gmail.com wrote: Hyatt Bangalore apparently On Feb 7, 2015, at 7:10 PM, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote: On Wed, Feb 4, 2015 at 4:20

Re: [silk] So, hi! An introduction

One still waits for the inevitable thread drift... On 5 Jan 2015 09:27, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote: On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 9:24 AM, Deepa Mohan mohande...@gmail.com wrote: One notes resignedly the inevitable pun/wisecrack cascade. Udhay Why, Udhay? You know a better way

Re: [silk] Subtitles for movies in Bengaluru theatres

Shankarnag does play with subtitles. No way to turn it off. :( On Monday, November 10, 2014, Radhika, Y. radhik...@gmail.com wrote: ​hi Biju, It had been about 20 years since I read Nevil Shute and I had totally forgotten what a great story teller he is. This one struck me as his best or

Re: [silk] To retire or not - that is the Q.

On Tuesday, September 23, 2014, Suresh Ramasubramanian sur...@hserus.net wrote: On 22-Sep-2014, at 23:26, Sandhya aka Sandy sandhya.varn...@gmail.com javascript:; wrote: A few of you gave some good tips on consulting. Makes sense. During that post-Intel break, I had tied up with a firm

Re: [silk] Introduction

Also known as risk transferred On 11 Aug 2014 09:32, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote: On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 6:17 PM, Shenoy N sheno...@gmail.com wrote: His standard response was not stop fighting but go and fight THERE (pointing to a location sufficiently far away from him) which,

[silk] Is this the first message on Silk?

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Re: [silk] introductions

Welcome to silk... Not a dull moment here... :-) Cheers On 9 Jun 2014 09:22, Joy Bhattacharjya joy.bhattachar...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Since I have spent 20 odd years in Delhi, it has to be a toss up between 'myself Joy Bhattacharjya' and 'Joy Bhattacharjya this side' Delighted to join

Re: [silk] Madras 19th?

Cheeni in town? Coming? On Apr 19, 2014 10:29 AM, Suresh Ramasubramanian sur...@hserus.net wrote: 15 Nungambakkam high road, down the road from Gemini / the US consulate, just about opposite the income tax office. --srs (iPad) On 19-Apr-2014, at 10:26, Venkat Mangudi - Silk s

Re: [silk] Madras 19th?

We're in the Crystal Bar. Who else is coming? On Apr 19, 2014 9:36 AM, Suresh Ramasubramanian sur...@hserus.net wrote: So 5 pm for a meeting with that fine old partner of messers Allen and Hamilton at Ranjith?

Re: [silk] Madras 19th?

Where? When? Who else is going? On Apr 16, 2014 1:08 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian sur...@hserus.net wrote: Yes On 16 April 2014 12:16:32 pm Venkat Mangudi - Silk s...@venkatmangudi.com wrote: I'll be in Madras on the 19th. A silk meet perhaps? --Venkat

Re: [silk] Madras 19th?

Ok, Ok... Suggest a place, please. If many of you can't make it for lunch, will you be able to do dinner? Suresh, what about you? On Apr 18, 2014 6:34 PM, Sumant Srivathsan suma...@gmail.com wrote: I may not make it for lunch, but I'll try drop in for a bit of post-lunch chit chat and

Re: [silk] Madras 19th?

So what makes sense for all? Lunch, coffee or both? On Apr 18, 2014 7:01 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian sur...@hserus.net wrote: Dinner is unfortunately tough, I have other plans. I can do coffee though. On Behalf Of Venkat Mangudi - Silk Ok, Ok... Suggest a place, please. If many of you

Re: [silk] Madras 19th?

Ok, close to nungambakkam? I've to take a rick to get there. On Apr 18, 2014 7:37 PM, Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan chandrachoo...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Apr 18, 2014 at 7:26 PM, Venkat Mangudi - Silk s...@venkatmangudi.com wrote: So what makes sense for all? Lunch, coffee or both

Re: [silk] Madras 19th?

Didn't say that scotch and vodka is out. :-P On Apr 18, 2014 8:16 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian sur...@hserus.net wrote: Fresh lime soda, coke, whatever. -Original Message- From: silklist [mailto:silklist-bounces+suresh= hserus@lists.hserus.net] On Behalf Of Venkat Mangudi

[silk] Madras 19th?

I'll be in Madras on the 19th. A silk meet perhaps? --Venkat

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