A return bolt of lightening is 400,000 times faster than a space shuttle

We had another thunderstorm yesterday – thankfully being wise to it, we disconnected everything, Swati even advised the Cablewala to do it, he did it as well! So far so good, the problem arose when he no longer could put the things back – we got connected only after 8 hours of blackout or should it be called netout.

Have finally tweaked my machine as I like it the only complaint is that the new version of Log Jam does not (and will not ever) allow long subject lines. The other rant of the the day is that FTP to SANIsoft site for some reason is not working in passive mode and cable allows only passive mode FTP. Have taken out tons of pictures to be uploaded to the new album which I am creating… …

Upgraded to new GAIM 0.60 and thanks to installed apt

Ghazal – the word originates from arabic, meaning, “mannerism of talking to or talking about women”

Yaar laut aainge Dil thaher jaaye ga Gam na kar, Gam na kar Dil thaher jaaye ga Dard thum jaaye ga Gam na kar, Gam na kar Zakhm bhar jaaye ga Din nikal aaye ga Gam na kar, Gam na kar Abr khul jaaye ga Raat dhal jaaye gi Rut badal jaaye gi Gam na

Double entry accounting has been around since the late 15th century, when it was described by an Italian friar, Luca Pacioli.

“Contrary to popular belief and even some dictionary definitions, accounting debits and credits do not mean decrease and increase. The only constant definition of debits and credits is that debits are left-column entries and credits are right-column entries. In fact, debits and credits each increase certain types of accounts and decrease others. In asset and

The world’s smallest mammal is the bumblebee bat of Thailand

Came across a nifty toolbar when I was browsing https://mozdev.org Its called Stumble Upon The base line says “Word of mouth Web” StumbleUpon allows you to “stumble upon” great sites that have been highly recommended by friends and community members with interests similar to your own. It is a very interesting concept and I did

“At the end of the day each one of us can endure more that what we had previously imagined”

Woke up at 5am and hacked away at some totally useless code while listening to the birds gradually waking up and trying to recognise who’s who without looking outside. Returned to the bedroom to wake her up at around 7:30… … ummmmh Lunch was fabulous Gobi Parathas made by our excellent cook… … After which

Actor Steve McQueen encouraged his karate teacher to pursue a career in acting. The teacher? Chuck Norris.

Was a stand in Forensic Lecturer as a favour to a friend at JNMC during an official inspection 😉 This College is about 80kms from my home and has a nice campus – I am very much tempted to pick up a regular once a week teaching assignment for the next academic year. Forensic Medicine

Sex, Lies and Life

Humans are perhaps the only animals in whom sex is a learned behavior and sadly very few learn it right in the first place. Here are a few random “right start-up” tips which I can think of… … The most important ingredient for repeated good sex with the same partner is LOVE. The second most

The horned owl is not horned. Two tufts of feathers were mistaken for horns.

Failure is often a stepping stone to success. Mistakes are often stepping stones to utter failure… Readers Digest when I should be working is perfect vehicle for a guilt trip BUT then there *is* no work to be done. May be I take life too seriously. How does one learn to live a purposeless life?

Schooling Vs Education?

Got back from Aasim’s last PT meet of the session. The assessment for him is “Average” for most of the things, “Good” for math, table activity, jigsaw, “Slow” for reading and writing. If I type in my Gaim (yes he is on local Jabber) asking him to “come here” he will type back “why” –

Open Source blah once more

A while ago, one of my programmers published phpExifRW, A pure PHP class to read and write EXIF data to and from jpeg files. Most distros install PHP which does not have the EXIF extension also there is no way in that extension to write / transfer EXIF data. Add to it the fact that