Archive for July, 2005

Book review: Five point someone

July 29th, 2005 by Shiva | Comments | Filed in Reviews

I’m at office, after an all-nighter! I chanced to come by this amazing un-put-downable book by name “Five point someone” by Chetan Bhagat (Check out the book’s site). Not many books that I read get read, in a day.The amazing story of three friends through life at IIT, brought back memories that had been shelved for the past four years. Of the gazillion trees that were felled for the books I have bought, read and enjoyed, the trees that made this book lost their lives to a worthy cause.

Bhagat, hats off to you, for
- putting a smile on my face
- kindling some of the fond memories of collegiate life
- Hari, Alok and Ryan, my friends for a lifetime
- being such a gifted writer
- getting me back in touch with life

There.. I’m a five pointer too! ;)

attrocious site - bonsaikitten.com

July 19th, 2005 by Shiva | Comments | Filed in Random Thoughts

I encountered, by far, the sickest website I have seen in my entire life.
Kittyculture is the act of stuffing a sweet little kitten into a jar, sealing its anus shut and feeding it to a tube, and keeping it that way for 4 weeks and more, so that it may be given “fair” treatment by giving it an “unique” shape that nature has denied it!! Wow, I just read what I wrote and the absurdity just baffles me! How can anyone in their sane mind can even dream up something like this!!

I personally feel very ashamed having to link to this site, but do so with great melancholy, just so that you can see it too, and sign this petition and stop it.

Please do visit it here, but only for the purpose of understanding how heinous man has become! How torturous we are towards our fellow creatures that nature has created.

and sign the petition against it here

The new face of google

July 19th, 2005 by Shiva | Comments | Filed in Tools

Check out the future of google here

Google Suggest is in BETA testing (as all other kewl features of google ;) ). Just go to the link above and search for your favourite search text and wait for a second before pressing “Enter” and voila!

Lunch at Kadaleevanam

July 15th, 2005 by Shiva | Comments | Filed in Random Thoughts

We went for team-lunch at this amazing restaurant called “Kadaleevanam”. It is a health food restau, at Mugappair, Chennai. The food there is based on naturopathic principles and it actually tasted quite good. They explain the food that you eat, and enforce (read, beware of the order in which you eat, or else they’ll make you eat it again ;) ). A small tip, check out the ice-creams there (Yup, healthy ice-cream!! quite an oxy-moron eh?! ). Quite an interesting choice of ice-creams, like tender-coconut, ginger and honey, guava!

Remember to reserve your spot there atleast a day ahead, coz the food is freshly prepared and no refrigeration and reheating. It is a must try if you are in Chennai. You can check out their site at here