Fighting through barriers

Injured, Samba the crow hopped about hoping to either get his wings going or find an appropriate tyre to end his misery. He had been hopping for over an hour, not that he had any idea how long it had been. To him, it just seemed like a complete waste of his time and energy. Especially when he should have been out collecting food for his newborn. And with dusk approaching, it seemed more and more unlikely that he would get any food for them tonight. Or that he would even make it.

How he had fallen into this predicament still remained a mystery to him. He was simply flying in a downward motion with the smoothness always evident of crows ready to pick up a large piece of roti. That would have fed the nest for a good three days. And he could have used that time for collecting some foliage . . . → Read More: Fighting through barriers

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-06-28

@shwetank Not anymore #worldcup in reply to shwetank #
Cheaters! Cheaters. That was an equalizer. Cheatersssssssssssssss. #worldcup #
Oh game on! #
"We can throw away the red phones" says #Obama! http://digs.by/awO2x1 #Twitter goes political! #
Ordered #Hifaazat from #Bigflix for the weekend. Now searching for #Gunda! This shall be a retro nonsense weekend! #
#BB8900 not syncing with Outlook on #Windows7. Time to change phone? #
So any news on the epic 59-59 #Wimbledon game? Can't seem to find a link to the live scoring or the result… #
Ouch. Portugal 4-0! This is turning into carnage. #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-06-20

@sahilk which one is it? in reply to sahilk #
@sahilk hey what restaurant is this? Your own? Congrats. in reply to sahilk #
#Raavan. Starring Goats, a monkey-man, an eagle. A movie created by some Babboons. Bah. #
#inox allows pole commissioner to park in full parking but we have to wait out. I knew I should've joined public service #
The Germany-Serbia match should be called a "yellow" match. #fifaworldcup #
Definite Good Luck. Kheema. Mutton Tawa. Roomali Roti. Bread Pudding. If only I could catch some z's. Alas and alak! I can't! #
FC rd to home. 1.5 hrs. So muc for monsoon preparedness. #pmc #fail #

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Food, Pune and the Irani restaurant.

On the menu card at Good Luck, Pune: Tawa Kheema and Kheema in eggs.

In the “Kheema in Eggs” one, is there more Kheema or more eggs? The waiter at the restaurant answered, “One way or another, it’s the same thing!”

So there.

We ordered. Was great.

Also seen at the restaurant, a signboard declaring:

Don’t sit here without any work.

Do not comb or brush your hair. It may fly into other people’s food.

Both the instructions were on the same paper stuck between papers announcing Malai Kulfi for Rs 18 and other desserts on the menu (namely Caramel Custard, Caramel Pudding, Bread Pudding and Fruit Funny). We don’t think there’s any connection between the two instruction, but there could be. See, someone sitting without work is more liable to comb and/or brush hair thereby sending it into other people’s food. These old-time restaurants have it all figured out, I say.

Jus sayin’!

Speaking of desserts, we also asked . . . → Read More: Food, Pune and the Irani restaurant.

Musings.

It’s a lighter than usual Friday. I’ve just had a rather heavy lunch on account of it being Friday. Much meat and a dessert that’s good to knock you right out. But I am in office. So can’t snooze off. And as often happens in such states of mind, one starts to ruminate.

As I randomly went through links posted by contacts on Facebook, I came across some good stuff to read. And then I realized that I wasn’t using RSS anymore. There was a time I used to open up my RSS reader (NetNewsWire) along with Outlook/Entourage/Mail when I booted up the laptop. That was when I was a Mac. Since I’ve moved to Windows, I’ve realized that I don’t do this anymore. I had migrated to Google Reader a while back and still have all my subscriptions up there, but hardly ever visit them leave alone adding new ones. Wonder . . . → Read More: Musings.

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-06-14

What do you call a rock band that goes from "break on thru" to "rock on" in one song??!?? I'm outta here. #
I wonder if some couples think their lofe is a $ovie and they're the leading pair… And there's cameras on them 24×7. #
"If you remain unmoved, you're an android." Heh! http://digs.by/dB3J9j #iPhone #
@rahulvarshneya Thanks Rahul. in reply to rahulvarshneya #
When you have 4 meetings in a day and have to wait an hour at the first two, that is a killer blow to the schedule. #
@rahulvarshneya if mumbai isn't mandatory, we can do SEO. in reply to rahulvarshneya #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-06-07

Beer. Biryani. Nap. Ah Sunday! #
Will have to miss @sidin's #pune event due to unfortunate circumstances. #
Rain. Hooray! #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-05-24

@thetossedsalad their bhurji is good in reply to thetossedsalad #
I'm at Maa Automobiles (Senapati Bapat Rd, Pune). http://4sq.com/amnJEE #
"… the man was made to drive women crazy, one movie at a time." Heh! http://tinyurl.com/3xrbja2 #
Ah slanderers. Cheap thrills! #

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Time for a change?

What factors can trigger the need for a change? I’ve been using a Blackberry 8900 for a year now. Lovely phone. Totally swear by it. Unfortunately, there have been issues syncing it. Earlier, with a Mac I used. And now again, with a Windows 7 computer I have.

To elaborate, the BB Sync doesn’t play well with Outlook in Win7. Some dll and fixmapi stuff I don’t care to learn about. So the question: what next?

Android is appealing. Just need to confirm if it works with Push mail. Can’t live without that now… or maybe (gasp!) Windows mobile? Hm. It’s possible.

HTC HD2… any thoughts?

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-05-16

I say: Kick here http://is.gd/c5hT5 #

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