Wise Guys

"A wise guy’s always right. Even when he’s wrong, he’s right."
-- Al Pacino in "Donnie Brasco"

Ramblings for 2008-05-12

Anil Ambani goes to Hollywood with blockbuster plans-India Business-Business-The Times of India "RBEL is learnt to be in negotiations to produce three major movies featuring mainstream Hollywood stars. A large delegation from ADAG is currently preparing for a major international announcement on May 19 at the Cannes film festival, where these plans w Poll: New Italian equal opportunity minister, Mara Carfagna, is a former sexy calendar model - italy survey Feminists actually make better romantics-Man-Woman-Relationships-Lifestyle-The Times of India Hmmm Winning: Bad Boys Make Better Soldiers Very true... More importantly, am I a bad boy??? heh... Procurement: France Buys Iraq Experience "Since many troops have years of experience with video games, they take to the RWS quickly, and very effectively" Remote Weapon Stations - Kongsberg Gruppen If you make things that save lives, people will pay anything for it Productivity v. Ingenuity I completely agree.... if you cant remember something it probably isnt worth doing.... But pls note that you cannot have this attitude in all jobs... Bloomberg.com: The House of Dimon "Dimon keeps track of his bank's business by scribbling on a sheet of paper in his coat's breast pocket. The notes are divided into two columns: one for "things I owe people" and the other for "things people owe me," according to people who've worked with Exercise Information - Ask Personal Trainers - Best Exercises Nutrition Diet Fitness Information & Advice BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Microwaves 'cook ballast aliens' Poorly worded title... From 4 P’s in marketing to 3 C’s of lending Hell Week - Provided by Tom Rancich Description of what these chaps have to go thru...

Ramblings for 2008-05-11

Undercover agents to check corporate espionage- Corporate Trends-News By Company-News-The Economic Times Wyclef Jean - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Somehow I like the latest song from him - "Fast Car"... Savate - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Saw this on "Human Weapon" on the history channel Man vs. Wild DVD Set -- Discovery Channel Store -- 794784 Human Body: Pushing the Limits DVD Set -- Discovery Channel Store -- B108324 Hot Chicks with Douchebags: Sunday Kickin' It Why work out at all????? Armor: Slimmed Down Slat Armor A Success I had this idea of armor before.... Glad they implemented it so nicely.... North Carolina Statewide Technical Architecture LOL... Looks like ASG/PCC in DB You Can't PDF Your Way to Good Software Very true... This is why enterprise architecture doesnt work after all... How I Built a Working Poker Bot, Part 1 Amazing Suddenly It's 1964! "While picking up some groceries last weekend, we happened across this lovely 1964 Plymouth Valiant station wagon parked in front of a 1960s-vintage Safeway supermarket. " Shake it. Keep the vintage Pontiac in the garage. What's that you've found? NBC: Navy SEALs' 'Hell Week' - Life- msnbc.com "Usually it's the guy who is quiet — who's unassuming but they've got heart inside," continued Lindsay. "The big Rambo guy beating his chest is probably not the one." Global shoe brands in India now focus on gym accessories as well - livemint 6 AM Pacific » Blog Archive » Outsourcing Captives is Not an Acquisition About captive outsourcing in India

Late night thought of the day

Of all the battles a SEAL (Sea, Air, Land) must fight, none is more important than their first– the battle of mind over body.

"The voice was back. That small, self-doubting messenger returned to pitch its familiar monologue, “This is BS! Why are you putting yourself through this? You are never gonna make it all the way, so quit now and call it a day!”

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Ramblings for 2008-05-10

Credit Seizure? $6 Million Pay Turns on Relationships "So-called interdealer brokers pair bids and offers between the world's largest banks in derivatives markets that have no public exchanges such as credit-default swaps and interest-rate products. Unlike traders and investment bankers, the brokers don't ta YouTube - Ceat | Unavoidable LOL... Good ad For Popeye's biceps, eat spinach-Health/Sci-The Times of India German Rock Finds Its Own Voice To send to Alfred.. The Travelling Hungryboy: My Best-Of List: Year Three The Travelling Hungryboy: Xiao Ping Skewered Meat Shop, Geylang The Travelling Hungryboy: Ri Xing Xiang Ji, Maxwell Food Centre Hmmm looks like a Kerala dilcush... Hot Chicks with Douchebags: Prom Night at HCwDB LOL Platypus Looks Strange on the Inside, To Facebook: Friends with Money "Best of all for Facebook's owners, the company will borrow the funds without having to give up equity." DNA - India - A marriage according to the CPI-M rule book - Daily News & Analysis A true marxist?? DNA - India - Lalu to sell Railways' success story in Singapore, Malaysia - Daily News & Analysis LOL Gas Prices Send Surge of Riders to Mass Transit - New York Times "With the price of gas approaching $4 a gallon, more commuters are abandoning their cars and taking the train or bus instead." You’ve Seen the YouTube Video; Now Try the Documentary - New York Times Cutting out the middleman... Schwarzman’s shocking subprime analogy | Blogs | Reuters.com "[It's like] being a noodle salesman in Nagasaki when they dropped the A-bomb - not a lot of noodles left, and not a lot of people either." The Stalwart: Some Stuff The Internet Made Worse "There's absolutely no joy in cultural discovery any more....." ACTUALLY YOU DISCOVER MORE THINGS THRU LINKS

Ramblings for 2008-05-09

Replacing wires between chips with laser beams Sadly, I am sure SUN is not going to make any money off this. IBM will, of course... Surface Forces : LCS Rewrites The Rules of Surface Warfare "The development of the LCS has been screwed up, with resulting delays and cost overruns. The same grief is expected in the development of the specialized modules." Military Photos: USS Michael Murphy I reckon the US is the only place that would name a ship after a medal of honor winner Morale: McMess Hall "With this, military bases continue the decades old trend of increasingly resembling university campuses, although with more weapons, discipline, purpose and intellectual freedom." Leadership: Looking For Warrior Chiefs "Still, the Afghans have their own way of carrying out military operations. Officers tend to be regarded as warrior chiefs, and often act accordingly. This is the result of thousands of years of tradition. The idea of the government just making someone an Coconut water is a business with some interesting dynamics My fav drink... before and after workout... Rx Spice Rack - 5 Healthiest Spices - Recipe Photos - MyRecipes.com

Ramblings for 2008-05-08

Gym Safety: The 5 Biggest Dangers of Weight Lifting

Ramblings for 2008-05-07

In ‘The Post-American World,’ the U.S. Meets Its Match From a Sun Rising on the East - New York Times 1 single reason - The fall of the dollar and consequent drop-off in immigration Attrition: Marines Take On Motorcycle Madness "Over ten percent of army and marine personnel own a motorcycle, and that number has increased rapidly since the invasion of Iraq. The reason for all this is the large amount of money many troops find themselves with when they come back from Iraq or Afgha Military Photos: B-52 Simulator Leadership: The Great Growing Lieutenant Shortage "Thus many Chinese officers are, for want of a better word, losers. The same could be said for many Indian officers, but India, or at least many parts of India, have a military tradition." MY BRO JOINED AS HE DIDN'T WANT TO BECOME JUST ANOTHER SOFTWARE EN Gene making Indians fat found-India-The Times of India Heheh... one more excuse for sitting on your fat ass instead of doing something about it The Indian Investor's Blog: IOB sells land to itself and rents it back Financial Engineering Nation & World | Chinese get a taste of investing's downside | Seattle Times Newspaper ""You lose money, you jump out the window, too bad. It's your problem," said Vincent Chan, head of China research for Credit Suisse." Jobs cuts plan by top finance firms!

Ramblings for 2008-05-06

Chrysler to guarantee gas at $2.99 a gallon! For three years! - Autoblog What kind of hedging did these guys do for this deal? The New Thing Called Wired Magazine

Ramblings for 2008-05-05

Ram Viswanathan: How NOT to plan a vacation.. Should note this... Bride rejects groom for poor maths-Patna-Cities-The Times of India Hilarious... Glad this didn't happen to another Jharkhand chap I know :))) Jindal on my mind - Ultrabrown Bobby Jindal a possible VP candidate? Could counter Obama The French and Indian war - Ultrabrown "For a brief, shining moment last night, Rupa & the April Fishes held the #1 position on YouTube with the video for 'Une Americaine a Paris'" Mukesh Ambani house row: Maharashtra Wakf Board CEO transferred Sad case of blatant corruption Spied? BMW M1 Prototype caught undisguised (maybe) - Autoblog Sexaaaay Another bloody Veyron: Presenting the Sang Noir - Autoblog I stand by my opinion. This car us really fugly... Time for a Change: F1/Carbon GMT watch - Autoblog Stupid doublepicillusion.jpg (JPEG Image, 805x1138 pixels) Where are the fuckin dolphins??? BusterB: Women to Avoid II Being 'different' in the People's Republic of China - International Herald Tribune "By then, it had become clear why my children were attracting so much attention. They look Chinese, but not exactly. They look Western, but not quite. What they really look like is what they are: a blend of me, a Chinese-American, and my husband, a blond Interfluidity :: Liquidity isn't apple pie "Confidence is good only when confidence is merited. We need not only accurate prices, but accurate confidence intervals, accurate spreads, accurate levels of liquidity rather than simply more, more, more." gapingvoid: "cartoons drawn on the back of business cards": moleskine 38 "Message to folks making loww 6-figures: You do not run things, despite what your bosses tell you" BBC - Radio 1 - Chart Blog Whatever... the chick has talent... BW Online | May 31, 2004 | The Other U.S. Military "The private contractor biz is hot, vast, and largely unregulated. Is it out of control?" The Ala Carting of Video on the Net - Will it lead to disaster ? "Nice analogy" Tales of Indian real estate and the common man Brand Update : Margo Marketing Q&A : Automobile Market segmentation ""Is Indian automobile market (car) driven by family ? Is family influence more when someone buys a small car or a sedan ?" What value does a university add? "Do IIT graduates do well because they were smart to start with, or because they learned something at IIT?" It

Ramblings for 2008-05-03

Murphy's Law: Old Friends LOL Murphy's Law: The Curse of Ancient Aircraft "The end of the Cold War, and the rapidly escalating cost of new aircraft, has left most air forces with aging equipment" Murphy's Law: Killer Chick Joins the Luftwaffe "The German Air Force (Luftwaffe) got its first female fighter pilot. " Dutch Bank Funded U.S. Tax Shelters - WSJ.com Icelanders' Love Of Crazy Trucks Hits Deep Freeze - WSJ.com "Icelanders' jeep thrills are endangered by the global financial crisis. What Icelanders call "jeeps" are actually massive, tricked-out pickups, armed with 4-foot-high wheels studded with steel cleats that allow them to climb mountains of snow and volcani Chart Blog: Kelly Rowland ft. Travis McCoy All rise! Sucking all the juice out "Just got some work back from a new copyeditor hired by my publisher. She did a flawless job. She also wrecked my work. Totally wrecked it. By sanding off every edge, removing every idiom, making each and every fact literally correct, she made it boring and dry and mechanical."

Ramblings for 2008-05-02

Moss Makes a No-Care Lawn - New York Times Moving from grass to moss... A Litany of Horrors The RAND corporation Michael Arrington - The TIME 100 - TIME Twitter Said To Be Abandoning Ruby on Rails The technology doesnt matter... The functionality matters... I have seen the same dogma with "Struts", "Spring" etc in the Java world De Beers Finds Shipwreck, Treasure From Columbus Era "De Beers, the world's biggest undersea diamond miner, said its geologists in Namibia found the wreckage of an ancient sailing ship still laden with treasure, including six bronze cannons, thousands of Spanish and Portuguese gold coins and more than 50 el Adobe guru to improve Windows interface | Underexposed - CNET News.com ""He was heavily recruited by Microsoft and given an unbeatable opportunity to work outside his normal digital imaging field," Schewe said. "Mark was invited by (Microsoft Chief Technology Officer) David Vaskevitch to come lead a team working on the futur Daniela Cicarelli - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia OOmpha Bloomberg.com: Sex Video of Merrill Banker, MTV Host Eclipses Brazil Election "having sex on the beach is common,'' he said. ``At the same time, brother, everybody knows that you don't have any privacy on the beach.'' Information Warfare: Microsoft Gives Out Back Door Key "The device is a USB thumb drive called COFEE (Computer Online Forensic Evidence Extractor). When you capture an enemy computer, you plug in COFEE and then use over a hundred software to quickly get whatever information is on the machine. COFEE can quickl Leadership: Ignoring The Chiefs This is a HUGE problem in Indian armed forces as well. The officers directly take responsibility leaving nothing for the NCO's. NCO's form the backbone of any fighting force, and they have to be given opportunity to develop their leadership skills Murphy's Law: The Bone Does Bad Better "Although the B-52 is cheaper to operate, ground troops prefer to have a B-1B overhead. That's because the B-1B, nicknamed "the Bone", does intimidation more effectively than the B-52." Why won’t Singaporeans work abroad? Get mugged can leh.... Facebook Suckage Syndrome I haven't bothered joining after getting umpteen invites... This thing will be there for another 1 year... then will die off. There is a core group on facebook which is the college pple who joined facebook in 2003-2004 who are now working and took it to the workplace. Once these pple get bored, the momentum will go Architecture astronauts take over I agree. You need to create compelling apps. The platform develops from that.... Instead this livemesh thing is gonna be a dud The first rule of b2b selling "If it gets to the RFP stage, you lost." AGREE. IF IT GOT TO RFP STAGE, YOU ARE WASTING YOUR TIME The 14 Most Inspiring Sporting Video Clips of All Time Listening to Customers is Hard, Hard, Hard - Continuations "In building a business it's generally considered a good idea to listen to your customers. The idea is that if your product/site/service is a better fit with customers' needs you will have more of them. As it turns out though, listening to customers A Sporting Gesture Touches ’Em All - New York Times BBC NEWS | UK | Magazine | Can Oreo win over British biscuit lovers? "This ritual that comes with Oreo makes it more than a biscuit," says Ms McNulty. "The ritual elevates it to a moment of child-like delight and a warm family moment. 'Twist, lick and dunk' is the language we use. Around the world, 'twist, lick and dunk' i

Ramblings for 2008-05-01

Mukesh Ambani's $2 bn home world's most expensive: Forbes- Corporate Trends-News By Company-News-The Economic Times CitiFin sacks 400, bank plans $1b loan selloff- Finance-Banking/ Finance -News By Industry-News-The Economic Times Shelby celebrates 85th birthday and 1966 Le Mans victory with Commemorative GT40 - Autoblog

Ramblings for 2008-04-30

Oil City - Silver skyline (1) - FORTUNE Jamnagar in India... Reliance is expanding their facility there... This will process 5% of the worlds gasoline Smithsonian Magazine | Travel | You got a problem with that? This is a great article about NY... Ponoko Designer to consumer model.... all over distributors are getting fucked by the web. LONG LIVE THE WEB. Zoho Sheet Adds VBA Macro Support For Power Users | Compiler from Wired.com Zoho is going all out... they might get bought out by MS... But not Google.. A Crushing Issue: How to Destroy Brand-New Cars - WSJ.com Mazda destroys 4k cars... Total utter waste Lexus Sputters at Home Japanese prefer imports for snob value.. Discovery News : Scientists regenerating organs Truly some of the most inspiring stuff I have read in sometime IF YOU GET THERE BEFORE I DO LYRICS by Collin Raye Good lyrics.. Colin Raye's best song... How Old U.S. Steel Leapt Off History's Scrap Pile: David Pauly MIT Economist Cracks Big Puzzle of China's Rise: Andy Mukherjee Sea Transportation: The Secret Chinese Fleet "As American counter-terrorism activities increased in out-of-the-way places, they often found that, not only was COSCO already there, but so were plenty of Chinese intelligence personnel, operating under the cover of COSCO employees" Space: Quantity Has A Quality All Its Own "On April 28th, India put ten satellites into orbit with one launch." Warplanes: Where Have All The Pilots Gone Soon USAF pilots will be interviewing with Kingfisher and Emirates at this rate BBC - Radio 1 - Chart Blog: Yael Naim - 'New Soul' Quirky piece.... I admit to being a fan of Yael Naim... Apple ads, like Volkswagen, has a habit of finding me good songs I have never heard of before twistori Very interesting realtime view of love, hate chatter etc etc happening on Twitter BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Floyd inflatable pig is recovered "Former Pink Floyd star Waters said "that's my pig" as it drifted away during Sunday's gig." LOL An Addiction to A Hereford Beefstouw Americans sell prized possessions to help pay bills

Status Update: New ipod

Yours truly is the owner of a new ipod, courtesy of Deutsche Bank. Won an internal competition inviting ideas for "living green" as part of Earth Day. I think this idea has some serious legs and could be implemented bank-wide. Lets see how the thing progresses...