Re: [silk] How do you collect and retrieve information from what you read?

ade-off of lack of access when you are on mobile devices. [0] https://nextcloud.com/athome/ [1] https://autoize.com/s3-compatible-storage-for-nextcloud/ -- Balaji Dutt

Re: [silk] Books and libraries

cough. Amazon still won't directly ship a Kindle to you in Singapore so that vPost/ComGateway address is actually mandatory if you want to buy a Kindle reader. -- Balaji Dutt

Re: [silk] Singapore Silk Meet 13/14/15th March?

On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 4:15 PM, Chew Lin Kay > > > wrote: > > > They're an upstairs unit, right next to the Haldi Indian restaurant. :) > > > > > Was there this evening. Highly recommended. > Beware the ticking clocks. > -- -- Balaji Dutt (Sent via mobile email - typos and/or top-posting are likely)

Re: [silk] Singapore Silk Meet 13/14/15th March?

Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan wrote: 14th sounds good to me. Can we fix for then? 14th it is then. Any suggestions for where we can meet? -- Balaji Dutt

Re: [silk] Singapore Silk Meet 13/14/15th March?

s mentioned? > > C > > > -- > http://about.me/chandrachoodan > > +919884467463 > -- -- Balaji Dutt (Sent via mobile email - typos and/or top-posting are likely)

Re: [silk] In singapore for a few months, anyone up for a meetup?

used to be, previously). I should also mention (troll?) that > one > >> gets the nice crispy-outside-soft-inside Bangalore-style dosas there, as > >> opposed to the annoying floppy/soft (Madras-style?) dosas that one gets > in > >> most places in Singapore. Just in case someone has similar preferences. > >> > >> And if folks want to do pepper-crab or seafood or something, I'm in too. > >> > >> > >> best, > >> Dibyo > >> *skype: dibyo_* > >> > >> > > -- -- Balaji Dutt (Sent via mobile email - typos and/or top-posting are likely)

Re: [silk] In singapore for a few months, anyone up for a meetup?

it for you at the nearby spa with a bottle of wine? That sounds more attractive to me than a 8 km long slog through the jungles in the Singapore heat! -- Balaji Dutt

Re: [silk] In singapore for a few months, anyone up for a meetup?

I'm in Singapore but currently in lockdown mode as I have an exam coming up at the end of the month. I should be relatively free starting from the first week of June. Happy to meet up for a photowalk or just dinner, depending on your preference :) -- Balaji On Mon, May 6, 2013 at 10:58 AM, Chew

Re: [silk] Storing digital photos

On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 2:02 PM, Shoba Narayan wrote: > What is a good way to store the thousands of digital photos I have on my > iPhoto on the Cloud? Thank you > > > My photo backups live locally on a NAS running Ubuntu, which allows me to use s3cmd to automate the backup to Amazon S3. For a Wi

Re: [silk] Introduction

On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 11:30 PM, Subodh Sankar wrote: > My name is Subodh, and after a few years working in the technology > business, my wife and I decided to open a bookstore. We now spend our time > at Atta Galatta, our little bookstore in Koramangala that is focused > carrying Indian writin

Re: [silk] Query on Indian-made wines

Delurking briefly to say hola to a fellow SG silk-lister. If you are in the CBD, let me know. -- Balaji Dutt (Sent via mobile email - please excuse top-posting and/or any typos) On 10 Nov 2011 20:44, "Chew Lin Kay" wrote: > > > On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 7:59 PM, Udh

Re: [silk] Sidin Vadukut - Introduction

On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 10:59 AM, Madhu Menon wrote: > > Kill me now. > > I understand that an early-morning SMS could make you cranky, but don't you think this is a bit drastic? :) -- Balaji

[silk] Bangalore meetup?

Hello folks, I'm in Bangalore for a few days and was wondering if I could meet other silk-listers. Unfortunately, I'm only in town for a few days so tomorrow night is my best option. Apologies for the short notice - it's taken inordinately long for me to get some reasonable internet access on my

Re: [silk] Visa-free and visa-on-arrival travel for Indians: maybe useful for last-minute travel

On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 1:30 AM, Ramakrishnan Sundaram < r.sunda...@gmail.com> wrote: > matrix2.itasoftware.com. > > Love being able to generate booking codes and sending to travel agent! > > Ram > > Thanks for the link - being able to quickly check fares from different issuing locations is very

Re: [silk] Visa-free and visa-on-arrival travel for Indians: maybeuseful for last-minute travel

On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 6:56 AM, Badri Natarajan wrote: > > -I have not been to Mexico, Costa Rica, Taiwan, Turkey or South Korea, but > I am nearly certain from previous research that a US or UK visa does not get > you visa-free access to those places (unless buried really deep in an > embassy

Re: [silk] Library Management

On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 4:48 PM, Ashwin Kumar wrote: > > > small paint of can and very large brush eh? > > ~ashwin > Perhaps my wording was a bit too vague - apologies. The rockstar developer comment was specifically about Wil Shipley - the developer of Delicious Monster. -- Balaji

Re: [silk] Library Management

On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 1:53 PM, Aditya Chadha 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 > wrote: > > > Any suggestions? > > > > -- b > > > > > > If you

Re: [silk] introduction

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

Re: [silk] a "big step" for linux?

On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 10:53 AM, Kiran Jonnalagadda wrote: > > I just lost several hours and $10 on a "trial" order at that site. Wow! > No kidding! Everything is exactly in the "eh-who-cares-its-so-cheap" sweet spot. -- Balaji

Re: [silk] Dark Side of the Moon

On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 2:57 PM, Sumant Srivathsan wrote: > Self-same. I must have said I was looking for physical media. Quizzer's > curse. :) > > Since I've never claimed to an audiophile, freely available poor quality MP3s will suit me just fine :) As it turns out - the tribute album that Udha

Re: [silk] Dark Side of the Moon

On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 2:06 PM, Sumant Srivathsan wrote: > Highly recommended - Phish's live take on the album. I'd point to a link, > Uh is not this one? http://is.gd/1teK2 -- Balaji

Re: [silk] Best Science book you would recommend to a friend ?

On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 2:39 PM, Deepa Mohan wrote: > > > Wow Charles. Must get hold of this book. A human being with no words > for numbers? Incredible > > Deepa. > > Deepa - you can hear a lecture that Daniel Everett gave about the Pirahã Indians from the Long Now foundation - http://is.gd/r

Re: [silk] Pink Chaddi Campaign hacked on Facebook

On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 12:49 PM, Priyanka Sachar wrote: > yes tweets pertaining to this may help.I also feel we could request > Scobleizer, techcrunch, Om Malik for some help regarding highlighting this > issue on their sites. > I'm a fairly lightweight twitterer compared to some luminaries on t

Re: [silk] Gmail users since April 2004

On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 5:54 PM, Vinayak Hegde wrote: > I have one from June 2004. That means I have 5 years worth of email on > gmail. What do people use here to backup their gmail account and what > is the preferred mailbox format. I tried thunderbird but the > connection would get reset every

Re: [silk] Twitter users

On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 6:48 PM, Supriya Nair wrote: > I'm curious to know if most Twitterers on this list use it via their phone. > Do desktop[/etc.] users use it as a substitute for Facebook/blogging, or is > it complementary to those experiences? > > I would use my own Twitter account a lot mor

Re: [silk] [Silk] Calling Gadget gurus

On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 2:36 PM, Biju Chacko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > But you need to be more specific on the kind of gadget geek you want. We > have: > > * Photo geeks > * GPS geeks > * Hardware geeks > * Software geeks > * Motor geeks (if you count cars as big, expensive gadgets) > and mor

Re: [silk] list 2.0

On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 10:05 PM, Deepa Mohan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I am very interested in people's reactions to social networking > sites...both plus and minus. My own reaction? Orkut was/is a little too > "young" for me, I have fun in Facebook but have never seen anything > remotely >

Re: [silk] Vir Sanghvi on Kashmir

On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 3:41 PM, Thaths <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This exchange brings to mind the first episode of Yes Prime Minister > in which Jim Hacker and his Chief Scientific Advisor debate whether > the Russians would invade Western Europe and when (and if) the PM > would press The Butt

Re: [silk] Vir Sanghvi on Kashmir

On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 12:54 PM, J. Andrew Rogers < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Most of Europe has lived with this reality for a long time, for better or > worse. I would make the point that one does not invade a country without > telegraphing that fact weeks to months ahead of time; there is plenty

Re: [silk] Vir Sanghvi on Kashmir

On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 11:22 AM, Perry E. Metzger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > > Well, this is an entirely new argument, and not an unreasonable > one. Given the incredibly high standard of the discussion on this issue, I have to thank you for tolerating my slightly crackpot view on this :)

Re: [silk] Vir Sanghvi on Kashmir

On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 1:02 AM, Perry E. Metzger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > > Giving up Kashmir would be dumb. > > Well, lets consider the positives: > > 1) Elimination of a major, perhaps the major, cause of conflict > between India and a neighboring state. > a) Lowered military spending.

Re: [silk] Everyone ok in Bangalore?

It appears that not just cellphones but anything other than good old POTS lines are being jammed -- sent via gmail mobile On 7/25/08, Ashwin N <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 19:06, Srini Ramakrishnan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7525033.

Re: [silk] Intro

On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 7:43 AM, Divya Manian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 7/14/08 10:46 PM, "Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> Who are the other SGers here? :-) > >> > > Divya & Balaji are in. &

Re: [silk] Cory's introduction to _Little Brother_

On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 6:01 PM, Rishab Aiyer Ghosh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I suppose it's the axe to grind bit that keeps me using completely > > independent alter-egos for when I dip into the seamier side of the > Internet, > > and those alter-egos loop back to each other (and have for abo

Re: [silk] Recommendation for a good point-and-shoot camera

On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 1:39 PM, Biju Chacko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Obviously, I'd like to spend as little as possible. But a quick survey > of point-and-shoots tells me that budget isn't a major constraint. > > -- b > > Another option that you might want to consider is the Ricoh Caplio GX1

Re: [silk] Cory's introduction to _Little Brother_

On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 2:10 AM, Thaths <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > http://groups.google.com/groups?q=%22udhay%20shankar%20n%22&num=100&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wg > > Looks like your divorce from Eudora is a long and painful one starting > circa 2002: > Ah I guess I would a member of that unhapp

Re: [silk] Recommendation for a good point-and-shoot camera

On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 7:07 PM, Biju Chacko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A bit of googling led me to the > Canon Powershot S5 IS (http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canons5is/). It > seems a reasonable compromise of price and performance. It also looks > like something I could use to improve my photo

Re: [silk] Adopted children: sometimes you can't mend them

On Sun, Apr 27, 2008 at 3:37 PM, va <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/families/article3801614.ece > > Adopted children: sometimes you can't mend them > == > > It was some years before Melanie found a reference to atta

Re: [silk] Supercharge Your Camera with Open-Source CHDK Firmware

On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 6:51 PM, Rishab Aiyer Ghosh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > you can't actually do that (1/6 second!) on a regular camera that > has a decent sized hardware shutter. the examples seem to be with > cheaper cameras which use software to control the CCD and don't have > mec

Re: [silk] How did this guy wind up here?

Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > C > P.S. Balaji, Welcome. > Thanks CG! Venkat Mangudi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Isn't that a good idea, now? I have been missing all the silk meets thus > far. It is still a fabulous idea. > > Balaji, welcome to Silk. Thanks for s

Re: [silk] Supercharge Your Camera with Open-Source CHDK Firmware

On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 3:17 PM, Biju Chacko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Since we have a bunch of hackers on this list who are also photo-geeks: > > > http://howto.wired.com/wiki/Supercharge_Your_Camera_with

Re: [silk] How did this guy wind up here?

On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 9:34 PM, Deepa Mohan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Balaji, Welcome to the list (that is, assuming you joined recently, > which may not be right)! Your contributions need not be rare and > pedestrian, they can be often and pedestrian, like mine. Well, glad > you unlurked

[silk] How did this guy wind up here?

Hello all, I suppose I should begin by telling you the story of how I wound up on this list - typically such stories involve large amounts of beer and semi-forgotten promises, but this is the geek version - it began when a bunch of us decided twitter wasn't enough for group conversations and went