On tablets and such

Him: Should I buy this tablet?

Her: Hmm, you have any other choices in mind?

Him: Yes, some. But not sure which to get.

Her: Well, if you can’t choose between tablets, you can always buy a capsule

Him:

Onsite Tip #1

Always, ALWAYS carry a mug with you when you travel overseas.

Marriage…

…is nothing but choosing a (really)long-term roommate. Some get lucky. Some don’t.

[Just a thought I'd had a long time ago. Posting it now. Now that I see a glut of marriagy stuff happening on my Facebook timeline]

You have 2 cows

An old email I found when cleaning up my inbox. Brought a smile to my face, maybe it will do so for you too…

AN AMERICAN CORPORATION:

You have two cows. You sell one, and force the other to produce the
milk of four cows. Later, you hire a consultant to analyze why the cow dropped dead.

FRENCH CORPORATION
You have two cows. You go on strike because you want three cows.

A JAPANESE CORPORATION :
You have two cows. You redesign them so they are one-tenth the size of an
ordinary cow and produce twenty times the milk. You then create a
clever cow
cartoon image called Cowkimon and market them World-Wide.

A GERMAN CORPORATION:
You have two cows. You reengineer them so they live for 100 years, eat
once a month, and milk themselves.

AN ITALIAN CORPORATION:
You have two cows, but you don’t know where they are. You break for lunch.

A RUSSIAN CORPORATION:
You have two cows. You count them and learn you have five cows. You count
them again and learn you have 42 cows. You count them again and learn you
have 2 cows. You stop counting cows and open another bottle of vodka.

A SWISS CORPORATION:
You have 5000 cows, none of which belong to you. You charge others for
storing them.

A CHINESE CORPORATION:
You have two cows. You have 300 people milking them. You claim full
employment, high bovine productivity, and arrest the newsman who
reported the numbers.

AN INDIAN CORPORATION:
You have two cows. You worship them.

A BRITISH CORPORATION:
You have two cows. Both are mad.

Rest in Peace

A college dropout.

A man hounded out from the company that he co-founded.

A man who created Pixar from the ground up.

A man who returned to the company he was hounded out of. To lead it to the next digital revolution.

A man who knew failure. And one who never feared it. A man who saw more success in a decade than most do in a lifetime.

 

R.I.P Steve Jobs. A visionary till the end.

 

A very old interview of his: http://www.txtpost.com/playboy-interview-steven-jobs/

 

And most possibly the best speech I’ve ever heard.

 

Whatte Farewell Gift!!

Imagine when a package weighing about 5 Kg turns up at your house. You wonder what is. You are told that a package containing a Farewell gift is on the way from  your Hyderabad teammates. You expect it to be something among the usual, like a pen, a book, a small souvenir. But your interest is piqued at a 5 Kg package. What could it possibly contain? You open it and you find this:

Believe me when I say this, there could NOT have been a better gift. Scratch that. There will never be a better gift. Ever.

It is one of the most beautiful things I’ve held in my life. And if you are a book lover like me or a Calvin & Hobbes fan for life, you’ll know what I mean. My friends at MindTree Hyderabad have ensured that I’ll never forget them(I wouldn’t have anyways, they have been absolutely fabulous people in the time I spent with them). These books will have pride of place in every bookshelf that I will ever own. Thank you guys for the wonderful gift. You have made a place not only on my bookshelf but also a permanent place in the annals of the wonderful memories of my life.

Some more photos of the books:

They had also given me a beautiful Calvin Klien pen on my last day there. Apparently to sign on offer documents in the future

A very educational video

Good video. Nice message. Don’t know if the Mediator would approve though

A Star will be reborn…

A Star is Killed

…while another is killed in the movie.

I quite like the way he says “He wazz Killeddd” towards the end.

Must watch I say!

The 6543210 Funda

Saw this brilliant piece of ‘funda’ on the board of a restaurant where I had lunch yesterday.

Substitutions

You know substitions? Like the ones that happen on the football field? When a dude who wants to kick the ball is replaced by another dude who wants to kick the ball? Yes I know, poor ball.

I do such substitutions too, with words. I mean, replace one word somewhere; maybe in a sentence, maybe in a song. It is hilarious I tell you. Sometimes.

So the other day I was listening to this old favourite of mine. An A.R.Rahman classic from the movie Rangeela. I substituted a word in it. Then I beheld the profoundness of what I had created. And then I blogged about it.

Pyaar Yeh Jaane Kaisa Hai–Rangeela

So the lyrics go:

Pyaar ye jaane kaisa hai kya kahein ye kuchh aisa hai
Kabhi dard ye deta hai kabhi chein ye deta hai
Kabhi gam deta hai kabhi khushi deta hai

…

Din to guzarte hain jiske khayaalon mein
Raatein guzarti hain uski hi yaadon mein
Waqt milan ka aaye to raahon mein
Jhoome bahaarein phoolon ki kaliyon mein
Bhanvaron ki toli aaye
Kaliyon pe vo mandaraaye
Darr ye fiza ka bhi dil se mitaaye…

I substitued “Pyaar” with “Potty” 

[Yes, I know. Potty related humour this is. This is what happens after you see Delhi Belly twice…Or maybe I am sick like that]