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March 2004 - Posts

What is exotic?
Monday, March 29, 2004 1:55 PM

What is exotic? I was wondering about this earlier today...From Dictionary.com:Exotic: being or from or characteristic of another place or part of the world; "alien customs"; "exotic plants in a greenhouse"; "moved to a strange country" [syn: alien,

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Siddharth
Sunday, March 28, 2004 4:40 PM

Note - Siddharth if you read this, just curious if you got my e-mail; I think my e-mails might not be getting through to you...

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Zork lives
Sunday, March 28, 2004 2:18 PM

I kind of miss those text-based games. They live again; via messenger.

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Internet Explore cache bites me
Saturday, March 27, 2004 5:00 AM

Here's the lesson for today. CLEAR YOUR INTERNET EXPLORER CACHE before doing a presentation.I just finished up my presentation at Ngee Ann Polytechnic. They are an "institution of higher learning" (IHL here in Singapore), and they are sponsoring

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Web Services on a Saturday morning
Friday, March 26, 2004 11:55 PM

It's around 7:30 AM on a Saturday morning!Who's ready to do a presentation on Web Services??I... zzz.

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Bluetooth fun
Friday, March 26, 2004 3:42 AM

Ah, the joys of new hardware and playing with new technology...So I"ve gotten the additional memory for my Tablet PC installed - it now has a total of 1.5 gigs of memory. Crazy! I've never had a machine with so much memory before... it now

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A couple interesting articles...
Thursday, March 25, 2004 11:48 AM

First - if I'm going to talk about American Idol, do I put that under "Music" or "TV?" Or both?First article, "Drinking in the Line of Duty Killed Exec." I think this could be applied to a few Microsoft employees that I know who are always

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What do women want?
Thursday, March 25, 2004 3:22 AM

Well, apparently in Seattle there are some women who only want Microsoft men.An entertaining article about women dating Microsoft guys.I'm trying to find the time to blog about the past two trips to India. Ah, but to find the time to get the pictures

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Now Pune is a city I could like...
Friday, March 19, 2004 7:23 PM

Tonight brings me to Pune, India. (Pronounced Poon-nay - I wasn't sure how to pronounce it originally).I wish I had a little more time to check out the city. It seems really pleasant here, much more comfortable than Mumbai and certainly much

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Just arrived...
Thursday, March 18, 2004 6:48 PM

Just arrived in Mumbai (Bombay), India. The airport experience in Mumbai makes me long for Singapore's efficient Changi Airport.Last time I arrived in Mumbai, clearing immigration took abour 30 minutes. Compare to Singapore - about 30 seconds

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Learning from JetBlue
Thursday, March 18, 2004 5:14 AM

Hmm... I'm surprised there isn't a "Business" category on theSpoke.Anyway, I read a good blog entry on JetBlue's CEO and how he is out there meeting customers and getting feedback about his passengers' experiences. Thought it was pretty cool.Also

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It's like I was just there!
Wednesday, March 17, 2004 4:32 PM

Oh wait, I was.Back to India I go... tomorrow (or I guess later) tonight. After some scheduling mishaps and changing my calendar around, it is back to India for me. This time going to the city of Pune - about 75 miles from Mumbai.It's kind

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Imagine Cup League Table
Wednesday, March 17, 2004 2:57 AM

They have a pretty cool feature for the Algorithm invitational up now. The league table shows the top scorers for that invitational.Currently out of the Top 12 scorers, 6 of them are from China. With the Top 2 places being held by students

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Crazy for you
Tuesday, March 16, 2004 5:51 PM

A few interesting things I realized tonight (while at a Japanese restaurant and at karaoke).1) At karaoke, any girl - even if I do not like the girl and have no interest in them whatsoever - any girl that sings "Crazy For You" by Cyndi Lauper I immediately

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Imagine Cup online invitationals are open!
Tuesday, March 16, 2004 7:29 AM

Round 1 of the Algorithm Invitationals has begun. You can take the 30 minute algorithm quiz at any time and as many times as you like until you are happy with your score - up until April 1.The Short Film and Rendering categories are now accepting

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Florida
Monday, March 15, 2004 2:59 AM

---Howard,Attached herein some pictures taken in our new orange grove taken today 3/14/04.We picked quite a bit of Valencia oranges and white grapefruit.Wish you were here with us.Dad ----Sometimes I feel sad for moving halfway around the world from my

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What makes for a star student?
Sunday, March 14, 2004 9:30 AM

So here's a question for you all...In every university department or batch of students, there's always a few star students that everyone listens to or watches. Maybe they're more vocal in class or maybe they are always trying out the latest cool

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What's it like to work at Microsoft Research?
Friday, March 12, 2004 8:02 AM

Found a blog by a Microsoft Research employee, Kevin Schofield. He talks about what it is like to be on the Microsoft Resarch team. Sounds pretty interesting...When I was in the product group for Microsoft Office, we always talked about how

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Spain
Friday, March 12, 2004 7:09 AM

Very sad.

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Some links, some learnings, some ramblings
Tuesday, March 09, 2004 5:46 PM

Paradise.Well, I'm back from the Maldives... back to tackle the 1000 messages that I somehow received while I was away. (Okay, actually most of those were not sent directly to me and actually part of mailing lists that I'm on, but still... it's

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Escape to the Maldives
Thursday, March 04, 2004 9:04 AM

It's been awhile since my last blog entry... I wanted to write from India, but felt overwhelmed (in a good way) the whole time I was there. I'll save the stories about the India trip for a later time, but let's just say that it was a very eye-opening

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