Ducks! Smile for the camera.

Even More ducks!, originally uploaded by Suneil.

Close up of part of the 10,000 ducks that were in the race.

10,000 Ducks

10,000 Ducks, originally uploaded by Suneil.

I went to see the Silicon Valley Rubber Duck race over the weekend.
10,000 Rubber ducks. Adopt one for the duration of the race and the proceeds goto charity.
It was a neat event.

Mad Roger Flint

That be me!

According to the Pirate name quiz from here : http://www.piratequiz.com/
My Pirate Name is "Mad Roger Flint"

"Every pirate is a little bit crazy. You, though, are more than just a little bit. Like the rock flint, you're hard and sharp. But, also like flint, you're easily chipped, and sparky. Arr!"

If you don't get the joke, don't worry about it. You just need to be aware of the Pirates vs Ninja debate. If you don't get this also, again, don't fret. It just means you aren't part of the geek crowd.

Baseball game- San Jose Giants vs. Visalia Oaks

I went for a baseball game yesterday with two other colleagues and one of our managers. This was a minor league game with the San Jose Giants playing the Visalia Oaks.

This was also my first baseball game in the US. So it was fun!.
If you have access to my flickr page there are pictures there of the game and the people with whom I went for the game.

We were there to support the San Jose Giants! and yes, our team won!

SanJose Giants: http://www.sjgiants.com/ or http://www.minorleaguebaseball.com/clubs/ip_index.jsp?sid=milb&cid=t476

Visalia Oaks : http://visalia.oaks.milb.com/index.jsp?sid=t516

Pictures on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/68701052@N00/sets/72157605733229114/

(The Flickr set requires authorization - i.e you need to be family or friend to see the pictures.)

Firefox Download Certificate

Firefox Download Certificate, originally uploaded by Suneil.

Firefox 3 was launched June-17,2008 at 10am PDT
[Tuesday, June 17, 2008 at 17:00:00 UTC]

The Mozilla folks were trying to set a Guinness World record by getting the largest number of people to download it in a given day. I participated in this and got the certificate!

(Participation in this case, was to download the latest version of Firefox inside the deadline)

See also:
www.spreadfirefox.com/en-US/worldrecord/
and
blog.mozilla.com/blog/2008/06/16/download-day-kickoff/

University Birthday card - Warns against the dangers of alcohol

"At Texas A&M, where student Michael Wagener died of alcohol poisoning on his 21st birthday in 1999, students who turn 21 receive a card about safe drinking that is signed by Wagener's parents, the university president, and vice president for student affairs. "

I have seen this card - (that a friend of mine received). Its a real birthday card to wish you for your birthday, along with an insert that contains a message from the parents cautioning people about the dangers of alcohol poisoning and why they are including this message.

Here are some more stories on this:
http://www.jointogether.org/news/headlines/inthenews/2004/colleges-look-for-balance.html

The Story of Stuff

Take a look, its an interesting presentation.
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"The Story of Stuff exposes the connections between a huge number of environmental and social issues, and calls us together to create a more sustainable and just world. It'll teach you something, it'll make you laugh, and it just may change the way you look at all the stuff in your life forever."

http://www.storyofstuff.com/index.html

[Note: its a 20 min video/presentation]

Davis, CA

Random tidbit of information.
I'm visiting Davis, CA this weekend to see some friends of mine.