RailsConferencing

Have been updating my other blog since I am visiting RailsConf in Portland, Oregon. Am back to NJ today morning. Checkout the stuff that I did there during the conf. We also managed to get someone post a pic of our booth on Flickr :)

Driving around in the CITY!

Ya, the new car has kept me away for a while from blogging. Actually drove it to Mumbai and back on the very next day of getting the car and it was a great experience. The ride and the journey was comfortable for both me and family. I was a bit worried about finding directions, but that is quite a non-issue in Mumbai. People are always welcome to help you out. And not only do they help you out but they provide the shortest path directions too! Did a decent 400Kms plus total for the 3 days that we were in Mumbai. So a good trip overall :)

Eros - Part Deux

A while back, much to the consternation of some, I professed my love. But as always give something time and practicality takes over. I would have wanted to covet her, but pure number crunching and limited resources made me to pause and rethink. A big reason in the limited resources department (the biggest reason being money ofcourse :)) is the size of my garage. What a CRETIN I can be some times. When I had a wide variety of car parking sizes available to me, I ended up choosing the most cramped, most awkward spot that anyone would want :(. I can defend myself by saying that I did not own a car then and new zilch about the finer points..

Anyways, the sane, practical me has gone in for this beauty in Carbon Bronze Pearl color. Will get the car in about a week or so. And yeah, I had to sell off my old car to accommodate this one in too. Felt a tinge of sadness when I handed over the car keys of my old car yesterday to the new owner. So that means currently we are without four wheels and myself and Pi trundle about to office on a nice sporty two wheeler belonging to my sister in the meanwhile :).

UPDATE:
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So my car has finally arrived. It was supposed to arrive yesterday (i.e. Thursday), but arrived today on Friday. The car dealer was kind enough however to provide a temporary car overnight :). Yet to get the number plates though! and without them I cannot take the car out of the city. Am planning to attend a wedding in Mumbai over the weekend (I should get the number plates max by Saturday morning).. See you around in the CITY then :)

Artiste!

Well, its been a while and yeah the analysis and the research is still ongoing. Am learning a new technology currently and believe you me, it can get a bit daunting. Understanding the jargon first is an uphill task because all forums, documentations liberally use it everywhere. But not to worry, I have gotten the hang of it a bit :)
One of the additional things that I ended up doing was participating in an impromptu drawing competition conducted at my workplace. The topic was "Colors of Life"! heavy, no? Expecting tech workers to rack their brains and come up with such deep conceptualizations is kind of expecting a lot :-P.
But rack our brains all of us did and gingerly used the pencils, crayons and sketch pens provided to us for the same. I couldn't help but comparing how fluidly my fingers flow on the keyboard and how ungainly I am at drawing and emoting pictorially. I guess had we been asked to use MS Paint or GIMP or some such stuff the output would have been remarkably slicker, but well everything can't be done on a laptop right :)
Anyways, since the standards were low, I and my partner actually ended up winning the runners-up award for our shoddy efforts! So lahdees and the genteelmen, without further ado I present before you our monumental masterpiece (roll the drums, raise the curtains...)



Ya, ya I can picture the grin on your face. But what the hell, it was fun :). Ok, this Artiste is signing off for now!
P.S. Let me know if anyone wants to shell out dollars for this masterpiece ;)

Analyze This!

I saw this movie over the weekend. Robert De Niro simply rocks in his mafia don roles! I just love him and his "You talkin' to me? huh" accent. Was just thinking - do we analyze other people all the time? Do we measure them up the moment we see them? Do they analyze you in turn? Why the hell do we analyze each other? Can't we just be? (don't you dare analyze my questions now :-P).

I also saw another movie over the weekend "U, Me aur Hum" and it deals with Alzheimer's Disease. One quote I saw from the movie was memorable. It said -

"We served him thrice and then he served himself"

Sums up the disease pretty well according to me.

Analytically in the ongoing week, it turns out that at work too, its my turn to analyze things. Am going over a report from a customer and am pretty much chewing my nails trying to analyze it properly. Its a decently big document and thankfully it contains enough information to cogently get something out of it. So I guess I will analyze this and catch up on "Analyze That" hopefully over the weekend :)

TechNik

So, this is my personal blog. I realized that I have a lot of non-personal things to say. So I have another blogging site where I am going to blog about technical stuff (ahem, ahem - before you scoff, please take a look, I am a bit technical sometimes :)). Check out my TechNik!

Eros

Hmmm, so I am going to say something here that will surprise many! Afterall, I am married (have been married for the last 3 plus years) and happily so. Then pray why, I want to say something which will come as a shock to the readers. Pray why, I want to lay my soul and heart bare in front of you all. Eros (err.. God) only knows...

Ok, so by now you are - depending on who you are, mildly, amusedly, alarmingly (this must be Pi) curious as to what I am talking about. Ok, lahdies and genteelmen, here is my confession....

I have fallen in LOVE again! It's just recently that I set my eyes on her and it was love at first sight. It was like Eros - the love god wanted me to gaze upon her and get eye-struck with her beauty. I don't know what is the corresponding term that guys can use - but suffice to say that whenever I see her it makes me go the male equivalent of "Going weak in the knees"..

And so you will think, who is she and whether I plan to tell all. Ofcourse I do, I am not ashamed to tell all what an amazing beauty she is and what I would not do to covet her. Here is my LOVE in all her glory ....