What a great day! We woke up at the lake house and lounged around on the deck over the boat house with breakfast and then tea. Just before lunch we drove off to Marble Falls. We spent most of the afternoon in the sun and breeze in the Llana River. It turned out to be [...]
Read More»On our drive in to Austin, we stopped at Eastside Cafe for lunch. We were seated in the airy and sunlight drenched ‘Garden Room’. The menu looked great. I ordered the Hibiscus Mint iced tea where both ingredients were grown in their back yard. It was very refreshing We got shrimp and goat cheese quesadillas [...]
Read More»Since their introduction in late 2007, netbooks have captured 7% of the sales marketshare in 2008. This is expected to almost double in 2009. The economic downturn is pushing this trend even further. This is very rapid growth for any segment. Netbook sales have razor thin margins. If they cut into the laptop sales, it will hurt the [...]
Read More»Here are two videos by Hans Rosling, a professor of Global Health. The two things I enjoyed about his talks are the point he makes about the convergence of global health, and the dramatic way in he demonstrates it. Watch the two videos in sequence. I looked it up, and the software he shows in [...]
Read More»The TED Talks are an amazing experience. Their main goal is to share ideas from the “world’s smartest thinkers, greatest visionaries and most-inspiring teachers”. It is exhilarating to watch them expound on their ideas for 18 minutes!
Read More»After the move, we decided to clean up what was stored in the garage. We have carried this stuff around since grad school, and added to over time. Getting rid of these would at least make parking easier. And if we haven’t opened the boxes in 12 years, they must not contain anything important. Among [...]
Read More»Natasha had a friend’s birthday to attend today, for most of the day. So Athena and I spent most of the day together, starting with watching Barbie Swan Lake together in the morning. This is a short video of her watching TV in the morning.
Read More»In my readings about the evolution of the front porch in America, I found the following insights, which intuitively make sense: Porches were where people hung out for coolness before air conditioning. These would be on the south or east side of the house so that late afternoons could be spent in the breeze, away [...]
Read More»Once I arrived in Pakistan, I spent the first few days tagging along with Babar as he did his chores in preparation for the wedding – the dholki, the nikah, the wedding reception and the walima. I recorded short moments and collected them into a very short film. Go to the full blog post to see the video.
Read More»Steven Levy made the following observation in Wired magazine: “No matter how innocuous your individual tweets, the aggregate ends up being the foundation of a scary-deep self-portrait. It’s like a psychographic version of strip poker – I’m disrobing 140 characters at a time.”
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