Archive for August, 2008

Obama and Biden?

August 23rd, 2008 No Comments

Did Obama really think through this decision? Here is a man who has said on the record that Obama is not ready for Presidency and yet he is his running mate? And what about this - Obama - Biden sounds like Osama Bin Laden!!

The government seems to think it is indecent, vulgar and repulsive. Judge for yourself!

The iPhone 3G is finally in India now. I received a SMS this morning from Vodafone. Prices are - hold your breath - a whopping 31K for 8GB and some 36K for the 16GB model.This is excluding any plans. You have to pay 10K to pre-book and register. Only people who had pre-registered are entitled to buy on the launch date - 21st August. So if you have the dough go and buy now.

I know a lot of people including me are paranoid about continuous monitoring leading to an invasion of privacy. London is an extreme version of this. But here is a city which is using technology in the right way to solve and prevent crime. A very forward looking and good experiment by the City of Newark and the Mayor Cory Booker who is leading from the front.

The perils of using a web based translator to translate your Chinese dishes to English! Ha ha ha!
All this makes me feel that China has still a long way to go before they catch up in English skills of the general Indian population. Even if you go to a small town restaurant in India the chances are the owner would know basic english words which is not in China the case judging by this example.