Re: [silk] Kochi or Kabini

2007-12-17 Thread Madhu Menon
Biju Chacko wrote: On Dec 16, 2007 8:33 PM, Charles Haynes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If Kerala had this kind of temperatures all year round I'd consider moving there. We loved the backwaters. Kerala is a nice place to visit but I'd hate to actually live there. I'm probably biased though. ;-)

Re: [silk] Kochi or Kabini

2007-12-17 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
On Dec 17, 2007 2:13 PM, Madhu Menon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Biju Chacko wrote: [...] Kerala is a nice place to visit but I'd hate to actually live there. I'm probably biased though. ;-) I concur. :) Reasons?

Re: [silk] Kochi or Kabini

2007-12-17 Thread Charles Haynes
On Dec 17, 2007 3:21 PM, Srini Ramakrishnan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Dec 17, 2007 2:13 PM, Madhu Menon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Biju Chacko wrote: [...] Kerala is a nice place to visit but I'd hate to actually live there. I'm probably biased though. ;-) I concur. :) Reasons?

Re: [silk] Kochi or Kabini

2007-12-17 Thread Biju Chacko
On Dec 17, 2007 3:27 PM, Charles Haynes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Dec 17, 2007 3:21 PM, Srini Ramakrishnan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Dec 17, 2007 2:13 PM, Madhu Menon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Biju Chacko wrote: [...] Kerala is a nice place to visit but I'd hate to actually

Re: [silk] Kochi or Kabini

2007-12-17 Thread Deepa Mohan
On 12/17/07, Biju Chacko [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Dec 17, 2007 3:27 PM, Charles Haynes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Dec 17, 2007 3:21 PM, Srini Ramakrishnan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Dec 17, 2007 2:13 PM, Madhu Menon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Biju Chacko wrote: [...]

Re: [silk] POLL: Vampire Energy

2007-12-17 Thread Eugen Leitl
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Re: [silk] silklist Digest, Vol 41, Issue 34

2007-12-17 Thread Shoba Narayan
Kerala is a nice place to visit but I'd hate to actually live there. I'm probably biased though. ;-) I concur. :) Reasons? I'd like to know too! I only spent a week there, during a salubrious time of year - what are the downsides that I'm missing? In my case (and I suspect the same

Re: [silk] silklist Digest, Vol 41, Issue 34

2007-12-17 Thread Deepa Mohan
On Dec 18, 2007 7:56 AM, Shoba Narayan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Kerala is a nice place to visit but I'd hate to actually live there. I'm probably biased though. ;-) I concur. :) Reasons? I'd like to know too! I only spent a week there, during a salubrious time of year - what

Re: [silk] pic of the year

2007-12-17 Thread Abhijit Menon-Sen
At 2007-12-18 09:47:04 +0530, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Wasn't able to get anything but a thin sliver of photograph! Click on the VIEW IN LARGEST SIZE thing. -- ams

Re: [silk] pic of the year

2007-12-17 Thread Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan
Personally, I think going this far wide doesn't help in this case. The whole pink against grey/dirt thing is lost. If he'd gotten a little closer and had only a 180 deg pan (3-4 images at most), this photo would have been much better. But then, that's my opinion. And photography is pretty

Re: [silk] pic of the year

2007-12-17 Thread Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan
Having said that, I do know it is difficult getting a decent panorama. I've tried a hundred times, and only managed to get 1 or 2 which I liked. C -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ravages http://www.linkedin.com/in/ravages http://www.selectiveamnesia.org/ +91-9884467463

Re: [silk] pic of the year

2007-12-17 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
On Dec 18, 2007 10:54 AM, Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Having said that, I do know it is difficult getting a decent panorama. I've tried a hundred times, and only managed to get 1 or 2 which I liked. Really? I can't imagine it being so with the new generation of

Re: [silk] pic of the year

2007-12-17 Thread Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan
On 18/12/2007, Srini Ramakrishnan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Really? I can't imagine it being so with the new generation of digital cameras some of which even come with a pano mode. I've had pretty decent success with these cameras even when shooting without a tripod. Perhaps you refer to the

[silk] Comment it! ***WARNING*** contains explicit language

2007-12-17 Thread Venkat Mangudi
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[silk] Mind Your Language

2007-12-17 Thread Venky TV
http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=029e27cc-99df-4664-8aba-ab8a6b43b2eeHeadline=Counterpoint%3a+Mind+Your+Language Vir Sanghvi, Hindustan Times December 15, 2007 Mind Your Language Am I glad that I no longer edit a magazine or a newspaper? You bet! It isn't that I mind