1) A stone - after it is thrown.
2) A word - after it is spoken.
3) An occasion - after it is missed.
4) Time - after it is spent.
5) A person - after he/she dies.
Received as a forwarded email from Kumudha Rajendren.
(I slightly modified it)!
Sunday, June 27, 2010
Sunday, June 20, 2010
Computing - Clean your PC
From NYTimes article (6/20/10)
www.soluto.com(Beware! I spent 3 hrs trying to sort out the problems from installing Soluto in my computer. This is not for novices like me. Finally, after going through different websites including the manufacturer's site, my computer back up and working. Unnecessary detour for Sunday morning.)
PC pitstop
Dale Carnegie - Improve your diction
We have only four contacts with the world, you and I. We are evaluated and classified by four things: by what we do, by how we look, by what we say, and how we say it.
Yet many a person blunders through a long lifetime, after he leaves school, without any conscious effort to enrich his stock of words. to master their shades of meanings, to speak with precision and distinction.
He comes habitually to use the overworked and exhausted phrases of the office and street.
Small wonder that his talk lacks distinction and individuality.
Small wonder that he often violates the accepted traditions of pronounciation, and that he sometimes transgresses the very cannon of English grammar itself.
(Dale Carnegie's pocket book edition on Public Speaking. p 200.
Selected & condensed by Dorothy Carnegie in 1956 from his original book published in 1926)
Other suggested books from this text:
How to live on 24 hrs a day - Arnold Bennett
The human machine - Arnold Bennett
The Octopus & The pit (two novels written by Frank Norris). The Octopus deals with human tragedies occurring in wheat fields on California. The Pit deals with battles of bulls and bears in Chicago Board of Trade.
Tess of the D'Urbervilles - Thomas Hardy.
A man's value to society - Newell Dwight Hillis
Talks to teachers - Prof. William James
Ariel, a life of Shelley - Andre' Maurois
Childe Harold'spilgrimage - Byron
Travel with a donkey - Robert Louis Stevenson
Ralph Waldo Emerson's essays
A copy of Shakespeare
Roget's Treasury of Words is a abridged edition of Roget's Thesaurus.
Saturday, June 19, 2010
Creation of graphics based on datasets
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Thursday, June 10, 2010
Charles Schultz Philosophy
(Siva "DSK" forwarded this...) 
You all probably know Charles Schultz, creator of the "Peanuts" comic strip. The following passage is attributed to him. Don't have to actually answer the questions. Just read on, and you'll get the point.
1. Name the five wealthiest people in the world.
2. Name the last five Heisman trophy winners.
3. Name the last five winners of the Miss America Contest.
4. Name ten people who have won the Nobel or Pulitzer Prize.
5. Name the last half dozen Academy Award winners for best actor and actress.
6. Name the last decade's worth of World Series winners.
How did you do?
The point is, none of us remember the headliners of yesterday. They are not second-rate achievers. They are the best in their fields. But the applause dies. Awards tarnish. Achievements are forgotten. Accolades and certificates are buried with their owners.
Here's another quiz. See how you do on this one:
1. List a few teachers who aided your journey through school.
2.. Name three friends who have helped you through a difficult time.
3. Name five people who have taught you something worthwhile.
4. Think of a few people who have made you feel appreciated and special.
5. Think of five people you enjoy spending time with.
Easier?
The lesson: The people who make a difference in your life are NOT the ones with the most credentials, the most money, or the most awards. They are the ones who care.
"Don't worry about the world coming to an end today.
It's already tomorrow in Australia or Japan ."
(Charles Schultz)
Keep Smiling
You all probably know Charles Schultz, creator of the "Peanuts" comic strip. The following passage is attributed to him. Don't have to actually answer the questions. Just read on, and you'll get the point.
1. Name the five wealthiest people in the world.
2. Name the last five Heisman trophy winners.
3. Name the last five winners of the Miss America Contest.
4. Name ten people who have won the Nobel or Pulitzer Prize.
5. Name the last half dozen Academy Award winners for best actor and actress.
6. Name the last decade's worth of World Series winners.
How did you do?
The point is, none of us remember the headliners of yesterday. They are not second-rate achievers. They are the best in their fields. But the applause dies. Awards tarnish. Achievements are forgotten. Accolades and certificates are buried with their owners.
Here's another quiz. See how you do on this one:
1. List a few teachers who aided your journey through school.
2.. Name three friends who have helped you through a difficult time.
3. Name five people who have taught you something worthwhile.
4. Think of a few people who have made you feel appreciated and special.
5. Think of five people you enjoy spending time with.
Easier?
The lesson: The people who make a difference in your life are NOT the ones with the most credentials, the most money, or the most awards. They are the ones who care.
"Don't worry about the world coming to an end today.
It's already tomorrow in Australia or Japan ."
(Charles Schultz)
Keep Smiling
Sunday, June 6, 2010
Joke: Obesity
Recession Report:
According to a recent report, due to the recession, Americans are eating cheap, unhealthy, fatty foods.
Apparently, the recession started in 1957.
- Conan O'Brien
According to a recent report, due to the recession, Americans are eating cheap, unhealthy, fatty foods.
Apparently, the recession started in 1957.
- Conan O'Brien
Quote: Cath Lab Edict
If you have not had a particular complication. Just wait...you have not done enough cases!
Quote: Cath Lab Edict
Enemy of good is better!
(Often repeated in conferences. Don't know whose quote this is.)
(Often repeated in conferences. Don't know whose quote this is.)
Quote: Experience
Experience is what you gain by not having it when it you needed it the most!
(Dr. Dolores Danilowicz had this on her office wall)
(Dr. Dolores Danilowicz had this on her office wall)
Quote: Praise
Instead of spending time praising someone else's achievements, spend it on achieving something yourself. That's is more productive!
(Unknown)
(Unknown)
Heard on breakfast TV in India during Chennai days
Quote: Safe Opposition (Fur vs. Leather)
From Quotes of the day website:
People are more violently opposed to fur than leather because it's safer to harass rich women than motorcycle gangs.
- Unknown
- Unknown
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