Archive for January, 2009

Technology for progress, not comfort

Sunday, January 18th, 2009

With technological innovations appearing at an increased pace, there is more free time in our lives. Or should be anyways. The days of hand washing clothes and brooming the house are largely replaced by washing machines and vacuums. Microwaves cook 10x as fast and even gas/electric stoves save the burden of collecting firewood.

What impact has technology made on the progress of our lives overall and in what ways can we use existing technologies to improve current situations?

Google idea: govt blog impacts everyone.

idea: comment link on blog should link to duplicate blog so that one copy is the implementation of the comments and the other is a standard blog.

Use music software to create your yoga classplan

Sunday, January 18th, 2009

Existing music software already does a great job of allowing a user to create multiple playlists. Additionally, you can also rank, rate, share, and manage the playlists in a variety of ways. Why not use this type of software to store class plans. Each song represents a practice and length of time. Another tool would be needed to create custom lengths. Take a source file with the practice name (vocal) then pad with silence for desired time.

New Castle Airport – has free wireless!

Sunday, January 18th, 2009

I’ve sat at many airports these past 3 years and one of the first two things I always look for is free drinking water and free wireless. You’d think free water would be easy to spot, but it’s not. Not in the way I expect anyways – in the form of a water fountain. Free wireless seems to be on the decline. Airports that once had it now requiring signing on with a mobile carrier.

I’m happy to report that this airport does offer free wireless.

Mike L., from JetStar,  did an awesome job helping me make the switch to the next flight.

Sayings from Amma

Monday, January 5th, 2009

Was talking to hajur amma (my grandmother), when she said the following:

Dukha-sukha chakra ho. Sapei le ghumna parcha.

Grief-happiness is a wheel/circle. Everyone must makes rounds of it.

Back in KTM with Hajur Amma

Saturday, January 3rd, 2009

i’m back. back in my room. back in this house. back in this city. both of us are different i suppose; feel rather.