Archive | August, 2008

30 August 2008 ~ 1 Comment

Tall claims. Or possibly, the tallest claim

“XYZ is almost certainly the best online photo management and sharing application…”
“…possibly the best radio station in Singapore.”
“…probably the best Indian curry that you could ever have!”
A new clan of pseudo-claims.
What are claims? (Not the insurance types, and definitely not the legal ones). For the non-branding junta, claims are what the word means. Marketers [...]

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29 August 2008 ~ 2 Comments

Music: The King of Pop turns 50

Michael Jackson. What a genius, what a voice, what a career. I am not particularly fond of pop music (of the Boyband-girlband variety) but this man is something else. He has been an inspiration in composition, voice, performance, and sheer creativity. And he turns 50 today. A tribute is due.
From the time of the famous [...]

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24 August 2008 ~ 5 Comments

My Wordpress plugins used on HN.com

Wordpress rocks. In extendability (widgets, plugins, that too all free and open source); in design (beautiful free themes, wonderful CMS capabilities, magazine styles, et al); and in ease of use. Just for starters, the plugins I use on my website (which are listed by using another plugin!):
There are 66 plugins used: 33 active plugins and [...]

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22 August 2008 ~ 3 Comments

Giveindia.org: An easy way to donate

Don’t know what to gift a dear friend for his / her birthday? Thinking of buying an expensive shirt / perfume / watch which might never be used?
How about spending exactly the same amount of money, and gifting a donation? How about using the money you would’ve spent for a momentary pleasure to sponsor a [...]

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17 August 2008 ~ 1 Comment

Music: Discover Tommy Emmanuel

One of the reasons I love fingerstyle guitar. One of the reasons I think genius can actually make an instrument come to life in a way that mere talent struggles to imagine. One of the reasons I discovered Chet Atkins and one of the reasons I own a TE thumb-pick even though I can’t even [...]

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14 August 2008 ~ 1 Comment

Marvinism for the day: 14.8.08

Pudu (n.): A person as irritating as a sneeze in the middle of a pee. Nothing you can do about it, can’t be stopped, totally unpredictable, and something you totally don’t want happening to yourself.

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