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Come December, kids and grown up locals jump the walls of our little house just to gather some gooseberries (nellikai or amla or Phyllanthus emblica), without permission (ain’t there a single word starting with ‘S’?), from the garden. Yes, India is very much a democratic country, and these locals have every right to cut trees [...]

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This is the thousandth time ‘m staring at this pic. I took this pic from aboard an Alpen rail, on my way back from the fairytale-ish Neuschwanstein castle. Whenever I look at the picture, I get reminded of those good days in Germany, the Bavarian alps, the snow, and the petty craving for the ever-elusive [...]

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Google Mail is celebrating its fifth birthday. Did you know how Google Mail (or Gmail) was made popular when they started in 2004? Remember, there was NO ‘create an account‘ option available at that time!

Users signed up only via invitations! I remember when I got an invitation to sign up for a Gmail account from [...]

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Previously, I’ve written a couple of articles on going green, and how the environmentalists and industrialists worldwide are going crazy about inventing new techniques to contain global warming.

Now, it looks like going Green has been catching up with night clubs all over the world, where they can generate quite a lot of power from those electrifying teenage/middle-aged dancers thumping their feet, consciously or unconsciously, on the dance floor. This is what I call cool technology! The technology behind this may sound very simple, yet it appears to be powerful enough to generate about 60% (not sure if it is theoretical or practical) of the night club’s electricity.