February 2012
1 post
Autobiography of a Yogi - Chapter 5 - A "perfume...
… the great Persian teacher gave his views on the religious life thus: “To lay aside what you have in your head (selfish desires and ambitions); to freely bestow what you have in your hand; and never to flinch from the blows of adversity!”
January 2012
1 post
“… It wasn’t always the people I liked who had the information I...”
– anon
December 2011
3 posts
November 2011
2 posts
October 2011
2 posts
“There is no greater weakness than stubbornness. If you cannot yield, if you...”
– Maxwell Maltz
May 2011
1 post
“… in most organisations, the higher you go.. the thinner the air.
and the...”
– Guy Kawasaki: Creating Enchantment
http://ecorner.stanford.edu/authorMaterialInfo.html?mid=2597
December 2010
2 posts
Thought for the Day, 17 December 2010
Rt Rev. Lord Richard Harries
The question of whether or not drugs should be decriminalised, which was raised yesterday, is one of the key issues of our time. But there is another question which we think about less often, and that is: why do people get into drugs in the first place? I don’t mean just the social reasons, peer pressure, dysfunctional families, long term unemployment and so...
October 2010
1 post
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May 2010
4 posts
“Faith is much better than belief. Belief is when someone else does the...”
– Buckminster Fuller, quoted by John Lloyd - http://bit.ly/9Mpj1o
“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.”
– Plato
“i think there should be a word for this Matthew. It should be called...”
– John Lloyd talking about the American architect, Richard Buckminster Fuller -
http://bit.ly/9Mpj1o
tantrum
I played Frisbee with your mother’s china But instead of with the dog It was with the concrete driveway And when the plates hit the ground I screamed ecstatically Like Theresa possessed by Dionysus As the Noritake shattered And when I’d decimated the 8 piece plate setting I peeled out of the driveway to the liquor store knowing that when I returned you’d have cleaned up my mess.
my friend...
April 2010
1 post
“… it’s the deep and simple mystery of the faith
that the more we...”
– Thought for the Day, BBC Radio 4 - Friday 2nd April 2009
I’m not at all religious but when i heard this it struck a chord with me and i wanted to share it.
January 2010
1 post
December 2009
1 post
November 2009
3 posts
“save some money, buy a house, and get married.
[me: “and then...”
– my mum 19/11/09 :)
“Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakens.”
– Carl Jung
October 2009
3 posts
“Making your mark on the world is hard. If it were easy, everybody would do it....”
– Barack Obama
WatchI really liked watching this
September 2009
2 posts
“I find this sound quality stuff both fascinating and ridiculous. It’s like the...”
– Jonny Greenwood, on the sound quality of recorded music which can be found here!
August 2009
2 posts
“Humility… it amounts to a clear recognition of what and who we really are,...”
June 2009
1 post
April 2009
2 posts
list of things to do before i'm 30.
ok i’ve been talking about this list for weeks now… so here is a 1st Draft so to speak.
there’s a lot missing from this list simply because i forgot to write them down when they came into my head… not to worry though because the plan is to stop adding to this list by the time i turn 25, in August 09.
i know some of these might seem lame - but they’re important to...
WatchTim Ferriss: How to feel like the Incredible Hulk
“What’s the worst that could happen?” — is all you need to learn to do anything.
I watched this over the weekend and it stuck with me so i’m sharing it with you guys.
February 2009
4 posts
“The intellect has little to do on the road to discovery. There comes a leap in
...”
– Albert Einstein
WatchDavid Merrill: Siftables, the toy blocks that think
i watched this on the journey home from work this evening - i thought it was really quite something
WatchBill Gates: How I’m trying to change the world now
“Did you ever stop to think, and forget to start again?”
– Winnie the Poo
January 2009
1 post
twitter
wow i haven’t posted anything here for a while
you can find my ramblings on twitter though
http://twitter.com/pravinisram
hopefully i’ll start making more regular updates in the coming weeks. I have a list of bits i’ve been meaning to post.
don’t hold your breath though…
December 2008
3 posts
A Wall Street Job Can’t Match a Calling in Life:...
one of my friends sent me this earlier today. i just wanted to share it with you all.
Commentary by Michael Lewis Dec. 10 (Bloomberg) — Recently I received a letter from a young employee of a well-known financial firm, who asked that I not mention his full name, his employer or anything else that might give him away. Though a bit short on self-pity and self- dramatization, this letter...
“Smart people learn from their own mistakes
Wise people learn from the mistakes...”
– unknown
October 2008
2 posts
Watch
September 2008
1 post
“If people make it a habit to draw a somersault on every other street as they...”
– Yoko Ono To The Wesleyan People, 1966
August 2008
1 post
Lotus Notes for the iPhone? →
I’ve never really had that much interest in the iPhone. i had a chance to play with the 1st gen and more recently the 2nd gen 3G iPhone. Still i’d choose my blackberry over it any day.
but this article caught my eye…
looks like it won’t be long before all these corporate types are jabbing away at them.
June 2008
1 post
xkcd:random →
May 2008
2 posts
just to let you all know
for those of you still checking this i am still alive! just busy back soon
February 2008
5 posts
cake anyone →
don’t laugh!
