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Monthly Archives: April 2007

A walk at Versova beach

Monday, April 16, 2007

I was home for just a weekend, but no trip home is complete without a walk on the beach, which thankfully happens to be just a hop, skip and jump away from my house. The first thing to catch my attention was this fellow, whose name was Nilesh and he happily agreed to be photographed. [...]

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The Laws of Simplicity, by John Maeda

Wednesday, April 11, 2007

When I’m trying to publish a research paper, write code, make an argument, or even write a blog post, keeping it simple is one of the best ways of making an impact, not to mention being understood. Yet, as I and no doubt all of you – have often discovered, the process of creating simplicity [...]

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Adrian Mole and the WMDs, by Sue Townsend

Thursday, April 5, 2007

I guess everyone knows this, but I’ll say it anyway – nobody does humour like the British. The book is a diary of one Adrian Mole – a man with two failed marriages and with a kid from each, who somehow ends up making the worst possible political, emotional and financial choices. His genius lies [...]

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Random thoughts

Thursday, April 5, 2007

Occasionally I get the feeling that the universe is actually a sentient being. Like today, when I ate at Taco Bell after a really long time; the first packet of Fire sauce in my hands had this quote on it: “Ahhh… we meet again.” Events like these greatly increase my belief in my favourite quote [...]

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