Re: [silk] Recommended Reading for 2020

My reading was severely hampered this year due to our son being at home all day. With helping him all day at home we ended up having much less energy at the end of the day for reading or watching something. But I was part of a bookclub at work and through that I got to read stuff from outside my

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

I am really enjoying the men's perfumes you folks are sharing and looking them up on BaseNotes. Taking notes for trying them out.  On Fri, Dec 11, 2020 at 9:17 PM Danese Cooper wrote: > -Computers > -Musical Instruments > -Matcha tea > > On Mon, Dec 7, 2020 at 4:44 AM Udhay Shankar N wrote: >

Re: [silk] Weekly or monthly recommendations

enny. Also they > > don’t obsess over ‘good writing’ as much as ‘things that are good for > > reading’. > > > > TheBrowser.com > > On 29 Feb 2020, 18:15 +, Ashwin Nanjappa , > wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I have been thinking of switching

[silk] Weekly or monthly recommendations

Hi, I have been thinking of switching to reading magazines with a weekly or monthly cadence for news, analysis, opinions, books, movies, travel, tech etc. Not only is following the "breaking news" mentally tiring, I have realized they don't matter in the long term. Right now I am reading The

Re: [silk] How do you collect and retrieve information from what you read?

You are right that PDF helps me to use a single format/tool for both books and academic articles/theses/etc. For academic papers, I highlight/annotate in the PDF. We did not get into other forms of "notes" that are useful to me: programming/technical notes, those are captured in my blog. So, my

Re: [silk] How do you collect and retrieve information from what you read?

I have terrible memory, so how best to take notes and be able to search and find them later is probably something I worry about every single day. Your current query is about: books and long-form online articles. I am guessing you mean non-fiction works. - *Non-fiction books* -

Re: [silk] New member intro - Krishna Udayasankar

Welcome Krishna. I'm an ex-resident of Singapore too (11 years) and got a PhD there too (let's not talk about it). LOL On Sun, Dec 15, 2019 at 6:39 AM Krishna Udayasankar < kris.udayasan...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello all, > > Thanks for welcoming into this wonderful space. My name is Krishna, I >

Re: [silk] Recommended Reading from 2015

This year I discovered Keigo Higashino, a Japanese mystery author. Devoured 2 of his books: The Devotion of Suspect X and The Name of the Game is a Kidnapping

Re: [silk] Organizing files/ folders on one's laptop

I always wished to keep my files well organized, but ended up never managing that. Most of my old files got lost when I moved between computers. These days it's all Google Drive. I upload everything with descriptive filenames. I have a basic set of directories but again most of the time I don't

Re: [silk] Reintroducing myself

De-lurking a bit ... We met in Singapore a long time ago at a dinner Meetup. Welcome back Nadika ☺ On Nov 16, 2017 19:34, "Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan" < chandrachoo...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello. > > Let me see, it's been 10 years on the list. After initial enthusiasm in > responding to all

Re: [silk] Recommended Reading from 2015

On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 2:01 PM, Aadisht Khanna wrote: > Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy - I took two years to finish this, but enjoyed > it far more in 2015 than 2014. Tolstoy has this under-the-surface mild > sarcasm that suddenly leaps out, bites, and then goes back to rest.

Re: [silk] Recommended Reading from 2015

On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 2:49 PM, Supriya Nair wrote: > Anonymity for the > 1000-page edition seems puzzling -- if it was the > Penguin black classics edition, it's by Robin Buss. Well worth reading. The > novel form was invented for Dumas to have fun with. There are 2

Re: [silk] Recommended Reading from 2015

On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 2:54 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: > Buss is canonical - and a lot of the other translations redact large parts of > the novel, either for convenience to chop out side stories, or due to > victorian prudery I find such "snipping" of content from

Re: [silk] Recommended Reading from 2015

On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 3:15 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: > > Copyright, 1887. > By JOSEPH L. BLAMIRB. > > There’s a Joseph L Blamire who is credited with some other works from the > 1860s onwards. He may not be the translator. Googling with his name does not throw up

Re: [silk] Recommended Reading from 2015

Books I loved this year ... Fiction: The Narrow Road to the Deep North (Richard Flanagan) https://daariga.wordpress.com/2015/11/15/the-narrow-road-to-the-deep-north/ The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (Haruki Murakami) https://daariga.wordpress.com/2015/04/12/the-wind-up-bird-chronicle/ On The Beach

Re: [silk] Recommended Reading from 2015

On Fri, Dec 11, 2015 at 11:05 AM, Thaths wrote: [...] > * Alice Albina's Empires of the Indus I've just started on this one, it is just amazing! > * The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer > by Siddhartha Mukherjee. An >

Re: [silk] Subtitles for movies in Bengaluru theatres

With regards to Interstellar, according to Raja Sen's review it seems to be playing in Indian theatres with subtitles: http://rajasen.com/2014/11/07/interstellar/ ~ash On Sat, Nov 8, 2014 at 1:37 PM, Bharat Shetty bharat.she...@gmail.com wrote: I'm wondering if anyone come across any movie

Re: [silk] yelp!! USB drive advice

From: xxx...@yahoo.com Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2013 11:33:42 +0530 To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Subject: [silk] yelp!! USB drive advice I need some advice on which USB flash drive to buy..the parameters are 1.No separate cap but the retracting mechanism must be solidly built 2.am unclear as

Re: [silk] Two history podcasts to top them all

At today's Chennai silk list meetup the topic of history podcasts came up. I offered to post to silk list asking everyone for recommendations. 1. What are two (history or other) podcasts that are the best in your opinion? My vote is for In Our

Re: [silk] Chinese martial arts movies

[Related] Is there a good reviewer/blog/website you folks use to follow releases of Chinese, Korean and Japanese movies in one place? Thanks,~ash Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2012 19:23:18 -0800 From: divyasamp...@yahoo.com To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Subject: Re: [silk] Chinese martial arts movies

Re: [silk] RIP - Sriram Bala

On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 9:24 PM, Thaths tha...@gmail.com wrote: I talked to him a couple of times after we both came back to the US. But we drifted apart. When Livejournal started rotting on the vine, the updates I used to get about what he was up to ceased. I remember a few interactions with

[silk] The Flight From Conversation

From: https://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/22/opinion/sunday/the-flight-from-conversation.html The short: WE live in a technological universe in which we are always communicating. And yet we have sacrificed conversation for mere connection. [...] In the silence of connection, people are comforted by

Re: [silk] Anyone who works 40-hour weeks?

Related: http://www.city-journal.org/html/11_1_ecstatic_capitalisms.html/ A 2001 long-form piece that examines the work culture of the dot-com community and gathers together many more related strands of how this is changing how we live. Allison Behr, the 29-year-old public-relations director

Re: [silk] JT Edsons

On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 13:38, Biju Chacko biju.cha...@gmail.com wrote: My list would include Clive Cussler, David Eddings and Edgar Rice Burroughs. +1 for Clive Cussler :-) ~ash

Re: [silk] Recommended Reading from 2011

I have not read the randomness book. A book that seems to be in the same vein as that one is Group Theory in the Bedroom by Brian Hayes http://daariga.wordpress.com/2008/05/22/group-theory-in-the-bedroom/ I read it a few years ago and enjoyed the analogies and historical backgrounds the author

Re: [silk] Recommended Reading from 2011

2 books that I particularly enjoyed in the last year ... * Peking Diary: (1948 – 1949) A Year of Revolution by Derk Bodde Diary of a US sinology professor in Beijing when the Communists routed the Nationalists and the PRC was formed. More:

Re: [silk] Indian Men Living in U.S. Strike Out

On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 17:38, Srini RamaKrishnan che...@gmail.com wrote: If you find this unbelievable check out how the Chinese get married. With a male:female ratio that's even more skewed than in India, and with no social stigma against marrying non-Chinese, the Chinese men have it much

Re: [silk] Indian Men Living in U.S. Strike Out

On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 18:11, Ashwin Nanjappa ashwi...@gmail.com wrote: Matrimonials – Chinese style by Pallavi Aiyar Sorry, forgot the link: http://www.hindu.com/mag/2008/05/18/stories/2008051850020200.htm ~ash

Re: [silk] Is there something I should know?

On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 00:23, Deepa Mohan mohande...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks Ash...I did that, and I got 18 events imorted, after which the daily quota was exceeded. Do you mean to say I have to import the events 18 at a time? That might be almost as painful as doing it individuallyany

[silk] Postal voting in India

Hi, A friend who has relocated from Bengaluru to Mumbai for a few years asked about this. He had his name on the voter list in Bengaluru, but won't be in that place on this election day. What's the best option for him? Register again at Mumbai or vote through post? Is the latter option even

Re: [silk] Postal voting in India

On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 15:38, Amitha Singh amithasi...@gmail.com wrote: jaagore.com is the best resource available online as on date.  afaik, postal voting is not available in india. he has one of 2 options, come in to blr to vote for that one day or register again in mumbai.  if he is sure

Re: [silk] Postal voting in India

On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 16:57, Deepa Mohan mohande...@gmail.com wrote: this is NOT as simple as it sounds. His voter id will be deleted in Bangalore, and then he will have to delete his id in Mumbai again next time and re-register in Bangalore so let him decide if he wants to do this!

Re: [silk] Is there something I should know?

On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 12:33, Deepa Mohan mohande...@gmail.com wrote: For more than a week now, Yahoo has stopped sending me reminders from my calendar; I have sent three emails to the helpdesk, and for one I got their standard automated response...but nothing has happened... [...] Is there

Re: [silk] Postal voting in India

On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 17:28, Venkat Mangudi s...@venkatmangudi.com wrote: This gives an opportunity for him to vote in Bangalore and Mumbai everytime. :-) IOW, someone will vote for him if he is not around. Does he want this to happen? Not if he can prevent it. But, if the erase-and-create

Re: [silk] Postal voting in India

On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 18:55, Srini RamaKrishnan che...@gmail.com wrote: Heh, this sounds so simple. It took me 12 years to get my voter ID card. Finally arrived this year with a photo from the early 90s. I got my Voter ID card around 2004 when they were issuing it areawise in Bengaluru. I

Re: [silk] Postal voting in India

On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 23:40, Deepa Mohan mohande...@gmail.com wrote: Ah. I got this kind of card in 1992. NOW...that card no. is not listed anywhere, so I could not get it deleted; and I was told that unless I had that deleted, I could not register in my new constituency. After several

Re: [silk] Psychoceramic of the week

On Sun, Sep 21, 2008 at 20:09, Udhay Shankar N [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.timecube.com/ (do not visit this site if you don't have a few hours free to waste, or even if you like coherent web design, or indeed, thought) My brain went to mush trying to even barely comprehend his pages!