In my dream I was drowning my sorrows...

Identity Crisis

Aug 19, 2009
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I’ve recently been plagued by a dilemma.

I have an (somewhat active) online presence which is scattered over numerous blogs, social media sites, service et cetera et cetera. So far, I’ve been using a particular online persona/name for these. As these are increasingly ~~becoming~~ demanding more and more person-ification or in other words, reflect the person that I am in real life — I am faced with the question: does it have any meaning left anymore to try to have some sort of anonymity on the web or to embrace it with my real name and all the works…

I’ve been using the net since 1998 or so, and most of the people on the net used to be anonymous. Back then, an online introduction in a chat room would start with the inevitable (and loaded) a/s/l and nicknames were as good as real names as long as they were unique…

Now as more and more people start revealing their photos, names, addresses, phone numbers and start using the web services in close proximity with the Real Life — I’m feeling somewhat uncomfortable in letting my online identities to just let go and replace them with the Real Me.

Does anyone else feel like this?

Grrrr...

May 15, 2008
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I just wish vox had the option of 'nobrowsercheck' url....

Finally

May 3, 2008
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4 months after coming back, and a full month after taking the place, we finally shifted yesterday....

Bangladeshi Muslim helps Jews attacked on New York subway - CNN.com

Dec 14, 2007
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Bangladeshi Muslim helps Jews attacked on New York subway - CNN.com

http://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/12/12/...

NEW YORK (CNN) -- A Muslim man jumped to the aid of three Jewish subway riders after they were attacked by a group of young people who objected to one of the Jews saying "Happy Hanukkah," a spokeswoman for the three said Wednesday.

Made my day!

"Mad Lover"

Dec 13, 2007
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Mad Lover!

Interesting observation about a Bollywood Star on the back of an auto-rickshaw...

If you want more info about the star and the tag/attribute in question you can go here and here.

Doomsday Vault Begins Deep Freeze

Nov 16, 2007
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This reminds me of all those sci-fi doomsday movies that were made in the 60s and 70s...

clipped from news.bbc.co.uk

Engineers have begun the two-month process of cooling down a "doomsday vault", which will house seeds from all known varieties of key food crops.

Built deep inside a mountain, it aims to safeguard the world's crops from future disasters, such as nuclear wars, asteroids or dangerous climate change.

The site, 1,000km (621 miles) north of mainland Norway, was chosen as the location for the vault because it was very remote and it also offered the level of stability required for the long-term project.

The temperature inside the Svalbard Global Seed Vault will drop to -18C (0F) in order to preserve the seeds.

"At these temperatures, seeds for important crops like wheat, barley and peas can last for up to 1,000 years."

The first seeds are scheduled to arrive at the Arctic site in mid-February.

Storm Warning: Supercyclone SIDR

Nov 15, 2007
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This reads like a telegraphic hotline excerpt from a techno-thriller where the readers are forced to read military jargon...

The implications are simple -- people are dying right at this time when I'm posting this....

TROPICAL STORM “SIDR” ADVISORY NO. TWENTY NINE

ISSUED AT 1800 UTC OF 15 NOVEMBER, 2007.

THE VERY SEVERE CYCLONIC STORM “SIDR” OVER NORTH BAY OF BENGAL MOVED SLIGHTLY NORTHEASTWARDS AND LAY CENTRED AT 2030 HOURS IST OF TODAY, THE 15^TH NOVEMBER 2007 OVER NORTH BAY OF BENGAL NEAR LAT. 21.5⁰N AND LONG 89.5⁰E, CLOSE TO THE COAST OF WEST BENGAL AND BANGLADESH. LATEST RADAR OBSERVATIONS OF DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR STATION, KOLKATA AT 2130 HRS IST INDICATE THAT THE SYSTEM IS NOW CROSSING WEST BANGLADESH COAST NEAR LONG. 89.8⁰ E TO THE WEST OF KHEPUPARA (41984).

ESTIMATED CENTRAL PRESSURE: 944hPa.

THE SATELLITE IMAGERIES SHOW SOLID INTENSE TO VERY INTENSE CIRCULAR CONVECTIVE CLOUDS AROUND THE SYSTEM CENTRE. CURRENT INTENSITY: T6.0 RPT T6.0 MAXIMUM SUSTAINED SURFACE WIND SPEED IS 115-125 KTS AROUND THE STORM CENTRE.

SEA: PHENOMENAL.

FORECAST: THE SYSTEM IS LIKELY TO MOVE IN A NORTH-NORTHEASTERLY DIRECTION.

STORM SURGE OF HEIGHT 6-7 METRES ABOVE ASTRONOMICAL TIDE OVER COASTAL AREAS OF WEST BANGLADESH AND 3-4 METERS ABOVE ASTRONOMICAL TIDES OVER COASTAL AREAS OF WEST BENGAL LIKELY AT THE TIME O

I'm reading this now...

Oct 20, 2007
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and it's hard not to keep turning pages!

Banker to the Poor: The Story of the Grameen Bank

Mohammad Yunus

Looking over my shoulder...

Oct 19, 2007
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.. at the past few entries I realize that this blog of mine has become a patchwork of random news links and clips. I'm making a resolve to myself I'll put in fewer of these instant and ersatz stuff and put in more wholesome, written stuff...

Who searches for what...

Oct 17, 2007
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clipped from news.yahoo.com

BERLIN, Oct 17 (Reuters) - Internet users in Egypt, India and Turkey are the world's most frequent searchers for Web sites using the keyword "sex" on Google search engines, according to statistics provided by Google Inc.