December 27, 2004

eye to eye

Eyes are things of wonder. The eye is an amazingly complex and delicate organ. Beautiful, clear, sparkling eyes make anyone stand out. Any girl with said eyes (especially black eyes) immediately gets additional points in my book. Anyways .. how do you find these? -- eye, eye1, eye2, eye3, eye4. Lets see if you can identify all of them.

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December 20, 2004

WTF

Links that make you go WTF ..
WTF?, Miss Artificial Beauty and lastly, Judge for Sale.

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December 16, 2004

whoa ..

Cingular bought AT&T Wireless [$41 bil]
KMart bought Sears [$11 bil]
Oracle bought Peoplesoft [$10.3 bil]
Symantec is buying Veritas [$13.5 bil]
J&J is buying Guidant [$25.4 bil]
Sprint and Nextel are merging.
So many acquisitions, hostile takeovers and mergers. Slow it down fellows, I don't even have enough time to read the news about the earlier ones and here are companies recklessly announcing more mergers. Its in the season I think. Like critters drawn towards each other in the mating season, companies suddenly fall in love and become one .. so to speak. Of course, sometimes there are cases of hostile takeovers which if anything, make for interesting reads. Then there are the child marriages, and arranged marriages. Who says real life doesnt reflect real life?

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December 12, 2004

Job Interviews

Job Interview. Broke out in a sweat already? Some do; some turn the tables and bring out the best in them. Here are some gems - following are actual answers I have known people to give at job interviews. I know 2 of these geniuses personally.

  • Non-technical guy giving telephone interview for a position requiring cursory knowledge of java:
    Q. What is the extension of a java file?
    A. .jv
  • Again, (another) guy with statistics as major giving telephone interview for a requirement which needed cursory database knowledge -
    Q. Have you worked with SQL [pronounced 'sequel']?
    A. No, but I have worked on SQL [pronounced S.Q.L.]
  • In-person interview ..
    Q. Suppose you are driving a car, are in a hurry and you suddenly realize that all the nuts of a tyre have come off and the tyre is about to fall off. What will you do? [Now, a typical answer will be like .. I will stop, remove 1 nut from each of the other 3 tyres and put them on the 4th tyre .. so that all tyres wil have 3 nuts each]
    A. I will drive it on rim, as I have seen Ajay Devgan do it in a film.

    UPDATE: I know that the 1st guy was, and I think the 3rd one was also affered the job.

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    • December 08, 2004

    Fighting comment spam

    Bloggers everywhere are making use of various techniques to fight comment spam. I was using the old version of MTBlacklist till now. Still, time and again I continued being the brunt of spammers. There were 3 alternatives .. upgrade to the new blacklist, install a visual check which will require commenters to type the shown stuff or just close the comments for old posts. I chose the last one .. for now. So MT-Close2 is in place. Comments will be closed for entries more than 15 days old.

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    December 05, 2004

    My fav hotels

    The brain is a strange piece of fat. It can think up the most unexpected of things. My brain took me along a long ride of the past a few days back. A pleasant journey too. I recalled all the hotels that I have stayed in, all over the world, and have liked. Of course, the 'enjoyment' of a stay depends on a lot of things .. the place itself, the company you have, the weather etc. So without further digress, here they are-

  • The Fulbari, Pokhra, Nepal. Amazing resort situated bang on the edge of a cliff, nestled in the folds of the Himalayas. Excellent view, beautiful weather. I particularly remember the outdoor heated swimming pool with a breathtaking view. Do have a look at their photo gallery.
  • The Ambassador, Bangkok, Thailand: I remember this place for the food. Their thai restaurant has food to die for. We were there for 3 days and had dinner at that place twice. The morning breakfast buffet is also pretty good.
  • Taj Holiday Village, Goa, India: A lot of fun. I always started their dinner buffet with a plate-full (or two) of dessert. Good beach, good food, enjoyable stay.
  • Machan Wildlife Resort, Chitwan National Park, Nepal: I have fond memories of this place. They offer decent accomodation. good wildlife tours on elephants, excellent food. Accomodation is in huts .. with NO electricity, kerosene lanterns etc. Its fun .. the food is delicious, the safari is pretty good with guides who know their stuff. Surprisingly, also had an emrald-green swimming pool. I went during summer and it was sweltering hot.
  • Sagar-sawali / Sagar Hotel, Karde, India: Its a bunglow for rent .. bang on the beach, in the beautiful, peaceful village of Karde. Have been there a lot of times with my family .. always enjoyed the vacation. Lots of stuff to do and spots to see. They have a skilled cook .. who will make anything you want.
  • Shalini Palace, Kolhapur, India: A pretty good hotel .. in its time. I have heard its not worthwhile now. A palace that has been converted into a hotel .. had good rooms and good food. I particularly remember the kolhapuri pandhra rassa.
  • Some hotel, Murud, India: I have completely forgotten the name of this place, even though I have been there some 3-4 times. It is a very simple 'hotel' if you can call it that. Bare rooms .. right on the beach .. with coconut trees lining the shore and hammocks to relax in. Yummy fish available in the nearby Patlachi khanaval.
  • La Quinta, Miami, USA: Decent place. The reason it made this list is the fun I had lounging in their spa .. late into the night and chatting with friends.

    These were the places that I could recall off-hand. There may be some I have missed. Advancing age does take its toll you know ;-)

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