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Just Friends! It got something !!
Aug 6th
If you’re wondering what it is, ‘Just Friends‘ is a novel by an Indian writer. I think it is his debut novel, but don’t take my word on this. You need to google (or bing, for Bing fans) it to be sure. By ‘It got something’, I don’t mean to say, its an awesome book. I wouldn’t even say its a good book, its just another book (add some 18+ masala content to the recipe) . What impressed me in the book are the quotes (quoted by the author himself, I believe) in it. They are not inspirational or something, but I liked them (not that I like only inspirational, in general). So, I decided to put my favorites here and share with you.
- Sleep is deadly and love is lethal. The combination is so powerful that it leaves you helpless, forcing you to sleep later.
- A sleepless night is a lover’s right
- Restless nights, drowsy mornings, confused afternoons, lonely evenings…
- Eyes are like prostitutes – they reveal more than they can conceal.
- I laughed, she laughed. Problem solved.
- I smiled, she smiled. All problems could wait.
- You pose a great competition to sugar for its characteristics of deadly sweetness and mixing quickly and easily in unknown waters.
- I wasn’t superstitious. It was just… love.
In case they don’t make sense to you, you need to read the novel then coz they all are situational, though you can identify the situations from the statements itself for many of them.
Until next post, have a peaceful life (great would be great, though)…
QuickPost: Torrent sites I use frequently
Nov 27th
A quickpost to announce the torrent sites I use regularly (and of vourse, I like them)
- http://www.vertor.com Its the home for verified torrents. Hence, you need not worry about fake torrents. It also have screenshots and an audio sample. And the best thing, it does not need any registration and almost ad-free.
- http://www.telugutorrents.net As name suggests, its dedicated for Telugu, a regional language in India (and also my mother tongue). Good part about this site is: Only good quality (dvdrip) videos are allowed to be posted here and no place in here for camrips, which is a good feature as far as I’m concerned. Also, downloads happen with a very good speed. Sad thing is it is open for registered users only, and registrations are closed now !!
- http://www.tollytorrents.com Again, a telugu only site, but contains all the entertainment stuff (like, music, dvdrips, camrips, wallpapers etc.) . Though requires registration, registrations are free & open. Downloads happen at a good speed. By the way, I started using this site today only
Update 1: One of my browser addon blocks all the ads on webpage, and hence can’t assure the *ad-free* I announced for Vertor.
Update 2: A little clarification: ‘tolly’ in tollytorrents refer to tollywood which refers to movie industry of Telugu.
Ask your computer to help you in household chores
Oct 22nd
Does this title come as a surprise to you? But, yes ! computer can help you with some additional things too (apart from computing).
With a small program, you can make the cradle (baby rocker) of your baby swing, without your presence. Shocked? Well, do you recognize you PC has a CDROM and also a program can also open & close a CDROM drive? Continuous opening & closing of CDROM can help in your baby rocker’s harmonic motion.
Check this link for similar innovative ideas: http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2009/08/linux_baby_rocker.html
Quotes I like :: Vol. II
Sep 20th
- Footprints on the sands of time aren’t made by sitting down. – Proverb
- Know how to listen & you’ll profit even from those who talk badly. – Plutarch
- Accept the challenges, so you may feel the exhilaration of victory. – GS Patton
- If you want to succeed, you must make your own opportunities as you go. – John B. Gough
- If a man wants his dreams to come true, he must wake up! – Anonymous
- Blame yourself if you have no branches or leaves; don’t accuse the sun for partiality – Chinese proverb
- They conquer who believe they can. – John Dryden
Quotes I like :: Vol. I
Aug 19th
- Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes. – Z Ziglar
- In great attempts it is glorius even to fail. – Cassius Longinus
- The trouble with our times is that the future is not what it used to be. – Paul Valery
- Trying to forget someone you love is trying to remember someone you never met. – Angelina Jolie
- Experience is not what happens to a man. It is what a man does with what happens to him. – Aldous Huxley
- I don’t pray for a lighter load, but for a stronger back. – Brookes
- Time ripens all things; no man is born wise. – Miguel de Cervante
- A great civilization is not conquered from without until it has destroyed itself from within. – W.Durant
- The best way out of a difficulty is through it. – Robert Frost
- Every accomplishment begins with a decision to try. – Edward Kelly
- Happiness is nothing more than good health & a bad memory. – Albert Schweitzer
- Most people fail in life because they major in minor things. – Anthony Robbins
- Pick battles big enough to matter, small enough to win. – J.Kozol
- If you aspire to the highest place, it is no disgrace to reach at the second or even the third place. – Cicero
- People generally quarrel because they cannot argue. – G.K.Chesterton
- Millions said the apple fell but Newton was the one to ask why. – Bernard M.Baruch
- Bring ideas in and entertain them royally, for one of them may be the king. – Mark Van Doren
- The powers of mind are like rays of the sun dissipated. When they are concentrated, they illumine. – Swami Vivekananda
- Always behave like a duck – Keep calm and unruffled on the surface but paddle with great vigor underneath. – Jacob Braude
- The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress. – Joseph Joubert
- At times, it is better to keep your mouth shut and let people wonder if you’re fool than to open it and remove all their doubts. – James Sinclair
- A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on. Ideas have endurance without death. – John F.Kennedy
- Always forgive your enemies – Nothing annoys them so much. – Oscar Wilde
- Success is that old ABC – ability, breaks and courage. – Charles Luckman
- If you would not like to be forgotten as soon as you are dead, either write things worth reading or do things worth writing. – Benjamin Franklin
- A Ship is always safe at the shore – but that is NOT what it is built for. – Albert Einstein
