Archive for January, 2006
Spectre
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We finally got the demo working today for our bi-annual meeting in Dallas. This is definitely sooner than we had initially expected to have a working demo. Deadlines really can make me productive. Dallas is an interesting city. On the whole, its rather spread out and calm. But it has a natural charm, and people [...]
Yellow road
The sun kept coming up as we drove through the desert. I’d wake up every once in a while and try to go back to sleep. My nech ached with the strain. I kept thinking of how I had held her close and felt the excitement rising in her. She had thrown her head back [...]
Vegas tales
Back to Boston after an interesting trip to Vegas. We drove to the Grand Canyon on my last day in Vegas, which was last Saturday. The canyon is beautiful – an amazing work of nature. On the way we got off the highway to get some gas. We stop at a gas station and while [...]
Two lives – enroute
I bought a copy of Vikram Seth’s Two Lives last week and read about a third of it on my flight to Vegas last night. It brought a couple of interesting thoughts to mind. Seth writes about his (Indian) uncle Shanti and (German) aunty Henny in the novel. Shanti and Henny meet when Shanti is [...]
Las Vegas
I landed in the city of sin a little while ago. At the airport, there was a line of some 500+ people waiting for cabs. Took me more than half an hour to get one. Is this a rush for the Consumer Electronics Show, or is it usual fare? Don’t quite know. I’m staying at [...]
New Years day
Today was spent moving around. Went to Soundbite for breakfast, where everything had eggs in it, so I had a hard time choosing a dish. Their stuff is supposed to be very good, which was evident for the long line of people outside waiting to get in. It’s a very no-nonsense place: go to your [...]
