Kannan's Jumbled Thoughts

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• Wokeup at 11am today, straight 13hrs sleep…sad that I missed a 14hrs sleep-athon by just 1hr – personal record ruined damn phonecall… #
• Watched #Toystory 3, entertaining. #
• Do you know who really invented Radio? Read abt the unknown/maligned genius of Tesla here. V Interesting Stuff – http://bit.ly/axPpFS #
• BTW, How come I suddenly stumbled on Tesla? From a movie re-run, of course. Watch this ChristopherNolan classic – ThePrestige – if u havent #
• More interesting data on Tesla vs Edison – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_Currents #
• Cool idea – “@hackernewsbot: Want to pack JS and CSS really well? Convert it to a PNG… http://bit.ly/bBDxfc” #
• Not feeling well, don't seem 2have the energy to do even normal thngs – only adv is it gave a perfect reason for skipping work today! Yay… #
• Cool! "Protein that destroys HIV discovered… http://bit.ly/beIuUw" via @ hackernewsbot #
• At Raagaas, Indranagar. Ppl r ordering left n right, will be glad even if one of that turns out 2b palatable…need ur help @LordMuruga #

• At.barbershop – TVs blaring, hero beating villain, a.d.d barber shaving, me praying he doesn't slit my throat in excitement #
• Watched #movie #blackdeath, now watching #greenzone latter is v interesting so far. #
• http://j.mp/btprka woah! New stories rolling in abt #Hurd #
• Watched #princeofpersia Liked it. #
• Hate doing others mundane tasks – why r ppl not stepping up and assume responsibility? Abhor these! #office #rant #bored #
• Watched #movie 2-13. Just an ok one. #
• Interview with Marc McDonald – first EE of #Microsoft Interesting anecdotes. http://bit.ly/a2aHig #
• Waste of #money – “@wired: The U.S. military is developing sensors to sniff out Afghanistan's fertilizer bombs http://bit.ly/cqQVOP #PU �� #
• My prev tweet reminded me of the #movie #greenzone, makes me go buy the book it is based on right now – no store at 1210am unf #
• Panacea? –> "Sync Framework, … that integrate any application with any data from any store, by using any protocol over any network." #
• I read the prev stment I tweeted in #Microsoft doc for #SynchFrameWork – http://bit.ly/agAEFJ – typical MSFT! #
• Wolfram Alpha tells us what HW/SW he uses to get his job done – http://bit.ly/aTce0I – v cool #
• RT: @JesseLiberty: Posted: Creating A Complete Open-Source Windows Phone 7 Application http://bit.ly/1TouchIt (Please RT) #
• Reading on Irony – http://irony.codeplex.com – v intrsting. Wud have saved me hours if this had existed 6yrs back, used lex/yacc extensively #
• #MetaSharp looks very promising too – esp after I found / read abt #OMeta Pretty cool stuff #
• Watched #movie #kickass yest, potpourri of lame comedy, violence, some cool action & an interesting theme. Cud have been done better. #
• Woke up only by 0845 today, office starts @ 0800. Does this mean I don't like going in to work? #office #
• Spent 1hr setting up #retrospectiva in #windows xp today – now I know wot I will ask somebody to do to punish them :p #
• Watched #movie "splice" today – can be skipped safely, boring! #
• Wifey had made deep fried stuffed bread rolls – yummy! (reminded me of @deepfriedbytes ) #
• What is the best language for newbies to learn for understanding the pgmming constructs? Basic? Logo? Abc? #
• Planning on a hybrid lang called abc# #programming #language #
• @cwoodruff oh no, was wtg for pdc10 shows. Btw, @deepfriedbytes is one of the shows I lstn to regularly, love the variety of ppl u bring on. in reply to cwoodruff #
• Have you heard your bubble sort? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8g-iYGHpEA #
• Intel to acquire Mcafee @intel #mcafee #
• Finished and posted a #wordpress plugin today, was pleasantly surprised when I got a req for doing this, glad to be of some help. #
• RT @gadgetlab: RT @mistercharlie: The best thing you'll see this weekend: Amazing Slow-Motion Video of Things Getting Smashed: http://bi … #
• http://chessbase.com (@chessbase) has their DVD ad popups at home page, user cannot do anything till he closes that popup…dumb move! #dumb #
• My first (& popular) submission to Indli – http://www.indli.com/technology/wordpress-plugin-for-adding-indli-voting-widget-to-your-site #
• An In-Depth Look at the Google TV Interface http://newteevee.com/2010/08/20/an-in-depth-look-at-the-google-tv-interface/ #google @intel #
• TinyChat (http://tinychat.com) has only basic AV chat feature, but has 1 million users already http://tcrn.ch/cH5DBz, Ppl like simple thngs #
• Who cares? "Lady Gaga seizes Twitter crown from Britney Spears http://bit.ly/bnv5vg by @guardiantech" #
• For @intel, is there wisdom in buying software companies? http://j.mp/cBHEuO #mcafee #
• At Yashwantpur, MIL has a train @ 0415, it's raining cats n dogs, awesome wthr. #Bangalore #
• Indli plugin = method to convert halfaday of mine + 2hrs of tsting to 1 end user. Worth it? Dunno really. #
• WTH: Got a traffic violation ltr, paid r100, don't rememb jmping tht marthahalli signal, infact theres no signal there most of the time #
• Wtng 4 this damn #soap #Uttaran to get over so that I can get 10-11pm of my life back #hatesoaps #

• @chessqueen all the best, more event photos wud be nice, thx in reply to chessqueen #
• @bwtechwriting yes, a restaurant in 80ft road indranagar. in reply to bwtechwriting #
• Thought for Sunday morning: why can't we officially have 3 days weekends all the weeks? #
• Been to heritage HAL museum in #Bangalore yest, tkt is r25/adult – Some decommissioned airplanes/copters along with v well maintained lawns. #
• Trying to setup a small cam based home #security soln, lets c how effective it comes out. #
• Dr who and the carnival of monsters – read this today – though science is outdated, theme of the story is still appealing. #sci fi #
• Me and wifey started watching Khatta-meeta – switched off in a hurry, cudnt watch beyond 10mins, feel there is dearth of gud comedies. #
• Before ppl cud approve my 3days weekend(?), here we r already in Monday. Wait for Friday starts… #
• @SudhaKannan how abt switching it off sometime, for a change? :p in reply to SudhaKannan #
• Enjoy @deepfriedbytes a lot; eases the #Bangalore traffic pain a little during commute. Catching up on the archive lately. #
• http://j.mp/bwFZBI interesting article on line etiquette in #india must read. #
• Just ordered 7 Vostokov (@dumpanalysis) books in #Amazon all related to #debugging #windows using #windbg Hope books r as gud as his blog. #
• In Indian Idol #aamir looks stunning; he is getting younger day by day. How the hell is he doing that? #
• Bored with "emotional atyachar" (utv bindaas) already #reality #tv #
• Woah, unbelievable! http://nyti.ms/9qsmMW /via @timoreilly #
• http://j.mp/9xPGqK google/verizone announcement – cud somebody decipher plz? #
• How Star Trek artists imagined the iPad… 23 years ago http://bit.ly/difpVI #
• Developers embarassing themselves, has happened a lot of times in my project – me being guilty myself couple of times http://bit.ly/9FhJ3y #
• Call me old school, but I still prefer #SourceInsight and #VisualAssistX over the fancy (more useful?) #CodeRush — Comfy zone, methinks. #
• Got the #FamilyGuy boxset, already have #Seanfeld set, enjoy these much. #
• Don't miss these #blitz game #videos between #Svidler and #Nielsen @ Chessbase, amazing stuff http://bit.ly/apoZi1 #Chess #
• Just stumbled on Bart's post here @ http://bit.ly/c26DfT – about the tail-end optimizations in x64 world. Very good stuff. #
• @krishchandru "Girl resigning …" is confirmed to be a hoax http://tcrn.ch/9qgPvp #
• http://bit.ly/cfhNAt /via @chessnews Hou yifan wins Grandprix ahead of Koneru – when is d last time Koneru won nythng big? #Chess #
• Looking to start a podcast, scrounging for some podsafe music now #
• Got already a ding for my latest post Lets see how many more I get… #
• Kinda old – but interesting to see Hejlsberg's view for future – "TechDays 2010 Keynote by Anders Hejlsberg" http://bit.ly/baDamS #
• JesseLiberty is great talker – just heard him in @deepfriedbytes – totally floored! #
• Wifey not home, doing some soul searching (err…google searching) "peacefully" #HusbandRant #
• Gotta finish a multichannel PoC today – have a drainer-of-a-meeting to live thru though. #office #
• Met the milestone, whew. Finally can conc on pet projects this weekend. #office #relief #unwind #
• #channelV "axe ur ex" is a crazy show – wonder how much of it is scripted #
• Playing wiisporys – boring, still kinda addictive #
• Wiiporya = #wiisports stupid iPhone! #
• Not in a mood to eat home #food going to a #Bengali restaurant #goodfood #

• My colleague mentioned that having #.NET internals experience with out an official #MCPD is useless. Is this true? #
• Woah, there is a 70-660 #MCTS #Windows Internals exam. Now, that is more to my interest! #
• Just ordered Coderush + Refactor Pro for #Vs2010 Took some time to decide between this and Resharper5 #
• Watched "The Infidel" #movie yesterday. Excellent British Comedy. Highly recommended. http://imdb.to/1RGinm #
• Watched #Rajneeti again, one of the most powerful films by Jha. Highly recommended #movie #

• Stumbled on this excellent #tool called #RRDTool Must have tool, if you log any kind of time series data. http://bit.ly/kHA #
• Dont forget to check out #RRDTool gallery http://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/gallery/ #
• Installed #Safari for #Windows It seems to load faster than Firefox in my old XP T61. Any one has the same exp? #
• Linus Torvalds on why he likes coding the kernel in C; good stuf – http://bit.ly/cc2zZN #
• Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer says Windows 7 tablets based on Intel's low-voltage "Oak Trail" processor will land in 2011 http://bit.ly/cVZDIe #
• @krishchandru link? #

• Watched hamburger #movie yesterday, a #1986 #film. Not so great a movie, not a bad one either. Classic "watch and forget" type. #
• Note to thyself – start #Christopher #Nolan collection today! #
• Watched Dante's inferno #movie was yawning all along. #
• Jon skeets' authoritative writing style reminds me of Matt pietrek / Kris kaspersky. One of those guys who deeply understands his stuff. #
• In herbs & spice indranagar, wonder how the ordered item is going to be. Like the jazz playing though. #
• Ratatouille didn't taste good, cost/taste ratio skewed up. Zoe in indranagar tastes much better. #
• Pono beat memedyarov. Dortmund is fun! Want to see someone else win this time, enough of Kramnik winning this. #chess #
• Didn't do any productive stuff today, pending tasks increased two fold #
• Watched a-team #movie yesterday, not so good. Watch a #007 movie if u want big-scale destructions or "shoot'em up" for mindless/fun action #
• Played 1hr on #WiiFit with the family, feel refreshed. #
• Watched Karate kid. Still wondering why they call it "karate" as Jackiechan actually teaches the kid "Kungfu"! Just an ok film. #
• Watched "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" #movie Very cute!! Must watch. #
• Just got my Dr.Who #Target #book #collection total 156 books. Pretty excited, feels like seeing an old friend after years!! #

• Had lunch in Ruh, Bellandur. Ambience = 2/10 (1 room is good), Food = 5/10 (tasted good, but pricey). Can try for team outings. #
• Got my shipment of VMWare workstation 7. Finally, I can make use of my dual-QC for something good. Installing now. #
• Microsoft to officially announce Facebook / Outlook / Live messenger integration – http://bit.ly/ciaeLH #
• Ivanchuk is as crazy as a genius can get – http://bit.ly/9ARuWR #
• Finally decided to use mchek on my phone, but it doesn't support iPhone yet. Bummer. #
• Added "Deep Fried Bytes" (@deepfriedbytes) to my "to-listen" podcast list. Enjoying it so far. Good job guys. #
• Feel very lethargic nowadays, am getting that old? Scary. #
• Saina nehwal is world #2 now, way to go!! #
• Got 2 DRAs today, didn't expect that! #
• Waiting in axis bank koramangala for my statements, hope I don't have to come here again!! #
• Looking at the young female bank reps around, I wonder whether they know they r around to placate angry ppl and to provide eyecandy :p #