Nov 3
The National Poetry Contest had come down to semi-finals between a Yale graduate and a redneck from Wyoming. They were both given a word, then allowed two minutes to study the word and come up with a poem that contained the word. The word they were given was “Timbuktu”
First to recite his poem was the Yale graduate. He confidently stepped to the microphone and said:
Slowly across the desert sand
Trekked a lonely caravan
Men on camels, two by two
Destination: Timbuktu.
The crowd went crazy. No way could the redneck top this, they thought.
The redneck, with sweat rolled down his face, made his way to the microphone and said:
A friend and I a hunting went,
We spied three maidens in a tent,
They being three, we being two,
I bucked one and Tim bucked two
The redneck went to the finals.
Oct 28
Have you noticed this over the last week or so? It's all over the interwebs!
Beta of Chrome OS released!Someone with too much time on hands made up a Linux distribution from SUSE Studio, added Google Chrome to it, called it Chrome OS and put it (cleverly, I might add!) on Google Sites.
The outcome is a piece of Junk. Sorry that's rude, but I know because I tried it - knowing too well that it's a phony. But a geek that I am, I had to try it. There's no way even a super-premitive-alpha of any Google product, that they are claiming to be 'revolutionary', would be so unpolished.
Even then, links to this site are all over the place - news feeds, twitter, facebook - you name it. Even biggies like DailyTech and Engadget (or was it Gizmodo? Can't remember) managed to make a story out of it (but quickly retracted? I saw something in my news reader, but the link was broken).
I wonder why everyone was fooled into thinking that Google released that beta, when there was no official word from Google. Especially, when Google had recently said that they would release the said OS only late in 2010.
Today there were sightings of, what look like Mint OS, claimed to be Chrome OS. Just because it has a bit Google Chrome logo as the background image!
This is insane... WTF!
Oct 22
No Comments!
Posterous robot for Google Wave doesn't really send back the comments from posterous back to the Wave! I was kind of expecting that, but somewhere deep in there I was hoping it did :)
Oh well, I am sure that feature is in the robot's todo list!
Oct 22
Posting to Posterous from Google Wave?
Here's what you need to know.
The robot posts the moment you hit 'Done' (or shift-enter, ofcourse). So I'd suggest you add the robot to participants' list only after you've already typed and proofchecked the post. The robot does not support editing an existing post.
Finally, here's the address of the robot -
posterous-robot@appspot.com.
I had a few problems using this robot before today. I guess all the issues have been sorted out. It is working now, as you can see.
Not sure how it works when it comes to comments. It would be neat to see the comments in this wave as they are made on the Posterous entry! I'll report on that if I see a comment :)
Later...
Oct 22
Looks like Posterous Robot's working now
I had a few
Sep 1
Lot's of twittering and emailing (not gmailing :p ) and IMing going on around the story that Gmail is down (
http://bit.ly/12LBPu).
Just wanted to poing out that IMAP access to Gmail is working. At least for me.
See... posting from an IMAP client!
Aug 27
In the world of romance, one single rule applies to the men:
Make the woman happy. Do something she likes, and you get points. Do something she dislikes and points are subtracted. You don't get any points for doing something she expects. Sorry, that's the way the game is played.
Here is a guide to the point system:
SIMPLE DUTIES
- You make the bed (+1)
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You make the bed, but forget the decorative pillow (0)
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You throw the bedspread over rumpled sheets (-1)
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You go out to buy her what she wants (+5), If in the rain(+8)
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But return with Beer (-5)
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You check out a suspicious noise at night (0)
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You check out a suspicious noise, and it is nothing (0)
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You check out a suspicious noise and it is something (+5)
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You pummel it with iron rod (+10)
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It's her pet (-10)
SOCIAL ENGAGEMENTS
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You stay by her side the entire party (0)
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You stay by her side for a while, then leave to chat with a college buddy (-2)
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(if) Named Rita (-4)
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(and if) Rita is a dancer (-6)
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(and if) Rita is single and is really beautiful (-80)
"Marriage is give and take. You'd better give it to her or she'll take it anyway."
Credit: Unknown
Aug 27
Everyone receives forwarded email, right? So do I. Almost always, I read it and delete it. There are some gems however, that need to be preserved.
I am not so much for forwarded email. So I don't and will not forward it. I'll just post it here.
Most forwarded stuff I get does not have any 'credits' section. I'll include the credits whenever I have them. So pardon me.
Aug 20
I shun all the junk at the junkshun! You can find it all here... Its junk. Hope you find it amusing anyway :)
