rawjeev's randoms

"The relationships we have with the world are largely determined by the relationships we have with..."

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 18:54:00 +0530

““The relationships we have with the world are largely determined by the relationships we have with ourselves””

- Greg Anderson

"To arrive at the simplest truth, as [Sir Isaac] Newton knew and practiced, requires years of..."

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 19:11:39 +0530

“To arrive at the simplest truth, as [Sir Isaac] Newton knew and practiced, requires years of contemplation. Not activity Not reasoning. Not calculating. Not busy behaviour of any kind. Not reading. Not talking. Not making an effort. Not thinking. Simply bearing in mind what it is one needs to know. And yet those with the courage to tread this path to real discovery are not only offered practically no guidance on how to do so, they are actively discouraged and have to set about it in secret, pretending meanwhile to be diligently engaged in the frantic diversions and to conform with the deadening personal opinions which are being continually thrust upon them.”

- George Spencer-Brown (via visualturn) (via simloovoo)

How RTI ACT is helping India's Poor

Mon, 19 Jul 2010 22:37:41 +0530

How RTI ACT is helping India's Poor

Web 3.0

Mon, 19 Jul 2010 22:32:52 +0530

Web 3.0

"If we just end up building the things I can imagine then we will have failed"

Mon, 19 Jul 2010 22:08:17 +0530

““If we just end up building the things I can imagine then we will have failed””

- Tim Berners Lee on building a platform for future innovation, a platform unlimited by what we can imagine right now [via Web 3.0] (via michaelrose)

Can Kevin Costner's Machines Help the Gulf Cleanup?

Mon, 19 Jul 2010 15:21:39 +0530

Can Kevin Costner's Machines Help the Gulf Cleanup?:

Kevin Costner’s ‘Water World’ was a box-office disaster but, incidentally he has machines that can help deal with the Big Disaster in the real Water World. It would be interesting to see how his machines would help in the Gulf Cleanup.

urbanthropology: My brain’s a film, I’m made of timed...

Wed, 14 Jul 2010 18:33:42 +0530

urbanthropology:

My brain’s a film, I’m made of timed exposures,

And pouding in my ears and eyes with waves of light-

These animate flakes, these pictures I call sight.

- anne stevenson

Cut and paste one line of code to make any website editable

Wed, 14 Jul 2010 18:20:53 +0530

Cut and paste one line of code to make any website editable:

willw2: mirza:

All you need to do is visit the site you want to edit, paste the code below into your web browser address bar (tested in Firefox & IE7) and hit the Enter button.
Then simply select a portion of text on the page and start editing.

javascript:document.body.contentEditable='true'; document.designMode='on'; void 0

Update:Drag this bookmarklet to your bookmark toolbar. It does the same thing

"You watch television to turn your brain off and you work on your computer when you want to turn your..."

Wed, 14 Jul 2010 18:14:09 +0530

““You watch television to turn your brain off and you work on your computer when you want to turn your brain on.””

- Steve Jobs (via mirza) (via willw2)

"Never has one generation spent so much of its children’s wealth in such a short period of time with..."

Tue, 06 Jul 2010 22:33:09 +0530

“Never has one generation spent so much of its children’s wealth in such a short period of time with so little to show for it as in the Bush years.”

- Tom Friedman (in New York Times)

allcreatures: In this undated photo released by the Royal...

Wed, 30 Jun 2010 20:36:37 +0530

allcreatures:

In this undated photo released by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, long-billed vulture chicks huddle at a breeding center in Pinjore, northern India’s Haryana state. The one of world’s most endangered birds has been bred in captivity for the first time in India, scientists said Tuesday, June 29, 2010.

AP (via Day in Pictures - Sacramento Bee)

(via jessicainreallife)

Sun, 20 Jun 2010 22:26:43 +0530

(via jessicainreallife)

Sun, 20 Jun 2010 22:22:28 +0530

(via jessicainreallife)

That Woman: A Haiku

Wed, 16 Jun 2010 03:35:52 +0530

She stopped the world for a moment and set off the butterflies fluttering

she got bob dylan singing in my heart

…that Woman.

Walking with the Comrades

Sun, 13 Jun 2010 18:03:07 +0530

Walking with the Comrades:

“Stop believing what Arundhati Roy says: Seriously, bitch will get you shot…”

- A rant I copied from a blog post on the net, and I am not sure if the person has read this article.

After the recent Maoist attacks in India, I have seen such expressions of ire at people like Arundhati Roy and any one who might have tried to look at the Maoist issue from a different perspective.

Maoist insurgency in India is sure a huge problem. While we have enough violence in the world to keep the news channels sensational every hour, I don’t expect people to be sympathetic to those who wiped out a whole camp of police men in a single swoop or derailed trains killing hundresds of people. However before putting the ‘Maosist problem’ in the same bag as ‘International Terrorism’, I invite people to read this article.

Like my friend put it (forwarding this link to me), “there are no easy answers but at least we will have a well rounded understanding of what is going on!”.

(via amortentiaislove)

Tue, 08 Jun 2010 09:22:49 +0530

(via amortentiaislove)

Madagascan bird declared extinct

Mon, 07 Jun 2010 20:54:42 +0530

Madagascan bird declared extinct:

“No hope now remains for this species. It is another example of how human actions can have unforeseen consequences”

- Dr Leon Bennun (BirdLife International’s director of science, policy and information)

Similar fate awaits many species of birds around the world including the vultures in India.

- Rawjeev

Lovely

Sat, 05 Jun 2010 23:48:54 +0530

Lovely

"In the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt."

Sat, 05 Jun 2010 09:33:31 +0530

“In the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.”

- Bertrand Russel (Dunning-Kruger effect)

(via allcreatures)

Sat, 05 Jun 2010 09:11:17 +0530

(via allcreatures)