Re: [silk] Reintroducing myself

2017-12-27 Thread Madhu Kurup
On 11/16/2017 10:44 PM, Bharath Chari wrote: On 11/17/2017 04:26 AM, Rajesh Mehar wrote: Out of curiosity: What is the difference between active and passive lurking? In my mind, active lurking is reading the post and enjoying the discussion but consciously (for whatever motive) not responding.

Re: [silk] Introduction

2009-03-12 Thread Madhu Kurup
Hmm: Nikhil Mehra wrote: Hi, Just wanted to drop a line to introduce myself. Some of you know me from that other venerable list called Satin, I was brought on board by the list pappy, Uday - I think he was duly impressed by how much alcohol I could put away. I'm a lawyer practising at the Suprem

Re: [silk] Houston/Seattle

2009-02-06 Thread Madhu Kurup
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 there with Deepak Jois (a lurker). We could discuss off list where and when. +1 for Seattle. Cheerio, M -- Madhu M Kurup /* Nemo Me

Re: [silk] Favourite books read in 2008

2009-01-13 Thread Madhu Kurup
Thaths wrote: * In Spite of the Gods: The Strange Rise of Modern India +1 for In Spite of the Gods. Cheerio, M -- Madhu M Kurup /* Nemo Me Impune Lacessit */ mmk222 at cornell dt edu

Re: [silk] how to get an idli cooker

2008-10-03 Thread Madhu Kurup
Hmm: Gautam John wrote: "A study published in the Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture investigated the effects of various methods of cooking broccoli. Of all the methods of preparation, steaming caused the least loss of nutrients. If anyone puts either spinach or broccoli into my

Re: [silk] aadu pambe

2008-08-18 Thread Madhu Kurup
Hmm: Rishab Aiyer Ghosh wrote: so can someone give me a rough idea of the lyrics of the song i've had looping for hours now [1]? i saw rumours of english translations somewhere but can't see them. not that you need to know what it means to enjoy the music, but one wonders. I'll take a stab a

Re: [silk] Wanted: Exceptional parents

2008-04-05 Thread Madhu Kurup
va wrote: http://www.livemint.com/Articles/PrintArticle.aspx "Great," I whispered to Nitin. "They are teaching her to read English with made-up nonsense." ... had me choking on my morning cuppa kaapi. I think you meant this link: http://www.livemint.com/2008/04/05001858/Wanted-Exceptional-p

Re: [silk] Lost and Found

2008-02-27 Thread Madhu Kurup
Heh: Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: So you finally landed on silk? Thought just your mom was here, and she's become a regular in such a short time :) Welcome. Not for a want of trying, I can assure you. From 2004, to now, just a short four years of public threatening.. http://groups.yahoo.

Re: [silk] [EMAIL PROTECTED] GUI design [ was Re: IHT.com Article: ]

2008-02-27 Thread Madhu Kurup
Ashok Krish wrote: On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 9:28 AM, Suresh Ramasubramanian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: (I usually dial down touchpad sensitivity a bit to suit my tastes, and these days use a thinkpad with a trackpoint) I always connect a tiny mouse and use that. Works much better for me. The

Re: [silk] IHT.com Article: First transsexual celebrity, Rose, makes a TV debut

2008-02-27 Thread Madhu Kurup
va wrote: On 2/27/08, divya manian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I had ok-ok teachers of Carnatic music and, as you all mention, was "forced" to learn singing and dancing for a while. I then started learning to play the Veena, but stopped it in time for my X standard I started after class X and s

Re: [silk] bangalore public transport

2008-02-09 Thread Madhu Kurup
shiv sastry wrote: On Saturday 09 Feb 2008 1:16 pm, Vinayak Hegde wrote: Well one of my grouses with the Bus ssystem is all the boards are in Kannada. Why not have them in dual languages such as Hindi / English. BEST does this well. What??!!! Signs in foreign languages!! Never! 'em furrien

Re: [silk] another intro

2008-02-08 Thread Madhu Kurup
Hmm: Vinayak Hegde wrote: Good to see another Akamite (that sounds like a pest doesn't it :) on Silk. I work in the Bangalore office. When I had work dealings with Akamai (circa 2000-2002) I often wondered how much easier it would be if they did have a Bangalore office. I asked once and wa

Re: [silk] India special economic zone -- travel and reading recco?

2008-01-29 Thread Madhu Kurup
Heh: Biju Chacko wrote: You should check out the short story 'Anda's Game' that Cory wrote on That sounds like an egg-citing story. Sounds like a good setup for a hard-boiled detective story. Egging her on, are we? I suspect it may not leave her sunny side up but then again, I don't th

Re: [silk] India special economic zone -- travel and reading recco?

2008-01-28 Thread Madhu Kurup
Heh: Udhay Shankar N wrote: Cory Doctorow wrote: [ on 04:53 PM 1/28/2008 ] Hey Silklisters! I'm working on a new novel that includes some action set among young gold farmers working in a special economic zone in India. At this stage, I haven't made up my mind as to where this should be, whic

Re: [silk] Silk list chennai meetup?

2008-01-16 Thread Madhu Kurup
Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan wrote: It's called Uttamar Gandhi Road, but that's just official. It still is NH road. Asking for info: Uttamar == Thamizh version of Mahatma? I'll never get to understand the chauvinists I guess Cheerio, M -- Madhu M Kurup /* Nemo Me Impune Lacessit */ mm