Re: [silk] May be visiting Bangalore/Bengaluru

2017-09-20 Thread Abhineeta Raghunath 
Hi Jayadevan!

How long have you been on the silklist? I haven't seen any emails from you
earlier.

(Who I am: someone who was hoping to see you at The Goa Project on the same
day you would be at IEEE.)

Best,
Abhineeta

On Sep 21, 2017 9:22 AM, "Jayadevan P K"  wrote:

> Hello, I'm a journalist with FactorDaily . We'll
> mostly be at the event. Would love to meet.
>
> On Wed, Sep 20, 2017 at 7:13 PM,  wrote:
>
> > I like to learn and meet people  Not so much the tourist stuff though a
> > fort and the like could be interesting. I like to get a sense of the
> place.
> >
> > This is last minute so need to make sure I can make it work. (Oh, I also
> > need to put together a new talk). The conference schedule is
> > http://icce-asia2017.org/programoutline.html.
> >
> > Hmm .,.. the weather doesn't seem very different from Boston. (unlike
> > Mumbai).
> >
> > -Original Message-
> > From: silklist [mailto:silklist-bounces+silklist=bobf.frankston.com@
> > lists.hserus.net] On Behalf Of Suresh Ramasubramanian
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2017 23:40
> > To: silklist@lists.hserus.net
> > Subject: Re: [silk] May be visiting Bangalore/Bengaluru
> >
> > On 20/09/17, 8:35 AM,  silkl...@bobf.frankston.com wrote:
> >
> > >At the moment I don't have any particular plans so am pretty open to
> > suggestions.
> >
> > I’m not – but what dates, around the event, which is October 5-7?
> >
> > And what would you prefer to do?  Old forts and other such historic
> > places?  The beach (not a good idea as it is the monsoon)?
> >
> > Anywhere at all in India is an under two hour (and cheap!) flight from
> > Bangalore so you have the whole country open to you – but depends on what
> > your tastes are.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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Re: [silk] May be visiting Bangalore/Bengaluru

2017-09-20 Thread Jayadevan P K 
Hello, I'm a journalist with FactorDaily . We'll
mostly be at the event. Would love to meet.

On Wed, Sep 20, 2017 at 7:13 PM,  wrote:

> I like to learn and meet people  Not so much the tourist stuff though a
> fort and the like could be interesting. I like to get a sense of the place.
>
> This is last minute so need to make sure I can make it work. (Oh, I also
> need to put together a new talk). The conference schedule is
> http://icce-asia2017.org/programoutline.html.
>
> Hmm .,.. the weather doesn't seem very different from Boston. (unlike
> Mumbai).
>
> -Original Message-
> From: silklist [mailto:silklist-bounces+silklist=bobf.frankston.com@
> lists.hserus.net] On Behalf Of Suresh Ramasubramanian
> Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2017 23:40
> To: silklist@lists.hserus.net
> Subject: Re: [silk] May be visiting Bangalore/Bengaluru
>
> On 20/09/17, 8:35 AM,  silkl...@bobf.frankston.com wrote:
>
> >At the moment I don't have any particular plans so am pretty open to
> suggestions.
>
> I’m not – but what dates, around the event, which is October 5-7?
>
> And what would you prefer to do?  Old forts and other such historic
> places?  The beach (not a good idea as it is the monsoon)?
>
> Anywhere at all in India is an under two hour (and cheap!) flight from
> Bangalore so you have the whole country open to you – but depends on what
> your tastes are.
>
>
>
>
>
>


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

2017-09-20 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian 
A little foresight goes a very long way indeed. I’m glad you came out of this 
unscathed.

--srs

> On 21-Sep-2017, at 2:31 AM, Bruce A. Metcalf  wrote:
> 
> When I first moved to Florida, friends suggested I get a place at the beach, 
> as it's cooler (plus it would be closer to the beach). But I kept seeing 
> these signs that said "Hurricane Evacuation Route" pointing to Orlando. I 
> took the hint, and haven't been sorry.

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

2017-09-20 Thread Bruce A. Metcalf 

On 09/12/2017 07:23 PM, John Sundman wrote:


Hope thing worked out OK.  According to what I’ve read and seen, it
was a monster hurricane in the Caribbean, unimaginably ferocious, but
somewhat more merciful to Florida than it might have been. But still
a cruel storm whose effects will be felt for years.


House and cats came through the storm just fine. Orlando is 25m above 
sea level, 90km from the east coast, and 170km from the west coast of 
the peninsula, so the winds are greatly reduced by the time they get here.


When I first moved to Florida, friends suggested I get a place at the 
beach, as it's cooler (plus it would be closer to the beach). But I kept 
seeing these signs that said "Hurricane Evacuation Route" pointing to 
Orlando. I took the hint, and haven't been sorry.


Cheers,
/ Bruce /

Re: [silk] May be visiting Bangalore/Bengaluru

2017-09-20 Thread silklist 
I like to learn and meet people  Not so much the tourist stuff though a fort 
and the like could be interesting. I like to get a sense of the place.

This is last minute so need to make sure I can make it work. (Oh, I also need 
to put together a new talk). The conference schedule is 
http://icce-asia2017.org/programoutline.html.

Hmm .,.. the weather doesn't seem very different from Boston. (unlike Mumbai).

-Original Message-
From: silklist 
[mailto:silklist-bounces+silklist=bobf.frankston@lists.hserus.net] On 
Behalf Of Suresh Ramasubramanian
Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2017 23:40
To: silklist@lists.hserus.net
Subject: Re: [silk] May be visiting Bangalore/Bengaluru

On 20/09/17, 8:35 AM,  silkl...@bobf.frankston.com wrote:

>At the moment I don't have any particular plans so am pretty open to 
> suggestions.

I’m not – but what dates, around the event, which is October 5-7?  

And what would you prefer to do?  Old forts and other such historic places?  
The beach (not a good idea as it is the monsoon)?

Anywhere at all in India is an under two hour (and cheap!) flight from 
Bangalore so you have the whole country open to you – but depends on what your 
tastes are.

[silk] In the US right now.

2017-09-20 Thread Venkat 
Considering how many of us are traveling and planning on meeting up with 
the local gang, I'll throw my hat in the right too.


I'm in the US till Oct 8th. I'll be in the NYC/NJ area till 27th, and in 
the Orange County, CA area till 30th. After that, I'll be in SFO till 
Oct 6th. Although, I'm here primarily on business, I do have some free 
time especially in the NYC/NJ area.


--

Cheers,
Venkat

Re: [silk] Tokyo October

2017-09-20 Thread Thaths 
On Wed, Sep 20, 2017 at 4:18 PM Vinay Rao  wrote:

> I'm going to be in Tokyo Oct 10-14, with some time to look around and meet
> people on 13th and 14th (Friday and Saturday). I would love to catch up
> with any Silklisters in the city (Once I decode the railway + subway
> puzzle)
>

I'm going to be in Tokyo in late November in case there are Silklisters who
would like to meet up.


> I'll be staying in the old Tsukishima area. Any tips on offbeat
> experiences, or even touristy ones, are welcome. Above all, If you know a
> friend or a local who can lend or rent me a road bicycle in the area, for a
> couple of days, I'd have much to thank you for.
>

Not a direct answer to your question, but I've found japan-guide.com to be
an excellent resource for finding things to do.

One of my interests is food. I am planning on going to a couple of Michelin
starred vegetarian friendly restaurants (Daigo, Joel Robuchon, Tudor
Tranquility(this one not starred yet)) while I'm there.

Thaths

[silk] Tokyo October

2017-09-20 Thread Vinay Rao 
I'm going to be in Tokyo Oct 10-14, with some time to look around and meet
people on 13th and 14th (Friday and Saturday). I would love to catch up
with any Silklisters in the city (Once I decode the railway + subway puzzle)

I'll be staying in the old Tsukishima area. Any tips on offbeat
experiences, or even touristy ones, are welcome. Above all, If you know a
friend or a local who can lend or rent me a road bicycle in the area, for a
couple of days, I'd have much to thank you for.


:: Vinay Rao

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

2017-09-20 Thread Srini RamaKrishnan 
I found the light energy from large screen monitors left me tired and
weakened about ten years ago. I have been switching to smaller screens ever
since. These days it's more or less just my smart phone.

I perceived it was the right thing to do out of an intuitive sense.
However, a simple way to explain this is - any flickering light is
annoying, but TV screens flicker fast enough to fool the eye but not fast
enough to fool the subtler senses.

I suppose I was affected more because I'm highly sensitive to subtler
distractions.




On Sep 12, 2017 2:02 PM, "Udhay Shankar N"  wrote:

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?

For me, it is still an assembled desktop computer running Windows.
Notwithstanding the existence in the house of 3 laptops, sundry tablets,
and many, MANY phones.

Udhay

--

((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com))

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

2017-09-20 Thread Vinay Rao 
Much of work - reading online, emails, writing, making and editing
documents, image editing, CAD viewing - on a 5+yo 13.3" MacBook Pro with a
RAM upgrade. A lot of my work uses paper - doodles, sketches, notes - with
pen and markers.

I do most purchases/ transactions on the Mac too. My iPhone 6s is mostly
for phone calls, cab bookings, UPI payments to milkman/ bakery (yes!),
reading emails on the move, some music, and tracking the odd run or cycle
ride.

As for play, I have iPad(s)2,3 and Mini. Mostly use the Mini for iBooks and
Kindle, and the browser for going down a wormhole opened by something I
read. I recently watched all the series of Game of Thrones (for the first
time) one episode a day, on a new Asus Windows 10 superfast notebook.

I'd like to move to "ONE" device. Perhaps a 6.4" phone with a pressure
sensitive stylus, and enough horsepower to edit videos. And a mode to
switch from work to play :).

:: Vinay Rao

On Tue, Sep 12, 2017 at 2:02 PM, Udhay Shankar N  wrote:

> 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?
>
> For me, it is still an assembled desktop computer running Windows.
> Notwithstanding the existence in the house of 3 laptops, sundry tablets,
> and many, MANY phones.
>
> Udhay
>
> --
>
> ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com))
>