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Square One

Sai Prasad — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 09:49:26 +0000

You begin at the Square One, you go forward with hopes and dreams, and most importantly with no idea what the future holds for you. You go non-stop until that day comes when completely unexpected happens, and you’ll be just thrown out back on to Square One.

You get dejected, depressed and lose all your hopes that everything got ruined. You live in darkness of the past, until one day you say to yourself “Enough! You got to get moving”… And, you start moving into that unknown future, with fear still in your mind…. You try to take one step at a time, but you haven’t gotten over your prior experiences. Yet, when you start getting over past and start moving forward with confidence, it happens again! You’ll land in the Square One again, now with no knowledge on how, when and why….

This time, you begin your journey again into those unknown lands, but instead of fear, this time you have that strange confidence – “Not to fear… I can get over even if the worse happens again!”

Geeks are awesome!

Sai Prasad — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 06:41:38 +0000

You got to love the geeks! For their unique talent & ability to transform any topic (including philosophy) into a discussion topic of bytes, pointers, stacks, exceptions etc…. They can convert every topic in this world to their area of expertise..

A small geeky conversation from my wall on Facebook

Dedicated to the geeks Shrey Banga & Sharad Banka

Update (11 September, 2011): Updated the image to include a missing comment (missed earlier since the account was then in deactivated state..)

Quotes I like:: Vol. III

Sai Prasad — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 14:18:37 +0000

Some random quotes / one-liners, I liked.

Great minds are always feared by lesser minds
… there’s a gap between what science knows and what business does (Dan Pink)
All those who wander are not lost.
What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; What we do for others dies with them. What we do for the world is too insignificant to count.
Even if an analog clock is broken, it shows correct time at least twice a day.
A happy man is not the one who has everything, but who makes most of everything he has.
Keep your face to sunshine and you can’t see the shadows.
Make sure the thing you’re living for is worth dying for.
Speaking without egos, Loving without intentions, Caring without expectations, Praying without selfishness is the sign of True Relation
I decided to send you the cutest n sweetest gift of the world. But the postman shouted at me sayin – Get out of the postbox
If you don’t count any of my failures, I’m quite successful.
To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.
The biggest fools are those who seek an interpretation for everything
You’ll never have a quiet world till you knock the patriotism out of the human race

You can find my previous favorite one-liners posts at: Quotes I like:: Vol. II & Quotes I like:: Vol. I

Just Friends! It got something !!

Sai Prasad — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 17:33:47 +0000

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

Sai Prasad — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:07:42 +0000

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

Sai Prasad — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:14:03 +0000

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

Sai Prasad — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 02:23:00 +0000

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

Sai Prasad — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 08:00:00 +0000

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