Archive for July, 2009

Depravity of Orkut – Redux

My earlier rant on Orkut here. My usage of social networking sites has dropped down to a bare minimum. I had a very brief fling with Facebook but with all the poking going around and walls being torn down by spam messages, I was forced to abandon the monster. I do have an account but [...]

Skydiving T-shirt

Thanks to my good friend Pavani who was googling for god knows what, my article on the skydiving experience on July 4th was selected as the ‘Article of the Month’ on the US Skydiving website, AccerelatedFreefall.com. I don’t even know how they got to this article – probably they were trolling through the Internet for [...]

Random Thoughts…

1) You can blame me for being a contrarian, but I usually don’t trust any of the news that is published. Sensational news, all the more. Except for a few editorials here and there, written by a certain clique of authors, I am skeptical of every news item. Here’s an example from Bloomberg and an [...]

Skydiving Experience – The Ultimate!

Yes, I skydived on July 4th, 2009 from a height of 14000 ft at a dropzone called Skydive WestPoint in Virginia. Yes, it was bloody awesome, thrilling and exhilarating. Yes, the money ($239+$99(video)) was totally worth it. Yes, it was the best adventure I’ve had till date. I have not done Bungee yet. Even then, [...]