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Quit smoking now!

2006-10-13T22:34:00.000+05:30

qsn Originally uploaded by HughPee. What Happens to Your body if you stop smoking Right now? # In 20 minutes your blood pressure will drop back down to normal. # In 8 hours the carbon monoxide (a toxic gas) levels in your blood stream will drop by half, and oxygen levels will return to normal. # In 48 hours your chance of having a heart attack will have decreased. All nicotine will have

"All Marketers are Liars" - Seth Godin speaks at Google

2006-10-09T17:17:00.000+05:30

Seth Godin is the author of six bestsellers, including Permission Marketing, an Amazon Top 100 bestseller for a year and a Fortune Best Business Book. His newest book, All Marketers are Liars , has already made the Amazon Top 100 and has inspired its own blog. Seth is also a renowned speaker, and was recently chosen as one of "21 Speakers for the Next Century" by Successful Meetings Magazine and

Competitio.us

2006-10-06T18:00:00.000+05:30

One more interesting site for all you worker bees :P Competitio.us. A site where you list your competitors and it will find all the information reported online on them and present it to you in a structured manner. This will be updated regularly as when information becomes available online. Discover and share competitive information in a timely manner. If any of you try this one out let me

Summarize

2006-10-05T09:08:00.000+05:30

Did you ever use this tool in Word? I used to play around with a similar function in Mac OS X when it was known as Rhapsody before it was launched. There used to be a slider which you could move up or down depending on how much or little you wanted as your summary. Now I'm not trying to rub your noses in it and I'm not sure how long this function has been available in Word. Honest! :D Thought

The bracelets

2006-09-04T11:01:00.000+05:30

This one is for Harry. Everyone that evening was enamored with these bracelets including Ashu! Shiti had me take this and a few other photographs so that you could go to the junk jewelery market in Hong Kong and pick them up for her. For more details contact Shiti.

View from the balcony

2006-04-20T23:07:00.000+05:30

It's been a while since i made a post here. I've now sort of given up on getting you guys to make a post but more than that one two three others that i have started are keeping me busy :P Here's a new pict. We have a chota pukur in front our apartment and i took a couple of photographs on one of our visits. The current plot is to plan a move in a week. If you check out this post you'll

How do you like my Yahoo Avatar?

2006-02-18T18:03:00.000+05:30

How do you like my new avatar? Yahoo seems to have started offering this option recently. You can use your avatar with messenger, on your site etc. The best part is that you can change the moods, the clothes, the hairstyle etc and it updates it automatically. There are 3 others with yahoo accounts - i hope to see your avatars soon.

Safdarjung's Tomb

2006-01-27T01:17:00.000+05:30

Ramesh & Nicolas at the Entrance Originally uploaded by HughPee. Looks familiar? I'd taken a similar shot when we visited Safdarjung's Tomb a few months ago. I've a whole bunch of photos taken at the Jama Masjid but t'will be a while before I upload all of them. Currently there are 5 on the Flickr site. Just click on the photograph and you'll get to flickr.

Yahoo - Get an alias id

2006-01-06T00:48:00.000+05:30

For those of you with id's on Yahoo that you are not totally satisfied with. And you couldnt do anything about it 'cause what you wanted was taken. Well, here's another chance. Yahoo is allowing the use of "." and so you can try for your name again or use something interesting. eg original id hemae2005@yahoo.com Hema.Whatever@yahoo.com or Ilookgood@yahoo.com For those of you who

College Buddies - The Delhi Gang

2005-12-15T20:10:00.000+05:30

Ramesh's Delhi Gang Originally uploaded by HughPee. This snap was taken at Sandy and Amina's home. Most of you have met Bali and Sujata. Here are a few more faces for the names - starting from the extreme left Sandeep Talwar - Sandy, Arvind Singh - Khach, Amardeep Singh Bali - Bali, Suri, Sujata Soni - Bali's wife, Vimi - Khach's wife, me - :P, Shruti Talwar - Rajeev (Sunny) has taken

Weaving Project

2005-12-03T18:14:00.000+05:30

Weaving Project Originally uploaded by HughPee. Shiti, since you're going to be joining me amongst the ranks of the unemployed sometime soon, let me know if you want to start on a similar project. easy to start and fun to do :p

Shiti

2005-11-13T13:58:00.000+05:30

Shiti Originally uploaded by HughPee. sketch done with a fountain pen. added some brush strokes for the hair. in the original photo your hair merges in the background. then thought that i'd add color so that i could try to get some tones but the ink is obviously not waterproof. upper left side messed up :P added pencil in the end coz i didnt know what else to do! and gave up shortly

Weekend in Delhi

2005-11-02T23:03:00.000+05:30

Taken during Nicolas recent visit to Delhi. We had a wonderful time - very hectic. With lots of activity - sight seeing, sketching, eating out etc. Nicolas as usual was full of beans. Rest of the photos have been uploaded to a new site called Zoto and you can click on the header to check them out.

Great Book Recommendations

2005-10-23T23:20:00.000+05:30

All you avid readers are sure to enjoy this one. Feed in the names of a few books and it suggests the names of books that you would like to read. This seems to similar to Amazons recommendations and it is based on the data given by other users of this service. if their suggestions are ones that you have already read add them to your list and look for more. I've just fed in about 10 books and

Red sand stone sculpture - WIP

2005-09-28T22:02:00.000+05:30

stone sculpture Originally uploaded by HughPee. it's about 4 half days of effort. need to work on it during the puja holidays or once i get back. comments as always are welcome!

Psychology and mental health at Psych Central

2005-07-28T15:41:00.000+05:30

i took a test on Internet Addiction and sure enough I am an addict. There are a few other tests that you guys might like to try out. I tried one on ADD too. The depression and Eating disorder ones didnt interest me :P

RJ's B'day

2005-07-22T11:22:00.000+05:30

RJ's B'day Originally uploaded by HughPee. here are some picts of the party.( click on header and not pict to check them out.)

DIY Projector

2005-07-13T19:40:00.000+05:30

projectormain Originally uploaded by HughPee. I thought that this might be of interest to JJ and Siridhara. JJ if you do decide to make one do keep me posted.

Foot Reflexlology

2005-06-02T16:13:00.000+05:30

Reflexlology Originally uploaded by HughPee. Jayant had this brilliant idea for all of us to go get a nice foot massage after we'd finished rushing around the malls. It was a truly wonderful experience. It hurt a bit occasionally but left us feeling v.relaxed. Ramesh, as usual, fell off to sleep! If you havent had one as yet - try it!

20Q

2005-05-11T09:19:00.000+05:30

20Q's the game we played as kids is hosted on the net. Over the years a million people have played the game and the neural net (database) has grown. Recently, Burgener who set up the game on the web and collected the data put it onto a chip within an orb and is now selling it as a handheld game for about 15USD. I thought it would make a nice gift. Found this listed at Kevin Kelly -- Cool

Webby Awards

2005-05-04T14:26:00.000+05:30

HUMOR WEBBY AWARD WINNER CREDITED ORGANIZATION Rathergood PEOPLE'S VOICE WINNER Eddie Izzard NOMINEES Eddie Izzard National Lampoon Rathergood Subservient Chicken The four word film review

BackPack - Online Organizer

2005-05-04T13:29:00.000+05:30

backpack_logo-small Originally uploaded by HughPee. I thought that all of you would find this useful. BackPack allows you to have your ToDo lists and notes online hence, accessible anywhere. It also sends you automatic emails (sms in the case of the us and a few other countries/service providers) for reminders. It even allows for collaboration - sharing etc. Try it out.

Who is on my easel?

2005-05-02T14:32:00.000+05:30

Painting Area Originally uploaded by HughPee. I like torturing you guys. I have subsequently worked on it and messed it up some more. I'm hoping to finish it this week or at least stop work on it. It's been more than 2 weeks already! You can see one corner of our bedroom that I have taken over.

Sculpture

2005-05-02T14:20:00.000+05:30

Lata - low relief Originally uploaded by HughPee. Here's an example of one of the low reliefs I have finished. Other than the first and the fifth (currently working on) all others have cracks or pieces that have broken off :( Feeling bad about that coz i was hoping to fire them and have terracotta pieces as keepsakes.

My Collection of Recipes

2005-04-28T15:33:00.000+05:30

Trying to put together Recipes that I've collected from folks and friends. If you have any interesting, tasty ones that you've tried and tested, please send to me. There are currently just six recipes up - mostly non-veg :D Have to take picts when next i make them!

Yahoo buys Flickr!

2005-04-28T10:41:00.001+05:30

The best Online Photo Storage Site! I was telling rj this morning about this news. I think ramesh and gala had signed up with the first round of invites but did not upload even one photo! The rest of you did not sign up forget uploading!! Try it out - you wont regret it!!

Rabbi Shergill Live at Siri Fort

2005-04-15T15:39:00.000+05:30

rabbi-1 Originally uploaded by HughPee. heh heh heh! Got to see Rabbi live in Delhi at Siri Fort yesterday evening. Had almost given up on getting to hear him as they dropped a Harshdeep Kaur on an unsuspecting audience for over an hour!! She wasnt even mentioned on the invite!! We were mighty cheesed off till he came on and started singing. A real pleasure to hear and with a great

Guess Who?

2005-04-04T09:35:00.000+05:30

Part of the paintings that I did while at the hotel in Delhi. I'm waiting for Broadband to upload the others. First person to guess correctly will get super brownie points! This was (is??) RJ's favourite.

Fifth Annual Weblog Awards

2005-02-05T00:06:00.000+05:30

Fairvue Central >> Bloggies >> Fifth Annual Weblog Awards The voting has closed. Check out results on March 14th but before that you can check out the sites that were shortlisted.

PictureM

2005-02-04T23:36:00.000+05:30

Here's a truly wonderful service which allows you to put up film strips and multiple photos in one post. Wonderful to put up Holiday Photos with a film strip effect. The service is free and they even provide a space for you to put up your own web page (blog) with these photos. Check it out.

Remember

2005-02-04T23:35:00.000+05:30

pic40 Originally uploaded by HughPee. It's my b'day on the 7th. All gKalab members have to call and wish :P

Cigarette Butts

2005-02-04T23:31:00.000+05:30

Butts2 Originally uploaded by Subliminally Obvious. Looks yucky, doesnt it?? :P

sketches 'n paintings

2005-01-06T18:48:00.000+05:30

Murder - Movie Poster Originally uploaded by HughPee. click on the header and take a look rj has seen all of them and harry 'n jj most of them....

Britannia - Only for the non veggies!!

2004-11-30T23:19:00.001+05:30

Britannia Originally uploaded by HughPee. went to this old irani restaurant for lunch today.. maybe i'm the last amongst us to get there.. enjoyed the food very much especially the berry pulao and the salli boti.. the mutton cutlets were not that hot as they were soaking in oil! Bumped into Ramesh Thomas who was also having lunch there. Actually he came up to the table and asked us if we

Bulla ki jaana mai kaun - Rabbi Shergill

2004-11-29T02:18:00.000+05:30

Bulla ki jaana mai kaun - Rabbi Shergill Originally uploaded by HughPee. Another recommendation by Harry. The first song "Bulla ki jaana mai kaun" is indeed very good. Heard it yesterday and today at Subha's. Shiti is it already on your list?Had to hunt like crazy to get hold of an image file... none available off the web... had to go into a cached file to get one...

Shantaram

2004-11-28T22:57:00.000+05:30

Shantaram Originally uploaded by Ujwala. Harry doesnt usually go overboard but she has on this one! Said that she even wanted to cancel appointments and stay back at home to finish it. A must read according to her. JJ is next in line and will be followed by rj and me.

Sango's articles in the Afternoon

2004-09-23T13:55:00.000+05:30

for those of you who havent read any as yet... here's the link to sango's articles in the Afternoon Courier and Despatch... Cybernoon.com

My Product Advisor

2004-08-01T16:31:00.000+05:30

My first post! please to use - great site to help u buy Digital cameras, cars, pda's- JJ

Moving to Mumbai!!

2004-07-25T15:12:00.000+05:30

Packers are about to take my mumputer :(.... wont have it for over a month!! double :((

linkaGoGo - free Online Favorites/ Bookmarking Manager and Application

2004-07-21T02:41:00.000+05:30

i have my dot mac account where i sync all my bookmarks but you guys might find this interesting...

EcoCosm / EcoSphere

2004-07-20T11:08:00.000+05:30

I wrote about this just a few weeks back! basically i'm now saying ki hum bahut trendo hai! :P i like the idea of algae/bacteria and fungi better than live shrimps though..... so who's going to build one with me?? has to be you harry! you're the one who is going to be near by! hee hee hee! actually i'm sure keya would be excited... right shiti?? some more links tips from Ecosphere -

Flickr: Ujwala's Photo Calendar

2004-07-18T15:13:00.000+05:30

flickr-blogthis Originally uploaded by HughPee. I havent checked out Picasa so I dont know how good it is but Flickr is outstanding!! Truly! You must check it out! In fact shall mail an invite to you'll right away :P So now i dont need a personal website to host pictures

Picasa: Now owned by Google

2004-07-18T13:23:00.000+05:30

flickr_logo_beta Originally uploaded by HughPee. Automated Digital Photo Organizer software, instant photo albums, sharing & printing. You might want to try it out including their app for uploading called hello. But I'd recommend Flickr coz that's what i've tried.

Internet Archive

2004-07-16T18:14:00.000+05:30

intarchlogo Originally uploaded by HughPee. I was reading about the Internet Bookmobile and the problems that they ran into with cops etc in a park in the us. discovered that we have one of those mobile vans in india to... office in noida and then with some more surfing

Modigliani - Beyond the Myth

2004-07-15T19:39:00.000+05:30

mereko toh bahut pasand ayaa... this one i was really keen on seeing and though gala and nanda were keen on it too i went on my own a couple of days before heading back... and i'm really glad i did - coz i loved it... this is one of the paintings that i really liked click here to see some paintings from their gallery clicking on the header

GameHouse Games - Jigsaw,Collapse,Mahjong,Solitaire and More

2004-07-15T16:13:00.000+05:30

Bounce Out Blitz and Collapse! Crunch are both fun... for all those who are now sick of snood here are a bunch of games to try out... but remember these are all trial versions... i have a copy of collapse the original version for any of you who're interested... And if you sign up for their newsletter you'll get a free game... i dont know which coz i subscribed a while back and so wasnt

My first oil painting - a bit of a disaster :P

2004-07-14T22:56:00.000+05:30

First & Second Attempt Second one!! MJ's look alike?? quite eeksaboo :( - will get galu to send the 3rd where i was trying to recover from the maikilal jaikishen one!!

Cooking at the Culinary Institute

2004-07-14T11:07:00.000+05:30

one of the exciting (!!) things we did was go to the culinary institute to learn all about summer grilling.. it turned out to far better than our expectations! (click on the header in case you are interested in checking out elizabeth's website)

3 sisters...

2004-07-14T11:03:00.000+05:30

had a blast in ny! this was taken in nanda's living room a day before i left. desperately cropped and reduced for the web :P i thought t'was nice one..

Sarah Jones: What A Character!

2004-07-02T19:20:00.000+05:30

went and saw a play last night - bridges and tunnels - a one woman show and really really good. if you get the chance you must see it!

Cookin' With Google

2004-06-30T19:08:00.000+05:30

There's a book out from O'Reilly on Google Hacks and i thought what good will that do but here's a real neat example... and one that you guys might like to use.. type in some ingredients and get a bunch of recipes related to them...

50 Coolest Websites

2004-06-30T17:58:00.000+05:30

as rated by Time Magazine... all on one page... the google hack shown above is from this listing...

Bookmarklets

2004-06-25T18:14:00.000+05:30

are these java scripts that you drag onto your browsers menu bar.... "blog this" (mentioned earlier) which automatically posted articles to your blog on Blogger, is one such example... i found another which gives you your ip address.. useful for using the freebie sip software phones to make free calls but discovered later that it only works with Netscape! i guess they're the ones that came up

The World Clock - Time Zones

2004-06-25T18:08:00.000+05:30

Nice and easy page to figure out time at various locations... ramesh what was the one for currency?

Photography In the Digital Era

2004-06-25T17:03:00.000+05:30

Digital Photography Check out a text book online. i guess soon is going to be time to stop looking and start reading :P actually i found this a year ago and bookmarked it on gala's computer. i'm back on it after a year and so... you could download the pages onto your desktop using one of the apps mentioned on this site.. or a save this function with multiple links from your browser

blinkx

2004-06-21T00:11:00.000+05:30

The next step in searching - combining net and your desktop... try it out... * Search information from your desktop * Link don't search * Ideas not keywords Sadly not for the Mac as yet.. I read about it first at GigaOM - Om Malik's Blog

Wireless Home Entertainment (no links on this header)

2004-06-17T13:22:00.000+05:30

will update with details as soon as i have more - "With just a few hundred dollars worth of equipment, you can easily set up a TiVO-style system that records your favorite TV shows (either analog, broadcast, digital cable, or satellite) onto a hard drive. You need to upgrade to an 802.11g wireless network (802.11b is too slow for full-spectrum video) and plenty of storage space (30 minutes of

FeedDemon - the NewsReader for Windows

2004-06-17T00:00:00.000+05:30

FeedDemon is a newsreader for the wintel platform.... it is pre-loaded with a lot of useful websites. This software allows you to view changes (only changes made since you last checked) to the website you've selected (called subscription). You can add to this existing list by dragging the XML button from the websites you frequent into FeedDemon. My

The IndiBlog Awards

2004-06-16T21:30:00.000+05:30

thought you guys might be interested in checking a few of these blogs... Jivha - the Tongue - won the award Indian Bloggers List - see what some others have to say :P Kamat: The Blog Portal - list according to when updated

Canon Digital Learning Center

2004-06-16T10:50:00.000+05:30

learn to use your digital camera better.... the link above will take you to the page with lesson 1 - 5.... i'd checked this site out almost a year ago when the new canon rebel was launched... quickly discovered that most of the tips were useful for my nikon too... only problem was that back then there were just 2-3 lessons but now there are 25! so have a look.

EyeTV - Elgato systems

2004-06-09T19:29:00.000+05:30

This is allows you to use your computer as a DVR and allows you to watch tv too... i was wondering if any of you know the kind of broadcasting we now have in india - is it digital satellite television? it's not terrestrial is it?? lemme know... tks! (sorry, this product is for the mac only)

Mac + PC - AirPort Express & AirTunes

2004-06-08T22:14:00.000+05:30

I'm definitely going to get my hands on one of these on this trip to NY... listen to music, print or surf wirelessly... nice deal!

Eco glass cleans itself with Sun

2004-06-08T21:24:00.000+05:30

I would love to have this glass used for the windows in the house we (if / when?) build. Should be affordable by then!

Blog-schmlog

2004-06-08T14:13:00.000+05:30

People, 1. Yes Uj, I saw the picture. Smaller, on the right, et al. 2. With every one of your e-mails I also saw a weird attachment suffixed ".tiff". I couldn't open it, as hard as I tried. I think though that the suffix is an appropriate one, b'cos it's what the kalab seems to be heading for with the raging blog-controversy. Here then, is my ha'penny worth: 3. I'll take your word on

5 Qs (You’ve Been Dying) To Ask About Business Blogs

2004-06-07T20:27:00.000+05:30

"Put it this way: scarcely 10 years ago you might have asked, “Will email replace the phone, fax and postal mail as the preferred means of business communication?” Of course, we exclaim in hindsight." i like these guys.. i still get their newsletters though i hardly if ever read them anymore but unlike the others i havent unsubscribed... if you read this article you might be interested in

Paint by Number - An addictive game

2004-06-06T16:39:00.000+05:30

Paint by Number or Nonograms or Tsunami are a few of the better known names for this type of puzzle... ooh remembered one more - griddler. these are puzzles in a grid...you have no.s along the rows and columns to fill in some of the grids and once completed it reveals a picture. try only if you have the time... click on the headline here and it will take you to a site where you could

Night and Low Light Digital Photography Tips

2004-06-05T11:49:00.000+05:30

i thought that these links would be of interest to most of us.. harry shouldnt have a problem coz her canon has got one of those focussing lights for these situations... but t'would help the rest of us.

iSketch - Pictionary on the web

2004-06-01T13:49:00.000+05:30

I'm sure that subha and shiti know about this site.. but do the boys?? playing a round or two is a good stress buster...

OneLook Reverse Dictionary

2004-05-31T11:37:00.000+05:30

put in the meaning and it spits out the words... i didnt know one of these existed...

RSS - Really Simple Syndication

2004-05-30T20:23:00.000+05:30

Newsreader This is something i've been using for a while now... for those of you who havent tried and go to the same sites pretty often, this is a great tool - It lets you, in one window, see which sites have been updated and within that a listing of the new articles and usually a brief synopsis of the article. there's a list of windows apps in this article ... the lite versions will be free..

The world's best blogs

2004-05-29T19:01:00.000+05:30

as you can see, i'm really vela... rj's having his weekend afternoon snooze and i'm onto a good thing with a captive audience of 5 and i know it'll be atleast a month before you ask me to shut up! what the heck none of the boys are in as yet... so... have a look at this page... some really good sites mentioned... one of my favorite ones and one that i check almost everyday is www.gizmodo.com -

Ecosystem in a Jar

2004-05-27T20:59:00.000+05:30

I've forgotten the name Rosh used to describe this. But ever since she told me that she was helping her daughter work on one for her school project, i was hooked. But like everything else stayed undone... one of my future projects. Did you guys try anything like this in school?

Foveon - The new Tech that is likely to replace CCD's in cams

2004-05-25T23:04:00.000+05:30

hold on till this tech becomes cheaper before buying your next video/digital camera... really exciting stuff.... and i didnt know that CCD tech is 30 years old already!!!! the foveon chip captures information like film... a seperate layer for each color - RGB whereas the ccd has one layer which captures all..

Photoblogging!!

2004-05-24T20:11:00.000+05:30

Blogger Knowledge Guys - this is an interesting option for providing links to photographs... i cant do this as currently it runs only on the wintel platf.... so why dont you download and show me some picts?? :D

What is BlogThis! ?

2004-05-24T20:07:00.000+05:30

guys get this ... t'will atleast ease the pressure on you and you'll be able to send stuff on sites that you like straight away... drag it onto your task bar in IE or Netscape.. when you click on it it lets you post that page directly to the blog.. i've been using it for all these posts... painless!

Link to recent photooo ( Click me!!)

2004-05-24T19:47:00.000+05:30

hopefully this link should work and this post should be mailed out to all of us... :D

3 and counting...

2004-05-14T16:11:00.000+05:30

get the others to stop wasting time and join! or put something down :D kk, hari - you both have admin rights...

Gkalabites - Do it right this time!

2004-05-11T20:44:00.000+05:30

ramesh told me that he'd deleted the automated mail sent by blogger and since i havent heard from the rest of you ... i'm assuming that you guys have done the same.... here it comes once again... come up with ideas for a name... i think gkalab by itself sounds good - what do you guys think? shall set it up and maintain it if you guys promise to contribute!!