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Threadless Sale

sumeet — Tue, 29 May 2007 10:11:36 +0000

Threadless sale in on. And it’s going cheap. So grab your lot before they run out of stock!

Flowers

sumeet — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 06:22:29 +0000

Found via Flickr.

I hate flowers. I paint them because they’re cheaper than models and they don’t move. – Georgia O’Keeffe

Simple Innovation

sumeet — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 08:06:25 +0000

Pakistan is known for kite flying during this season, and better known for the deaths caused by kite flying. Be it getting a fatal cut from illegally manufactured metal sharpened string or just slipping off the roof top in excitement, it all happens in Lahore. While the government had put ban on kite flying few years back, it was not something that could be a permanent solution. Browsing through various articles about the fatal kite flying activity, I came across this pic, that has a plastic string attached in a loop to the two wheeler. This plastic loop, although very cheap, can protect the rider from fatal cuts as the almost invisible strings cross their path.

Nokia E61

sumeet — Sun, 15 Oct 2006 09:47:14 +0000

I recently added Nokia E61 to my list of acquired gadgets. After two days of research, reading reviews and comparing it with Nokia 6708, I went for E61. The phone has a QWERTY keyboard and a large display that makes it look attractive. At little over 110 gms and under Rs 20K, this phone is by far the best deal one can get in Nokia products.

The phone not only lives upto Nokia’s reputation of being easy to use, but also features WLAN and Bluetooth 1.2 that very few phones in this segment have. The phone has almost all possible connection capabilities starting from IntelliSync to Bluetooth. All data from my previous phone Nokia 6600 was easily moved to the new handset using inbuilt data mover. Unlike other Blackberry phones, the voice clarity of E61 is superb and so is its inbuilt handsfree. This phone also has an inbuilt HTML browser that works like a charm compared to slogging xHTML/WAP browsers that other phones have.

Urinals by Clark Sorensen

sumeet — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 14:38:18 +0000

From Clark Sorensen’s site:

Clark Sorensen has created some of the most amazing and beautiful urinals one is likely to ever see. Each is meticulously hand built and one of a kind – formed from high fire porcelain and fired to cone 10 (2300Â° F). These pieces are magnificent works of art but they are also fully functioning vitreous porcelain fixtures that can be plumbed and used in a bathroom.

I am interested to know who is going to invest $7000 on a fscking urinal.

Coup in Thailand

sumeet — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 17:31:36 +0000

After Pakistan, it’s Thailand’s turn to display the fall of democracy.
Thai state of emergency declared after ‘coup attempt’

Tanks surrounded government buildings in Bangkok today and the Thai Prime Minister declared a state of emergency amid fears of a military coup.

I hope this cleans up the nation a bit.

Waris Shah

sumeet — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 06:54:57 +0000

After countless nights of listening the track Waris Shah (Pinjar OST), my former roommate Ranjit and I had several arguments on what it actually meant.

As a background to people unfamiliar with the track or the movie, I suggest you should watch the movie once. Pinjar is the only movie after Tamas that has ever potrayed problems of partition in a true sense. Many movies have shown people walking across borders in 1947, but none actually highlighted what actually happened on the journey. Hindus and Muslims took equal turns to inflict an orgy of murders, looting and rape to their respective counterparts. Whether it was in Amritsar or Lahore, the impact of lives of migrants will always be the same. How India became Hindustan is yet another story that you should consider investigating through the eyes of Khushwant Singh or Faiz Ahmed Faiz.
I am neither a Desh Bhakt not a fanatic hindustan-fundamentalist. I just enjoyed listening to the track Waris Shah for the calm music it is composed in. For the first few times, I just though it to be yet another punjabi ballet, till Ranjit once cried his heart out to explain me what it actually means. So after reading few books I finally came across this verse and its translation.

Heer-Ranjha by Waris Shah
Aj aakhaan Waris Shah noo
Uth kabaraan vichoon bol;
Ik roee see dhee punjab dee
Taun likh likh maarey vain
Aj lakhaan dheeaan rondian
Tainee Warris Shah noo kehan
O, dardmandaan day dardeeya uth tak apna Punjab
Beyley laashan vicchiyaan, lahoo da bharya chenab

I ask Warris Shah to rise from your grave and speak
When one daughter of Punjab Wept
You wrote a string of lamentations
Today a hundred thousands are in tears
Plead with you as they cry
O, comforter of the suffering, come and see your Punjab
Corpses are strewn about the fields, blood flows in the Chenab

Happy Independence Day!!

sumeet — Mon, 14 Aug 2006 19:41:19 +0000

I salute the nation that survived Tsunami, Congress Raj, countless religious riots and atleast 3 official wars with our immediate neighbours.

JAI HIND !!

Giving up TV

sumeet — Thu, 10 Aug 2006 19:05:39 +0000

This is what happens when you don’t watch TV

The Sims

sumeet — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 19:35:53 +0000

There is another life you live. A life called The Sims.

overkill_78> So this chick came over today.
overkill_78> We talked for hours.
overkill_78> Then she went to go take a piss.
overkill_78> I busted in on her while she was pissing, and she got mad at me.
overkill_78> So I trapped her in my room and set my room on fire.
overkill_78> Fucking bitch is dead now.
camdaman86> How are you not in jail?
overkill_78> It was in The Sims.

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