My take on "Hot flat and crowded"

I believe success of the "the world is flat" has definitely impaled my judgement of the quality of the books that metaphor-mixing friedman writes.I do not know how to classify his new book "Hot flat and crowded",it speaks about how green technology will be the future and how it can reduce the dependence on the worlds oil rich countries in the middle east and russia,which i always believed in ,however the author doesnt need to be so hard on the methods or techniques that are being used to generate energy,they are being used because there were no other alternatives ,friedman you better remember that we are developing nation and we do not disown our share of responsibility for being in the party for the rise of global warming,but it does not absolve america of the charges of being the major contributor either and expecting developing nations to take a larger responsibility in cutting down carbon emissions ,which are similar to that of the developed nation wouldn't be a fair game.The book speaks how renewable sources of energy are the future and how america should be investing in .The author has brought nothing new on the table and had a artistic licence to quote paragraphs or chapters from his earlier book "The world is flat" which shows that he is running short on creative juices needed for this book.He does have notable mention of how scandavian nations are satisfying major needs of their energy through renewable sources of energy and such ideas which are scattered across the book ,which i felt could have been written in more inspiring way rather than in a haphazard manner .If someone tries hard the book can be written sitting at home using only the good ol' internet to do research a better version of the book can be written .The author also speaks about how america has become isolated after the ramp up in security infrastructure to protect its interest across the world ,which have been well written in many other books and there was no need to write about it in this book which could have been more inspiring about we could tackle global warming and our energy needs in future . This book is definitely lacking in inspiring juices as compared to "The world is flat" and is definitely a let down .I wouldn't recommend this book to anybody

Review of "Big Bang"

I never expected a book on the origin of the universe to be so fluid in expressing the intent of the book ,i have previously read stephen hawkings "A brief History of time" which was filled with scientific gibberish ,but Big Bang had none of it ,maybe i might be exaggerating to some extent but Big bang is bang on target on what it really wants to depict . A good read for any one who is fascinated with idea of Universe.

Looking back @ 2008

1)Came Face -to- Face with scourge of Humanity (Cancer)...That particular day is still very lucid in my mind .The moment when the doc(top oncologist from Jehangir, pune)suggested that i might have cancer ..i just froze in my seat .... saw my 25 years go past by me in 3-4 secs it was then when i realized life is short, make the best of it, fortunately or unfortunately i do not know what to say it came 2 months before i was about to leave for USA for masters .I Started to hate the pungent odour the hospitals have .I had to go for many second and third opinions after which it became very clear that it was just infection and nothing else.Few days earlier this incident i had come to a conclusion that the religion thing was a farce.An idea propagated by mankind to control Human race.During those 3-4 days i just found my belief in god getting even stronger .I do not know where i stand today.But i do believe in this particular thought and it was reinforced that "When you want something from the bottom of your heart,the universe conspires it to make it a reality " .

2)Crossed oceans as in Hindi they say "Saat samandar par" to achieve my dream of doing masters in America.But once i did that, the view from here is not one expected before.Found out that america is just another country and nothing special about it,for once i realised i was an indian in america ,

3)Started to get hands dirty with Linux programming.Im really happy that i chose freedom and choice five years ago ,when i made a choice to switch over completely to linux and it has been a journey i probably will never regret for eternity .

4)Went on a impromptus trip with manoj and abhi to Alibaug @ midnight that too on bikes .Mumbai-pune expressway at night on bikes is a drive-by paradise ,that im for sure.
Wish ashish was here with us,it would have been more fun(He was sitting here in NY).


5)Met new people ,made friends ,adore some and hate some .

6)Tried to be a better son,friend ,and a better Engineer.

7)Read lot of Books .Drank wines and Ate good Food.

Looking forward to 2009 .

Wish you all a very Happy new Year!!

Pranks 2.0

I just came across a very sophisticated pranks local teens have been playing over who they believed have done them some wrong..

The Sentinel says "Students from Richard Montgomery High School dubbed the prank the Speed Camera "Pimping" game, according to a parent of a student enrolled at one of the high schools.

Originating from Wootton High School, the parent said, students duplicate the license plates by printing plate numbers on glossy photo paper, using fonts from certain websites that "mimic" those on Maryland license plates. They tape the duplicate plate over the existing plate on the back of their car and purposefully speed through a speed camera, the parent said. The victim then receives a citation in the mail days later.

Students are even obtaining vehicles from their friends that are similar or identical to the make and model of the car owned by the targeted victim, according to the parent."

The pranks we used to play when we were kids i guess were nothing in front of what this guys are doing.

TIME FLIES

Head over to Sentinel for more.

Hibernation Mode

Having been in forced Hibernation its takes a quite a bit to resume bogging ..the thing with blogging with me is that moi has never made that necessary push to write things...Anyways before i return back to hibernation mode ..my longest dream i always had, has been achieved to do masters in America .But the view from here once you achieve your dream is not of satisfaction .."Yeh Dil MAANGE MORE"..Looking forward to achieve my next grand dream..again its break between quarters need to utilize my time in the best way i can....thinking of giving time to gtk+ programming and networks and my Achilles heels (Algorithms).

My thoughts go to Heroes who lost their lives on 26/11.