A 100 things to try to eat

Lilian posted this 100 things to try to eat at some point in your life.

Some of them I have tasted, a lot I haven't.
This sounds like an interesting list to try to complete!

FoxClocks

I found a most useful extension to Firefox today.

Called FoxClocks, it adds a number of clocks to Firefox! Allowing you to keep track of the time across the world, with a variety of formatting and customization options.

Those of you who have seen my Windows desktop, would have seen a Yahoo Widget that I use called Timezonabulator that serves the same purpose. This is a Firefox add-in that serves the same purpose.

Get a copy of FoxClocks from Mozilla addons here : https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1117?id=1117

I found this when wandering around Wikipedia, from here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:CatherineMunro

Olympic Games Opening Ceremony quote

I liked a comment on radio today -- "The only people who probably won't
be happy about today's grand opening of the 2008 games, are probably the
folks in charge of organizing the 2012 opening ceremony"

$500 Audio cables ?

Read the reviews here Cat-5 AKDL1 Dedicated Link Cables.

In case you do get inspired to buy one of these, stop for a moment and pay a visit to the experiment listed on the Consumerist website on whether coat hanger wire makes for good sound quality http://consumerist.com/362926/do-coat-hangers-sound-as-good-monster-cables

From Steve Bass's Tips and Tweaks Blog and the EndUser Blog

My MP3 player works again.

Whoop!
My MP3 player (A Sansa c240 that I got from Woot) is back in operation.

A couple of weeks back, I went in and deleted some stuff off the player and accidentally ended up deleting something that I probably shouldn't have. It turned my player into almost a brick. Out of the ~80 tracks that I had on it, it could only see 30 seconds of one track. Over the course of the last weeks, I tried poking it and restarting it and reformatting it, to no avail.

So this morning, I decided to go for the heavy action. A couple of hours of looking around the web, led to re-flashing the device (install new firmware on top of the old one) thrice (yup, not once, but thrice), multiple formatting sessions in the middle of all this, and countless reboots later it works!

Back to regular operation as usual. I can once again drag and drop music onto it from my desktop and not have to use custom software to get into the device! :)

Being a geek can be useful.

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Thank you! to the folks from the following places:

The people on the forums at "Anything But iPod" : http://www.anythingbutipod.com/forum/

The people on the forums of Rockbox : http://forums.rockbox.org/

People on the forums of SanDisk : http://forums.sandisk.com/sansa/board?board.id=c200

Southpark Avatar

I credit (perhaps that should be blame) Lilian and Mags for this creation of mine. :P This be my Southpark avatar !
If you want to make your own SouthPark Avatar. Go here : http://images.southparkstudios.com/games/create/

I'm running for election.

When, and only when you are done watching the video, if you are still interested in following through to the source from where I got this idea from, go here

The Jedi Gym

Former swordplay trainer to the stars and Star Wars fanatic Jeremy Flynn recently opened "Jedi Gym", a fitness center in Torrance, CA where members channel characters from the Star Wars film series to work out, meditate, and improve their lives."Star Wars is all about the Hero's Journey, and so is working out," says Flynn, " you leave home, battle your demons, and hopefully return home stronger."
Flynn is frustrated with his students' lack of commitment and focus, but when a 7-foot man in an incredibly authentic Darth Vader suit arrives at the gym, Flynn thinks he's found his dream student.
Instead, Flynn and his students learn, first hand, about how powerful the Dark Side can be...

Watch it to the end... Its worth it.
Note: If you are not a Star Wars fan (or don't know the base characters of Star Wars, you probably won't find this interesting.)

What's going on ?

A week or so back, I got notified by the university that there was an armed bank robbery in my university town. This was followed by a message some hours later that the culprits were apprehended by state rangers. All's well I figured.

Until today, when a friend informed me that the bank robbery was actually at tje bank that is less than 5 minutes walk from where I stay! Which means, this is the bank in which I have my bank account!.

So, in the last few months- the area has had robberies, aggravated assaults, a stabbing incident, an aggravated robbery (mugging) and now an armed bank robbery.

So much for the safety of a small town.

Part of a world record attempt

Part of a world record attempt, originally uploaded by Suneil.

Its official, the firefox team did set a world record for the most number of downloads inside a 24 hour period.

I contributed to it by getting my copy of Firefox 3 during this period (see previous post that has the certificate)

Carpets and Doorways

Yet another random post - this time to store a thought on carpets.

"Do not spend $$$ and install white wall to wall carpets which start at the front door of the house, if you don't want to spend the rest of your life worrying that your white carpet is going to get a stain of some sort"

In fact either don't get carpets at all, or get a color other than white, and you'll find your life at home that much less stressful!

Countertops

A random post to store a thought of mine on Kitchen Counter tops.

"It makes absolutely no sense to spend $$$ remodeling a kitchen, including a very expensive new counter top, to get a counter on which you can't put anything hot."

What's the point of installing a counter top on which you shouldn't put a vessel that is at a temperature of more than 80F ?

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.