Re: [silk] Bangalore silkmeet 14 Apr

Udhay Shankar N wrote: >Like it says. Current show of hands: > >Suresh >Udhay Maybe, if I am in town. Venkat -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.

Re: [silk] Introduction

On Friday 17 February 2012 11:55 AM, Xxxrum wrote: > And pray,what is Satin? Another list. If I am not mistaken, it's run by Madman. --Venakt

Re: [silk] Introduction

On Friday 17 February 2012 08:36 AM, J. Alfred Prufrock wrote: > Greetings. > > I think I already know you from Twitter, Satin and the Quizzers page. > Hope to confirm on Monday. > Guess it's the same one... and yes, we're meeting on Monday. \--Venkat

Re: [silk] Introduction

Welcome, Deepak. It's mad here, but you'll fit right in. :) -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. Deepak Shenoy wrote: Hi Folks, A quick mail to say hello and the "Myself Deepak Shenoy" bit. I'm an ex-techie who has migrated into thinking about stocks and futur

Re: [silk] Delhi meetup?

On Thursday 16 February 2012 12:08 PM, Anil Kumar wrote: > Sounds good to me; 20th is a holiday for Mahashivaratri; likely that > the retail vends are closed that day; so if it is B[ring]YOB, stocking > early is recommended. I shall eagerly await information on time and So then someone in Delhi w

Re: [silk] Delhi meetup?

On Thursday 16 February 2012 10:33 AM, Anil Kumar wrote: > > What date is the meetup? I would like to join [work permitting]. The plan is to meet on 20th in the evening. --Venkat

Re: [silk] Delhi meetup?

"J. Alfred Prufrock" wrote: >Venkat has obviously been corrupted by the law-abiding west. Corkage?!? >Cripes!! >BYOB it is. > Guilty as charged. :) but I am confused by the term 'law abiding west'. Can't think of the place you're talking about. Or do you mean all the way west, like Singapore

Re: [silk] Delhi meetup?

On Wednesday 15 February 2012 09:44 PM, Nikhil Mehra wrote: > Boheme for a drink and then gunpowder for dinner? Both are in hauz > khas village. Alternatively, we could meet at cafe ziro for a drink. > Nice informal place run by a friend of mine where the alcohol will be > cheap and the beef (buff)

Re: [silk] Delhi meetup?

h K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. "J. Alfred Prufrock" wrote: Which leaves the issue of a venue (which should include a good menu) And a time. J.A.P. On 13 February 2012 20:59, Venkat Mangudi wrote: 21 is slightly difficult for me. Interesting people welcome, that's wh

Re: [silk] Delhi meetup?

s welcome? On Feb 11, 2012 7:40 AM, "Nikhil Mehra" wrote: I'm in. --Original Message-- From: Venkat Mangudi Sender: silklist-bounces+nikhil.mehra773=gmail@lists.hserus.net To: silklist@lists.hserus.net ReplyTo: silklist@lists.hserus.net Subject: [silk] Delhi meetup? Sent

[silk] Delhi meetup?

I will be in Delhi from 20th through 22nd. Would be good to meet a few Deihi silklisters in real life. Anybody up for coffee/beer/dinner on the 20th? Cheers, Venkat

Re: [silk] sendmail book

I'd like to pick it up pls. -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. Deepak Misra wrote: I have a very old copy of sendmail by Robbins, Arnold; Dougherty, Dale ISBN 1-56592-222-0 (2nd edition) In case any of the geeks in this list could have any use for this

Re: [silk] How To Be More Interesting

On Friday 20 January 2012 11:44 AM, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: > thew...@gmail.com [20/01/12 04:39 +]: >> Am I missing something or is there a difference between a pseud and a >> psued? After all, as JFK said, "I am a jelly doughnut". > > a psued would be a pseud educated at PSU? or maybe wo

Re: [silk] How To Be More Interesting

On Friday 20 January 2012 02:16 PM, ss wrote: > PS - I suspect I have a "Take II" about tthis topic coming.. Don't take too long, the week is kinda busy and I would like to read it. Usually busy weeks mean much of the interesting conversations get to stay in the unread state for a while before the

Re: [silk] How To Be More Interesting

On Friday 20 January 2012 07:23 PM, John R. Sundman wrote: > Eisenhower. > I am not sen, but I hover too... nice thread. --V

Re: [silk] Google's Kenyan fraud

On Saturday 14 January 2012 02:17 PM, Gautam John wrote: > And follow it up with calls asking them to sign up for Google services?! > > Highly unlikely someone organized is doing this. If that is true, someone really is out to get both Mocality and Google. In all likelihood, it's probably a rogue d

Re: [silk] Hello

On Saturday 14 January 2012 12:17 AM, John R. Sundman wrote: > We don't watch TV in our house, As Joey Tribbiani would say, "What are all the furniture in your home pointed at?". On a serious note, I guess that is eminently possible considering you have three *adult* children. Although I grew up w

Re: [silk] Hello

Interesting... Finally I can go to sleep confident that the drift will be complete by morning. :P --Venkat PS: Deliberate top post. On Friday 13 January 2012 11:07 PM, Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan wrote: > On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 10:57 PM, John R. Sundman wrote: > >> My ancestry is Finnish, Scot

Re: [silk] Hello

On Friday 13 January 2012 10:35 PM, Deepa Mohan wrote: > about facets... That's pretty much common in the US, I guess. Getting a life experience before going back to school. So John, this begs the question. In what order did you change your jobs? > I am not being facet-ious! > > And...the thread

Re: [silk] Google's Kenyan fraud

On Friday 13 January 2012 04:06 PM, Alaric Snell-Pym wrote: > http://blog.mocality.co.ke/2012/01/13/google-what-were-you-thinking/ Has been all over Twitter and FB today. As he rightly says, what the hell were they thinking? > Rather disappointing. So the "Don't be evil" is only relative, then?

Re: [silk] Hello

Welcome, John. No doubt you have read some of the archives online. The list tends to very soon. I would not be surprised if it does as a response to my email. On Friday 13 January 2012 09:42 PM, John R. Sundman wrote: > I live on Martha's Vineyard, a mostly rural island 5 miles south of > Ca

[silk] Why this Kolaveri di?[1]

For all ye silklisters in Chennai, a few questions that my kids have been asking for which I have no answer. 1. What is soup song? 2. What is bouvu? 3. Who are soup boys? I tell you, as a tamilian, I find those terms totally alien to me. Guess it must be "madras baashai"[2]. Cheers, Venkat [1]:

Re: [silk] Acts of the Apostles, etc

I can. Review a few, that is. Holidays and all witj some spare time. Links pls. -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.

[silk] Take the geek test

http://www.innergeek.us/geek.html Does not necessarily mean you have to be a geek to take it. And then read the mails here, much laughter will ensue. http://www.innergeek.us/crazy-email.html

Re: [silk] Freedom of Speech

On Sunday 11 December 2011 04:59 PM, Udhay Shankar N wrote: Any problem gets fixed only when 1) it starts affecting a large enough number of people; and 2) they start complaining loudly enough; AND 3) actually start doing something about it. All of which is orthogonal to the issue of whether th

Re: [silk] Freedom of Speech

On Sunday 11 December 2011 06:06 AM, Srini RamaKrishnan wrote: Yes, one day, eventually, there will be an uprising, there always is. This is only somewhat in context with what Srini et. al. have been saying. A few years ago, everyone was riding the economic boom and totally content with thing

Re: [silk] Why this Kolaveri di?

On Monday 28 November 2011 11:03 PM, ss wrote: Am I the only one on this list who has gradually learned to be bored to death by quizzing? I grew up when I went to the 11th grade. Stopped quizzing after. --Venkat

Re: [silk] Why this Kolaveri di?

Chew Lin Kay wrote: >On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 9:17 AM, Ashwin Kumar >wrote: > >> >> >> It's torture being subjected to this in the office cab, sung by over >> enthusiastic cab mates, and the driver joining in for chorus. *sigh* >I do >> not look forward to traveling again today. >> >> ~ashwin >

Re: [silk] Anybody coming back from stateside in the next few weeks?

Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: >er, out of print books sure, but what vitameatavegamin is it thats only >available stateside? Www.vitaminshoppe.com 90 percent of the stuff there is not available here. > >--srs (iPad) > >On 23-Nov-2011, at 21:32, Venkat Mangudi >wrot

Re: [silk] Anybody coming back from stateside in the next few weeks?

On Tuesday 22 November 2011 09:57 AM, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: There's a few paperbacks I'm ordering off amazon (not available in the kindle store, these are old / out of print 2nd hand dime westerns). I'd like to ship these to some address stateside and collect it from the person in chennai

Re: [silk] Query on wines.... and snobbery

On Monday 14 November 2011 10:14 PM, ss wrote: On Monday 14 Nov 2011 4:40:51 pm Eugen Leitl wrote: DIY meaning starting completely from scratch, with the green plant. Green plant? Why use tobacco? Reminds me of the time in college where a bunch of us purportedly studying for the exam ran out

Re: [silk] Query on Indian-made wines

ity. Charles Haynes wrote: On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 7:27 PM, Venkat Mangudi wrote: > My previous mail does not imply Charles is a wine snob. :) sorry, Charles. > Just that wines have matured in India. Charles *is* a wine snob. Which is to say that, perhaps unfortunately, I've "edu

Re: [silk] Query on wines.... and snobbery

Wine tasting is fun. But inaccurate unles ypou're spitting it out. After a flight, you can drink anything and say cool stuff like oak, plum, woody, tannins, legs etc and nobody will disagree. :) -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. Aanjhan Ranganathan wrote:

Re: [silk] Query on wines.... and snobbery

I agree that it is snobbish to say that cheap wine is bad . Case is point Sula Mosaic and Sante from Grovers. Rs 400 a bottle, eminently drinkable. There is a port from Sula called 'port 1000'. Rs 137 a bottle. Great after an hour of drinking. :) not bad relly, especially compared to one from He

Re: [silk] Query on Indian-made wines

Sule '04 Chenin Blanc? Open the bottle, leave it out. Later, after a few days, use as vinegar. :) -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. Charles Haynes wrote: A seven year old indian white wine? Drain cleaner. -- Charles On Nov 10, 2011 2:20 PM, "Chew Lin Kay"

Re: [silk] Query on Indian-made wines

My previous mail does not imply Charles is a wine snob. :) sorry, Charles. Just that wines have matured in India. -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. Charles Haynes wrote: On Nov 10, 2011 4:05 PM, "Chew Lin Kay" wrote: > > Is there anything from Indian vin

Re: [silk] Query on Indian-made wines

Charles Haynes wrote: >On Nov 10, 2011 4:05 PM, "Chew Lin Kay" wrote: >> >> Is there anything from Indian vineyards worth drinking, then? > >As of when I left a few years ago? No. Unless for some reason you >absolutely have to have wine and can't drink an import. Beg to differ. Unless you're

Re: [silk] Revealed – the capitalist network that runs the world - New Scientist - New Scientist

On Sunday 30 October 2011 02:39 AM, Srini RamaKrishnan wrote: Capitalism is a demonstrably failing or even failed system, even though any reasonably grownup adult of a country today looks to economic development and growth as barometers of success. The lack of an alternative has everyone worr

Re: [silk] My Airtel Saga

On Tuesday 25 October 2011 09:59 AM, naresh v wrote: > > > > I just bought myself a samsung 8.9 tablet,after much handwringing > over the right tablet ..I need to insert a 3G Sim card..Please > recommend the

Re: [silk] My Airtel Saga

On Monday 24 October 2011 06:32 PM, Vijay Anand wrote: > I am at my final point, before i talk to lawyers to file a case in consumer > court. Silk listers, what would you suggest? Get BSNL. > > Call me a coward, but at this point, i can empathize with the NRI who > returned back to the US. It

Re: [silk] an-NRI again

On Monday 24 October 2011 06:29 PM, Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay wrote: > > And, among other folks, Chetan Bhagat chimes in as well > Mr Nice. That article is so sickeningly sweet that I now have to eat a few Bhuts to

Re: [silk] an-NRI again

On Monday 24 October 2011 05:09 PM, Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan wrote: > > > Um, This argument doesn't quite ring true Venkat. > I landed in Bristol with no existing friends circle there. I built one > up. All of us do that: be they work friends, blog friends, silk friends, > family friends, un

Re: [silk] BLR Meetup?

Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: >Its dry. So stock up two or three days earlier and meet at someone's >apartment? +1. Yay, K-9 mail allows inline mails. Venkat -too lazy to delete the rest of the email > >-- >srs (blackberry) > >-Original Message- >From: Ashwin Kumar >Sender: silkli

Re: [silk] an-NRI again

Isn't it funny that whatever metric we choose, we put ourselves outside the bell curve? If we're measuring below average, it is everyone else. We tend to be the exception. Having said that, as a person who *chose* to return and stayed, life is certainly *not* easy here. But it is easier to be

Re: [silk] BLR Meetup?

On Sunday 23 October 2011 07:35 PM, Udhay Shankar N wrote: Venue suggestions? I wonder if Naresh's fancy office lounge is available (hint, hint) :-P +1

[silk] For the punny 1s

Please to be reading the comments... yes? http://www.lukesurl.com/archives/1534

[silk] Social Experiment with a twist

A water hackathon is being conducted this weekend globally. One of the cities that it will take place is Bangalore. Please see http://www.rhok.org/event/waterhackathon-bangalore I am joining this hackathon and as a social experiment would like to see if people outside Bangalore can join this r

Re: [silk] Video Conferencing

On Monday 17 October 2011 03:52 PM, Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan wrote: > > > On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 3:41 PM, Venkat Mangudi <mailto:s...@venkatmangudi.com>> wrote: > > On Monday 17 October 2011 02:53 PM, Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan wrote: > > Quick

Re: [silk] Video Conferencing

On Monday 17 October 2011 02:53 PM, Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan wrote: > Quick question. My boss wants to set up a video conference across 6 > cities in India and in London for an event. Anybody on this list have > experience/contacts/tips/warnings? G+ Hangout...

Re: [silk] Impromptu Silk / FoU dinner tonight?

Have to give this meet a miss. Just reached Marathahalli. -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. Mahesh Murthy wrote: I'm the tourist. Will come wherever Udhay wants me to.

Re: [silk] Impromptu Silk / FoU dinner tonight?

So when and where? This is still up in the air. -Venkat

[silk] Fwd: Re: Human Manual

Following DePonti's example. :-) Original Message Subject: Re: [silk] Human Manual Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2011 13:25:22 +0530 From: Venkat Mangudi To: Deepa Mohan On Thursday 13 October 2011 01:12 PM, Deepa Mohan wrote: > > > On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 12:41 PM,

[silk] Human Manual

I recently came across this and it has got me thinking. Work life balance, current levels of health issues in our generation, and my recent efforts to get to the roots of what gives us a better quality of life is probably the reason I got hooked. Not to mention mid life crisis and my recent 40th bi

Re: [silk] Impromptu Silk / FoU dinner tonight?

On Thursday 13 October 2011 12:05 PM, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > On 13-Oct-11 12:01 PM, Lahar Appaiah wrote: > I propose 64 in Koramangala [1] instead - likely to be less crowded and > easier to drive to. > > Shall we say 7pm? Driving to K'gala for a 7 pm meeting? I'll have to leave at 5. :P ORR, I

Re: [silk] Impromptu Silk / FoU dinner tonight?

On Thursday 13 October 2011 12:01 PM, Lahar Appaiah wrote: > B Flat and High Note in Indranagar. Indiranagar sounds good. :) > (tentative attendee) Will attend. > > > Udhay has kindly consented to pick the venue, the time and if we don't > > make too many disparaging references to Inte

Re: [silk] Introducing myself

Welcome to Silk, Adrianna. Digital games? Interesting... some game we all know about, perhaps? I used to live in S'pore a little over a decade ago. I understand it has undergone some significant changes now. Google maps tells me that the apartment bldg I used to live is now a commercial complex

Re: [silk] Impromptu silkmeet in South Bangalore this evening

Am off to Coimby this evening. Can't make it. Have fun... -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan wrote: On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 1:43 PM, Udhay Shankar N wrote: Achtung. Chandrachoodan is in Bangalore today, and lacking access to

Re: [silk] Interesting.

On Wednesday 10 August 2011 08:00 PM, Aanjhan R wrote: Setting aside people's liking for Thai massage parlors [preferences vary though ;-)], its not something new that spammers used Ayurvedic oil rubbing is what we get for cheap out here in Bangalore. I wouldn't call that massage, though the Ayu

Re: [silk] Interesting.

On Wednesday 10 August 2011 08:00 PM, Madhu Menon wrote: I get Thai spam too. Maybe my name in the archives triggered a bot off. :P What would be good to get would be some Galangal! These days, not getting any in HyperCity. --Venkat

Re: [silk] Interesting.

On Wednesday 10 August 2011 07:50 PM, Udhay Shankar N wrote: Looking at the spam sent to silklist which gets discarded on a regular basis. Lots and lots of spam in the Thai character set. Any theories? Many of us like Thai food, maybe? ;)

Re: [silk] silklist Digest, Vol 20, Issue 14

On Wednesday 13 July 2011 12:52 PM, Madhu Menon wrote: Perhaps one of us geniuses should have changed the subject line in the thread. :D Speak fer yerself. I ain't no genius. --V

Re: [silk] Mission: Bangalore silk meetup - Thu July 14

On Wednesday 13 July 2011 12:25 PM, Madhu Menon wrote: I was mortified, but surely you can understand why. Why? :-P --V

Re: [silk] Anybody receive a bizarre email from Google

On Tuesday 05 July 2011 11:14 AM, Radhika, Y. wrote: > Thought I would check with Silklisters who have gmail accounts - has > anybody received an email lately from Google suggesting that their > account would be deleted if password and userid info is not sent to > them? my immediate question was wh

Re: [silk] Plus by Google

On Monday 04 July 2011 09:53 AM, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > A round-up of invite hacks for google+, for those who haven't seen it > earlier: > > http://www.pcworld.com/article/235012/google_invite_workarounds_crop_up.html > > Udhay > >From the comments, none of them are working anymore. Google ha

Re: [silk] Plus by Google

On Thursday 30 June 2011 04:23 PM, Xxxrum wrote: > Exactly how does one become a beta Brahmin? > Send me an email with your gmail address. Will invite you. --Venkat PS; Other too...

Re: [silk] Plus by Google

On Wednesday 29 June 2011 12:41 PM, Udhay Shankar N wrote: I'm in, but I don't seem to have the ability to invite people. Tried a couple of different ways and hasn't worked yet. Apparently, you can add ppl to circles. But they don't get a notification email. :-) --V

Re: [silk] Plus by Google

On Wednesday 29 June 2011 12:02 PM, Amitha Singh wrote: I'm waiting for one, will be happy to send an invite once I get mine... :) Thank you, firstnamelastname at gmail dot com. Cheers --V

[silk] Plus by Google

Googlers on Silk, Can I get a google plus invite please? I understand that at this time it has to be an invitation from with the hallowed circle. :-) Cheers, --V

Re: [silk] How can we call him "Sach"in?

On Wednesday 29 June 2011 10:30 AM, Pranesh Prakash wrote: Since when did cricket become a light topic? I demand to know. Yes, Pranesh. You're absolutely right. Folks, they play cricket in the night too these days. Henceforth please consider cricket as a Light and Night topic. Only with age

Re: [silk] How can we call him "Sach"in?

On Tuesday 28 June 2011 09:22 AM, ss wrote: > On Tuesday 28 Jun 2011 7:04:12 am Nikhil Mehra wrote: >> Actually, I didn't respond to the Pakistan reference. I responded to >> Mauritius reference. >> > I realize that. But the Mauritius reference came up because the Pakistani > Rupee comment was tak

Re: [silk] (no subject)

-- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. ss wrote: On Monday 20 Jun 2011 11:26:07 am Anand Manikutty wrote: > I have a request I seem to have deleted this entire thread in error, Could I ask everyone to re-send all their replies? shiv

Re: [silk] (no subject)

On Tuesday 21 June 2011 11:24 AM, Biju Chacko wrote: > Sorry to go off on a tangent, but: So not agreeing with you. Incidentally, what do you think of this:

Re: [silk] (no subject)

On Monday 20 June 2011 12:40 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: > Is john cage on silk? Was. Now collecting mushrooms.

Re: [silk] (no subject)

On Monday 20 June 2011 01:37 PM, Biju Chacko wrote: > > > LOS !

Re: [silk] (no subject)

On Monday 20 June 2011 12:20 PM, Bharath Chari wrote: > On 06/20/2011 11:26 AM, Anand Manikutty wrote: >> > I completely agree. If anyone has something to say on this subject, now > would be a good time.

Re: [silk] Influence of silklisters in India

On Sunday 12 June 2011 02:18 AM, Anish Mohammed wrote: > >>> You don't know this yet. But I'm totally influencing this conversation. > yes u are, btw congrats on getting on that list ;) You mean, *this* list, don't you? ;) --V

Re: [silk] Influence of silklisters in India

On Saturday 11 June 2011 08:46 PM, Thaths wrote: > On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 8:08 AM, Suresh Ramasubramanian > wrote: >> mahesh murthy is a silklister .. > > As is Jace. As are Sidin, Gautam (gkjohn) & Deepak Shenoy. --Venkat

Re: [silk] The future of learning?

On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 3:43 AM, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > >> This list contains a large number of self-taught programmers. How did >> you get started, and how did you get to a moderate level of skill? (If >> you want to talk about what happened after that, great, but I am more >> interested in th

[silk] The future of learning?

Very nice article. Reminds me of how they learn stuff in The Matrix. --Venkat http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/print/2011/06/how-i-failed-failed-and-finally-succeeded-at-learning-how-to-code/239855/ By James Somers The programming website Project Euler provides a plan for how to learn anyt

Re: [silk] fish^N

On Friday 03 June 2011 09:30 PM, Anand Manikutty wrote: Oh, fish! You mean, Go fish!? right? --Venkat

Re: [silk] fish^N

On Friday 03 June 2011 06:24 AM, Heather Madrone wrote: > This whole thread seems a little fishy to me. Talking about so many fish, isn't it unhygenix? --Venkat

Re: [silk] fish^N

On Friday 03 June 2011 01:17 PM, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > Udhay (this thread's about to get scrod now) About to? Now? "Ayu""! This was a "driftfish" all along. We are all happy as guppy now. :P On a related note, this year the "Alfonsino" - errr-- alfonsos are not so tasty. Something to do with

Re: [silk] fish^N

On Friday 03 June 2011 07:21 AM, Anand Manikutty wrote: > Hi Heather: > > I am extremely busy right now and am unable to reply to your e-mail message, > and address the concerns you may have about the validity of "Fish fish ..." If this is your "extremely busy to reply" reply, I wonder what you

Re: [silk] Why do we hate our girls?

On Thursday 14 April 2011 08:21 PM, underscore wrote: How about abolishing arranged marriages ? Isnt that the problem ... parents getting involved in a marriage contract involving 2 other adults and subsequent chain of cultural imposition. Arranged marriages or not, the wife goes to her par

Re: [silk] Why do we hate our girls?

On Monday 11 April 2011 09:18 AM, ss wrote: compunction about sending the girl right back to her parents' house for childbirth and the first three months - absolving the husband and his momma and poppa of all responsibility. The girl is thrown about like a hot potato. I think the situation is

Re: [silk] Norwegian/Swedish

On Friday 20 May 2011 10:16 PM, Sidin Sunny wrote: > I am afraid of saying anything now for fear of not top-posting or > leading to another discussion of my name. Still think we're an august gathering? :) --V

Re: [silk] Sidin Vadukut - Introduction

Writing back, Thunderbird suggest I replace Indrajit with indrawn. Considering the atrocious words that it might be suggesting for Indian names, did a quick look for a dictionary that contains Indian names. Couldn't find any. Anybody know of a solution to stop the dithering spell check to recognize

Re: [silk] Sidin Vadukut - Introduction

On Thursday 19 May 2011 02:22 AM, Indrajit Gupta wrote: > > How about Sivakumar and Dinah? > Bit late to the party, are we? :-P --V

Re: [silk] Norwegian/Swedish

On Friday 20 May 2011 12:55 PM, Abhijit Menon-Sen wrote: > I wonder if there's a Mallu couple somewhere named Digital and Analog. The parents of Diana? ;)

Re: [silk] Norwegian/Swedish

On Friday 20 May 2011 05:50 AM, Sidin Sunny Vadukut wrote: ^^^ > Sidin/Amit/Rahul So you're Sidin/Sunny/Amit/Rahul, right? Cheerio...

Re: [silk] ADMIN: What is top posting, and why should you avoid it?

Okey doke. :P On Wednesday 18 May 2011 06:04 PM, Madhu Menon wrote: > On 18-05-2011 14:52, Priyanka Sachar wrote: >> hahahaha .. pwned :p > > OK, NOW can we stop top-posting please? > > PS: I don't normally do that, but couldn't resist it.

Re: [silk] Yesterday's silk meet B'lore

On Wednesday 18 May 2011 05:58 PM, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > handwritten notes - that's quite hard actually, to get the tactile feel > of paper and pen. Yeah, this would be something I will buy if someone makes them. Logitech and the likes had something that would attach to a clipboard an deduce wh

Re: [silk] Sidin Vadukut - Introduction

On Wednesday 18 May 2011 12:41 PM, Sidin Vadukut wrote: >> May I venture a guess, Siddharth - Indira? :-) >> --Venkat > *goddammit! Must it come to this always??!!* Now, now, didn't that feel better? To be welcomed in a nice bonhomie sort of way? --Venkat PS: I will not extend the torture and as

Re: [silk] Sidin Vadukut - Introduction

On Wednesday 18 May 2011 12:10 PM, Madhu Menon wrote: > Holy crap, a thread about Sidin has morphed into one about my knives, > and we have Deepa's jokes to blame for this? This is true Mallu-Mallu > bonding. Sidin, welcome. I forgot to welcome you in the "heat" of the moment. May I venture a gue

Re: [silk] Sidin Vadukut - Introduction

On Wednesday 18 May 2011 09:27 AM, Balaji Dutt wrote: > On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 10:59 AM, Madhu Menon > wrote: > > > Kill me now. > > > I understand that an early-morning SMS could make you cranky, but don't > you think this is a bit drastic? :) > > -- > Balaji

Re: [silk] Sidin Vadukut - Introduction

On Wednesday 18 May 2011 08:29 AM, Madhu Menon wrote: > On 18-05-2011 07:18, Deepa Mohan wrote: >> >> Welcome Sidin! >> >> We may be august...but many of us have yet to cross june and july! > > Kill me now. > Hey, you're the one with those mean looking knives, not us. --Venkat

Re: [silk] Energy exchange

On Monday 16 May 2011 10:08 AM, Deepa Mohan wrote: > People *apologize* for thread drift? That's the first time. Another first for silk. :-) I am surprised we are still going on about energy after 6 mails. We're still talking about electrical power/energy and not the power that recently change

Re: [silk] anyone near Coimbatore?

On Monday 16 May 2011 06:46 AM, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > On 16-May-11 12:53 AM, Jeremy Bornstein wrote: > More details on dates please? I could probably recommend people both > work-related and non-. So could Venkat Mangudi. > > Udhay, who just arrived in Bangalore from a weeken

Re: [silk] Guilty as charged

On Tuesday 10 May 2011 06:16 PM, underscore wrote: > Why throw around the "miracle" word .. thank the pilot or the > sturdiness of the plane ... Well, all planes are reasonably sturdy, and most pilots are capable..

[silk] Guilty as charged

Amazing story. We've all heard this many times, but have we made a change? Does it happen only after a life altering experience? What do you think? http://edition.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/05/08/elias.plane.crash/index.html?hpt=Sbin -V

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