July 2009
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“Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.”
– Confucius (via littlemiss)
Jul 29th
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Jul 29th
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Jul 29th
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Jul 29th
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Jul 29th
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Jul 29th
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“Let go of your attachment to being right, and suddenly your mind is more open....”
– Ralph Marston (via littlemiss)
Jul 29th
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Jul 29th
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“You can analyze the past but you have to design the future. We have been so...”
– Edward de Bono (Free Mind)
Jul 29th
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“Everyone knows about the importance of information. Few people know about the...”
– Edward de Bono (The Free Mind)
Jul 29th
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Jul 28th
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“Paul Graham on why makers and managers need to manage their time differently:...”
– martinfowler
Jul 24th
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Great Wall of Facebook →
The Social Network’s Plan to Dominate the Internet — and Keep Google Out
Jul 23rd
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Jul 22nd
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Jul 22nd
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WatchWatch
After all this… After all the lies Pakisthan tells about the terror bred on their soil, by their own agencies, Is it even worth talking to them?
Jul 22nd
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Unsurance
My scepticism towards insurance is not entirely misplaced, in fact Urbandictionary has a word defined for it. Unsurance: Coverage by contract whereby the party which has undertaken to guarantee protection or coverage against loss by a specified peril reneges said coverage when protection or action becomes necessary. E.g: I had to take little Throckmorton to a specialist for his asthma, but...
Jul 22nd
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“Why presentations (eg PowerPoint) are worse for decision making than briefing...”
– martinfowler
Jul 21st
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Science, Not Snake Oil... →
“Although India possesses only five per cent of the world’s land, it happens to be a superpower of biodiversity…” In this outlook article, K.Ullas Karanth of Wildlife Conservation Society talks a few fine points.
Jul 21st
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Jul 21st
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“Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.”
– Mother Teresa (via littlemiss)
Jul 21st
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“To know what people really think, pay regard to what they do, rather than what...”
– George Santayana (via littlemiss)
Jul 21st
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“But an accurate definition of the self is impossible. You are more than you...”
– George Lawrence-Ell (via littlemiss)
Jul 21st
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“People take different roads seeking fulfilment and happiness. Just because...”
– Dalai Lama (via littlemiss)
Jul 21st
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Social-Bait
Social-bait: A minuscule offering made to society/people by corporations, governments etc., in view of a disproportionately larger benefit in return. Examples: Cash, liquor or other small give-aways for votes. A corporate sponsoring a small medical facility etc. for a village before taking over huge tracts of land under their control. -Rawjeev
Jul 18th
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The Last Man
India has given in to pressure again, our Dr. Manmohan Singh has  gone ahead and diluted the stance taken post 26/11 of not engaging in dialogue with Pakistan till it took concrete, credible action against terrorism emanating from Pakistani soil against India. Terrorists are roaming free and all evidence provided by India is in the Pakistani dust bins. And now our prime minister has gone miles to...
Jul 17th
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“We won’t always know whose lives we touched and made better for our having...”
– Charlotte Lunsford (via littlemiss)
Jul 17th
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lethologica
“lethologica” describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want. I’ve always wanted a word to describe that state of mind… (via: willw2) (via: lickystickypickyme)
Jul 16th
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Jul 16th
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Jul 16th
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Jul 16th
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“A Manhattan-sized chunk of ice is set to slide off an Arctic glacier — and...”
– newscientist
Jul 15th
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Jul 15th
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Jul 15th
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Jul 15th
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How Room Designs Affect Your Work and Mood →
..Elevated ceilings make people feel physically less constrained…higher ceilings encourage people to think more freely, which may lead them to make more abstract connections. The sense of confinement prompted by low ceilings, on the other hand, may inspire a more detailed, statistical outlook—which might be preferable under some circumstances. natural settings, such as a garden, field or...
Jul 14th
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Jul 13th
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Jul 13th
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Jul 13th
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Jul 13th
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Insurance Illusions
When you buy an insurance policy and pay your premiums regularly don’t think that the insurance companies will knock at your door to serve you at the hour of need. Though that’s the picture the executives paint when selling you a policy. Your insurance policy is really not the reassuring words that appear big bold and colourful on the first page of the broacher, your insurance is in...
Jul 8th
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“Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought...”
– Vincent van Gogh
Jul 5th
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Tree trunks & Fly-overs →
…a banyan tree almost cut in half and the rim of the fly-over running right through the upper part of its trunk. I saw two different ways of how time could be experienced here; the old tree and the fly-over colliding with each other. The banyan tree planted decades ago, repre­senting contemplation, its shade place of meetings in the past, suddenly giving way to a  non-place …
Jul 1st
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“‘non-place (non-lieu)’ - a space where there are no traditions or...”
– Marc Augé (French Philosopher)
Jul 1st
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Jul 1st
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“From river deep to mountain high - @NASA releases the most complete topographic...”
– newscientist
Jul 1st
June 2009
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Jun 30th
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“1. The surest protection against temptation is cowardice. 2. Conscience doth...”
–  Mark Twain Shakespeare
Jun 30th