Musings of my complex self
Spider and its Web
Once I was walking by in a passage of a building and found this spider and its intricate web. I immediately got my camera and started taking photos. You can see some of them in the gallery below. I tried to get the web too but it was very difficult, mainly because of the sky…
New Year Fog
Driving on Bannerghatta Road is difficult in best of times. In fog, however, it takes on a whole new level. Anyway, the fog was cool and even though the chill was spreading through my bones, it was still a nice experience.
The best of times is now
The best of times is now.– Oprah Winfrey … Have a great day and week. We will be in the year 2011 by the time I put my next quote here. I hope you had a fun 2010 and wishing the best for 2011. Another thing: Like the quote says, the best of your times…
The Taj Mahal Hotel Cake
The photo is of a cake of Taj Mahal Hotel of Mumbai. The cake is 14ft in height and 20ft in length. It required about 5000 tonnes of sugar to make and over two months to complete. The cake, along with some others, is on display at the 36th Annual Cake Exhibition in Bangalore. Every…
Nothing makes a person more productive than the last minute
Nothing makes a person more productive than the last minute.– Unknown … It takes a lot of effort to beat procrastination and get a complex thing done with a single deadline. Almost all of the work piles up and accumulates at the last minute when you have no choice but to do it anyway you…
Where is human nature so weak as in a bookstore?
Where is human nature so weak as in a bookstore?– Henry Ward Beecher … Where do you think your control is at its weakest? Is it an ice-cream parlor, gift shop, fast-food joint or the bookshop again?
To be content with little is hard…
To be content with little is hard; to be content with much, impossible.– Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach … Haven’t you noticed a person with a low-end or mid-end mobile phone is usually satisfied and is content for months or even years; however, someone with a high-end phone is constantly switching phones. Similarly, someone living in a…
Video Conversion for Nokia 5230 with StaxRip
I recently bought an 8GB Transcend card and started looking at playing movies and videos on my 5230. I read the supported video formats on the official specifications page and other places but nothing really helped me here. I also tried the Nokia Ovi Suite to convert the video, and it might have been successful.
The pursuit of happiness is a most ridiculous phrase…
The pursuit of happiness is a most ridiculous phrase; if you pursue happiness you’ll never find it.– C.P. Snow … It might as well be that Chris Gardner was finally happy with the job and founding of his own multi-million dollar brokerage firm; however, stories like these are a rarity. It needs a person who…
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1
The movie is a worthy successor to Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. The direction of the movie is enjoyable but nothing spectacular. This movie is a lot darker than all of the previous parts put together and given the situation a lot more action. The gloom and the dark tone of the movie do…
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