Finally . . . . . they got my name right. To top it off, they even added a smiley face :o) It's small things like this that makes all the difference.
- manzoor
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Friday, December 12, 2008
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Happiness
is a choice that requires effort at times - Aeschylus.
Aeschylus was an ancient Greek playwright. He is also recognized as the "father of tragedy".
I would modify his quote to be "Happiness is a choice that requires effort most of the times". Very rarely will it seem to happen totally out-of-the-blue. But even on those rare occasions, if you dig deeply, you will find that too was the fruit of some effort on your part at some point in time. It might have been a while back, it might have been seemingly effortless - but nonetheless some effort at some point went into it.
- manzoor
Aeschylus was an ancient Greek playwright. He is also recognized as the "father of tragedy".
I would modify his quote to be "Happiness is a choice that requires effort most of the times". Very rarely will it seem to happen totally out-of-the-blue. But even on those rare occasions, if you dig deeply, you will find that too was the fruit of some effort on your part at some point in time. It might have been a while back, it might have been seemingly effortless - but nonetheless some effort at some point went into it.
- manzoor
Monday, December 08, 2008
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Wednesday, November 05, 2008
Obama Elected President
of the United States of America.
- Obama - 62,945,914 votes
- McCain - 55,753,790 votes
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Waiting . . . . .
Unless we're actively doing something, we're always waiting for something. And even when we are working on a particular issue, and we're only working on 1 issue at a time (unless you're a super multi-tasker), we're waiting for multiple things from multiple sources so that we can get back and work on those issues.
So, the way I look at it - we're in perpetual "wait" mode ;o)
- manzoor
Unless we're actively doing something, we're always waiting for something. And even when we are working on a particular issue, and we're only working on 1 issue at a time (unless you're a super multi-tasker), we're waiting for multiple things from multiple sources so that we can get back and work on those issues.
So, the way I look at it - we're in perpetual "wait" mode ;o)
- manzoor
Friday, October 10, 2008
Friday, August 29, 2008
McCain Picks Running Mate
John McCain picks Sarah Palin, Gov of Alaska, as his running mate.
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Thursday, August 28, 2008
Monday, August 11, 2008
Beijing 2008 - Medal Standing
It doesn't seem right that a Nation wins 3 Gold, 2 Silver and a Bronze and another winning 3 Bronze, 2 Silver and a Gold are ranked the same (both winning 6 medals).
The scaling also signifies the relative diff between the teams even when the ordering is not changed.
Here's a link to the current / updated medal standing.
- manzoor
It doesn't seem right that a Nation wins 3 Gold, 2 Silver and a Bronze and another winning 3 Bronze, 2 Silver and a Gold are ranked the same (both winning 6 medals).
Instead, if we weight a Gold Medal to be 3 unit, a Silver Medal 2 Unit and a Bronze 1, then the standing becomes a bit more interesting.
| Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Scaled |
| USA | 26 | 27 | 28 | 81 | 160 |
| China | 45 | 14 | 20 | 79 | 183 |
| Russia | 13 | 14 | 18 | 45 | 90 |
| Great Britain | 16 | 10 | 11 | 37 | 79 |
| Australia | 11 | 12 | 13 | 36 | 70 |
| France | 4 | 12 | 14 | 28 | 50 |
| Germany | 9 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 48 |
| South Korea | 8 | 9 | 6 | 23 | 48 |
| Japan | 8 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 41 |
| Italy | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 36 |
The scaling also signifies the relative diff between the teams even when the ordering is not changed.
Here's a link to the current / updated medal standing.
- manzoor
Sunday, July 06, 2008
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Toshiba Gives Up
Well, it's finally happened - Toshiba has officially given up on the HD DVD format. Though it may seem like a mere formality to some, the official announcement now means people who were waiting to the next new DVD Player for their HD TV can now safely invest in a Blu-Ray format DVD Player.
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Link:
Well, it's finally happened - Toshiba has officially given up on the HD DVD format. Though it may seem like a mere formality to some, the official announcement now means people who were waiting to the next new DVD Player for their HD TV can now safely invest in a Blu-Ray format DVD Player.
- manzoor
Link:
- Toshiba Abandons HD DVD - InfoWorld via Yahoo! News
- Toshiba quits HD DVD business - CNN.com
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
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