Re: [silk] How to smell

>From “Seven Pillars of Wisdom” by T.E. Lawrence: …we had ridden far out over the rolling plains of North Syria to a ruin of the Roman period which the Arabs believed was made by a prince of the border as a desert-palace for his queen. The clay of its building was said to have been kneaded for grea

Re: [silk] How to smell

Speaking of smells, this is one of the best opening paragraphs that I have ever read in any novel. *IT WAS INEVITABLE: the scent of bitter almonds always reminded him of the fate of unrequited love. Dr. Juvenal Urbino noticed it as soon as he entered the still darkened house where he had hurried

Re: [silk] How to smell

On Thu, Nov 19, 2020 at 10:16 PM Danese Cooper wrote: > > “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 > ― Patrick Suskind, Perfume The Story of a Murderer One of my favorite books! Thank you for the qu

Re: [silk] How to smell

“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

Re: [silk] How to smell

How interesting! I'm contemplating purchasing Harold McGee's Nose Dive myself but I'll definitely check out the links Udhay recommended. On Sat, 31 Oct 2020, 05:17 Thaths, wrote: > On Sun, Sep 29, 2019 at 9:06 PM Udhay Shankar N wrote: > > > Perhaps part of Cairo is. Just like the smell of part

Re: [silk] How to smell

On Sun, Sep 29, 2019 at 9:06 PM Udhay Shankar N wrote: > Perhaps part of Cairo is. Just like the smell of part of Bangalore is > filter coffee with the acrid overtone of chicory at 6am. And other parts > might be grilling kebabs. Or the stink of the tannery. > Speaking of smells https://www

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

On Mon, 23 Mar, 2020, 19:17 Srijith Nair, wrote: > > Thanks for the reply Kiran. Quick follow up question - do you jot things > down in a digital tool or paper and pen? > I use paper for essays and talks. Can't focus with a digital medium. I then transcribe it with a standing desk. Can't do it s

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

On Mon, Mar 23, 2020, at 2:20 PM, Kiran Jonnalagadda wrote: > I type out notes when I find an interesting passage, and I've occasionally > looked up past notes (going back a decade) to retrace how my thinking has > evolved. Thanks for the reply Kiran. Quick follow up question - do you jot thing

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

On Tue, 25 Feb, 2020, 22:06 Srijith Nair, wrote: > I was wondering what you have found useful in solving similar problems on > your end. > I use Diigo.com as a web highlighter. Its purpose built, will automatically cache the page, and even has a usable mobile app for reading and highlighting.

Re: [silk] How China is making sure universities are prepared for the worst

Great overview (and pretty incredible measures in this time of no common sense!). Thanks Harnidh. Do you have any clarity on when (or if) travel to China is feasible? Udhay

[silk] How China is making sure universities are prepared for the worst

Hi folks! Long time lurker, first-time poster here. Udhay asked me to give the silklist a rundown of how Chinese universities are future (and coronavirus) proofing themselves. For context, I'm a Schwarzman Scholar at Tsinghua University, Beijing and I've been locked out of the country since Januar

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

On Thu, Feb 27, 2020 at 07:02:16AM +0100, Srijith Nair wrote: That is a refreshing contrarian view. Do you store the metal paragraph in some form or other somewhere other than in your head? No, I don't typically write anything down after I read some book or article. For me, it's enough to ha

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

On Thu, Feb 27, 2020 at 11:55:40PM +0100, Tomasz Rola wrote: [...] > > the memorable ones, long after the participants had passed. This is from > > the Davangere region of Karnataka. > > This is interesting. it reminds me of Flynn Collective from Charles > Stross' "Accellerando". I meant, Frankli

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

On Thu, Feb 27, 2020 at 12:56:14AM +0530, Alok Singh wrote: > On Wed, Feb 26, 2020 at 11:52 PM Tomasz Rola wrote: > > > BTW, is there (or was there) a similar concept in other > > cultures/civilisations? > > > Sort of tangential but there is an oral tradition called ಹೆಳುವವರು > (heLuvavaru) who

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

> SKN: Over the years I have been getting increasingly frustrated at not > being efficient in deriving meaningful value from what I have read and > curated via notes and highlights from these readings. I wanted to get > better at retaining what I read > JJM: I'm on your same boat, but I have found

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

I have found the oldest tech solution to this problem: the humble pen, the physical book, and lots of shelf space. 1. Pen: I mark down my books and write an index of marked pages at the end of the book for easy reference. 2. Books: I prefer buying books to the Kindle (having tried e-books for sever

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

Ashwin Nanjappa wrote: The problem is PDF files directory -- which I am syncing using Dropbox, not ideal but I don't see a better solution. If the concern is around using a SaaS service like Dropbox, then NextCloud[0] with S3-Compatible Storage as the backend[1] is a great self-hosted files s

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

You are right that PDF helps me to use a single format/tool for both books and academic articles/theses/etc. For academic papers, I highlight/annotate in the PDF. We did not get into other forms of "notes" that are useful to me: programming/technical notes, those are captured in my blog. So, my "n

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

Regards, Srijith K. Nair On Wed, Feb 26, 2020, at 7:22 PM, Tomasz Rola wrote: > On Tue, Feb 25, 2020 at 05:35:27PM +0100, Srijith Nair wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I would like to pick your brains on how you organise and retrieve > > information that you read in books (physical or ebook) and lo

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

Hi José, On Wed, Feb 26, 2020, at 2:29 AM, José María Mateos wrote: > >Hi all, > > > >I would like to pick your brains on how you organise and retrieve > >information that you read in books (physical or ebook) and long-form > >articles online. > > > >Over the years I have been getting increasi

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

Hi Ashwin, > I have terrible memory, so how best to take notes and be able to search and > find them later is probably something I worry about every single day. > > Your current query is about: books and long-form online articles. I am > guessing you mean non-fiction works. Most of the time it i

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

On Wed, Feb 26, 2020 at 11:52 PM Tomasz Rola wrote: > BTW, is there (or was there) a similar concept in other > cultures/civilisations? Sort of tangential but there is an oral tradition called ಹೆಳುವವರು (heLuvavaru) who are these wandering folk (I think they were shepherds) who go from house to

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

On Tue, Feb 25, 2020 at 05:35:27PM +0100, Srijith Nair wrote: > Hi all, > > I would like to pick your brains on how you organise and retrieve > information that you read in books (physical or ebook) and long-form > articles online. > [...] > I was wondering what you have found useful in solving

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

On Tue, Feb 25, 2020 at 05:35:27PM +0100, Srijith Nair wrote: Hi all, I would like to pick your brains on how you organise and retrieve information that you read in books (physical or ebook) and long-form articles online. Over the years I have been getting increasingly frustrated at not being

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

I have terrible memory, so how best to take notes and be able to search and find them later is probably something I worry about every single day. Your current query is about: books and long-form online articles. I am guessing you mean non-fiction works. - *Non-fiction books* - *Physical

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

Hi all, I would like to pick your brains on how you organise and retrieve information that you read in books (physical or ebook) and long-form articles online. Over the years I have been getting increasingly frustrated at not being efficient in deriving meaningful value from what I have read a

Re: [silk] How to smell

On Mon, Sep 30, 2019 at 7:43 AM Shoba Narayan wrote: But my favourite paragraph on smells comes from Mahmoud Darwish on "What is > Lost." Is Cairo really > the > smell of mango and ginger though? Perhaps part of Cairo is. Just like the smell of p

Re: [silk] How to smell

eplying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of silklist digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > >1. How to smell (Udhay Shankar N) > > > -- > > Mes

[silk] How to smell

(It’s the last part of 2019, and I am sending what I think is my first HTML mail to silk. Will wonders never cease?) I saw this very interesting article on “How to smell ”, which I append below. The parts that rang most true to me are:

Re: [silk] How much time do you spend cooking?

Udhay - let me spend way more time wrapping my head around the idea that a question is asked to not tabulate data :) Thanks for the context. On Wed, Sep 5, 2018 at 8:39 AM Udhay Shankar N wrote: > On Wed, Sep 5, 2018 at 8:14 AM Nima Srinivasan > wrote: > > You know this is the sort of question

Re: [silk] How much time do you spend cooking?

I have very little data because I haven't really cooked — ever — due to combination of disinclination, and availability of someone to make food (a cook and in recent years, a mother-in-law who loves to send food). But this year, I'm learning. Bought the Instant Pot a few days ago and started with r

Re: [silk] How much time do you spend cooking?

On Mon, Sep 3, 2018 at 8:05 PM Udhay Shankar N wrote: > Something I am curious about. > > How much time here do people spend actually cooking the food they eat? To > make the data more useful, calculate the time you spent over the past week > in total. > > Also, please mention whether you work ou

Re: [silk] How much time do you spend cooking?

I can't stop recommending this. https://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2012/01/vegan-garbanzos-con-espinacas-jengibre-spinach-chickpea-stew-ginger-spanish.html On 05/09/18, 1:30 AM, "silklist on behalf of Heather Madrone" wrote: Udhay Shankar N wrote on 9/3/18 8:05 PM September 3, 2018:

Re: [silk] How much time do you spend cooking?

On Wed, Sep 5, 2018 at 8:14 AM Nima Srinivasan wrote: You know this is the sort of question that needs to be asked and answered > with Google sheets :) > If one were tabulating the data, yes. I was trying to get a sense of the time people spend in cooking *as an ingredient in the meal*, sparked

Re: [silk] How much time do you spend cooking?

You know this is the sort of question that needs to be asked and answered with Google sheets :) Roughly 30 mins over an entire month. If at all. Entrepreneur with home office and fair degree of travel. On Tue, Sep 4, 2018, 8:35 AM Udhay Shankar N wrote: > Something I am curious about. > > How

Re: [silk] How much time do you spend cooking?

On Wed, Sep 5, 2018 at 1:30 AM Heather Madrone wrote: > I have quite a few chickpea recipes and can alter other recipes to > include chickpeas, but I'd welcome a few more to round out my repertoire. > > > Here's a bunch of chickpea recipes I cook regularly: http://www.bombayfoodie.com/2016/04/the

Re: [silk] How much time do you spend cooking?

Given you have Moroccan chickpeas, I recommend this Moroccan chickpeas recipe "Kalinté". We had it in Chefchaouen and loved it. (I also recommend socca if you haven't already tried it.) https://www.foodandwine.com/recipes/tangier-street-bread-kalinte On Tue., 4 Sep. 2018, 10:00 pm Heather Madrone

Re: [silk] How much time do you spend cooking?

Udhay Shankar N wrote on 9/3/18 8:05 PM September 3, 2018: How much time here do people spend actually cooking the food they eat? To make the data more useful, calculate the time you spent over the past week in total. I probably average 2 hours a day, but over the past week it's been 4. My eld

Re: [silk] How much time do you spend cooking?

I love to cook, but I don't have much time for it. I have live-in help who's been with my family for years and knows exactly what we want, so I don't waste time telling her what to do unless she asks, which is rare. We (my husband and I) mostly order groceries and even meat and fish online, because

Re: [silk] How much time do you spend cooking?

On 2018/09/04 12:05, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > Something I am curious about. > > How much time here do people spend actually cooking the food they eat? To > make the data more useful, calculate the time you spent over the past week > in total. Both my wife and I cook. A lot. Every day -- easily 2-3

Re: [silk] How much time do you spend cooking?

On Tue, Sep 4, 2018 at 8:35 AM Udhay Shankar N wrote: > Something I am curious about. > > How much time here do people spend actually cooking the food they eat? > I have a maid who comes in to cook every morning. I spend 5 minutes reheating lunch, another 10 minutes putting together dinner from

Re: [silk] How much time do you spend cooking?

Since we've been travelling I've been cooking less. So maybe 90 min / week. Most of that is 15 min / day making coffee every morning (hand grinding for two people, brewing by hand, cleaning up). Back when I was cooking more regularly, I'd estimate 8 hours a week, including shopping, prep, cooking,

Re: [silk] How much time do you spend cooking?

On 09/03/2018 11:05 PM, Udhay Shankar N wrote: Something I am curious about. How much time here do people spend actually cooking the food they eat? It varies greatly, largely because my wife and I don't have a consistent schedule. Breakfast ranges from 0 to 30 minutes, with most events at

Re: [silk] How much time do you spend cooking?

TL;DR > Also, please mention whether you work outside home or primarily within home (as a homemaker or a long distance worker) Do some part of my work from home, but go to office too. > How much time here do people spend actually cooking the food they eat? To make the data more useful, calculate

Re: [silk] How much time do you spend cooking?

This is whatever Ra Jesh was cooking his fish in. Whether that is black bean sauce, black pepper sauce etc is an exercise left to his taste buds. On 04/09/18, 11:03 AM, "silklist on behalf of Deepa Mohan" wrote: What is this "thickened black sauce" you are talking about? Sounds like my

Re: [silk] How much time do you spend cooking?

What is this "thickened black sauce" you are talking about? Sounds like my cooking when I've forgotten things... On Tue, Sep 4, 2018 at 10:59 AM Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: > And depends on what you cook. Meat generally takes a lot more preparation > time as well as cooking time than vegetabl

Re: [silk] How much time do you spend cooking?

Close to zero minutes a week. Perhaps six hours in a year, at most. Veena > > > >

Re: [silk] How much time do you spend cooking?

And depends on what you cook. Meat generally takes a lot more preparation time as well as cooking time than vegetables do. Simple dishes that can be cooked in a single pot take far less time than more complex ones involving thickened black sauces. [etc] So anywhere between 45 minutes to 3+ ho

Re: [silk] How much time do you spend cooking?

I work outside home and I usually cook every alternate day or so given that I live alone and cook only for myself. So I guess I cook about 3-4 hours a week tops (not including re-heating leftovers). On Tue, Sep 4, 2018 at 10:50 AM Ra Jesh wrote: > I would expand the question to "How much time d

Re: [silk] How much time do you spend cooking?

Ah.As my mother said, "Cooking is the time from a clean kitchen to a clean kitchen again." Perceptive post, Rajesh, thank you! On Tue, Sep 4, 2018 at 10:50 AM Ra Jesh wrote: > I would expand the question to "How much time do you spend managing the > food ecosystem in your household?" I guess thi

Re: [silk] How much time do you spend cooking?

I would expand the question to "How much time do you spend managing the food ecosystem in your household?" I guess this is what earlier generations in India included in "running the household". E.g. Last week I cooked a fried fish in a thickened black sauce and made a prawn curry (3-4 hours on tha

Re: [silk] How much time do you spend cooking?

On Tue, Sep 4, 2018 at 10:29 AM Karen Fernandes wrote: I work from home. I live with my mother who does most of the cooking. I > make my own breakfast though, for which I spend 30-40 minutes per day > cooking. > When you pick something to cook, is the primary concern the dish itself or the time

Re: [silk] How much time do you spend cooking?

I work from home. I live with my mother who does most of the cooking. I make my own breakfast though, for which I spend 30-40 minutes per day cooking. Karen. On Tue, Sep 4, 2018 at 8:35 AM Udhay Shankar N wrote: > Something I am curious about. > > How much time here do people spend actually c

Re: [silk] How much time do you spend cooking?

I work from home. About 1 hour and 15 mins. El lun., 3 sept. 2018 20:43, Gaurav Vaz escribió: > Well, when I am in Toronto, I work from home, and I spend between 1-2 hours > a day on cooking food. This depends on whether I am cooking from scratch or > from a meal-kit that we order a couple of ti

Re: [silk] How much time do you spend cooking?

Well, when I am in Toronto, I work from home, and I spend between 1-2 hours a day on cooking food. This depends on whether I am cooking from scratch or from a meal-kit that we order a couple of times. When I am out traveling, this drops to ZERO :p On Tue, Sep 4, 2018 at 8:35 AM Udhay Shankar N w

Re: [silk] How much time do you spend cooking?

I cook in both my home and my daughter's...it averages to about 40 min a day...more when I have forgotten what I left on the stove and carbonized it On Tue, Sep 4, 2018 at 9:03 AM Udhay Shankar N wrote: > On Tue, Sep 4, 2018 at 8:52 AM Deepa Mohan wrote: > > > > One would think that when st

Re: [silk] How much time do you spend cooking?

On Tue, Sep 4, 2018 at 8:52 AM Deepa Mohan wrote: > One would think that when starting a thread like this, you would share your > own data, Udhay! > I mostly offer prep services to my wife, who is the main cook - except on weekends, when I generally make things like frittatas. So perhaps an ave

Re: [silk] How much time do you spend cooking?

One would think that when starting a thread like this, you would share your own data, Udhay! I work both "outside the home, on my outings, and from home when I am posting photographs and writing about them. I tend to cook most of the cooked food that I eat, except my post-nature-walks breakfasts/b

[silk] How much time do you spend cooking?

Something I am curious about. How much time here do people spend actually cooking the food they eat? To make the data more useful, calculate the time you spent over the past week in total. Also, please mention whether you work outside home or primarily within home (as a homemaker or a long distan

Re: [silk] How many phone numbers do you remember?

Been meaning to un-lurk to get into this conversation so here I am- I remember 10 numbers of which 4 are now redundant (my first workplace, my first landline number, my last landline number and a friend's landline number that no longer exists) The things I miss remembering (actually consciously re

Re: [silk] How many phone numbers do you remember?

On Tue, Aug 21, 2018 at 10:51:56AM +1000, Thaths wrote: > On Tue, Aug 21, 2018 at 9:36 AM Tomasz Rola wrote: > > > > > > > Other skills missing in action: > > > > - programming anything in assembly (or any level below C, or even at > > level of C - i.e. direct manipulations of memory and stuff

Re: [silk] How many phone numbers do you remember?

On Tue, 21 Aug 2018 at 07:13, Shenoy N wrote: > I remember literally dozens of the old ones - my aunts' and uncles' phone > numbers, my dad's workplaces, my workplaces, friends' homes and so on but > just about 9 of the bunch of numbers I currently contact. > > Things I used to do but no longer

Re: [silk] How many phone numbers do you remember?

I remember literally dozens of the old ones - my aunts' and uncles' phone numbers, my dad's workplaces, my workplaces, friends' homes and so on but just about 9 of the bunch of numbers I currently contact. Things I used to do but no longer need to- 1. Running to reference libraries to check thing

Re: [silk] How many phone numbers do you remember?

On Tue, Aug 21, 2018 at 9:36 AM Tomasz Rola wrote: > > > Other skills missing in action: > > - programming anything in assembly (or any level below C, or even at level of C - i.e. direct manipulations of memory and stuff in it) [*] > Do you think there is a need for it these days? People have

Re: [silk] How many phone numbers do you remember?

On Mon, Aug 20, 2018 at 02:54:34PM -0700, Heather Madrone wrote: [...] > Also, if you are walking in San Francisco, all of the route-finding > assistants insist that the shortest walking route goes straight over > the steepest hill in the neighborhood. They don't seem to think that > you wouldn't w

Re: [silk] How many phone numbers do you remember?

I more recognize numbers these days than remember them, although I could probably manage most family members' numbers, and likely my own. Addresses are going too, as I increasingly delegate navigation to my phone. I'm trying to do less of that, although I do find it extremely helpful to have m

Re: [silk] How many phone numbers do you remember?

On Mon, Aug 20, 2018 at 03:38:36PM +1000, Thaths wrote: > On Mon, Aug 20, 2018 at 3:01 PM Alok Prasanna Kumar > wrote: > > > About 6 numbers for me: parents' and a few close friends. > > > > Me too. Basically, any number that I had to dial regularly back in the days > before mobile/smartphones e

Re: [silk] How many phone numbers do you remember?

5 numbers but I practice my memory by memorizing codes of bulk goods in the supermarket. El lun., 20 ago. 2018 6:38, Peter Griffin escribió: > On Mon, Aug 20, 2018 at 8:22 AM, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > > > > > What about people here? How many numbers can you remember? > > > > Home landline, and

Re: [silk] How many phone numbers do you remember?

On Mon, Aug 20, 2018 at 8:22 AM, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > > What about people here? How many numbers can you remember? > > Home landline, and the cellphone numbers of four or five friends who've had the same number since calls were 16 buck a minute --- or was it 32 --- who I'd call from a landlin

Re: [silk] How many phone numbers do you remember?

I now remember only five numbers; three of the four at home, one at the office where I volunteer, and my childhood number. On 08/20/2018 12:09 AM, Udhay Shankar N wrote: ... Along with IP addresses of a couple of handy DNS servers I remember almost all of the IP addresses for my home net

Re: [silk] How many phone numbers do you remember?

Using a telephone directory to find a number Using a rotary dial phone (My neighbour has one and it still works) Polishing shoes Changing the strap of Hawai slippers Winding a watch .. Okay, I will stop here On Mon, Aug 20, 2018 at 11:12 AM, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > On Mon, Aug 20, 2018 at 11:09

Re: [silk] How many phone numbers do you remember?

approx 10 The oldest is 45 years Second is 25 years Others average 10 years. No new number from the last 6 years On Mon, Aug 20, 2018 at 11:06 AM, Shashikiran Rao wrote: > At max 5 numbers :-P and most of them because they have remained unchanged > for a long time. > > Cheers, > Shashikiran >

Re: [silk] How many phone numbers do you remember?

On Mon, 20 Aug 2018 at 11:23, Thaths wrote: > > > Paging through a paper dictionary and reading definitions of words at > random > > Recording songs from the radio > Talking to random strangers to figure out a route. -gabin -- Don't confuse me with facts. My mind is made up.

Re: [silk] How many phone numbers do you remember?

On Mon, Aug 20, 2018 at 3:43 PM Udhay Shankar N wrote: > On Mon, Aug 20, 2018 at 11:09 AM Thaths wrote: > > Speaking of skills obsoleted by technology... what other skills do we no > > longer use? > > > > Gently twirling a tuning knob to capture a vestigial shortwave radio > signal. > Paging th

Re: [silk] How many phone numbers do you remember?

On Mon, Aug 20, 2018 at 11:09 AM Thaths wrote: Speaking of skills obsoleted by technology... what other skills do we no > longer use? > Gently twirling a tuning knob to capture a vestigial shortwave radio signal. Udhay

Re: [silk] How many phone numbers do you remember?

On Mon, Aug 20, 2018 at 3:01 PM Alok Prasanna Kumar wrote: > About 6 numbers for me: parents' and a few close friends. > Me too. Basically, any number that I had to dial regularly back in the days before mobile/smartphones existed. So I remember my parent's landline, but not my brothers mobile n

Re: [silk] How many phone numbers do you remember?

At max 5 numbers :-P and most of them because they have remained unchanged for a long time. Cheers, Shashikiran > On 20-Aug-2018, at 10:30 AM, Alok Prasanna Kumar > wrote: > > About 6 numbers for me: parents' and a few close friends. > > And weirdly, the number I had ten years ago in colleg

Re: [silk] How many phone numbers do you remember?

About 6 numbers for me: parents' and a few close friends. And weirdly, the number I had ten years ago in college. On Mon, Aug 20, 2018, 10:26 AM Lakshmi Pratury wrote: > Four numbers for me - my husband, my son, my driver and my sister > > On Mon, Aug 20, 2018 at 8:22 AM, Udhay Shankar N wrote

Re: [silk] How many phone numbers do you remember?

Four numbers for me - my husband, my son, my driver and my sister On Mon, Aug 20, 2018 at 8:22 AM, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > I was thinking about (potentially) obsolete skills. One of them is > remembering phone numbers. Is that even a thing anymore? > > I did insist that my daughter memorised mi

Re: [silk] How many phone numbers do you remember?

On Mon, Aug 20, 2018 at 9:34 AM Madhu Menon wrote: I *used* to be able to remember any phone number that I dialled > manually a couple of times. This used to be true of me as well. Along with IP addresses of a couple of handy DNS servers for when VSNL (India's first public ISP) had its DNS go w

Re: [silk] How many phone numbers do you remember?

On Mon, 20 Aug 2018 at 08:23, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > > I was thinking about (potentially) obsolete skills. One of them is > remembering phone numbers. Is that even a thing anymore? I *used* to be able to remember any phone number that I dialled manually a couple of times. But now one doesn't ne

Re: [silk] How many phone numbers do you remember?

> > What about people here? How many numbers can you remember? > I'd say about 10 numbers in total - which is immediate family and some friends. And most importantly, my own number which comes very handy when filling up tons of applications :p I notice that a lot of people need to go into their c

Re: [silk] How many phone numbers do you remember?

On Mon, 20 Aug 2018 at 08:23, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > I did insist that my daughter memorised mine and my wife's number, which > has come in useful on occasion. > This is SOP with our kids too. My reliance on the phone's contacts app is complete. There are still some numbers that I remember fro

[silk] How many phone numbers do you remember?

I was thinking about (potentially) obsolete skills. One of them is remembering phone numbers. Is that even a thing anymore? I did insist that my daughter memorised mine and my wife's number, which has come in useful on occasion. What about people here? How many numbers can you remember? Udhay -

Re: [silk] How Friendships Change in Adulthood

On Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 12:28 PM Udhay Shankar N wrote: > Interesting. I'd like to ask the list a question from here: "Who was the > last person you made friends with (leave out names if you like), and how > did they transition from acquaintance to friend?" > Friends, IME, happen to you when you

[silk] How Friendships Change in Adulthood

Interesting. I'd like to ask the list a question from here: "Who was the last person you made friends with (leave out names if you like), and how did they transition from acquaintance to friend?" Udhay http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/10/how-friendships-change-over-time-in-adulthood

[silk] How Laws Restricting Tech Actually Expose Us to Greater Harm

Thought provoking take from Cory on how restricting what a Turing Machine can do is a bad idea. Not explored here: how globalisation (and the fact that there exist places where your jurisdiction-specific legislation doesn't have to affect machines manufactured there) plays out against this backdrop

Re: [silk] How to Track a Mobile Phone Without the User Knowing | eHow.com

> > Would love to know some non-nefarious uses for this technology! Ideas? > Tracking a sensitive shipment. Give the driver of the vehicle a phone and > use it to track his/her movement. Although that presumably involves the user knowing. From the subject line, it's explicitly the user not know

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-Original Message- From: thew...@gmail.com Sender: silklist-bounces+nikhil.mehra773=gmail@lists.hserus.net Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2013 07:59:47 To: Reply-To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Subject: Re: [silk] How to Track a Mobile Phone Without the User Knowing | eHow.com

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klist-bounces+thewall=gmail@lists.hserus.net Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2013 13:19:29 To: Reply-To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Subject: Re: [silk] How to Track a Mobile Phone Without the User Knowing | eHow.com On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 1:12 PM, Ramakrishnan Sundaram wrote: > it depends on your e

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On 12 Apr 2013 13:19, "Andy Deemer" wrote: > > Would love to know some non-nefarious uses for this technology! Ideas? > Tracking a sensitive shipment. Give the driver of the vehicle a phone and use it to track his/her movement. C > -- > Curious in Asia: http://asiaobscura.com > Discover Bangal

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On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 1:12 PM, Ramakrishnan Sundaram wrote: > it depends on your exact non-nefarious scenario. Color me curious but I'm having trouble coming up with any non-nefarious scenarios, beside tracking your own kids for their safety. (And I don't recall the original poster having kids

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The simplest, and free, way is to use Google Latitude. On some phones, however, Latitude doesn't auto-refresh, so it depends on your exact non-nefarious scenario. Ram On 12 April 2013 12:27, Naresh Narasimhan wrote: >> Do any of these actually work? is there a free software available..I need it

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> Do any of these actually work? is there a free software available..I need it > for not so nefarious reasons > > http://www.ehow.com/how_7158506_track-mobile-phone-user-knowing.html?utm_source=sm-disqus&utm_medium=test255 > > > > Naresh V Narasimhan Architect - Principal Venkataramana

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Not a new notion (heh), but very well-put and thought-provoking. Udhay http://www.warrenellis.com/?p=14314 How To See The Future September 7th, 2012 | Work This is the raw text of the keynote I gave at Improving Reality on Thursday. Thanks again to Honor and her crew for being so wonderful, a

Re: [silk] How the Woosters captured Delhi

On Thursday 07 Jun 2012 5:33:40 pm Bonobashi wrote: > But you referred to this effect your own lily-pink self, Shiv! Some 200 > posts ago Which effect Mr top poster? The olde schoole tie effect? Absolutely. I do not find Kendriya Vidyalaya graduates meeting each other after decades saying "Yo ho

Re: [silk] How the Woosters captured Delhi

But you referred to this effect your own lily-pink self, Shiv! Some 200 posts ago. Sent from my iPad On Jun 7, 2012, at 8:00 AM, ss wrote: > On Tuesday 05 Jun 2012 12:58:41 pm thew...@gmail.com wrote: >> Standards have fallen, though. > > That actually depends on whose standards you consider

Re: [silk] How the Woosters captured Delhi

On Tuesday 05 Jun 2012 12:58:41 pm thew...@gmail.com wrote: > Standards have fallen, though. That actually depends on whose standards you consider as the "right standards". Indian school children of the "shiv in Poona" class (and tens of thousands of others) were taught that "Ye olde Britishe P

Re: [silk] How the Woosters captured Delhi

On Wednesday 06 Jun 2012 7:22:21 pm ashok _ wrote: > There is a book by Farukh Dhondy (cant remember the name, it had Poona > in the title ) which was interesting to me because it had a chapter > about the school. Poona Company. I first read it in the mid 80s and bought and gave away 3 copies to

Re: [silk] How the Woosters captured Delhi

On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 4:47 PM, ashok _ wrote: > On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 6:17 AM, ss wrote: >> My own "Alma Mater" (what a quaint olde Brit imposed Latin expressionne :) ) >> is "The Bishop's School" in Poona where my life was closer to the lifestlye >> led by Billy Bunter rather than Acharya Path

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