Monthly Archives April 2009

Need/Want

Lots of things. Too long a list to type here.
Just to give a taste of the list, here are a few things on the top of my head…
* comics * page views * vacation * to-do lists * python starter projects
* graphic designs * portraits photography * badminton raquet * money
* reading material * time [...]

Currently reading, Xenocide

Xenocide, by Orson Scott Card.
This is the third part in the Ender’s Series (after Enders Game and Speaker for the Dead ). Very good sci-fi/fantasy series.
The book is also currently acting as a stand for an external hard disk.

Pet Rock

Not many people know about this, but I do have a pet. It’s a rock. Pet rock.
Here is what it looks like (it likes it’s ergonomic/acupressure pedestal (also a cube puzzle) :

some upsides to having a pet rock
- does not pee/shit
- does not need to be fed
- can leave it home when you go to [...]

Why I love Google Reader

Reason # 126 : Interactions

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I wish the had a ‘blog this’, which automatically gets all the original article, comments, and notes.

Bachelor

“The unhappiness of the bachelor, whether seeming or actual, is so easily guessed at by the world around him … he walks with his coat buttoned … his hat pulled down over his eyes, a false smile that has become natural to him is supposed to shield his mouth as his glasses do his eyes”.
- [...]

It’s raining outside

is what my iGoogle theme tells me.

and the weather is beautiful.

Two Google India updates

1. Get directions in India now on maps.google.co.in
eg: Mumbai to Pune,  Hyderabad to Delhi.
2. Lok Sabha Elections 2009 tracking
Do check them out. The second one especially, has loads of features including search for your constituency, election manifestos, related news and much more.