Re: [silk] Bangalore: Time to meet up

Weak Yes. From: silklist on behalf of Udhay Shankar N Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2018 1:42:25 PM To: Silk List Subject: Re: [silk] Bangalore: Time to meet up ​I'm in, but you knew that.​

Re: [silk] The end of the teens

+1 ~ashwin From: silklist on behalf of Deepa Mohan Sent: Thursday, November 23, 2017 6:53:04 PM To: Intelligent Conversation Subject: Re: [silk] The end of the teens I am onetative, too,

Re: [silk] Bangalore Help Needed

Rajesh Vidhi is located out of the WeWorks space in Brigade Road and they got a pretty decent deal. Is anyone from Vidhi on this group? ~ashwin ~ashwin From: silklist on behalf of Gaurav Vaz

Re: [silk] Reintroducing myself

What do you care, what other people think? - Arline Feynman Welcome back N ~ashwin ~ashwin From: silklist on behalf of Udhay Shankar N Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2017 5:11:49 PM To: Silk

Re: [silk] Ashim - An Introduction

~ashwin From: silklist on behalf of Thaths Sent: Monday, November 6, 2017 11:45 To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Subject: Re: [silk] Ashim - An Introduction On Mon, Nov 6, 2017 at

Re: [silk] I saw this message and panicked.

and panicked. That attachment had me confused, but otherwise, all references to Nov. 8th are about “demonetization” no? On Sun, Nov 5, 2017 at 9:53 PM, Udhay Shankar N <ud...@pobox.com> wrote: > On Mon, Nov 6, 2017 at 8:17 AM, Ashwin Kumar <ashw...@live.in> wrote: > > Nov 8th is

[silk] I saw this message and panicked.

Nov 8th is almost upon us. :) ~ashwin

[silk] NYC/Bay Area Meet up?

Hi all I sent an email earlier, but not sure whether it left my outbox. I will be in * NYC - Sept 26th to 30th* Bay Area (Sunnyvale/San Jose) - Sept 30th to Oct 8th Any silksters want to meet up? ~ashwin

[silk] NYC/Bay Area Meetup?

Hi folks I'll be in NYC from Sept 26th to 30th, and Bay Area from 30th on to Oct 8th. Anyone in the area for a meetup? I'll be free all evenings.  ~ashwin +919483466818

Re: [silk] Hello From Advaith

> I'm currently also working on another long term project. It's a musical > interpretation of Herman Hesse's Siddhartha, set in a post modern context. > Would love to hear your thoughts on this. We're still ideating the exact > structure of the project. Welcome to the Madness Advaith.

[silk] Naresh on Place Making of Bengaluru

Hi Naresh Nice talk.  https://youtu.be/c_ldfSRU4EI ~ashwin +919483466818

Re: [silk] Puns in other languages

Here is some word play in Tulu. We were attending a lunch at my ancestral home, and they had prepared Mango Rasayana (Mango pulp + Coconut milk + sugar). An aunt remarked that the dish was a bit "puli" or sour. My grandmother (the cook), and a bit hard of hearing, shouted back, "How is that

Re: [silk] The Name of the Road

> Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2015 09:33:45 +1000 > From: charles.hay...@gmail.com > To: silklist@lists.hserus.net > Subject: Re: [silk] The Name of the Road > Mostly though I do it to encourage discussion about the fact that this > place already had a name. I want cities to be renamed purely for fun. I

[silk] Meetup - NYC/Bay Area

Hi folks I will be in NYC from Sept 28th-Oct 2nd, and in the Bay Area from Oct 3rd until Oct 16th. Anyone want to meet up? Unless you really fancy a in-the-middle-of-nowhere meet up at Bentonville, AR. :) cheers~ashwin

Re: [silk] Meetup - NYC/Bay Area

; wrote: > > > > Hi Ashwin, > > I just relocated from the bay area. Bentonville is the headquarters of > > Walmart - you will find plenty of Indians there. > > Cheers, > > Preetha. > >> On Sep 1, 2015 12:18 PM, "Ashwin Kumar" <ashw...@li

Re: [silk] Camera gurus - need advice

I agree with Tim. Venkat, do try the mirrorless full frame cameras one more time. I have a Sony A7 and been very happy with it. In fact, I have completely given up on my film cameras. I use 35mm and 90mm fixed lenses, but I have shot it with longer lenses and it was very good both ergonomically

[silk] SF Silk Meetup?

Hi folks I will be in the SF area from May 26th to June 10th. Meetup anyone? ~ashwin

Re: [silk] Intro!

Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2013 21:34:38 +0530 From: suma...@gmail.com To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Subject: Re: [silk] Intro! Giant Robot. Ja-yanto Robo. You know nothing thewall. You know nothing. For the record, the show's English title was Johnny Socko and His Flying Robot. So

Re: [silk] Intro!

For the record, the show's English title was Johnny Socko and His Flying Robot. So much for you know nothing. With reference [1] ~ashwin [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Sokko_and_his_Flying_Robot

Re: [silk] Intro!

To: silklist@lists.hserus.net From: thew...@gmail.com Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2013 16:58:18 + Subject: Re: [silk] Intro! i.e., I Ygritte to inform you that you know nothing? punditji. ~ashwin

Re: [silk] Intro!

How nice to have Rashmi a ray of light (and, of course, the english spelling can be pronounced as Rayshmo, that is, of silk) on the silklist! Long overdue! Welcome to our murky waters. No doubt you are looking forward to Intelligent Conversation and Meaningful Discussion. We hope you

Re: [silk] Intro!

missed many in the Good Old Days). Such entertainment. Right now, Devaki and Vasudev's melodrama(just before the birth of Krishna) is keeping me in splits. Did any of the people on this mailing list watch these two serials? Every Sunday, right after He-man defeated Skeletor. And, later it was

Re: [silk] Intro!

Ganesha's wives are the mainstay of every gujarati who deals with money / the stock market - Riddhi and Siddhi. Daughters of shiva (rather than shiva and parvati) do exist in various legends across gujarat / West Bengal etc. Yup. That was the first time I saw Ganesha and his wives. My

Re: [silk] Intro!

Ha ha. They all get greedy. I wonder if there isn't a limit to their greed. Then there's the pandas in kashi and puri .. awesome amounts of greed there. Our tour guide/car driver said, it's the same at every Krishna temple in North India. They are after your money. :) Compare that to

Re: [silk] Intro!

temple in North India. They are after your money. :) That makes me wonder...why is the payment called a dakshina, which is the word for south as well? No, I am not googling...just waiting to be spoon-fed. At weddings/functions where I come from, they give dakshine to attendees. This

Re: [silk] Intro!

To: silklist@lists.hserus.net From: thew...@gmail.com Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2013 05:05:46 + Subject: Re: [silk] Intro! Don't forget Famous Five, Fauji, and Bodyline. (Oxford comma moment. I decided to keep it in the end). Circus. Nukkad. And epic #win - watching Brit comedy shows at

[silk] [enquiry] Do any of you know about Ab Initio?

Hey folks Do any of you know about a firm called Ab Initio? This is run by the people who managed Thinking Machines Corp. I have spoken to a few people there, but would like to know more about the firm/work from people working there (friends/or people in your network). I know this is not

Re: [silk] Bangalore Meet, Food Drinks

To: silklist@lists.hserus.net From: thew...@gmail.com Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2013 05:07:54 + Subject: Re: [silk] Bangalore Meet, Food Drinks Likely in. --Original Message-- From: Thejaswi Udupa Sender: silklist-bounces+thewall=gmail@lists.hserus.net To:

Re: [silk] Introduction - Andy Deemer

On 15 January 2013 15:15, Andy Deemer andydee...@gmail.com wrote: We would regularly (weekly?) have criticism sessions, directly mirroring those from the cultural revolution. Every company employee would take turns speaking against one poor employee, criticizing their performance. pretty

Re: [silk] Chinese martial arts movies

On 22 December 2012 23:43, Divya divyasamp...@yahoo.com wrote: Yes, he's an amazing martial artist, isn't he. Trivia: Sammo Hung, who plays a Hung Gar master in the Ip Man sequel is a Wing Chun expert in real life. Speaking of Ip Man, there's another biopic about him due out in 2013,

Re: [silk] Chinese martial arts movies

On 1 October 2012 13:42, Venkatesh Hariharan ven...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Sep 29, 2012 at 8:25 PM, Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay sankarshan.mukhopadh...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Sep 29, 2012 at 6:47 PM, Venkatesh Hariharan ven...@gmail.com wrote: To that list of movies, add The Banquet a

Re: [silk] quiz help

2. Paul Newman ? 5. Employees are the most valuable resource :) On 12 October 2012 16:03, Namitha Jagadeesh namith...@gmail.com wrote: 1. Santa-Banta? 2. Shah Rukh Khan (don't know the other) 3. BMW 4. Safari? (am usually content to lurk, but couldn't resist jumping in) Namitha On Fri,

Re: [silk] autoresponse weirdness

+1 and UnLike. On 12 October 2012 17:57, Deepa Mohan mohande...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 4:40 PM, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote: One member of the list appears to be getting an autoresponse from the ID customersupp...@icicilombard.com for a posting made to silklist.

Re: [silk] RIP - Sriram Bala

On 28 July 2012 06:37, Ashwin Nanjappa ashwi...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 9:24 PM, Thaths tha...@gmail.com wrote: I talked to him a couple of times after we both came back to the US. But we drifted apart. When Livejournal started rotting on the vine, the updates I used to

Re: [silk] English expressions that irritate me

On 23 April 2012 22:24, hani...@gmail.com wrote: ** And what about let's take this offline? It's worse when said aloud at a meeting. Blaardy, you are offline oredi lah. My workplace jargons are limited acronyms, sometimes stretching to six or more characters. Most folks have forgotten what

Re: [silk] The Bhansali Stork

On 18 April 2012 09:48, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote: On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 9:45 AM, Suresh Ramasubramanian sur...@hserus.net wrote: Congratulations to them. And they were hosting a silklist party days before this happy event??? One day before, to be precise. One has to

Re: [silk] Bangalore silkmeet 13 Apr?

2012/4/12 Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com Current headcount: Deepa A Sruthi (?) Mahesh Naresh Udhay Thejaswi Udupa Surabhi Tomar Vinit Vinayak H Ashwin Kumar Venky (the second) Sandhya M Shrabonti Deepa M (?) -1 for me. ~ashwin

Re: [silk] Bangalore silkmeet 13 Apr?

On 9 April 2012 12:22, Biju Chacko biju.cha...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 10:58 AM, Venky ve...@duh-uh.com wrote: Sounds good to me, if you and Surabhi are agreeable. Let's say Vinit's place next to Biere Club at 7pm? Please email me or Vinit for phone numbers etc. -1.

Re: [silk] Bangalore silkmeet 13 Apr?

+1 me. ~ashwin Sent with Sparrow (http://www.sparrowmailapp.com/?sig) On Sunday, April 8, 2012 at 5:18 PM, Udhay Shankar N wrote: On 08-Apr-12 5:11 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: Ha ha. This is the shortest silkmeet prep ever for me. Customer meeting all day on the 13th and a

Re: [silk] Acts of the Apostles, etc

On 23 December 2011 08:51, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote: I am having a number of interesting conversations as a result of sending out my usual year-end note. What follows is [part of] one such. John Sundman [1] is an author whom some of you might know, either in person or through

Re: [silk] Recommended Reading from 2011

On 5 December 2011 00:16, Thaths tha...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 10:34 AM, Brij Blog brij.bl...@gmail.com wrote: Hello fellow members, I am a new member here and am excited to be part of this group. Thanks to Sankarshan for introducing me to this group and Udhay for adding me

Re: [silk] Why this Kolaveri di?

On 28 November 2011 13:20, Thejaswi Udupa thejaswi.ud...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 10:23 AM, Chew Lin Kay chewlin@gmail.com wrote: Time for the good old days of the Macarena? taking part in quizzes for fun, *understatement* :) ~ashwin

Re: [silk] Anyone going from Chennai/Bangalore to the US?

On 29 November 2011 00:10, Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan chandrachoo...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, Going against the grain here. I don't want to ship things from the US to India, but send stuff from home to the US. Food. More specifically, the rather brilliant Sri Krishna Sweet's Mysore Pa,

Re: [silk] Why this Kolaveri di?

It's even appearing on Hindi music channels. oh! the pain. Why this kolaveri di? On 27 November 2011 23:10, Srini RamaKrishnan che...@gmail.com wrote: It's on BBC even: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yF6CLkrP8vE And while we are covering tanglish videos, Machaan Sollu Sollu for the

Re: [silk] Why this Kolaveri di?

On 28 November 2011 06:39, Deepa Mohan mohande...@gmail.com wrote: On Monday, November 28, 2011, Ashwin Kumar ashwi...@gmail.com wrote: It's even appearing on Hindi music channels. oh! the pain. Why this kolaveri di? Reminds me of the huge success of mukkala muqabala o Laila years ago

[silk] Remember Shakti - India Tour dates

Hey folks Sorry if this is spamming, but getting a chance to watch these guys live is too exciting for me :) http://deghelt-productions.com/concerts/concerts.html Remember Shakti - Special Tour in India ! with John McLaughlin (guitar) Zakir Hussain (tabla) Shankar Mahadavan (vocals) U.

Re: [silk] BLR Meetup?

) -- *From: * Ashwin Kumar ashwi...@gmail.com *Sender: * silklist-bounces+suresh=hserus@lists.hserus.net *Date: *Mon, 24 Oct 2011 15:47:00 +0530 *To: *silklist@lists.hserus.net *ReplyTo: * silklist@lists.hserus.net *Subject: *Re: [silk] BLR Meetup? On 24 October 2011 15:09, Amitha

Re: [silk] BLR Meetup?

On 23 October 2011 19:35, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote: On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 7:21 PM, divya manian divya.man...@gmail.comwrote: To flog a dead horse, seems like Nov 1st would be best for me and deepak if everyone else is up for it! Obviously I am clueless to suggest venue and

Re: [silk] India's Selective Rage Over Corruption

On 19 August 2011 18:52, Chetan Nagendra che...@pobox.com wrote: Kiran, Why do you view this as mass-hysteria and nonsense? And why do you impose your generalisation on the people of this list? On 19 Aug 2011, at 18:29, Kiran K Karthikeyan wrote: Makes a very valid counterpoint to the

Re: [silk] Mission: Bangalore silk meetup - Thu July 14

On 12 July 2011 15:49, Biju Chacko biju.cha...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 3:32 PM, Madhu Menon c...@shiokfood.com wrote: On 12-07-2011 14:51, Biju Chacko wrote: You were fairly uncomplimentary about the food the last time we met there. And +1 to Udhay: what about beer?

Re: [silk] Mission: Bangalore silk meetup - Thu July 14

On 12 July 2011 16:11, Nishant Shah itsnish...@gmail.com wrote: To save all the pain, why don't we meet at Herbs and Spice ? Because Herbs and Spices is quite painful in itself. From the parking trouble to the bad service to the fairly unlistenable music and of course the fact that the

Re: [silk] Plus by Google

On 1 July 2011 23:11, Andre Manoel an...@corp.insite.com.br wrote: On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 9:40 AM, Deepa Mohan mohande...@gmail.com wrote: Seems to me as if G+ is just a whole lot of work adding the same family, acquaintances and friends to yet another network and keeping up with

Re: [silk] The future of learning?

On 12 June 2011 17:38, Keith Adam keith.ad...@blueyonder.co.uk wrote: This list contains a large number of self-taught programmers. How did you get started, and how did you get to a moderate level of skill? (If you want to talk about what happened after that, great, but I am more interested

Re: [silk] Gmail on android

On 4 June 2011 20:38, Eugen Leitl eu...@leitl.org wrote: On Sat, Jun 04, 2011 at 08:09:02PM +0530, Udhay Shankar N wrote: Does it use SSH by default? I can't really make out, and my search-fu on this topic (keywords too generic, I guess) is failing me. While speaking about Android -- my Nook

Re: [silk] Bangalore Silkmeet tomorrow?

I was told 7PM. this is a new timing? ~ashwin On 17 May 2011 10:10, Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan chandrachoo...@gmail.com wrote: Not a traditional top post. After a bit of haggling with Udhay over Gtalk, the two of us have decided that Silver Wok on Richmond Road is a good place to meet.

Re: [silk] Sidin Vadukut - Introduction

On 18 May 2011 10:41, Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan chandrachoo...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 10:37 AM, Venkat Mangudi s...@venkatmangudi.com wrote: Drastic's his middle name. :) Madrasticman? Wouldn't that make him a guy from Madras with an uncontrollable involuntary

Re: [silk] Using an X-Box Controller as a PC text input device

golly! here I am working on the Ad Platform for Bing, and I find a consumer. :) Hi Sumant. Aadisht, I can put this on the local chat list. There are a few of the XBOX/Kinect tinkerers on it. ~ashwin On 4 May 2011 15:36, Sumant Srivathsan suma...@gmail.com wrote: I can try taking this into the

Re: [silk] A crisis of confidence

On 31 March 2011 11:53, Anish anish.moham...@gmail.com wrote: It is a big joke among the Americans that when an Indian visits an Italian restaurant, there is a request for chilly flakes in the pasta and the pizza. It is possibly true. I go for chili oil when its pizza or pepper when its

Re: [silk] What's on your bucket list?

On 20 January 2011 13:19, Venkat Mangudi s...@venkatmangudi.com wrote: --V (getting tired typing out the same 6 characters over and over again) I see that you are moving head-on towards a Nov 5th goal. :) ~ashwin

Re: [silk] What's on your bucket list?

On 20 January 2011 13:30, Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan chandrachoo...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 1:10 PM, Ashwin Kumar ashwi...@gmail.com wrote: You better start preparing for the next Masterchef India then :) Haven't seen the Indian version, but am a fan of the UK series

Re: [silk] What's on your bucket list?

On 20 January 2011 16:05, Vinayak Hegde vinay...@gmail.com wrote: I have reserached the trans-Siberian and Ghan. Someday I will get around to doing them. Divya on this list has done the Ghan a couple of months back. And, I have done the Indian-Pacific. So, feel free get more details. :)

Re: [silk] What's on your bucket list?

On 21 January 2011 10:26, Indrajit Gupta bonoba...@yahoo.co.in wrote: NOTHING helps keep sysadmins in line. They are born without fear, or have it 'smacked' out of them. Try grabbing on to their cables. There lies their power. ~ashwin PS: cables can be replaced with pipes if you are a

Re: [silk] What's on your bucket list?

On 19 January 2011 13:00, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote: What's on *your* bucket list? I will list the more practical achievable stuff that is there on my list: * explore parts of India for two weeks every year. * publish a coffee table photography book/s from the travels. USP - shot

Re: [silk] What's on your bucket list?

On 20 January 2011 13:07, Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan chandrachoo...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 1:00 PM, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote: What's on *your* bucket list? Over the last two years, I've learnt I am a fairly good cook. Only way to validate that

Re: [silk] Book recommendations

On 6 January 2011 21:38, Samanth Subramanian wordpsm...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks, Udhay. A cordial Hello to the Silklisters out there. Welcome Samanth. I ordered the book on flipkart a few minutes back. :) ~ashwin

Re: [silk] Diaspora

On 18 December 2010 12:19, Biju Chacko biju.cha...@gmail.com wrote: On Thursday, December 16, 2010, Ashwin Kumar ashwi...@gmail.com wrote: it's weird that you need to type out the entire handle with @joindiaspora to search for a person. Diaspora is supposed to be a distributed social

Re: [silk] Diaspora

On 15 December 2010 17:13, Anish Mohammed anish.moham...@gmail.com wrote: Any invites left , can I have one please ;) Invites if any left are welcome :)

Re: [silk] Diaspora

On 15 December 2010 20:53, Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan chandrachoo...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 8:13 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian sur...@hserus.net wrote: Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan [15/12/10 19:50 +0530]: If you/list members still have one, I'd like it. done 2

Re: [silk] Diaspora

On 15 December 2010 20:47, Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan chandrachoo...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 3:11 PM, Neha Viswanathan nehav...@gmail.comwrote: *wiping tears of joy* I am n...@joindiaspora.com - I've never been just neha. I am chandrachoo...@joindiaspora.com

Re: [silk] Diaspora

On 16 December 2010 08:08, Venkat Mangudi - Silk s...@venkatmangudi.comwrote: On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 9:18 PM, Ashwin Kumar ashwi...@gmail.com wrote: ashwi...@joindiaspora.com Couldn't find you. Have added the others to my silk aspect. added you to my aspect. it's weird that you need

Re: [silk] Diaspora

On 16 December 2010 09:48, gabin kattukaran gkattuka...@gmail.com wrote: if there are invites left, can I have one please? Sent. ~ashwin

Re: [silk] Diaspora

On 16 December 2010 09:55, savita rao savita.s@gmail.com wrote: +1. I'd like one, please. sent. ~ashwin

Re: [silk] Silk meet in Bangalore

On 12 December 2010 17:33, Venkat Mangudi - Silk s...@venkatmangudi.comwrote: On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 4:36 PM, gabin kattukaran gkattuka...@gmail.comwrote: Can someone give me directions to get to Windsor Pub from the airport? Do any of the airport volvos go that way? If not an address

Re: [silk] Coffee Machine Recommendations

On 13 December 2010 10:44, Suresh Ramasubramanian sur...@hserus.net wrote: If you want it american style black - top it up with hot water the worst kind of black coffee. I hated the dispenser which gave out something like coffee, but tasted like flavoured water. I prefer the Lavazza coffee

Re: [silk] Coffee Machine Recommendations

On 13 December 2010 10:48, Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan chandrachoo...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 8:56 AM, Suresh Ramasubramanian sur...@hserus.net wrote: I dont mind Cothas at all - their 85% coffee 15% chicory is not bad, but I'd love it if they had a 100% coffee blend

Re: [silk] Silk meet in Bangalore

On 8 December 2010 13:29, Venkat Mangudi s...@venkatmangudi.com wrote: On Wednesday 08 December 2010 12:53 PM, Ashwin Kumar wrote: veggie-sense tingling. I am going to be at a disadvantage in Windsor Pub. Don't think so... Cheese Chilly Toast! and Beer! uhmm... Chilly Cheese Toast

Re: [silk] Silk meet in Bangalore

On 8 December 2010 10:48, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote: On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 10:39 AM, Venkat Mangudi s...@venkatmangudi.com wrote: Cheeni is coming to India next week. Tweeple generally agreed to catch up. It appears everyone has agreed to meet on the 14th, which happens to be

Re: [silk] Silk meet in Bangalore

On 8 December 2010 11:31, Venkat Mangudi s...@venkatmangudi.com wrote: On Wednesday 08 December 2010 11:19 AM, Biju Chacko wrote: Who else? Suggestions for venue please. Considering that it is a weekday, I will have to leave latest by 10 p.m. 7:30 p.m at Windsro Pub, vasanth Nagar. Next to

Re: [silk] Silk meet in Bangalore

On 8 December 2010 12:32, Gautam John gkj...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 11:31 AM, Venkat Mangudi s...@venkatmangudi.com wrote: 7:30 p.m at Windsro Pub, vasanth Nagar. Next to Kodava Samaj. Works for everyone? This way Danese can join us arnd 9:30ish. YaaY! Pandi fry for all!

Re: [silk] What's the strangest thing you've eaten?

On 25 November 2010 23:01, Lahar Appaiah thew...@gmail.com wrote: Why don't you call yourself K6 then, for brevity? http://ahvan.in/ahvan10/klueless6/ On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 10:15 PM, Kiran K Karthikeyan kiran.karthike...@gmail.com wrote: On 25 November 2010 20:16, Deepa Mohan

Re: [silk] (no subject)

On 25 November 2010 09:48, Deepa Mohan mohande...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 8:03 PM, Shoba Narayan narayan.sh...@gmail.comwrote: Monday lunch works better for me. If you move it to Monday, let me know and I'll join. Monday lunch is better for me, too..or at least Sunday

Re: [silk] What's the strangest thing you've eaten?

On 24 November 2010 09:15, Meera meerak...@gmail.com wrote: Well I didn't really eat this one, but worth sharing anyways. When I was a kid in Madras, the gardener brought home something called mookuchali pazham - translated as 'nose-mucus fruit'. That's exactly what it looked like. That

Re: [silk] Kindle your children?

On 29 October 2010 11:01, divya manian divya.man...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 9:32 PM, ss cybers...@gmail.com wrote: My uncle Google tells me that Kindle currently displays only 16 shades of grey. someone mentioned color ? - http://goo.gl/RoDU this is tempting. ~ashwin

Re: [silk] Can some kind soul traveling in from someplace with better electronic goods available

On 19 October 2010 08:03, Suresh Ramasubramanian sur...@hserus.net wrote: you meant this : http://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-HDMI-Adapter-Cable-Meters/dp/B001TH7T2U/ref=sr_1_2?s=electronicsie=UTF8qid=1287459056sr=1-2 2. HDMI male - DVI male adapter And not this

Re: [silk] Parenting rewires dads as well

On 18 August 2010 13:45, Deepa Mohan mohande...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 11:28 AM, Ramakrishnan Sundaram r.sunda...@gmail.com wrote: I remember having this conversation with Shiv before my son, now 10, was born. It most certainly is true, at least in my case. I have a

Re: [silk] What happened at Yahoo

On 13 August 2010 04:53, Nathan Torkington nat...@torkington.com wrote: On 12/08/2010, at 5:08 PM, F. Randall Farmer wrote: Too bad Yahoo's autoimmune response rejected almost every idea, business process, and technology these new hackers brought with them. It spat every one of those

Re: [silk] P=NP. Solved?!

On 11 August 2010 12:18, Charles Haynes charles.hay...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 3:17 PM, Sruthi Krishnan srukr...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.livemint.com/2010/08/10215916/Indian-scientist-offers-proof.html?atype=tp Total wow moment. Mouth hung open and all that jazz.

Re: [silk] Getting in (and Out of) Line

On 10 August 2010 23:37, Thaths tha...@gmail.com wrote: There is a feline quality to standing in Indian lines. Certain parts of the man behind you — you don’t know which — brush against you in a kind of public square spooning, the better to repel cutters. (Women do less touching.) Still,

Re: [silk] Library Management

On 16 July 2010 11:23, Aditya Chadha fer...@gmail.com wrote: If you're on a Mac, this is worth the $40: http://www.delicious-monster.com/ -- Aditya (http://aditya.sublucid.com/) On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 1:43 AM, Biju Chacko biju.cha...@gmail.com wrote: Hi: I find that my collection

Re: [silk] Library Management

On 16 July 2010 12:48, Balaji Dutt balaji.d...@gmail.com wrote: If you are not a Mac-devotee and hence unable to enjoy programs made by developers with rockstar-level egos, small paint of can and very large brush eh? ~ashwin

Re: [silk] Ten toughest books to read

On 15 June 2010 18:06, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote: Have you read anything by Neal Stephenson? In particular, there's this passage of ~15 pages in _Cryptonomicon_ that has to do with the Right Way of eating chocolate cereal. I have the entire Trilogy, but haven't gotten around to

Re: [silk] Buddhism Reading List

On 25 May 2010 12:48, Sriram Karra ska...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 3:05 AM, Thaths tha...@gmail.com wrote: These are books I have read and like (in no particular order). - Herman Hesse's Siddhartha I read this 10 years ago and don't remember it too well. This book was

Re: [silk] Fwd: [qfi] Chennai invite-book launch

On 19 May 2010 19:20, Suresh Ramasubramanian sur...@hserus.net wrote: divya manian [19/05/2010 6:59 PM]: I am leaving at 6am on 28th morning to BLR :'( Got to check from Samant where the bangalore, bombay etc launches are. Could you update me on the launch in Bangalore ? I'd like to

Re: [silk] introduction

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 are.

Re: [silk] introduction

On 10 May 2010 21:06, ss cybers...@gmail.com 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

Re: [silk] introduction

On 10 May 2010 21:17, Venkat Mangudi s...@venkatmangudi.com 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

Re: [silk] introduction

On 11 May 2010 03:47, Charles Haynes hay...@edgeplay.org 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

Re: [silk] introduction

On 11 May 2010 09:58, Suresh Ramasubramanian sur...@hserus.net 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

[silk] introduction

Hey folks After enjoying a silk meetup, I have finally taken the leap of faith into intelligent conversations. A short bio: * self-confessed geek * foodie * photographer (BW film/developing/photo-chemistry/lens optics) ~ashwin http://www.maximumaperture.net http://www.flickr.com/photos/arucard