Monthly Archives: August 2008

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-5-18)

By shami | Published: August 30, 2008
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-5-18):
  1. José González 
  2. Deborah Harry & Iggy Pop 
  3. The Maine 
  4. UB40 
  5. Poi Dog Pondering 

Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz

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iPhone 3G prices in India

By shami | Published: August 21, 2008

Rs. 31,000 for the 8GB. Rs. 36,000 for the 16 GB. No 3G available in India yet. No unlimited data plans. Vodafone has a 500 MB data limit with a fee of Rs. 5 per extra MB. (Just forget downloading them emails or youtube videos).

By pricing them at 4 times their cost in the US, Apple + Vodafone/Airtel have proved that they dont have a clue or they want to position it as a “luxury” phone. This could have been big, but I dont know a single person who’s lining up to buy one in the near future. And I know a lot of fanboys.

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“Phelps kick starts his day and his metabolism with three fried-egg sandwiches, but with a few…”

By shami | Published: August 14, 2008
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Phelps kick starts his day and his metabolism with three fried-egg sandwiches, but with a few customised additions: cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, fried onions and, of course, mayonnaise.

Amuse-bouche out of the way, he throws back two cups of coffee and sits down to an omelette - containing five eggs - and a bowl of grits, a porridge of coarsely ground corn. He’s not finished yet. Bring on the three slices of French toast, with powdered sugar on top to make sure there’s no skimping on the calories. And to finish: three chocolate chip pancakes.

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I think I am not going to eat. For the next month.

Phelps’ Olympic Appetite
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Some interesting insights into socialmedian

By shami | Published: August 14, 2008
Some interesting insights into socialmedian:

(via nishith)

Socialmedian’s Jason Goldberg hits the nail with this piece on product development outsourcing.

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This happens only in India!!

By shami | Published: August 13, 2008


abhishekmittal:

Too good…This happens only in India!!

Translates to “Dangerous Cold Beer”.

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Saw the first episodes of 30 rock, prison break and sopranos back to back. I am such a wild party…

By Passport to an Individual. | Published: August 12, 2008
Saw the first episodes of 30 rock, prison break and sopranos back to back. I am such a wild party animal.
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There’s a cubicle in my office’s basement parking…

By Passport to an Individual. | Published: August 12, 2008


There’s a cubicle in my office’s basement parking lot. I am not lying.
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The Olympics.

By Passport to an Individual. | Published: August 11, 2008

The olympics were always a big deal to me. Watching greg louganis almost break his skull on that diving board and yet walk away with a gold the next day. That performance by Mary lou retton in “84. Ali lighting the cauldron in Atlanta. Ben johnson getting caught. Did zola budd actually trip mary decker.

And then as i grew up, I realised how much we suck at this. A bronze or a silver every games from the 2nd most populous country in the world. Can we please have kabaddi, kho-kho, carrom and cricket in the olympics too? Sigh!

I remember this bet in college that we would actually put a man on the moon before we win an individual gold in the olympics. Thankfully that twerp who bet on our space program has lost.

Abhinav bindra’s gold medal in shooting today morning has made a billion people’s day.

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