Re: [silk] Chennai Silk Meet May 23rd?

2010-05-10 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Krish Ashok [11/05/10 11:20 +0530]: How about Zara's? very unimaginative food.

Re: [silk] Chennai Silk Meet May 23rd?

2010-05-10 Thread Krish Ashok
How about Zara's? On 10-May-2010, at 6:21 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: > Cascade - not sure about booze. Or copper point at the grt

Re: [silk] India Govt to develop own operating system

2010-05-10 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
CDAC's BOSS is the only one I can think of in recent times sankarshan [11/05/10 11:02 +0530]: On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 10:50 AM, Valsa Williams wrote: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Tech/Enterprise-IT/Infrastucture/Govt-to-develop-own-operating-system/articleshow/5913140.cms [snip] The

Re: [silk] India Govt to develop own operating system

2010-05-10 Thread sankarshan
On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 10:50 AM, Valsa Williams wrote: > > http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Tech/Enterprise-IT/Infrastucture/Govt-to-develop-own-operating-system/articleshow/5913140.cms [snip] > The government formed a high-level taskforce in February to devise a plan > for building indigenou

[silk] India Govt to develop own operating system

2010-05-10 Thread Valsa Williams
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Tech/Enterprise-IT/Infrastucture/Govt-to-develop-own-operating-system/articleshow/5913140.cms NEW DELHI: The government has set in motion an ambitious plan to develop its own software and end the reliance on foreign operating systems and anti-virus products after

Re: [silk] introduction

2010-05-10 Thread Ashwin Kumar
On 11 May 2010 09:58, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: > Charles Haynes [11/05/10 13:25 +1000]: > > It's not that difficult. Capsaicin is readily soluble in ethanol. >> > > Which accounts for Udhay making chili flavored vodka from his bhut jolokia. > I was talking about the idea of making hot sauce

Re: [silk] introduction

2010-05-10 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Charles Haynes [11/05/10 13:25 +1000]: It's not that difficult. Capsaicin is readily soluble in ethanol. Which accounts for Udhay making chili flavored vodka from his bhut jolokia. I was talking about the idea of making hot sauce out of it - which might be a bit more involved than simply dunkin

Re: [silk] introduction

2010-05-10 Thread Charles Haynes
On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 12:24 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: > Ashwin Kumar [11/05/10 06:55 +0530]: >> So, anyone game for capsaicin extract sauce from Bhut Jolokia? > We have enough amateur chemists (probably a professional chemist or three > too) so - yes, sounds like a plan. It's not that

Re: [silk] introduction

2010-05-10 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Ashwin Kumar [11/05/10 06:55 +0530]: So, anyone game for capsaicin extract sauce from Bhut Jolokia? We have enough amateur chemists (probably a professional chemist or three too) so - yes, sounds like a plan.

Re: [silk] introduction

2010-05-10 Thread Ashwin Kumar
On 11 May 2010 03:47, Charles Haynes wrote: > [Top post due to stupid phone email client] > > Dave's Insanity really is that hot but it cheats by using concentrated > capsaicin extract. I think the extract adds a chemical "bitter/burnt" flavor > that I don't care for. > > -- Charles > So, anyone

Re: [silk] introduction

2010-05-10 Thread Charles Haynes
[Top post due to stupid phone email client] Dave's Insanity really is that hot but it cheats by using concentrated capsaicin extract. I think the extract adds a chemical "bitter/burnt" flavor that I don't care for. -- Charles On May 11, 2010 1:49 AM, "Venkat Mangudi" wrote: On Monday 10 May 20

Re: [silk] introduction

2010-05-10 Thread Charles Haynes
On May 11, 2010 1:49 AM, "Venkat Mangudi" wrote: On Monday 10 May 2010 08:38 PM, Ashwin Kumar wrote: > I was once a member of the Church of Emacs. Vi are now in command! > D65 seems wrong, could you let me know exact model? "D" is the prefix > for Digital SLR. My bad... It's the N65. > [1] ht

Re: [silk] introduction

2010-05-10 Thread Ashwin Kumar
On 10 May 2010 21:17, Venkat Mangudi wrote: > On Monday 10 May 2010 08:38 PM, Ashwin Kumar wrote: > > I was once a member of the Church of Emacs. > > Vi are now in command! I am tempted to install emacs to try out Org-mode (http://orgmode.org/) with the the iPhone app (http://mobileorg.ncogni.t

Re: [silk] introduction

2010-05-10 Thread Ashwin Kumar
On 10 May 2010 21:06, ss wrote: > On Monday 10 May 2010 8:38:54 pm Ashwin Kumar wrote: > > D65 seems wrong, could you let me know exact model? "D" is the prefix for > > Digital SLR. > > You might be desperately searching for a Nikon F301 SLR of 1986 vintage > with > motor wind. And all. Takes alm

Re: [silk] introduction

2010-05-10 Thread Venkat Mangudi
On Monday 10 May 2010 08:38 PM, Ashwin Kumar wrote: > I was once a member of the Church of Emacs. Vi are now in command! > D65 seems wrong, could you let me know exact model? "D" is the prefix > for Digital SLR. My bad... It's the N65. > [1] http://www.davesgourmet.peachhost.com/ct_CGhotsauce

Re: [silk] introduction

2010-05-10 Thread ss
On Monday 10 May 2010 8:38:54 pm Ashwin Kumar wrote: > D65 seems wrong, could you let me know exact model? "D" is the prefix for > Digital SLR. You might be desperately searching for a Nikon F301 SLR of 1986 vintage with motor wind. And all. Takes almost 3.5 frames per second. Has a shutter speed

Re: [silk] introduction

2010-05-10 Thread Ashwin Kumar
> Where do you confess such things? > I was once a member of the Church of Emacs. > Oh, welcome once again. Tons of us are. In fact, quite a lot of > conversations revolve around food and Bhoot Jolokia infused Vodka. ;) > I want to try this [1] next time I am in the Bay Area. > A lot of us ar

Re: [silk] Chennai Silk Meet May 23rd?

2010-05-10 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Cascade - not sure about booze. Or copper point at the grt --Original Message-- From: Udhay Shankar N Sender: silklist-bounces+suresh=hserus@lists.hserus.net To: silklist@lists.hserus.net ReplyTo: silklist@lists.hserus.net Subject: Re: [silk] Chennai Silk Meet May 23rd? Sent: May 10,

Re: [silk] Chennai Silk Meet May 23rd?

2010-05-10 Thread Shivakumar Narayanan
Mainland China, Bar-be-que Nation (T Nagar) are a few that I know serves beer. Pubs these days have lunch combos available too. Regards, Shiva On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 6:07 PM, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote, [on 5/10/2010 5:42 PM]: > > expensive - > > toscana, khader na

Re: [silk] Chennai Silk Meet May 23rd?

2010-05-10 Thread Udhay Shankar N
Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote, [on 5/10/2010 5:42 PM]: > expensive - > toscana, khader nawaz khan road, italian > azulia, grt grand, t nagar, mediterranan > > medium > cascade, besant nagar (round the corner from the food world / spencers > daily) - sort of thai / malaysian / chinese etc. Not shiok

Re: [silk] Chennai Silk Meet May 23rd?

2010-05-10 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
expensive - toscana, khader nawaz khan road, italian azulia, grt grand, t nagar, mediterranan medium cascade, besant nagar (round the corner from the food world / spencers daily) - sort of thai / malaysian / chinese etc. Not shiok quality, not bad either. cheap - samco - ttk road - fish biryani

Re: [silk] introduction

2010-05-10 Thread Balaji Dutt
On Sat, May 8, 2010 at 12:19 PM, Ashwin Kumar wrote: > After enjoying a silk meetup, I have finally taken the "leap of faith" into > intelligent conversations. And about time too! > * photographer (B&W film/developing/photo-chemistry/lens optics) > And one of the folks I hold responsible for

[silk] Chennai Silk Meet May 23rd?

2010-05-10 Thread divya manian
Hi people, The Almighty Udhay is going to be in Chennai on May 23rd and I thought it would be a good time to renew my plea (request) for a meetup in Chennai. I am clueless on what constitutes good place for conversation + food, and am hoping Chennai residents will suggest a place and time. I would

Re: [silk] introduction

2010-05-10 Thread Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan
On Sat, May 8, 2010 at 5:19 AM, Ashwin Kumar wrote: > Hey folks Saar, hello! > A short bio: > * self-confessed geek > Isn't confession, by its definition, of the self? * foodie > * photographer (B&W film/developing/photo-chemistry/lens optics) > > And awesome photos they be. Good to see you

Re: [silk] introduction

2010-05-10 Thread Venkat Mangudi
Hi Ashwin, Welcome to Silk! On Saturday 08 May 2010 09:49 AM, Ashwin Kumar wrote: > After enjoying a silk meetup, I have finally taken the "leap of faith" > into intelligent conversations. One hopes to see the "intelligent" part soon. We're just a bunch of crazy people. > * self-confessed geek