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Hridyan is One!

Posted by: rocknroli on: October 9, 2009

Hridyan turned one on 23rd!
But I can’t say time flies or anything similar. It was one long sleepless year…
But it was also the most incredible year…..he turned out to be the smiliest and happiest baby. He is walking now and according him all the rest of us have been sent on this earth to take [...]

Doga?!?!

Posted by: rocknroli on: August 19, 2009

This site is hilarious. Since I am not white, I am not sure how true the author’s claims are – but it seems insightful and one hell of a good read.
One paragraph from this article, left me in splits for a loooong time…
“White people like to make the most of their free time, but [...]

New WR – Usain Bolt

Posted by: rocknroli on: August 16, 2009

I fell in love with Usain Bolt since his Beijing Olympic race and the world record. He did it again today at Berlin. The way he wins reminds me of Barbaro from a few years back at Kentucky Derby. It’s a “I win, no arguments, very clean” attitude. I’d be very surprised if he ever [...]

Exercise and Weightloss

Posted by: rocknroli on: August 6, 2009

(Got back last weekend from an a-mazing trip of Singapore and Indonesia. Made new friends, partied and learnt a whole lot about life and work in South East Asia. Will post some pictures – out of the 10,000 that were taken by 8 or so cameras – some other time)
In the meanwhile, found this article [...]

Who knew…

Posted by: rocknroli on: July 17, 2009

I am leaving Hridyan behind for 2 weeks while I go for a trip to Asia with Haas. When I signed up I thought by the time he’s 10-months, I might feel better about leaving him. But it seems it worse than if I had left him a few months back – ’cause he’s so [...]

MJ…..continued…

Posted by: rocknroli on: June 28, 2009

….still can’t get enough of him
…. still mourning perhaps the biggest musical loss of my generation
…. am sad about not having heard any of his songs for last many years….until this week
….worried about mortality, pain, success and when they all get muddled up
…. loneliness
….happy to see he still had so many fans, and that they [...]

Angelina Jolie and Michelle Obama on VSee

Posted by: rocknroli on: June 17, 2009

VSee (a desktop videoconferencing solution that Hrishi’s company makes) is supporting UN’s World Refugee Day.
Angelina Jolie and Michelle Obama are going to use VSee to talk to refugees in Chad (Darfur) and Pakistan, on Sat June 20. VSee will be relaying the feed on http://wrd.vsee.com – you can ask questions to the refugees directly. [...]

3 Tips for Switching to Clean Energy

Posted by: rocknroli on: June 13, 2009

I wanted to share a few things that helped me in my search to switch to clean energy. Broadly, I’ll consider them three twists to well-known strategies.
1) Long-term focused networking: I attended events, conferences and talks pretty regularly in the last couple of years. These days I am running into the same people on [...]

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“Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish”

Posted by: rocknroli on: June 11, 2009

This is a widely circulated video and speech – Steve Jobs speaking at Stanford commencement in 2005. I recently saw it again. Just thought I’ll share with any visitors who might not have seen it. It’s one of the most inspirational speeches I have heard. Stay hungry, stay foolish.

The end of a chapter

Posted by: rocknroli on: April 2, 2009

Tomorrow is my last day at my current job. I am very happy.
I was spreading myself thin, with priorities getting a bit out of whack.
I feel more in control now, about what I want to really do for the next many years.
I am looking forward to moving into clean energy ….and soon!