@kousik Thanks – totally Mondayed here will try to post later in the day in reply to kousik # @adityamooley True open source conferences try to shun traditional keynotes which are mostly sponsor given #gnunify in reply to adityamooley # @kapeels Yes I did manage to get a few pictures – will upload as soon [...]
Archive for February, 2010
The quest for “Dongar Dudaa”
February 22nd, 2010
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The quest had long been in the making but it was being postponed for quite some time because I knew whenever we started out we will surely complete it. Umm… will cut out the dramatics – “Dongar Duda” is the local Korkus name for the critically endangered Forest Owlet, Heteroglaux blewitti. Tweet
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-21
February 21st, 2010
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+100 RT @fahad19: If U R in high skool, dnt ignore the geek girl w/ weird hair in yr maths class. She wnt look the same after a few years. # @kapeels DONT total waste of time in reply to kapeels # @noelladsa Oh! that geek girl needs boyfriends too… and she is usually miserable [...]
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-14
February 14th, 2010
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http://twitpic.com/11vro6 – Kart being fueled for @yuhuh # @qtfan Yeah! Finally but tell you what I shifted back to wired Keyboard – the usb ports at the side and faster boot make it worthwhile in reply to qtfan # The take off! Pelicans…. http://flic.kr/p/7Bx4so # You have done well when your managers are worried more [...]
Rann of Kutch: Day 7 – Last day and the Last word!
February 12th, 2010
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All good things come to an end would be a cliché but then they do and today was the last day of this mega birding trip and it was a fitting end I would say! We had reserved the morning for the McQueen’s Bustard. The day started with a close encounter with a Steppe eagle. [...]
Rann of Kutch: Day 6 – Republic Day
February 10th, 2010
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26th Jan, 2010: Roughly 250 kilometers on bumpy terrain with temperature ranging from 7 degrees Celsius to 34 degree Celsius and lots of dust. Am dead tired, my face it all chapped but it was the best Republic day celebration for me ever Tweet
Rann of Kutch: Day 5 – Day of nothing much.
February 8th, 2010
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25th Jan, 2010: This can be termed as “The day when nothing much happened”. We left CEDO, Nakhtrana at 6:00 am and reached Rann Riders , Dasada at 12:00 a distance of 350km. Tweet
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-07
February 7th, 2010
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Settling down to watch Paa #movie # “Let him run free and he will show what he can do” RT @achitnis: More on “Two Indias” http://bit.ly/acagw5 # Hmmm…. @yuhuh got a Rubik’s 360 and solved it in 35 min. I would put it as a #fail for Rubik # Blog: Rann of Kutch: Day 1 [...]
Rann of Kutch: Day 4 – Super speciality birding!
February 6th, 2010
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24th Jan, 2010: A day of “Super specialty birding” is what I would call the day! Swati and Aasim opted to stay back due to yesterday’s tiring drive. So I went along with Mr Jugal Tiwari to a thorn forest near Banni grassland searching for the first target species of the day. “White-naped Tit” – [...]
Rann of Kutch: Day 3 – Bonanza continues…
February 4th, 2010
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23rd Jan, 2010: Started the day with an excyrsion to the Naliya Grasslands. The trip started off well with spotting of a Male Pallid Harrier soaking up the heat of the early morning sun. As soon as we had enough of the Harrier we spotted another beautiful lifer Black Francolin. Tweet
