You've got to be really brave to...

I have stayed in Delhi (the capital of India) long enough to make the following statement, and I'll also mention quite-a-few instances and reasons (in a multi-part series to follow), to drive my point:

You've got to be really brave to drive a vehicle in Delhi

To get things started, consider the case of what happened on numerous roads in the city today (September 12, 2007):
Some insane people, the group being quite large in number apparently, decided to protest by blocking various heavily-used roads at multiple points all over Delhi causing blockades and hence a lot of inconvenience to traffic throughout the city.

The news was all over the radio and television channels and the RJ, on the radio channel that I was listening to, ran out of breath multiple times when he started calling out the names of the roads affected. This is preposterous!!
And.. that is not the end of it. The police, according to the same RJ, had all the information about the 'protest' but never bothered to take any corrective/preventive measures. They intervened only once there was helter-skelter all over the city and there was complete pandemonium on the city roads. What the hell was the 'With You, For You, Always' force doing sitting on their butts when they knew what could happen (and it eventually happened!)?

Anyway, thankfully or luckily, I decided to leave for office a little early today (although I had no idea about the chakka jam protest) and therefore did not have to face the 'music' :-)

By the way, nobody knows what the protest was against.

This is a part of a series titled 'Delhi Driving'.

Super Mario Bros. Anthology

This is a treat for Super Mario Bros. fans. I found a website (sincere thanks to Google) from where I could download the MP3s of most of the sounds in my all-time favourite arcade game. The website is KHInsider.

Thanks KHInsider and Google :-)

Truth about 'commitment'

No comic strip has ever been this close to describing me! ;-)

Video Game: PETA against KFC

Here's a nice game 'inspired' by my all-time favourite: Super Mario Bros. from Nintendo:

Source: [The Thinking Blog]

Thought of the day: #4

Read it on the Graffitti that appeared in the Delhi Times section of The Times of India (20 August, 2007):

A bore helps you appreciate the brighter side of solitude

;-)

Thought of the day: #3

Found on the inside of another chocolate's cover:

Dare to love completely!

Thought of the day: #2

Found it on the inside of a chocolate wrapper:

There's no excuse not to dream.

I have one too, and my quest is on (Ref: TOTD#1)

Thought of the day: #1

Pardon me if you find this (or another quote that means something similar) elsewhere, but I don't remember reading it anywhere and therefore, I consider it a result of my own thought process:

If you truly love someone, then that individual is worth sacrificing and risking everything you've got because once you win that person over, you really have got everything.

Feel free to remember 'Yours Truly' if you use this quote anytime anywhere.

For Linux Lovers

Old Linux Newbie is one of the few blogs where I contribute, and I love this one dearly.
Anyway the last post there is about screen which has really excited me and I am sure you'll also find it highly useful. Let me know what you think.

Howto: Be a Programmer

How to be a Programmer: A Short, Comprehensive, and Personal Summary - Robert L Read

A nice and not-too-long article! I specially liked the "time estimation" part, which guides you how to make the estimates logically and to never make pessimistic estimations. Must read, I would say.