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Kindle + Readability!

Posted by Siddhartha on Tuesday, September 13, 2011, In : general 

I am a proud owner of a Kindle. So proud, that I have recommended it to my friends and family. I have also demonstrated it, showcased it, and even lent it to a few of them to help them make up their minds on buying a Kindle.

Currently the only option to get a Kindle in India is to (somehow) get it from the US, or ask Amazon to ship it to you, wherein they handle customs etc. So you either travel or have someone get one for you, or pay up more money to get it online. Hopefully Amazon has pl...


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Invictus!

Posted by Sid on Saturday, October 16, 2010, In : general 

(A little bit of inspiration for all of us from William Ernest Henley)

Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the Pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.

In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.

Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds, and shall find, me unafraid.

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Its not about the bike!

Posted by Sid on Monday, July 27, 2009, In : general 


 
The 2009 version of Tour de France just finished. Alberto Contador won it quiet easily in the end, but there is a bigger story there for all of us to hear and learn from.

Here is a brief introduction to the sport's most famous personality.
 

Lance Armstrong

1971 - born in Texas, USA
1993 - stage win (stage 08th) in Tour de France
1995 - stage win (stage 18th) in Tour de France

1996 - diagnosed with stage three testicular cancer, which had spread to his lungs, abdomen and brain

1999...

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Books!

Posted by Sid on Thursday, July 23, 2009, In : lists 

 
The man who doesn't read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them.
Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
 
The best way to become acquainted with a subject is to write a book about it.
Benjamin Disraeli (1804 - 1881)
 
Wear the old coat and buy the new book.
Austin Phelps
 
Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking.
Albert Einstein (1879 - 1...

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