What Venky said...
On Sun 20 Dec 2020 at 08:52, Venkatesh Hariharan wrote:
> Udhay, you were the one who introduced me to SilkList. I have really
> enjoyed being on this list. SilkList is currently the only non-work related
> mailing list that I am on :-)
>
> Venky
>
> On Sun, Dec 20, 2020 at 8:
-Computers
-Musical Instruments
-Matcha tea
On Mon, Dec 7, 2020 at 4:44 AM Udhay Shankar N wrote:
> Like it says. I know there are similar threads out there on reddit etc -
> this question is for silklisters. :)
>
> My list:
> - Computers. Every 5 years or so I replace my computer with the best
“This scent had a freshness, but not the freshness of limes or
pomegranates, not the freshness of myrrh or cinnamon bark or curly mint or
birch or camphor or pine needles, not that of a May rain or a frosty wind
or of well water... and at the same time it had warmth, but not as
bergamot, cypress, o
My list to take US and EU colleagues in Chennai / Bangalore:
-any of the restaurants at the Windsor (in Bangalore) or the Grand Chola
(in Chennai)...because they are set up to cater to those populations.
-Yauatcha in Bangalore...so good! Not Indian, but hey!
My $.02
D
On Tue, Sep 17, 2019 at 8:
And presumably Geeth ❤️. Welcome, Anjali!
On Sat, Feb 23, 2019 at 12:27 PM Geetanjali Chitnis <
g...@geetanjalichitnis.com> wrote:
>
> I love biryani, romance novels, cats, makeup, movies and Bangalore weather.
>
>
gt; Looking forward to seeing everyone... its been a while.
> > Z
> >
> > On Mon, Feb 11, 2019 at 10:31 AM Udhay Shankar N
> wrote:
> >
> > > Silklister Danese Cooper will be in town, possibly with Zaheda Bhorat
> and
> > > Alolita S
Well obviously me :-) Really hoping to see you all <3
Danese
On Mon, Feb 11, 2019 at 10:31 AM Udhay Shankar N wrote:
> Silklister Danese Cooper will be in town, possibly with Zaheda Bhorat and
> Alolita Sharma. Let's use this as an opportunity to meet up.
>
> Show
I’m still in SF (when I’m in California and not Ireland). Nov/Dec would be
good months, because October is already crazy!
D
On Wed, Oct 10, 2018 at 5:40 PM Udhay Shankar N wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 11, 2018 at 4:15 AM Venkatesh H R
> wrote:
>
> I'm spending a year at Stanford University as a journa
Headspace is just a bit too gamified for me (very hipster-sticky though, I'm
sure). I like Calm. No Aussie guy voice, no cutesy animations of metaphorical
cars driving by like thoughts when you're trying to meditate...
Yes, I'm old.
D
> On Sep 9, 2016, at 2:38 PM, Thaths wrote:
>
>> On Sat,
Exactly
> On Apr 19, 2016, at 5:11 AM, Charles Haynes wrote:
>
> Strongly agree. I'm smart, but my success, such as it is, is more luck than
> skill.
>
> That said - luck favors the prepared, and "the more I practice, the luckier
> I get."
>
> -- Charles
>
>> On Tue, 19 Apr 2016 at 11:18 Udha
So nice to see everybody! But alas my voice is tired and I must head home lest
I fail to speak well at tomorrow's Drupal Meetup.
Thanks Udhay and all <3
Danese
> On Mar 4, 2016, at 7:01 PM, Venkatesh Hariharan wrote:
>
>> On Mar 4, 2016 6:45 PM, "Danese Cooper&quo
Can't miss me. Right as you walk through the doors. I'm in pink
> On Mar 4, 2016, at 6:46 PM, Rajesh Mehar wrote:
>
> 10 min away. Which table are you at Danese?
>
>> On Fri, Mar 4, 2016, 18:45 Danese Cooper wrote:
>>
>> How can I be the first one he
How can I be the first one here???
> On Mar 2, 2016, at 2:19 PM, Udhay Shankar N wrote:
>
> Arbor Brewing Company on Magrath road.
>
> --
> ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((via phone))
Needs to be evening, because I'm likely tied up all day out at PayPal.
D
> On Mar 2, 2016, at 12:20 PM, Rajesh Mehar wrote:
>
> Friday what time?
>
>> On Wed, Mar 2, 2016, 12:04 Udhay Shankar N wrote:
>>
>> On Wed, Mar 2, 2016 at 11:29 AM, Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan <
>> chandrachoo...@gm
Which is better, Thursday or Friday evening?
D
Not that this fact should alter your plans, but I plan to spend all of February
in India next year...
D
> On Dec 18, 2015, at 9:35 PM, Udhay Shankar N wrote:
>
>> On 12/1/2015 3:38 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote:
>>
>> Date? I’ll travel over.
>
> The date is today. Happy birthday, silk! A
Hmmm weird jobs...some of my favorites below...
D
> On a related note: Tell us about the most interesting jobs/assignments
> you've worked on?
>
> (not just Kingsley, of course)
>
> Udhay
> --
>
> ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com))
Xerox copier technician
Cook
Thank you Gabin! See you soon.
> On Feb 16, 2015, at 5:55 PM, gabin kattukaran wrote:
>
> I've got the long table out on the balcony.
>
> -Gabin
> On 16-Feb-2015 5:43 pm, "Charanya Chidambaram" <
> charanya.chidamba...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>> On 16 February 2015 at 17:38, Vinayak Hegde wrote
I will miss seeing you.
D
> On Feb 16, 2015, at 2:45 PM, Venkat Mangudi - Silk
> wrote:
>
> Oh, well. Something has come up and I'm going to have to take a rain
> check. I'm going to regret not being able to attend. :-(
>
> -V
> On 16 Feb 2015 09:43, "Venkat Mangudi - Silk"
> wrote:
>
>>
kat
>> On 8 Feb 2015 09:22, "Danese Cooper" wrote:
>>
>> Hyatt Bangalore apparently
>>
>>
>>>> On Feb 7, 2015, at 7:10 PM, Udhay Shankar N wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Feb 4, 2015 at 4:20 PM, Biju Chacko
>> wrote:
&g
Hyatt Bangalore apparently
> On Feb 7, 2015, at 7:10 PM, Udhay Shankar N wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Feb 4, 2015 at 4:20 PM, Biju Chacko wrote:
>>
>> I'll be in Bangalore 2/15 mid-day through 2/18 early morning.
>>>
>>> Shall we have an evening meetup?
>>
>> 15th and 16th work for me. +1 to the Lee
Hi,
I'll be in Bangalore 2/15 mid-day through 2/18 early morning.
Shall we have an evening meetup?
Also, my usual hotel (ITC Windsor) is booked out :-(. Looking for suggestions
in town (even though I'll be working day times out in Whitefield).
Towards the fun!
Danese
Shout-out to Cory...this is an amazing documentary currently in very limited
release in the US. It's composed of footage shot as Edward Snowden was prepping
with journalists to blow the whistle, with supporting footage of various
members of the Intelligence Elite lying to the US Congress. Excel
Okay Tim :-) I guess I have to rise to this occasion.
Madhu, when exactly are you in SF? I can arrange a tour for you of Anchor
Steam Brewery (the original craft beer renaissance mecca in North America).
I happen to know their primary brand ambassador, Bob Brewer (his real name)
who is retiring t
My comments in-line...
On Sep 24, 2014, at 9:11 PM, Kingsley Jegan Joseph wrote:
>>
>> I would love your recommendations for food and drink adventures in
>> these cities. I have no dietary restrictions. :)
>
> San Francisco:
> Range for stake, Burma Superstar for Asian, Dosa on Valencia (say
I actually own a Lytro camera (I won it at SXSW year before last). Its
super fun to play with, but the pictures (at least with the first
iteration) are actually pretty low-rez and only useful in limited ways.
I've seen a demo with a Lytro image embedded in a normal email (and still
able to do the
Okay...here's my wisdom (at the age of 55). Re-reading before I hit send,
I realize some of this sounds relentlessly cheerful or optimistic and I
want to preface by saying I have also suffered setbacks in my life that
might have left me embittered (but wiser), but for whatever reason I am
wired to
> On May 19, 2014, at 7:36 PM, Udhay Shankar N wrote:
>
>
>
>
> Original Message
> Subject: Re: [silk] What You Learn in Your 40s
> Date: Mon, 19 May 2014 14:11:50 -0400
> From: Bruce A Metcalf
> To: Udhay Shankar N
>
> Udhay Shankar N wrote:
>
>> This is a fun list. P
I'm guessing OSI wants something a bit less ... personal. Their readership
mostly won't have known Atul.
Danese
On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 11:21 AM, Indrajit Gupta wrote:
> Wasn't that the point?
>
>
>
> bonobashi
>
>
>
> - Original Message -
> > From: Suresh Ramasubramanian
> > To: "mai
I'd been chatting with Atul every few days throughout the many months of this
his last battle, and I found him both indomitable and yet realistic about his
chances. He was also incredibly humbled (not something I expected) by the
financial and emotional support he was receiving.
In our last con
Tried AirBnb? I live in California, so can't help directly, but I've had good
luck everywhere I've used them.
On Sat, Apr 20, 2013 at 8:46 AM, Naresh wrote:
> I and a (male) friend are heading to London 25th april evening till 2nd may
> and didn't book a hotel /accomodation till now..and it's
that sounds...recursive. must be hard for him ;-)
On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 9:08 AM, Bonobashi wrote:
> It was. That was just Shiv in mid-flow demonstrating that he DOESN'T
> squirm. He tends to get carried away proving his balance and refusal to be
> carried away.
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
>
On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 8:46 AM, Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan <
chandrachoo...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> I believe Americans use pants quite often. In India and the US, pants mean
> trousers, while in the UK, pants mean pants, as in underpants.
>
I hear "knickers" in the UK for underpants
>
>
Be careful of US customs regulations. We're encouraged to report any
foodstuffs we're carrying and they sometimes get seized when we do :-(.
D
On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 10:40 AM, Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan <
chandrachoo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Going against the grain here. I don't wa
Yes please!
On Nov 10, 2011, at 9:09 AM, Eugen Leitl wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 03:24:19PM +, Sidin Vadukut wrote:
>
>> It turns out I like smokey malts. Cheers.
>
> Laphroaig, Lagavulin, Ardbeg?
>
I love that you top-posted this, Udhay :-).
D
On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 12:54 AM, Udhay Shankar N wrote:
> Resending this, for
> a) The benefit of our newer members;
> b) Some of our older members; &
> c) The extra irony points.
>
> Udhay
>
> Original Message
> From: Perry E. Me
Its in Malalayam, apparently...published within the last month and about
Wikipedia. I don't know the title, but I want one.
Danese
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 10:03 PM, Danese Cooper wrote:
>>
>> Danese (who as an infant would have been left on a cliff to die in Ancient
>> Sparta)
>>
>
> Oh...I thought they were thrown off the cliffmy mistake.
>
> And...I'm amazed at your k
I believe the anti-glare has more to do with how you look in glasses than
functional reduction of glare to which you are subjected. I wear very strong
lenses, and anti-glare reduces the surface reflection of light, mostly keeping
people from noticing that I essentially have magnifying glasses st
Me too please.
Sent from my iPhone
On Dec 11, 2010, at 4:36 PM, gabin kattukaran wrote:
> 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 that is usable with the
> cabbies would suffice.
>
> thanks,
>
> gab
I would love to, but my flight out of Pune isn't until evening so I fear
I'll arrive too late.
Danese
On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 5:09 AM, Venkat Mangudi 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 hap
Make it late so I can come. I have a Wikimedian meetup earlier in the evening
Saturday
Sent from my iPhone
On Nov 24, 2010, at 6:27 PM, Udhay Shankar N wrote:
> On 24-Nov-10 7:30 PM, Danese Cooper wrote:
>
>> I'll actually be in Bangalore on the 19th :-D. I vote for Udhay
I'll actually be in Bangalore on the 19th :-D. I vote for Udhay buying us all
drinks!
Danese
Sent from my iPhone
On Nov 24, 2010, at 5:00 AM, Udhay Shankar N wrote:
> On 19th December 2010, Silk-List turns 13 years old. it's been quite a
> ride (with a surprising number of people who've been
Durian
On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 11:12 AM, Thaths wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 9:05 AM, Udhay Shankar N wrote:
> > Inspired by a friend's status message about lutefisk, I ask silklisters
> > to let us know what is the strangest thing they've eaten.
>
> Curd rice?
>
> Thaths
> --
> Marge: Quic
Ah, but you're not "born" Catholic. You have to consciously choose it and
be "confirmed" before you can celebrate sacrament. Hinduism has a lower bar
to entry. My understanding is that pretty much everybody (even a future
Catholic) is "born" Hindu. I'm sure you'll all let me know if I've been
m
I'm worried that Tim is just trading evils.
On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 9:43 AM, Suresh Ramasubramanian
wrote:
> Well well .. way to go.
>
>suresh
>
>
> http://www.pcworld.com/article/191633/meet_tim_bray_new_face_of_the_googleapple_rivalry.html
>
> http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/201x/2010
Hello all,
Sorry I missed this post the other day, Udhay. Yes, it is true, I'm the new
CTO of Wikimedia Foundation. So far I'm deeply locked in knowledge
transfer...which could go on for some time. There's a lot to learn. The
first CTO was also the first employee, so his knowledge of the proje
So it's sort of the anti-Shiok?
Danese
Sent from my iPhone
On Jul 2, 2009, at 3:35 AM, Suresh Ramasubramanian
wrote:
Suresh Ramasubramanian [02/07/09 03:20 -0700]:
It is right next to a vietnamese place that serves the black coffee +
condensed milk vietnamese coffee.
Yup, the House of N
Sent from my iPhone
On Jul 1, 2009, at 10:55 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian
wrote:
Biju Chacko [02/07/09 11:20 +0530]:
How does dinner of Friday, Jul 10th somewhere in the Mission sound
to you?
Sounds good. Google maps tells me that the Mission is relatively
close
to the financial dist
Okay...just FYI this meal you're describing, while no doubt hot and
tasty...is basically spicy, oily carbohydrates, right? FRESH vegetables
have vitamins, nutrients...canned ones, not so much.
>
> I also got to be a pretty fair cook of stuff like "vegetable rice" (canned
> vegetables stir fried w
I absolutely *love* my Plantronics 925. I have owned dozens of Bluetooth
headsets (slave to my cellphone that I am)...and this is the ONE. Light,
comfortable, great sound. Only drawback is poor wind protection, but there
are 925 owners who have put little bits of wind foam on the mic to good
eff
Not sure yet, but I may be in Seattle at some point around that time.
Danese
Sent from my phone
On Jan 31, 2009, at 9:15 AM, Divya Manian
wrote:
On 1/31/09 6:53 AM, "Gautam John" wrote:
Anyone in the Seattle area? I'm there the 15th through the 20th of
February.
A meet-up?
I live t
On Fri, Dec 26, 2008 at 9:09 PM, Venkat Mangudi wrote:
The worst experience was in a mall in Fremont, CA.
> Somebody once told me CA was the most broadminded state. All that is
> nonsense. Kentucky treated me better, I think. But I digress. Before I
> get back to the mainstream discussion, let me
Must admit (as a business tourist and not a local), I wouldn't visit if
there wasn't an interesting event happening. I don't care about the
infrastructure issues (grew up in LA...and you forgot to mention gridlock in
Beijing, Bangkok, the airport road into Hanoi...your city doesn't actually
have t
Nevermind. Just saw tweet confirming Eric is okay :-)
Danese
Sent from my phone
On Nov 26, 2008, at 6:39 PM, Udhay Shankar N <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Just got off the phone with a few friends in Mumbai - thankfully,
they're OK.
Mumbai silklisters - speak up, please. Are you folks fine?
ht
Brian and I are most worried about Dr. Eric Von Hipple, who was
scheduled to check into Oberoi last night. Karim Lakhani tweeted about
this earlier. Haven't seen any word whether the good Dr. Is safe or not.
Danese
Sent from my phone
On Nov 26, 2008, at 6:39 PM, Udhay Shankar N <[EMAIL PROT
Wow, Cory Doctorow is explicitly blacklisted on this site, and he's listed
number three on the list (Obama is number one). Best bit is that there's a
live link to the Craphound blog...
D
http://shelleytherepublican.com/blacklist
On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 2:24 AM, Srini Ramakrishnan <[EMAIL PROTECT
Wow. I didn't realize Silklist was a cover for a secret Metal Head society
;-).
Danese
On Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 11:20 PM, Udhay Shankar N <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Sumant Srivathsan wrote, [on 9/29/2008 11:40 AM]:
>
> I blame Rick Rubin. IMO, the only Metallica album that sounds even
>> remo
http://xkcd.com/482/
Apparently, Cory is at 1/2 an atmosphere ;-)
I'm jealous that he's in India, and I'm not.
Danese
Yes, there was a conference last month that kicked this off. Its
Micah Sifry's thing (Dave Sifry of Technorati fame is his brother).
Silklist's own Brian Behlendorf was there and spoke on a panel.
Perhaps not surprisingly, many of the essay authors are FOO Camp
regulars...Seems like poli
I had a conversation with the guy who does iPhoneDevCamp last week at
OSCON. He's really freaked because the NDA is still in place for the
iPhone SDK. In essence it means that its illegal for non-Apple-
employed iPhone developers to speak to each other directly (which is
gonna make a BarCa
Biju,
Brian is up at FNF (a weekend music party that is off the grid).
Here's what I know about Apache taking that money.
First of all, Apache got over dealing with proximity to MSFT for
pragmatic reasons a long time ago. Covalent is an example of a
company that sold Apache-based products
I have to beg to differ on the subject of Al Gore. If you've never
seen his talk on Global Warming I guess you might still consider him
a poor communicator...but it wasn't poor communication skills that
cost him that election (not to open a new can of worms).
On Jun 26, 2008, at 5:27 AM, B
Gotta love Google:
from http://www.chaospark.com/politics/reid12.htm
Libertarian or Anarchist?
Libertarians are often accused of being anarchists or asked what the
difference is between a libertarian and an anarchist. The popular
image of anarchy is unrestrained violence and looting. Libert
If you think of the status quo as inertia, then physics tells us a
force (which I'm gonna call conflict) is required to create change.
In my work career I've seen this over and over. Those who are
guarding the status quo do not go gently in a new direction, even if
that direction is clearl
2008 at 6:42 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
Danese Cooper [20/06/08 18:39 -0700]:
Well the Mark Hopkins (like the Imperial in Delhi or Raffles in
Singapore
or the Oriental in Bangkok) is more than a hotel..its a
landmark. Heck,
Kim Novak's characte
Well the Mark Hopkins (like the Imperial in Delhi or Raffles in
Singapore or the Oriental in Bangkok) is more than a hotel..its a
landmark. Heck, Kim Novak's character *lived* there in Vertigo. :-).
Price-wise however, I still say they are comparable. Sometimes
Bombay is higher and someti
I'm an Inshallah user, but I choose my audience...wouldn't say it to
a Sikh, I'd say Waheguru Ki Fateh...and I say Lahemdullah in the
Magreb ;-).
Then there's the question of what I say when I stub my toe or miss a
nail and pound my finger with a hammer? I think automatic curses are
more
3 stars to you isn't 3 stars in India. You don't want to go below 4
stars (unless you want to do the ashram thing...which can be cheap
and clean but essentially "no stars").
D
On Jun 20, 2008, at 8:02 AM, Cory Doctorow wrote:
I think I could be happy in a 3-star -- the Indian equivalent o
The airport region has industry and some interesting barrios (if
that's what you're writing about). Mumbai is really spread out and
the neighborhoods are all somewhat unique.
D
On Jun 20, 2008, at 8:44 AM, Cory Doctorow wrote:
Is the airport region really boring, like most airport locatio
Hey Cory,
Mumbai:
I have stayed at the Leela (now owned by Kempinski and closest to the
airport)...many, many times. Its considered pricey by some Indians I
know, but is comparable to US hotels in price and has excellent
service...particularly on their club floors. Its been there a long
Hey Gautam,
Here is a list of numismatist groups in the Bay Area. Presumably
there must be a similar list for India, no?
http://www.kenbarr.com/clubs.html
Danese
On Jun 15, 2008, at 6:45 AM, Gautam John wrote:
Hello!
Are there any numismatist's on this list? My grandmother has an old
co
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pucdJHjZaqs
If you'd like to listen to it.
Danese
p.s. This received really strange coverage on NPR yesterday.
Interviews with Harvard grads who were disappointed with the speech
because JK isn't a "world leader". Listening to the speech I think
she's givi
Christian Brothers was a brand in California (they produced brandy
and wine) for several decades. They really were "Christian Brothers"
as the establishment was run by Franciscan monks (see http://
www.christianbrothersbrandy.com/history.html for a nice picture of
their former winery on Hwy
I'm sure Charles will have his own answer, but allow me to comment
generally on the homeschool movement in the US.
Many, many parents have opted to pull their kids out of school in the
US to pursue a course of education outside of the traditional school
options of "public or private". They
FWIW, NASA has a couple of viable open source projects. Also the
Dept of the Navy in the US was a very early employer of Linux Kernel
engineers and the NSF worked on a "reliable" version of Linux that
proved it could be done.
Danese
On Apr 9, 2008, at 10:39 AM, Srini Ramakrishnan wrote:
So over here in the States I know of several long-term couples who
read the same books. In the case of my friend Jane and her husband
John, they share books even though he is a right-wing libertarian and
she's a left-wing liberal. In my own marriage, well...my husband
only reads books pub
When I worked for Apple we did a product with French engineers and a
Japanese customer (NTT). We had these daily video conferences with
the customer, and they used to say things like, "If you don't fix
this (completely cosmetic) bug...you will be victimized"
And they did look a little like
My pics:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/danesecooper/sets/72157604156435040/
D
On Mar 18, 2008, at 10:57 PM, Danese Cooper wrote:
Arthur lived for many many years in Colombo, Sri Lanka. As
essentially the patron saint of the Sri Lankan IT Industry, he
often appeared at tech conferences
Arthur lived for many many years in Colombo, Sri Lanka. As
essentially the patron saint of the Sri Lankan IT Industry, he often
appeared at tech conferences organized in Colombo. The first year I
spoke at FOSS-SL he came to visit, but on a day when I was absent (I
was visiting the Naval A
Congrats! I was *so* happy to get mine last year. Feels so
comforting to know I can go to India any old time.
D
On Feb 26, 2008, at 5:03 PM, Charles Haynes wrote:
They just
issued her a 10 year tourist visa.
Not that this is gonna help you now...but I *always* ask the Visa
Network folks for advice when filling out a visa form (for any
country). They've seen it all, and they've seen it more recently
than I have. They know for instance not to refer to any specific
conference when applying for a
Not sure how I missed this thread originally...but nice to see fiber
artists on Silk.
I knit, crochet, tat, macrame, embroider and spin. I also do a lot
of knitting on planes and also (famously) in meetings.
http://danesecooper.blogs.com/divablog/2007/08/ashlee-vance-wh.html
Danese
On Fe
Maybe me too? I have to be in San Jose in the morning tomorrow...
Danese
On Feb 20, 2008, at 5:11 PM, Charles Haynes wrote:
I'm also here in MTV through Mar 6 or so. Lunch in MTV works best for
me, but dinner in SF may be possible. Come have lunch with Thats and
me!
-- Charles
On Wed, Feb 2
You guys are gonna scare poor Brian. Remember, he has to STAY there.
Seriously, a few of the Sun folks stayed at the Churchill during
FOSS.in and they found it to be fine...if a little far from the
"center of town".
Danese
On Feb 4, 2008, at 7:20 PM, shiv sastry wrote:
On Tuesday 05 Feb
Oh, there's poverty. There are plenty of folks missing out on the
gravy-train. Especially small-holder farmers and share-croppers and
the actual workers in the Industrial Zone.
D
On Jan 28, 2008, at 9:34 AM, Cory Doctorow wrote:
at least some abject failure of development
Wow Cory :-). First babies are usually late...hope Alice is
comfortable and that you're both caught up on sleep (you're gonna
need it). Congrats.
Danese
On Jan 28, 2008, at 8:52 AM, Cory Doctorow wrote:
and my wife is due to deliver our daughter TODAY
Cory,
Are you actually going to go hang out in whichever of these places
you select? If yes, I'd personally be leaning towards Chandigarh
because it will have all the Punjabi politicsboth ancient and
modern. You stlll have small-holder farmlands in the surrounding
countryside, but a
Uhm...I don't have permission to view the page. Do you need to
friend me on Flickr or something? I'm DivaDanese.
On Dec 13, 2007, at 6:40 AM, Vinit Bhansali wrote:
Here they are.
http://flickr.com/photos/vinit/sets/72157603446375588/
And they come with a story that involves a burnt extern
They make great source to cut up for images for collage art. I give
mine to schools for that purpose.
Danese
On Dec 5, 2007, at 4:33 AM, Shoba Narayan wrote:
Shiv:
We have 5 years of accumulated old issue of National Geographic too :)
How on earth do you get rid of them?
Shoba
Of course I've never been to FOU, but I've been to just about every
FOO ever, I think.
FWIW, a safari, if interesting and fun, wouldn't necessarily be out
of bounds at FOO. Over the years there have been excursions offered
(to a local artist workshop around the corner, to a performance by
Okay, so now I must book my airline tix for trip to India. I still
haven't seen consensus on FOU (when, where, to what extent???).
Can we please, please just decide? Is it Fireflies? Somewhere
else? I can be there Nov 30-Dec 2. I'm happy to moderate Werewolf
games, to talk other wester
I just spoke to Udhay on AIM, and the poor man is home sick in bed on
his birthday :-(
Danese
Sent from my iPhone :-)
On Oct 22, 2007, at 10:31 PM, "Deepa Mohan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
For everyone who is trying to plan (or not) the next FoU ..today is
BoU...happy birthday, Udhay!
S
lly made by hand by the artist.
Want me to pick one up for you?
-- Charles
At 800$, Danese, couldn't you scoop out a real vending machine, lug it
along, and stand inside that, that would be even more recherche?
AbhiSHEK thank you for that most interesting link!
Deepa.
On 10/22/07, Danes
You've never been to Hallowe'en in the Castro District...scary isn't
really the point. Its more like a huge dress-up party. Clever
counts ;-).
Danese
On Oct 21, 2007, at 10:36 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote:
Danese Cooper wrote:
My husband says, "Wow, can we
My husband says, "Wow, can we get one of those for
Hallowe'en?" (We're very focused on Hallowe'en here in San Francisco).
Danese
On Oct 21, 2007, at 10:28 PM, Abhishek Hazra wrote:
for me its a super art piece!
sculpture+performance rolled (or wrapped?) into one.
:)
reminded me also of dune+
FWIW, folks who are attending OS Summit Asia before FOSS.in can't
make it to B'lore or environs by the 1st anyway. We'll be in Hong
Kong until afternoon Nov 30th.
Danese
On Aug 24, 2007, at 7:43 AM, Kiran Jonnalagadda wrote:
On 22-Aug-07, at 8:15 PM, Casey O'Donnell wrote:
Dec 1-2 is a
Jim is one of my best pals from my "Sun Days", and I'm really happy to
see him here on Silk. He's expecting to attend FOSS.in, and I'm hoping
by then he'll be a friend of Udhay's so he can come to FOU. He's one
of the goodguys :-)
Danese
Sent from my iPhone :-)
Unless you count Kamakaze pilots in WWII..and I'm sure somebody even
before that.
Danese
On Jul 8, 2007, at 9:46 PM, Charles Haynes wrote:
Suicide bombing was invented by the LTTE and
is still used by them.
udhay,
Where did you get the idea that you must go through iTunes? I grab
music from lots of sources, in .mp3 .wav and other standard formats.
Quicktime plays them, and they only convert to .aac if I say to.
Also, its a single checkbox to mount an iPod as an external drive. I
back stuff
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