First, today’s thought:  “The world steps aside to let any man pass if he knows where he is going.” -David S. Jordan  Sant Kabir – day 1:  original couplet, transliterated – “Chalti Chakki Dekh Kar, Diya Kabira Roye Dui Paatan Ke Beech Mein,Sabut Bacha Na Koye”  Translation  Looking at the…
Imagination, confusion and peace!
Wandering down a lush tree-lined grove, Wondering at the magic of the change of season – Summer, heating up life in its stove Winter, preserving, cooling, making way for reason – Rash thought, sanguine reason, all collide Mixed in with birdsong and teeming life surrounding all This world, this society, this life, all so…
Engineering failures – or 20/20 hindsight?
A few minutes ago I read an email saying Palm is withdrawing the Foleo platform at the twelfth hour – http://blog.palm.com/palm/2007/09/a-message-to-pa.html. Yesterday, I heard a VOIP BlueBox podcast (http://www.blueboxpodcast.com/) arguing the relative merits of the SIP protocol from an engineering and design perspective
Project management in the security space – trials and travails
Today’s information security project manager faces the same dilemma that many engineers have learned to deal with over the decades – how to deal with incomplete information. Rigid time-lines do not allow for much flexibility when the information sought to complete designs or implement solutions is not available. Given the management concerns and compliance reluctance…
..after that long hiatus…
Whew – it has been a while. So what have I been up to? Got my CISSP certification, started the new office space and location for Consultantgurus, hired a new Marketing Director, landed some more business, and am now tripping over myself getting through the days! 🙂 Where is the new internet world headed? Complexity…
Time flies.
Time flies. Since my last post, I have changed a few assignments, started working on my MS in Information Assurance, started learning boxing and began runniing again, and want to do EVERYTHING today 😉 Suggestions? One think that drives me nuts – this resistance of people to technology and the options it offers. Technology is…
IE = I “don’T” existensially matter!
You can scream all you want – but IE (aka. Internet ? Explorer) will do what MS wants it to do – basically , believe that you do not knwo what you want to do – but Big Guy MS does , and hence will do what it or MS want – not what you…
Today
Was the day I did it – and do i love my new RX400h!!!! It is Usha’s birthday, and I am home early ! What more pleasure to search for? It is bright and sunny , and I am happy! Cheers, all!
Pure “Rhapsody” – or pure pain?
I just finished the whole “Real Network great music online” Rhapsody trial – and am sooooo disappointed. For a company that claims to make music simple to listen to , this was such a pain! First – the software install – they want to try to get you to sign up for free services- and…
Today
Is a new day – new year, new minute, new second – and I am outta breath! Every moment is a fresh start – how many fresh starts are enough? None till the right one – and then it is time to start looking for the next one! Right? Back to my caffeine shots….. Cheers!
On ability
Ability – it is a truly double-edged sword. It can be used to help us stay lazy , and still manage to keep up with peers – but that does dull the blade, and we will have to , over time , work harder to keep pace – for ability, like all else, does rust…
Clueless
all roads lead to rome so life , bound by itself heads into itself and we follow mostly clueless and helpless even if clued
The banks are buying
What? Other banks , of course! It seems like a feeding frenzy out there – granted, activity was dim the past few years – but is this exuberance justified? Young folks are dying out there in Afghanistan and Iraq, and us old ones can only sit back and watch – and maybe offer some advice….
Peace – why is it so tough?
The older I get, the more I think The Mahatma Gandhi was right
Back…… ready?
I am back – after a gruelling stint correcting all those web servers for expiring/expired Virisign Intermediate/root certificates. If I did not have to see another webserver for a while….. So now that is behind me, another project, anotherday. Oh yes, does anybody out there use a Nokia 3650 with GPRS service form T-Mobile to…
Me – today
Here is me today – Nothing more to say
Licked?
webload, loadrunner, IIS – ….eeek …..overload – need to go get coffee again………..
03/14/2003 12:45 PM No more blue screens , please – did micro$oft do this on purpose? !? 01/30/2003 2:40 PM Gripe for the day – all tea and no coffee makes Mani a dull boy ?!? Well, I think I know when I am licked so, to quote PG Wodehouse Many greetings to you! Many…