Archive for the ‘Humour’ Category
Unwritten letters (my love story, my beliefs, my space, etc)
Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: October 16, 2009
A sneek peek
Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: August 4, 2009
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Thats the first preview of India Force Linux Desktop. Stay Tuned…
The end brings a new beginning
Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: December 29, 2008
The end was actually hiding a new beginning in its sphere;
darkness became the light,
the wind turned into the smell of fear…
2008 will end soon. Thank you to everyone who supported me. I had promised, even if this blog might stop for a while, the journey still continues…Some of you mailed me, some of you called [...]
Bored..!!!
Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: November 17, 2008
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This place is awefully boring, not to mention that the weather too is conducive to get hell bored and this is one of those days when boredom is exceedingly taking over creativity, joy and expressions. A monotonous life causes extreme boredom.
Darn..!!
Kill boredom..!! Wish I could have a hearty laugh…
I hope now I am feeling something [...]
a strategy to write perfect comments – a small howto
Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: October 23, 2008
I love this cartoon.. In may early blogging days(2006), this was the trick I used to do trying to fetch some traffic on my humble blog(http://agneya2.blogspot.com)
School Days
Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: October 7, 2008
I remember, one day, I was caught eating salted peanuts in middle of class. The teacher not only confiscated my delicious, crispy peanuts, but threw me out of the class. I dont know what happened to those tiny handful of khau. The wicked teacher ate them all, or she threw them into dust bin, I [...]
The LHC, CERN,the Earth,and me
Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: September 10, 2008
The LHC or Large Hadron Collider was supposed to fire a huge beam smashing atoms, colliding quarks, and whatnot, that was capable of turning Earth into a black hole @ 1:30 PM IST.
Its 2:08 PM IST, I am observing that I am alive, the people next to me are alive, the computers [...]
Unexpected problems??
Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: August 20, 2008
The best way to avoid problems, is to avoid them.
Look around, you will get to see people who are perfect, they just dont seem to have any kind of conflicts, or any issues, they get well with any situation, any kind of people, they appear so natural, so flawles, sometimes we call them [...]
Beijing Olympics 2008 kicks off
Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: August 8, 2008
The Beijing Olympics 2008 ceremony has kicked off and officially, for next 20 days, we are going to see an exciting series of old records broken, new records being set. Top leaders from almost 80 countries are visiting Beijing for this extravaganza. Here’s a joke thats being passed here in India.
Dubya, the George Bush Jr, [...]
What is the greatest achievement of one’s life??
Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: July 26, 2008
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Best Answer – Chosen by Voters
The sense of achievement is different for various people
Example
1. For a mother – To hear the first word from her child
2. For a father – The feeling of becoming a ‘father’
3. For a Old person – When his great grand sons hugs him and says “How are you?”
4. For a [...]
How to write a kludgy news crawler in Python and challenge Google News to its limits
Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: July 17, 2008
- In: FSF| Future| GNU| Google| Humour| India| Linux| Mass Communication| Media| Programming| Python| Security| Technology| USA| Yahoo!| web 2.0
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A kludge (or, alternatively, kluge) is a clumsy or inelegant solution to a problem or difficulty. In engineering, a kludge is a workaround, typically using unrelated parts cobbled together. Especially in computer programs, a kludge is often used to fix an unanticipated problem in an earlier kludge; this is essentially a kind of cruft.
I was [...]
After 6 beers?
Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: July 13, 2008
- In: General| Humour
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Is this what it happens after 6 beers?
The New Age dilemma
Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: July 9, 2008
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S: (n) dilemma, quandary (state of uncertainty or perplexity especially as requiring a choice between equally unfavorable options)
I have discovered a new ego bruising experience. If you are a single individual, and having lot of virtual girl friends on social networking tools like Orkut, then you might have noticed that whenever the girls status changes [...]
Slambook
Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: July 2, 2008
- In: Bikes| Future| General| Globalization| Google| Humour| India| Love| Mass Communication| Media| Pune| Technology
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Slambook….after so many years, I remember this…I never got a chance to be in someones slambook, but it was something very hot in my school days. Usually, it was as self decorated book having different sections like we have on Orkut, except that we had to manually fill it in our own handwriting. Bad handwriting [...]
Good Grief
Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: June 22, 2008
This heartbreak hangover has continued for fairly long time, I mean its more then a week I havent been able to pick my spirits up. In one point of view, everything appears as a dead end, especially in this fast globalized ultramodern age, with so much technology and gadgets around, who would bother to wait [...]
Farty Fish
Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: September 15, 2007
“Its no use whistling – I can see the bubbles coming up from the bottom.. “
This is an advantage, as well as disadvantage..Maybe we would like to try this on farty souls..
320 GB of terrorism – Exploring a terrorists hard disk
Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: July 10, 2007
Appearances are deceiving. A meek looking and soft spoken individual turned out be an ace terrorist in the making, can one believe this fact easily? Nope..
Todays paper had a news that explored the 320 GB ‘terrorist’ hard disk. The detailed stats are,
1. The disk contained well over 12000 files,
2. 5000 e-mails,
3. Videos of Osama bin [...]
Magnetic Media
Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: April 7, 2007
- In: Broadband| Future| Humour| Media| Technology| USA
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One of the most common ways to transport data from one computer to another is to write them onto magnetic tape or removable media (e.g., recordable DVDs), physically transport the tape or disks to the destination machine, and read them back in again. Although this method is not as sophisticated as using [...]
The Digital (Anti)Social Networks
Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: March 7, 2007
Tired of getting friend requests from MySpace, TagWorld, Friendster, TypePad, Skype, AIM, Yahoo!, Chia Friend, LinkedIn, MSN, TextAmerica, Upcoming, Digg, Google, 30 Boxes, Second Life, Plaxo, Zooomr, ICQ, Flickr, LiveJournal, Dogster, dodgeball, Backwash, BuddyBridge, FriendFan, Classmates, Buzznet, ReferNet… not to mention Friend Surfer, friendsand, Friends of Friends, friendsbay.de, Friends of Friends, Friends Reunited, Friendoo, Friendset, [...]
Dont mess up with the kids.
Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: February 12, 2007
- In: General| Humour| Management| Mass Communication| Media| Orkut| web 2.0
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Small kids, children are Gods most awesome creations. They posses an excellant mind that watches everything all around with great curiosity and innocence. We oft take some things for granted, but its a fact – Kids are the smartest bunch of individuals, who can take you by surprise, almost at the time when you least [...]
1 year of blogging
Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: January 19, 2007
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Gosh..Its my blogs 1st birthday today. Happy birthday little blog.
100 things we didn’t know last year(2006)
Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: January 5, 2007
- In: General| Globalization| Humour| India| Mass Communication| Media| Security| Technology| USA| web 2.0
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This is the (unexhaustive) list of 100 things that most of us ignored or didnt notice in 2006.Depends
1. Pele has always hated his nickname, which he says sounds like “baby-talk in Portuguese”.
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2. There are 200 million blogs which are no longer being updated, say technology analysts.
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3. Urban birds have developed a short, [...]
Shahrukh Gandhi
Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: December 21, 2006
- In: Humour| India| Mass Communication| Media
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Todays breaking news – Shahrukh Khan is gonna potray Mahatma Gandhi in Bollywoods biggest film till today…!! We will hear the patent king khan style – Q…Q…Q…quit India
PS – Its fun..
Party – I am the Times person of the year.
Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: December 19, 2006
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I am pleased to be selected as the person of the year – 2006 by the world famous Times Magazine. Read it as ‘face of the year‘ or ‘mug of the year‘, or ‘eyes of the year‘ because, the moment you look at the front cover, you notice that a strange pair of eyes [...]
Google’giri’
Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: November 5, 2006
- In: Google| Humour| India| Maharashtra| Marathi| Pune| Technology| web 2.0
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Googlegiri is a new term which is used to symbolize an act of unexpected fiasco of an overhyped incident arising mainly due to a lot of backfiring. This word was recently coined during the excessive wait of Google Wordmasters 2006 result, courtesy of Harshad Joshi and his colluges. Used largely in geek and nerd community, [...]
Google Co-op Search Engine
Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: November 3, 2006
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I think I am a little late on this topic,but anyway…
This is my new Google Co-op Search Engine over here.
Feel free to experiment, but note that it dosent index thousand/million/billion pages. However, it does incorporate nice links and good content for technology/food/linux/Web 2.0 fans and users. And following Googles method, its currently in beta.
Direct [...]
Google Wordmasters, Pune – An insiders story(part 2)
Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: October 25, 2006
- In: Future| Google| Humour| India| Maharashtra| Mass Communication| Media| Pune| Technology
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Gosh..only 5 more days to go and the winner of Google Wordmasters 2K6 will be announced on 30 October 2006. Theres a lot of excitment amongs almost 3000 participants across 10 cities of India. Whoa..who will be the lucky one to take the cream cake. Who will lead from the front?
Wow..its tense moments for some [...]
What is your “Blog Cheesiness Factor” ? Mine is -48.
Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: October 11, 2006
Warning: reading this post is most certainly a waste of your time, and if you decide to compute your “Blog Cheesiness Factor” that I just made up, don’t complain that this was a complete waste of time. As a Friday night blogging topic, I’m just granting myself the excuse that it’s been a long [...]
Google Wordmasters, Pune – An insiders story(part 1)
Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: October 1, 2006
- In: Future| General| Globalization| Google| Humour| India| Maharashtra| Mass Communication| Media| Pune| Technology| USA
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In this post, I am about to present before you one of my worst ever documented literature in English language. And unfortunately it was at Google Wordmasters on 30 Sept 2006.
“I know that it sounds a little weird to when I call Google as my best Gini. It also sounds absurd concept to imagine [...]
Google Wordmasters, Pune
Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: September 30, 2006
- In: Future| General| Globalization| Google| Humour| India| Maharashtra| Mass Communication| Media| Pune| Technology| USA
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Today I went to the (much advertised and much hyped) Google Wordmaster competition held to find Indias most creative writer (!).
The competition was very simple(Google says it, not me). Two options were given, each having 20 words. We had to choose one of those two and had to write a paragraph/essay/story/dialogue/poem/whatever incorporating those 20 words. [...]
Gags and Laughs
Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: June 19, 2006
Just keep on looking in the eyes of beautiful Mona Lisa.
You will be happy to know….
Dance and Joy
Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: February 16, 2006
- In: General| Humour
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Laurel and Hardy
Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: February 3, 2006
- In: General| Humour| Media
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Laurel & Hardy are one of the greatest comedy duos in cinema history. Even looking at them is enough to make you smile. Oliver Hardy was a larger than life American with a comically small moustache. Stan Laurel was the child-like beanpole of an Englishman perpetually bemused by life. Together, their relationship and the comic [...]
Goofed up!!!
Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: January 19, 2006
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The first attempt of blogging at wordpress.
Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: January 18, 2006
Hello world. This is my first blog on wordpress.I will keep it brief, but hey, I tell you, this blog is goin’ to rock.
Zen Haiku
- sevenlives: Autumn comes / Autumn goes / leaves grow by themselves..#haikusevenlives: Autumn comes / Autumn goes / leaves grow by themselves..#haiku
- sevenlives: pacifying little baby / neighbour sings an old lullaby / and I get hurled in sleep...gently..!#haikusevenlives: pacifying little baby / neighbour sings an old lullaby / and I get hurled in sleep...gently..!#haiku
- sevenlives: no sound / leaf falls down / autumn sorrow for tree...#haikusevenlives: no sound / leaf falls down / autumn sorrow for tree...#haiku
- sevenlives: gazing at the wall / lizard crawls silently / would like to see a squirrel though...#haikusevenlives: gazing at the wall / lizard crawls silently / would like to see a squirrel though...#haiku
- sevenlives: autumn rain..!! / where will squirrel hide? / this leafless tree...#haikusevenlives: autumn rain..!! / where will squirrel hide? / this leafless tree...#haiku
- sevenlives: pea soup steams in bowl../ covers all trees...! / thick fog in sky #haikusevenlives: pea soup steams in bowl../ covers all trees...! / thick fog in sky #haiku
- sevenlives: its so cold / pricking me / frosty thoughts...#haikusevenlives: its so cold / pricking me / frosty thoughts...#haiku
- sevenlives: o autumn wind / even if you whisper / the fog will blow away...#haikusevenlives: o autumn wind / even if you whisper / the fog will blow away...#haiku
- sevenlives: remove this fog / why are you silent? / autumn wind? #haikusevenlives: remove this fog / why are you silent? / autumn wind? #haiku
- sevenlives: who waves the fan ? / blow slowly / wind from Mt Fuji...#haikusevenlives: who waves the fan ? / blow slowly / wind from Mt Fuji...#haiku
Google News
- UN chief Achim Steiner warns of high cost of climate delays - guardian.co.uk
- Summit disappoints UN food chief - BBC News
- Palin Onstage, Still Moving Off Message - New York Times
- Iran plays down UN nuclear report - BBC News
- Headley case probe: Links with Kasab & Co now NIA focus - Times of India
- Senators reject unilateral PA moves - Jerusalem Post
- Border mine left behind by militants kills DIG - Calcutta Telegraph
- SC turns down Maya plea in Taj scam case - Economic Times
- Pak spy's passport was issued from Lucknow - Times of India
- Make names in Koda diary public: BJP, JDU - Economic Times
GigaOm
- FourSquare Opens API, Invites Developers to Play
- VLAB Event — SSDs: Technology for Bigger, Better, Faster Apps
- How Will We Keep Supercomputing Super?
- This Is Your Phone Calling: Get to the Doctor
- What to read on the GigaOM network
- Time for a Standard for Touch?
- WiMAX Hits Austin and San Antonio Today
- Evernote Gets $10 Million in New Funding
- Cisco Yields to Tandberg Shareholders
- How Many Droids Has Motorola Sold?
Slashdot
- SSL Renegotiation Attack Becomes Real
- Microsoft Open Sources .NET Micro Framework
- Optical Mice Used To Detect Counterfeit Coins
- Are There Affordable Low-DPI Large-Screen LCD Monitors?
- Intel Allows Release of Full 4004 Chip-Set Details
- DNSSEC Implemetation Held Up By Tech Delays
- 100 Million-Core Supercomputers Coming By 2018
- Russia Recalls Modern Warfare 2
- Mark Cuban's Plan To Kill Google
- If the Comments Are Ugly, the Code Is Ugly
Yahoo! Answers
- [ YouTube ] Open Question : What's the point of uploading Youtube videos or creating an account when you get suspended cause of copyrights?
- [ Religion & Spirituality ] Open Question : Whether you are religious or not, how many characters in the Bible can you name (without researching it)?
- [ Tattoos ] Open Question : Microdermal question?
- [ Singles & Dating ] Open Question : BF help... please...?
- [ Elections ] Open Question : Who will Obama bow to next?
- [ Toddler & Preschooler ] Open Question : I am 19 years old 3'4" tall and 32 lbs and still in pampers?
- [ Dogs ] Open Question : Senior dog food question?
- [ Video & Online Games ] Open Question : Are new video games on Black Friday prices cut-off?
- [ Marriage & Divorce ] Open Question : my mom is moving in w/ boyfriend which is breach of separation agreement w/ my dad.do i have legal recourse?
- [ Rock and Pop ] Open Question : Have you ever seen Metric live?
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