A matchmaker after a wedding is like a fan after autumn :Chinese proverb

New Delhi girls are more pretty than those in Chennai, Bangalore or Mumbai (in that order)

Came back today morning 4 am with lots of pictures, memories, sweets, sore throat and a fever. Rushed right back to celebrate Bakr Id.

The fever is down but the body ache is killing. Hope to be better by tomorrow. Have optimized the wedding pictures for the web but they still amount to 16Mb (169 total) I don’t think all of them will be uploaded today.

Been wondering if to write a detailed account of the wedding or just let the 169000 words speak for themselves… …

The island of South Georgia, southeast of the Falklands, lacks roads or airports. The only access is by sea, the journey can take up to 10 days.

We leave in an hour or so I think (basically will get up when Swati hollers) Will be back on Wednesday morning and hopefully I will have a lot of pictures of a typical north Indian wedding rigmarole. Morning me and Swati were talking how nice it would be if we had jobs instead of

“Photography is bringing order out of chaos.” – Ansel Adams

Me: So how long will it take to finish Geek: 6 weeks Me: OK I will quote 8 weeks Geek: Hmm… make it 9 weeks. This is a real life conversation between me and my senior programmer. While at first glance it might seem funny BUT is in fact a reality of estimating release dates

Another review of my book, this time at Linux Journal (huh? it is there in the URL;) I am pleased with this review because this is the first one which mentions specifically the topics I wrote on. Hmmm… but the royalty checks tell some other story unless I am being short changed by WROX

The fastest bird in the world is the Asian spine-tailed swift. In a level flight, it can reach a speed of 102 miles per hour (170 kilometers per hour).

Sam Verma, an NRI from nearby town of Betul, touched down in his 4 seater plane at Nagpur,Sonegoan, airport sometime yesterday morning. There were two things which excite me about this seemingly routine travel of a rich bussiness man. 1) The plane he was flying was indegenously assembled 2) The plane used a bio-fuel derived

Oblong, linear, oval, elliptical, awl-shaped, spatulate, deltoid, and reniform are different types of leaf shapes

Yesterday, or was it day before… anyway… Took some pictures in the garden to get the texture of leaves of various plants. Here are the results. Another weekend – am not planning anything for tommorow – since past four week every time I did that something or the other turned up 🙁 Want to experiment

Picturesque Speechless

I thought that the original did not do proper justice Had a few minutes to spare this morning and made this, a 640×480 version is here

“How idiotic civilization is! Why be given a body if you have to keep it shut up in a case like a rare, rare fiddle?” – Michelangelo

A lot of friends took the Which OS you are quiz. The most common result seems to be Palm OS 🙂 Hmm… … There are still some whose results I would like to see 😉 Java still sux – If I have to pass a series of commands to runtime I have to first get

Things on Aasim’s front are clearing out and though the problem is wider in scope than we expected it is not too serious. The teachers have been very helpful and understanding. Aasim like so many other children in his class is getting affected by the behavior of a few in his class. Unfortunately the teachers

“Moderation is a good thing. If you don’t overdo it.” – Hagar the Viking

Went out and got some clothes for Swati. Of course her money (I don’t have any personal wealth) BUT it makes me feel good to select clothes for her. Aasim was fine throughout the day BUT then at the end of the day he wet his pants… … something he has not done in, can’t