- Just woke up after watching South Park till 4:00 a.m. last night. #
- The Sunday Paper is almost unreadable. Way more terrorism than I can stomach. Every report points toward the Epic National Security FAIL! #
- Dosas for breakfast. I love my mom. #
- Too bad I can’t make it to the Twitter meetup. #
- Facebook lost all my email notification settings? What exactly does that mean? #
- Okay, the lost email notification settings mean no apps are allowed to trigger email to me now. Only default Facebook stuff is. Great! #
- @dina Here’s hoping you guys have a great time. Couldn’t make it today, but I trust I’m with all of you guys in spirit. #
- Autechre – Windwind http://ff.im/apUy #
- Slacker Journal – knusfilur http://ff.im/aquq #
- Gonna get back to reading the 2nd LOTR Book. I left the trilogy halfway a while ago. #
- Okay, so PC Chidambaram is the new Home Minister. What makes me wonder is how come these guys are so easily interchangeable? #
- Coldplay – Speed of Sound http://ff.im/arPJ #
- Listening to some good old British music, as against all the experimental electronic stuff which seems to be the current flavor. #
- µTorrent. Mac. Beta. Victory. http://ff.im/asht #
- Now WTF is MediaMonkey? A Paid Music Client? Why would someone go for a software which is artificially crippled and offered for free? #
- @sreejithrk Both uTorrent and Transmission totally rock it on OS X. uTorrent allows tracker-editing, Transmission doesn’t. Azureus = Bloat! #
- Dire Straits – All The Roadrunning (Duet With Emmylou Harris) http://ff.im/asx6 #
- Coldplay – Strawberry Swing http://ff.im/asx7 #
- @kiranspillai on TV News Reporting. http://tinyurl.com/5u3z69 LOL @ TV Screen Mockup. #
- There is something clearly wrong with my Last.fm Audioscrobbling. I can seem to ‘love’ tracks using the client, but can’t scrobble! #
- Radiohead – Fake Plastic Trees http://ff.im/atg9 #
- [unknown] – Wild mountain thyme http://ff.im/avqG #
- Feeling very gloomy. And I have no clue why. It feels that I’m suddenly out of friends. #
- Upgraded Wordpress from 2.6.3 to 2.6.5. Trust nothing has b0rked behind the scenes! #
- Radiohead – Street Spirit (Fade Out) http://ff.im/away #
- Assailed by horrible acidity. I know its because of the vile aloo-stuffed Masala Toast sandwich I had in the afternoon. Never again! #
- Mark Knopfler – The New Laird http://ff.im/awWf #
- Advice for Microsoft: DO NOT enter into a $20bn deal with Yahoo! As a matter of fact, do not enter into ANY deal with Yahoo! #
- @punkpolkadots Thank you. #
- Makes no sense to stay up late when I have nothing to do in particular, and that I don’t feel like doing anything anyway. Good Night, world. #
Monthly Archive for November, 2008
- Just woke up. Glad that Operation #mumbai is over. #
- Running Windows Programs On Ubuntu 8.10 With CrossOver Linux http://ff.im/9UOP #
- 20 awesome t-shirt illustrations http://ff.im/9VnR #
- The world’s fastest computers are Linux computers http://ff.im/9VpO #
- The most interesting messages observed on chicks T-shirts. re: http://ff.im/9VB1 #
- Think of any character - real or fictional. This site will guess for you. re: http://ff.im/9VAZ #
- Brilliantly chillout weekend. Hanging out at home. @anirban81 is over. #
- Dinner done. Wondering what to do now. #
- Not a very good morning. Heading to work. Doesn’t make sense to stay at home indefinitely, spirit of Mumbai or not. #
- Not much traffic on the road. Not to sure whether to be happy or sad about this. #
- My auto wala drove through 3 red lights. Are they not supposed to mean anything today? #
- Two bikers just crashed into each other. Thought there would be a fight. But one just helped the other up and both drove off. Without a word #
- @b50 No violent treatment for anyone. At least not for the next month. #
- In office. Even though most people have showed up, this still feels like a holiday! #
- Does anyone know how final is the final assault the news keeps talking about? #
- What I badly need is a delicious.com/popular page minus all the Japanese, Russsian and non-English Pages! #
- Activating mobile jammers across the city is not a done thing if they are still doing it! #
- Friendfeed has a killer logo today! #
I feel extremely jaded writing about this, especially when I am not writing about anything else otherwise, but this just has to be said. Another terrorist attack on this country shouldn’t be that big a deal given the fact that we have one every other month, but then I guess this has gone too far.
The terrorist menace that the city of Mumbai and this country has been dealing with for over the past twenty-four hours just changes the dynamics of everything. I consider myself to be fairly desensitized against information about crimes against humanity, like terrorism for one, as long as personal kin is uninvolved. But with things turning out the way they have, I’m experiencing a plethora of new feelings.
Of course, I’m angry. And frustrated. It is only human to feel those things. But more than anger or frustration, what bothers me is a feeling of helplessness. A feeling that we are being subdued. That we are being personally violated. And that we can do nothing about it. This is disturbing. And I’m horrified.
All recent terror attacks in major Indian cities shared one common facet. To use a cliched expression, they were all acts of cowardice. No, I mean seriously. You plant 8-10 bombs in different areas using anonymous vehicles and innocuous items without drawing too much attention. The bombs go off. You have fled by then. You may get caught later but then that is just a risk you take. On the other hand you may not get punished at all.
This is different. This involves you taking to the streets, hotels, railway stations and other public places with an array of sophisticated weapons in your backpack and a smile on your face. You personally killing as many ordinary people as you can, fully comfortable with the knowledge that you are going down yourself soon. It is one thing to dream of something like this when you are feeling particularly evil, or another if you are playing a modern-day first person shooter. But this is reality - You can’t respawn here.
You can’t be a coward if you do this in real life. You must have serious balls. Either that, or you must be completely mental. Whatever be your reason, this scares me. And it scares everyone, more than it should.
- All this terrorism business makes the country look so very lame. I’m sure we could do better than this. #
- @preshit Yes we do. Its called the NSG. Only they aren’t as cooler. #
- Why does every terrorist attack have to be India’s 9/11? I mean it is not as if 9/11 was cool or anything! Besides, 9/11 had way more dead. #
- @prolificd Dude, why not. Live visuals are important. #
- @sampad I don’t know dude. I think it is important to have all the available information at all times rather than be in the dark. #
- I don’t know dude. I think it is important to have all the available information at all times rather than be in… re: http://ff.im/8XDV #
- @vimoh Someone needs to tell India TV that this news is already sensational. It does not need further sensationalizing. Seriously! #
- Someone needs to tell India TV that this news is already sensational. It does not need further sensationalizing…. re: http://ff.im/8Xty #
- @hiway Like they are on twitter and are following us
# - Dont shut down twitter. Thats the only internet thing which works properly on my Data Card. #
- In other news, mom has brewed some really great pot of tea. This is like the perfect news-consuming drink. #
- Dozens of People Killed in Mumbai Attacks http://ff.im/8Y2n #
- @Aalaap There’s already a whole bunch of CTs out there. Classic Hostage Rescue and all. #
- @scorpfromhell Don’t they always… #
- Just discovered Goodreads through Friendfeed. This shit is cool! #
- I’m gonna nap for a while. Wont get a chance like this again. #
- Listening to Abstrackt Keal Agram on iTunes. These guys are good! http://tinyurl.com/6fbp8q #
- @shahpriya I’m not quite sure if there is such as thing as the ‘Mumbai spirit’. Its just something we invented to feel cool about ourselves! #
- @twilightfairy I’ve always been in favor of nuking things. Lets Nuke Pakistan, I say. How about starting an online petition? #
- I’ve always been in favor of nuking things. Lets Nuke Pakistan, I say. How about starting an online petition? re: http://ff.im/90r7 #
- Just noticed. Manmohan Singh still hasn’t made a statement asking everyone to be calm. Where’s the guy in the Blue turban when you need him? #
- I like the fact that my Friendfeed page keeps refreshing through AJAX. Wish my Twitter page could do that too. #
- I find it really funny that Terrorists choose to call India TV of all channels. Is there no discernment left in this world?! #
- @scorpfromhell the H&K MP5 is a very popular SMG. Not that it is any comparison but I use it all the time in CS, esp when can’t afford AK47! #
- @dipskooldude heh! Bus on fire? Amidst all this cool gun-fighting and hostage crises? Thats weak dude! #
- @scorpfromhell Errm.. CounterStrike http://tinyurl.com/7usag #
- @scorpfromhell Was never a Quake II player. For me it was always Quake III Arena being the killer game. I came in late to this as well. #
- My mom just pointed out that the bathroom is fully secure and that there are no terrorists there. She also suggested that I take a bath. #
- So I need to spend some time in the shower. See you guys in some… #
- Back after a brilliant hot shower. So, whats the news guys? #
- News channels are so screwed. They usually report BS because there’s no news. When there is actual news, they dont know how to deal with it! #
- @RavikiranRao Share your sentiments. #
- I don’t know why people bother watching Barkha Dutt on TV. I mean, she’s been sucking all along. #
- @twilightfairy LOL @ ‘Are you feeling scared?’ Are you sure it wasn’t a trick question? #
- @labellagorda Ashish Chaudhry who? #
- I’m finding it a lot more convenient to watch #mumbai as compared to watching the TV for news. #
- @codelust ROFL! #
- @ideasmithy Well, Its ‘getting there’. If property rates in Vile Parle are anything to go by, its a pretty expensive unfashionable suburb! #
- Situation calming down. The speed at which the #mumbai page updates has slowed down. Well, good! #
- I hope choppers chasing the renegade ship bomb the fuck out of it! #
- @arjunghosh Dude, I think thats kind of justified. Would have done the same if I was Ponting. I mean we can’t keep our country safe, can we? #
- @sagarjadhav Dude, you got the day off so that you could stay safe at home and NOT randomly roam about town without any valid reason! #
- @arjunghosh Yeah. India has terrorist attacks always. That kind of makes everything all right does it? #
- Friendfeed just got themselves a Thanksgiving special logo. I prefer the blue. #
- @katrohit Kind of antithetical calling them ‘lifeboats’, isn’t it? #
- I received an email from Goodreads just telling me my password is ******** No, I mean the email literally said my password was “********”! #
- @kamla Kinda lame to ask people stay calm when you’ve not finished the job yet. I refer to the hermaphrodite with the turban. #
- Kinda lame to ask people stay calm when you’ve not finished the job yet. I refer to the hermaphrodite with the… re: http://ff.im/93Ub #
- @arjunghosh India ‘relatively’ safe from terror? That wouldn’t cut it for me if I were Ponting. Dude, its only a game! #
- @scorpfromhell I think thats better than a mindless impasse. Hoping they get done with the situation soon! #
- @codelust Now that would be scary! #
- Poor VP Singh. He certainly found the wrong time to die. #
- There’s way too much retweeting happening. That doesn’t help when you are following a # channel! #
- If you are a terrorist and as these people would have me believe, If you have the time to be reading #mumbai, here goes: Dude, you suck! #
- @Asfaq I’m ROFLing over it here. #
- Abstrackt Keal Agram – Octagone vierge http://ff.im/94In #
- @ideasmithy For starters, it makes it more painful and makes us look more lame! #
- @ideasmithy I don’t see why it wouldn’t. This terrorist attack highlights India’s total toothlessness when it comes to preventing terror. #
- Hang on a second. Seeing too many tweets about ‘one more blast’ at either the Trident or Taj. How many in all? Is there a reliable count? #
- @Aalaap If you are on a Mac, use Perian #
- Gotta go offline for a while. See you in some. #
- Telemarketer calling to sell me an Idea SIM card. Takes the fucking cake! #
- Back Online. Nothing much seems to have happened. Terrorists still holed up and Commandos still at it. Didn’t know this would drag so long! #
- Tired of the terrorism business. I’m gonna go read some Tech News instead. Stuff that soothes. #
- Facebook seriously must have an “I don’t want to be invited by ANYONE for ANYTHING EVER setting. Apps, Groups, Events - Fuck you guys! #
- It definitely is. It is betterer when you get rid of the ad. re: http://ff.im/98CA #
- Badmarsh & Shri – Appa http://ff.im/98S8 #
- Done with the Tech News feeds. While Terrorism news has been on and in full swing, it appears to have been a terribly slow Tech News day! #
- Batman Dead? Seriously? http://bit.ly/13W9m Thanks @esperanca #
- @patrix To their handlers, presumably? #
- How do Terrorists have such crazy stamina? They’ve been gun-battling it for almost an entire day now! #
- @patrix Well, the usual of course! Stay calm and that sort of a thing… #
- Two more terrorists gunned down at Taj - Headlines Today #mumbai #
- It feels weird when Headlines Today runs marquee saying ‘110 killed in Mumbai’ to peppy sounding music! #
- @narendranag Meaningful article. Thanks. #
- Badmarsh & Shri – Dancing Drums http://ff.im/9axb #
- Gotta get some dinner and a break. See you guys closer midnight. Doubtful crisis will be averted till then. #
- Why does the Reliance NetConnect card have to be so goddamned wide. With it plugged in, I can’t use the other USB on my Macbook! Bye now #
- Just watched an hour of terror TV. Feeling violated. And really sick. Terror has gone way too far in India. And we can do nothing about it! #
- @mathatheist This is serious shit. And much worse. Comparisons with Harry Potter don’t really seem right in this kind of a situation. #
- That is pretty much dependent on how you define news - Whether it means ANY useful current information, or… re: http://ff.im/95Ik #
- My own blog is 403ing me because the Reliance NetConnect IP I’ve gotten is listed in SBL. What do you say to that? #
- While I can’t delist Reliance Info from SBL, PBL, XBL and whatever else it has gotten itself into, I can add it to my server’s whitelist. #
