@peanutbut It’s a hassle finding new tenants every 2nd month and we have to bear the brunt until one is found. No security deposit either.
@vegachauhan Thanks! :)
@peanutbut That would be for a long term commitment, 10+ months at least.
@vegachauhan Yup, mine and @souvikdg’s.
@jasim_ab Sweet indeed! Wouldn’t have met @gonsalves_r if it wasn’t for Twitter.
“idiocrats” inessential….cation_sucks[+]
@peanutbut We do have one vacancy from 1st Jan. delhi.craigs…3596037.html[+]
I’m not in Delhi right now so get in touch with Anuj.
@mightyboosher Smart buoyy.
@mightyboosher @DilliBelle @lokallobaat @_karan Aiming to reach there around 10:30-11am.
@mightyboosher @DilliBelle @lokallobaat Metro to Vishwavidyalaya (Yellow Line) or drive down to Kamla Nagar (near North Campus).
@keeperofthekeys Very clever. Nice!
@DilliBelle @lokallobaat Yuni Net and Craigslist. Oh and we have a vacancy in our house starting 1st Jan.
@mightyboosher twitter.com/…721175175168[+]
This is what happens when you don’t give top-most priority to my tweets.
@mightyboosher Changed my mind about that just minutes back. :P
Coming for the Chole Bhature on Saturday?
Chole Bhature breakfast at Chacha di Hatti, Kamla Nagar. This Saturday at around 10:30am. #openvite
@rakeshrach Thanks! Very curious to get your feedback on this before making any more videos.
@aroradush Make it happen dude. I’m still lost in those mountains…
And with that a long harboured itch (thanks in no small part to @rakeshrach) finally gets scratched.
There’s a new Vimeo account in town. vimeo.com/bellycentric[+]
@anexasajoop Ah, good. :) That post was by @lokallobaat by the way.
And yes, we really should be displaying author names.
“To invent a new future and to rediscover the past is one gesture.”
.@souvikdg out of the blue, “[sigh] Saala Pluto planet nahin raha na?”
@anexasajoop Nope. :S
Glad it took only an year to find out though. Any similar chaat/food places जिसके बारे में हर कोई जानता है?
@xAbhishek Yup. Can’t wait. Praying an IMAX opens in India by July.
While I swear by the Kolkata style puchkas, these are the best Delhi bastardisation of “gol gappe” I’ve had so far: bellycentric…sc-gol-gappe[+]
“… for not being honest and forcing oneself is not the way to move on.”
— @rashmiswamy, Alternative Energy: rashmiswamy….ative-energy[+]
Grumpy @lokallobaat is grumpy.
@keeperofthekeys Both?
Delhi–Pathankot
McLeodganj–Bhagsu Nag
Dharamkot–Triund
Kangra
Dharamsala–Gaggal–Pathankot
Delhi–Mathura–Agra
Ghaziabad–Gurgaon
Jaipur
@mediaqueries Yay! :)
@peanutbut The Nehru Memorial Canteen (Teen Murti Bhavan) thedelhiwall…canteen.html[+] & Indian Coffee House (CP) bellycentric…-the-terrace[+] @lokallobaat
Detour instagr.am/p/ZRlY5/[+]
@souvikdg @rashmiswamy Some DMs and mentions were way too crucial to the holiday for them to be ignored.
Radio silence is a go now.
@rakeshrach Oh and now that you’ve brought this to my attention, yes, to Kangra fort too! Thanks!
@rashmiswamy Over and out. :)
@keeperofthekeys Yup. Hi from McLeod Ganj!
@rakeshrach To McLeod Ganj and its monasteries, to Triund and the majestic Himalayas.
To the mountains. instagr.am/p/YhIP0/[+]
So, Po was The Panda Who Lived…
@pricelessjunk Arrey no, that was @souvikdg’s favourite breakfast when in Bangalore. At MTR.
MTR. Sigh…
OH: “They are trying to be the FITJEE of startups.”
@rasagy Our office is at Nehru Enclave (opposite Nehru Place).
@rasagy Nothing in particular, but would like to catchup when you’re in town.
@rasagy Dude, when’re you coming to Delhi next?
@sidkhullar Peanuts. And that sucks because I love peanuts. Even more in butter form. :(
@bppant Not of Delhi, not of Marwar (as far as I can remember) but of the travelling folk of Rajasthan. By these folks: chinh.in/aboutus.html[+]
@bppant Indeed it is. The roti+gatta was presented as “चिह्न / Nomadic khana” at the festival. @keeperofthekeys
Completing our ode to Skolar.
@lokallobaat Creative Pause: cameronmoll….nd_thinking/[+]
@ConfuseusSay Top Gear, in conversation with @erm_wat: prateekrungt…ces/top-gear[+] /cc @mighty_boosher
@rashmiswamy @lokallobaat This is inevitable. Those rats are decoys sent by The Mice. Have neither of you read Douglas Adams?
@xAbhishek Very nice!
@xAbhishek Best ‘Dilli style’ gol gappas I’ve had so far (although the puris themselves could’ve been more crisp). @souvikdg
… with Amaan Ali Khan at the South Asian Bands Festival. instagr.am/p/XK2ml/[+]
Zeb & Haniya in concert… flickr.com/p…/6448659587/[+]
@_karan Home.
@_karan I hope you’re back from Rajasthan before the 24th then, otherwise we’ll have to add another year to the tally.
@_karan Woohoo! When do you get here?
@lokallobaat @souvikdg Interesting. Should check it out over the weekend & see for ourselves if it’s as good as the article makes it to be.
@xAbhishek Great, it’s been a while since we caught up too. Good luck for your exam.
Reminder: South Asian bands fest Day 1 tomorrow at Purana Qila. We start with a food detour at the UPSC chaat street at 6pm. #openvite
Music lovers should consider hibernating to Delhi in Nov-Dec just for the capital’s awesome winter music scene.
Shantanu Moitra+Swanand Kirkire, Raghu Dixit+band, quality liquor & a fantastic setup make for an awesome evening at the Garden of 5 Senses.
@aroradush @souvikdg Buffet Delhi?
@xAbhishek @rasagy Thanks!
@keeperofthekeys @lokallobaat iPhone + Instagram. Another win for “the best camera is the one that’s with you.” :)
@rashmiswamy Yup. Only downside was that I didn’t have anything higher than the 600x600 resolution on Flickr.
@rakeshrach Thanks! Wish those quotes were hanging and the drop shadow was missing. :)
Tomb & Train at Hazrat Nizammudin. instagr.am/p/WhGcY/[+]
Creative Commons just helped my ‘Open Hand’ photo flickr.com/p…/5664794701/[+] land on a book cover.
All about Chandigarh: amazon.com/A…p/B0065DBA6Y[+]
@bethlovesbolly And he has nicely condensed the wealth of info on this site into 4 handy titles. Search for ‘The Delhi Walla books’.
@bethlovesbolly But to really get a grasp of Delhi and everything it has to offer today, there’s none better than thedelhiwalla.com/[+]
@bethlovesbolly Look no further than eatanddust.com/[+] (and at times, our own bellycentric.in/[+] :) as far as Delhi food is concerned.
@niyambhushan The internet thanks you. :)
@niyambhushan HTML5 has [rel=license].
More on link relationships: http://t.co/BdzNcNb0
HTML Spec: whatwg.org/s…e/links.html[+]
Chowmein, momos and (an unfortunate) mushroom chilli + Dilli ki sardi at the Yashwant Place Complex, Chanakya Puri.
@aroradush @pragmatic_d And a lot of the non-politicians want to invest in their “marenge gareeb to mittegi gareebi” belief.
Bands, artists and live performers, please bring along a decent sound engineer when on tour.
Amarrass Desert Music festival at Siri Fort /courtesy @lokallobaat instagr.am/p/V_taX/[+]
OH: “Neutral is what you don’t know. Jo pata chal gaya, woh kharab ho gaya.”
@nitinmgarg Hey Nitin. Back in Delhi?
@kingSidharth Sure. Add me.
@kingSidharth I meant that as long as you’re working, the format (studio/freelancing/employed) is of little difference.
@pricelessjunk Works. And I’ve got some feedback on your magazine designs that I somehow always forget to send.
@pricelessjunk Oh yes, wait for some clear time. And good luck! Hope things are stable now at PESIT.
@pricelessjunk It could be like a blog behind the scenes, but it can be so much more for the readers.
@pricelessjunk For real? Need help?
@pricelessjunk You’re welcome. Would so love to read @start_mag as regular old webpages. :)
@kingSidharth @AdityaNayak As long as you’re practising what you preach…
@kingSidharth @AdityaNayak As in your own studio.
@kingSidharth @AdityaNayak When does Sidharth’s Kingdom open shop?
@GnrlMxms Even better, though not entirely surprising!
Would you look at those job perks! “Snow capped mountains, treks, weekend camping, sports activities etc.” jobs.hasgeek…m/view/6zu33[+]
@mightyboosher Next week at the bands festival hopefully?
@mightyboosher Ah yes, I’d forgotten how much you loved that man.
@mightyboosher Steve Jobs is social media now?
…and then they went ahead and integrated “social media.”
@pricelessjunk What online mags can deliver: fray.com/issue3/[+] thegreatdiscontent.com/[+]
Just saying.
@DilliBelle Family function on Sunday etc.
@ConfuseusSay @lokallobaat @DilliBelle Mom in town this weekend. Count me out.
The full line-up for this year’s SAARC bands festival, in a mere mortals™ readable format. mixtapelive….stival-2011/[+] #openvite /via @souvikdg
“Mr Tagore, it’s nice to write things such as ‘Where the head is held high’, but where is your marksheet?” –Rakeysh Omprakash on DU cutoffs.
@rungtaakki Yeah I’d seen that one. They probably haven’t finalised (and thus not released) the complete line up yet.
Delhi: @zebandhaniya at Purana Qila on 2nd December, as part of the free SAARC bands festival (6-10pm). Full lineup link anyone? #openvite
@Sidharth_Raja Thanks Sid! /cc @rasagy @souvikdg
Spotted: “one berth.” instagr.am/p/VJeRO/[+]
@rasagy @souvikdg Although I’m curious to know what the participants thought of the event. /cc @Sidharth_Raja
@rasagy @souvikdg I’m happy with the result. Lots of people were introduced to CSS. The winning designers were in 8th & 9th!
@rakeshrach Ruhaniyat (courtesy @lokallobaat) ruhaniyat.com/[+] was excellent, & Purana Qila is just the perfect setting for such music.
Pacman for gaming finals at Exun!
Exun after 6 years, Kabirbani, Baul geet & Qawwalis at Purana Qila, paranthe under the Moolchand flyover and another 7am start tomorrow.
@DilliBelle Fix the latter part.
@ConfuseusSay Rockstar was not at all subtle.
@lokallobaat @keeperofthekeys Well, not exactly the same. The lighting was less elaborate today than on instagr.am/p/SdGQl/[+]
@lokallobaat Right!? And that in a movie with Chitrangada Singh. We need to see more of Aditi Rao Hydari.
@lokallobaat Dude, remake of en.wikipedia…i_Varuvaayaa[+]
Hosanna, Aaromale etc. in Hindi, with lyrics by Javed Akhtar.
@Naina @lokallobaat Thankfully the Chole Bhature from Chacha Di Hatti were totally worth it. Hope your meeting was too!
@Naina That sounds horribly similar to the Google Maps led fiasco me and @lokallobaat had couple days ago. Wouldn’t wish it on my enemies.
Ugrasen ki Baoli, green Delhi edition: prateekrungt…sen_ki_baoli[+]
@rasagy Congrats! Hope this encourages more future sketches.
Rediscovering (and really liking) U2’s No Line on the Horizon, thanks to @souvikdg. Also prateekrungt…9/04/horizon[+]
@ConfuseusSay Sigh, no fight. @mightyboosher @Fangs_Shui @MaximusOdomos @Stoned_Heretic @kadweiser @lokallobaat
Wednesday vs. Thursday / @ConfuseusSay vs. @mightyboosher – FIGHT! / @Fangs_Shui @MaximusOdomos @Stoned_Heretic @kadweiser @lokallobaat
“I trust that the Buddha will prevail, and that Ravana will never raise his demonic heads again.” Sri Lanka. diaries.turm…83/srilanka3[+]
@souvikdg Quite understandable.
… “All of us have that link—that when you find your roots, when you actually understand who you are, everything becomes really easy.”
“I think that moving to India was the one step I made in my life that made me okay with being who I am.” …
@rakeshrach Yup, although I think she was unsure about constraining his first colouring experience within pre-sketched lines. @rashmiswamy
@rashmiswamy Oooo, envy.
Indian Railway Tatkal bookings to now open only one day in advance? WTF pib.nic.in/n…?relid=77112[+]
Good start to the weekend with some delicious Bihari food (that’s right) at the newly opened Potbelly, Shahpur Jat. zomato.com/n…kitchen-5229[+]
@NipunKedia Indeed!
OH (guy after touching “garma garam” momos): “Arrey isse zyada garam toh main yahaan dhoop mein khada ho raha hoon.”
Limits of a Photograph: prateekrungt…/426.webmark[+]
Extending what @keeperofthekeys talked about in yayparis.tum…a-few-things[+]
@rashmiswamy @pricelessjunk Ouch. :P
@mightyboosher 3 and counting… Die haters, die!
Who here likes using public transport and wants to convince more people to use it? (Delhites especially)
I’d totally apply to work here if I wasn’t already occupied. nh7.in/indie…tech-talent/[+]
@pricelessjunk Yes, more of pricelessjun…/11/05/4534/[+] :)
@pricelessjunk Sounds like it’s time for a vacation + focus (saying no).
Momos season!
@xAbhishek Haha. Wonder what they’ll they do next. Complaint notice to parents probably. :P
Delhi International Arts Festival: Jewish / Israeli fusion music at the Lotus Temple tonight at 7. Free entry. #openvite
@xAbhishek About their only un-classy move.
Baraat @ Kucha Pati Ram, Sitaram Bazaar instagr.am/p/TLbbt/[+]
Still dreaming of Chacha di Hatti’s chole bhature from Saturday morning. That chutney on the chole…
Jama Masjid by @rashmiswamy #EidMubarak flickr.com/p…/6321660233/[+]
@rasagy Likewise. :)
@rasagy Not in favour.
@rasagy Keep watching this space for more “it actually works!” :)
“Dropping by to spectate: Maanick Nangia, batch of 2005.”
@_karan Fun exercise, isn’t it?
…and then they went ahead and wrote, “Please RT.”
@xAbhishek Difficult, strenuous, tiring, fun. Me and @lokallobaat are planning on making this a regular exercise.
@_karan Yup. Have you done much climbing yourself?
I know it’s partly down to wrong technique, but rock climbing is certainly the best arms workout. Thank god I don’t have to hold a pen now.
Oh, I recently wrote about complaining being silly. prateekrungt…s-silly/info[+]
@ap00rv Haha. Now let’s pester @lokallobaat for the link on zorbing at Purana Qila.
@souvikdg Ah yes, tech events. Bangalore probably pwns Delhi on that front, but hey complainingissilly.com/[+] right? :) @ap00rv
@ap00rv Comedy gigs, zorbing, cycle tours, food, festivals, monuments, meets, workshops, dances, plays… what’re you looking for? @souvikdg
@aroradush Apparently this time they’ve gone with “official remake”. Says so in that linked article.
The oh-so-imaginative posters of Abbas-Mustan films: moifightclub…ustan-films/[+] /by @CilemaSnob
Speaking of the NH7 Weekender festival, is anyone here making the pilgrimage to Pune in two weeks?
@nitinmgarg Key word there—sometimes. Vertical screen space is precious so there must be really good reasons. Trends sadly transcend reason.
position:fixed headers are taking over the web. Here I was thinking we had it bad enough with pinned social-media/feedback bars. Madness!
Remembering Amir Khusrow and Kabir Das @ Purana Qila instagr.am/p/SdGQl/[+]
@gonsalves_r Haha, brilliant!
@mighty_boosher Qawwalis followed by Khan Chacha. Food for the ears & music to the mouth. Purana Qila makes for such a fantastic backdrop.
@mighty_boosher @BBlessy @DilliBelle Now we’re talking.
We recently indulged in an excellent Italian lunch. For your envy: bellycentric…ood-festival[+]
Khan Chacha today. Soft, tender, generous hariyali kebabs rolled in the epitome of what’s referred to as roomali roti. So bloody delicious.
@rungtaakki Yes, I’m still not a fan of Bibi Sanam Janam, but hooked to some of their other songs.
@gonsalves_r Haha, fingers crossed!
“I didn’t want to stay on in the US, I wanted to come back home — let’s say for something as simple as to eat chole bhature.”
@lokallobaat Ask me for some info next time, phir bolunga nachne.
@lokallobaat diaf.in[+] and their phone number is 011-47340497.
@mighty_boosher @lokallobaat @DilliBelle @ConfuseusSay Anyone joining me for the Sufi night at Purana Qila 6:30pm tomorrow?
The 2011 Delhi International Arts Festival starts today. Sufi night at Purana Qila 6:30pm tomorrow. Free entry. Who’s interested? #openvite
@rashmiswamy Haha, thank you very much!
@pricelessjunk Aw, shucks. Keep some snacks handy up on your floor too then.
Barsana, the undated town: prateekrungt…1/10/barsana[+]
@Fine_Whining Ah yes, suspected you were referring to the budget airlines. Speaking of gujjus, you should watch ‘The Loins of Punjab’.
@pricelessjunk :) So did you end up eating something or not? I remember the days when I couldn’t bring myself to have a meal at those hours.
@pricelessjunk Arrey no, you should also find something to satisfy that hunger. Make a meal of it if necessary!
@pricelessjunk I just finished a plate of rajma chawal…
@Fine_Whining 2005?
@mighty_boosher Yup.
@BBlessy Oh, nevermind. Should’ve made my way through the timeline before asking. :)
“Chariots of Fire”, “Lap Dance”, that bad eh Times of India?
@BBlessy Joining us for the comedy night at Jukebox Café, Nehru Place?
Lookout instagr.am/p/R2Dbe/[+]
@DilliBelle @mighty_boosher @lokallobaat Also paging @BBlessy. Welcome back to Delhi.
@mighty_boosher Free ride to Nehru Place, sahi! :P @lokallobaat @DilliBelle
@CilemaSnob @yesnosorry “हया तो छोड़ो बेहया की चाल भी खा जाए, और अगर परोसा जा सके तो ख्याल भी खा जाए” bellycentric…3/motumaster[+]
@lokallobaat Squirrel!
@DilliBelle Okay, but only because of ze puppy face.
@DilliBelle Now waiting to be convinced. Jaldi! @mighty_boosher @ConfuseusSay
@lokallobaat Dhoka!
@pricelessjunk Those trips don’t really count, do they? It’s the same case with Calcutta for me. It teases me every time I visit.
@pricelessjunk Right? By the way, you should travel to Delhi sometime. There’s so much to unravel here.
@pricelessjunk Delhi Typervention – type art in public spaces – take 3 poojasaxena….t-did-float/[+]
Notes on the Ramlila food riot earlier this month. bellycentric…6955/ramlila[+]
@Naina cough complainingissilly.com/[+] cough :)
@ap00rv Site downtime is part of the experience. Mistakes happen, but this is why we dislike “Coming Soon”. Don’t ship until you’re ready.
@lokallobaat And another one: rahulsarin.c…er-come-489/[+]
@ap00rv Days! What are they, Tumblr?
@lokallobaat Two eye-witness accounts: xabhishek.co…/12032683308[+] and kishorebharg…for-all.html[+]
@gonsalves_r Changing from? Reason(s)?
@sonix15 Ooh. That new Mac envy.
@nimitnshah Did you consider taking a train? Rajdhani services are pretty comfortable and fast. @souvikdg
@nimitnshah Nice work man! But strange choice with the URLs, especially the home page on nimitnshah dot com @souvikdg
@sonix15 What took you so long?
@lokallobaat @souvikdg @aroradush I’m late, so hope you all had a nice Diwali with lots of good food and more sweets than you could eat. :)
@turmericdesign And when feeling particularly bad ass, Samuel L Ipsum: slipsum.com/[+]
The iPod turned 10 a few days back. Here’s an old photo featuring the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th generation models. flickr.com/p…/4060906991/[+]
@pricelessjunk Speaking of iPhone photographs and 3 year old models… campl.us/iPh…a-Comparison[+]
@pricelessjunk Yes, especially under sufficient, uniform lighting. And this is for a 3 year old model!
@pricelessjunk Camera phone shots, incidentally, as are the ones in my latest post (Barsana).
@pricelessjunk Oh I know :) prateekrungt…/03/coldplay[+]
Sorry, couldn’t resist. :P
@pricelessjunk Totally. @souvikdg and me were discussing just the other day how all their videos since Viva La Vida have been outstanding.
@pricelessjunk Seen the Paradise music video? youtube.com/…ure=youtu.be[+] So good.
When tram lines ran through Chandni Chowk. Treasures unearthed by the “@proustmetro” Dilli Walla. flickr.com/p…/6278985123/[+]
@lokallobaat Yup, quite decent. Not surprised though. They really are setting the bar for music production and handling in India.
@lokallobaat Haha, totally, now that you mention it. Whattay match up!
@lokallobaat None that I’m aware of.
Dare to [fucking] think beyond paneer.
Dare to [fucking] think beyond chicken.
The vegetarian enchilada at Chili’s (Ambience, Vasant Kunj) can be better described as paneer roll. Massively disappointing.
@GnrlMxms As far as sci-fi goes, the timeless ones have little to no dependence on the tech itself. Inception, ESoTSM… adactio.com/…ournal/1680/[+]
Spotted: An F1 car on Rajpath. prateekrungt…1/10/rajpath[+]
The ‘rangoli’ search effect on prateekrungta.com[+]’s visitor graph. Same story every Diwali. http://t.co/uPUtHNUc
@pricelessjunk Yes, figured. :)
@typekit Hey folks, have you had a chance to look at our little homage to Steve Jobs? stevejobs.miranj.in/[+]
Set in Myriad Pro, of course.
@pricelessjunk Fun!
Half expected the camera and ‘Bio’ to point to your photoblog and your about page.
In the 24 hours since I realised I was addicted to Typekit, they’ve redesigned their browser & added Brandon Grotesque(!) to their library.
@lokallobaat Shabaash mere cheeteh!
Dil Se… on a cool, dark, quiet night. Therapy for the agitated soul.
Next change. instagr.am/p/Q5YMz/[+]
@ap00rv Also, I suffer from twitter.com/…392633270272[+] because twitter.com/…/11764419590[+] /@souvikdg
Addicted to Typekit.
Someone should make an ‘Year-mark this design’ game for timeless works such as this IL magazine masthead: flickr.com/p…627864214562[+] /via @khoi
I have to say this: Twitter’s new inline tweet expansion is awesome. So long fixed (ugh) sidebar, you will not be missed.
@rasagy Excellent stuff! And @gonsalves_r, say hello to Rasagy, an ex-schoolmate and another Exunite.
@ap00rv Credit to @jasim_ab et al from @c42engineering. So good to see another well formed product emerging from an Indian shop.
Recent @miranjdesign project collaborations that went public today:
RubyMonk rubymonk.com/[+]
Droidcon India 2011 droidcon.in/2011/[+]
@TimesofBullshit Very super. :) Noticed they put this out close to 4 years back!
‘Elephant Gun’ by Beirut. For the most awesome couldn’t-care-less-what-you-think music video, if nothing else. youtube.com/…ure=youtu.be[+]
‘Traveling Cinema’ from the ongoing Delhi Photo Festival at IHC. Delhi peeps, don’t miss this. Ends 28th Oct. instagr.am/p/QkUmA/[+]
European folk from America. With a trumpet.
‘Elephant Gun’ by Beirut: youtube.com/…ure=youtu.be[+] /via @TimesofBullshit
@TimesofBullshit Fantastic! How did you come across this?
Rail gaadi, food, Churchgate mumbaiboss.c…l-good-food/[+] by @RoshniBajaj
Rail gaadi, Rs.99 pyar, New Delhi delhi100.tum…1574681690/5[+] by Vasudha Wadhera
@vrinda_m I agree. One of those pleasant surprises because it turned out so much better than its cover/veneer.
Friends don’t let friends lowercase abbreviations.
@xAbhishek Wonder what they were thinking/smoking there.
By-lanes of Gautam Nagar instagr.am/p/QX3Lb/[+]
There’s something about the simplicity of rural food served on pattals (dried leafs) that makes me forgive the stench & dirt.
For a while.
@rashmiswamy Has now been watched. Much to take in, but Wes Anderson sure knows how to handle family dynamics, doesn’t he?
@keeperofthekeys Aww. :)
@GnrlMxms Andhra Bhavan has awesome thalis, although it’s not your typical birthday joint. @souvikdg
@mighty_boosher @ConfuseusSay @lokallobaat @peanutbut @BBlessy @DilliBelle I’ll be out of town myself. And yes, let’s fix qawwali night.
Red, yellow, white and green. The Nizammudin dargah at night: prateekrungt…uddin_dargah[+]
Somersault typeplay.tum…9/somersault[+]
@umadamle :) The startup goes as startups go: unpredictably. Wild, boring, fun ride. We’re looking for designers & devs to join us.
How Punk Are We? rrumble.com/…r/arjun-ravi[+] in which @paperslut reflects on piracy redeeming Indian alt music…
Webmark: prateekrungt…/425.webmark[+]
“@_karan: <आकाशवाणी> आप iOS 5 में हिन्दी कीबोर्ड को Settings > General > Keyboards में जाकर चालू कर सकते हैं। </आकाशवाणी>”
Help: I’ve completed roughly 10 viewings each of The Darjeeling Limited & Fantastic Mr. Fox. Which Wes Anderson film should I move to next?
@pricelessjunk Ooh. Good luck!
@pricelessjunk No problem. What’s cooking?
@pricelessjunk priyaprakash…mysore-india[+] priyaprakash…er-market-on[+] priyaprakash…galore-india[+] priyaprakash…630/krmarket[+] priyaprakash…roudly-poses[+]
@nimitnshah I did, and that’s what I replied to: The world is “clearing out the old to make way for the new.”
@nimitnshah Don’t remember the exact numbers. Few of my friends did go though. Liked it.
@nimitnshah The world is “clearing out the old to make way for the new.”
@nimitnshah It’s that live performance, right? Was crazy expensive when he came to Delhi.
Jagjit Singh on the @miranjdesign HQ stereo today.
@GnrlMxms @ap00rv @xAbhishek Yeah I guess it’ll be s/@rungta/@souvikdg/g this time.
@ap00rv @GnrlMxms @xAbhishek I won’t be in town next weekend folks. :-/
@umadamle I’m all for inspiration. Great artists steal & everything is a remix. everythingis…-the-series/[+]
What pisses me is plagiarism. @rs2802
@gonsalves_r Nah, I’m not holding my breath. Just losing a bit of respect for a few.
@immortalmechano But hey, hope you’re enjoying your new chapter!
@gonsalves_r Multiple cases that have recently come to light.
@immortalmechano They certainly need a lesson. In fact, I think a big part of the fault lies with the culture prevalent at colleges here.
If copy off the web then you should be the first to know how easy it is to locate the original source. Think of your shame if nothing else.
Saddened by plagiarism & disregard for authorship by ‘new-age’ creative ‘professionals’ in India.
All this talk of ethics, morals—for what?
@rakeshrach Thanks Rakesh. Stepped back and changed direction yesterday. Sharper focus, more constrains, looming deadline.
@_karan Thanks Karan.
@agrawalshiv Thanks!
@xAbhishek Good decision.
@xAbhishek That is both wonderful and sad. Oh man…
@DilliBelle Thanks! It’s the least we could do.
Our homage to the crazy one. stevejobs.miranj.in/[+]
So long, and thanks for all the fish.
@souvikdg Woops. Sorry for the error.
@anexasajoop Apologies, but I guess you’re now in a position to appreciate my “25% of the reason I returned was for food” statement @natansh
@5anket Happy budday Patel saab!
‘Rockstar’ audio CD found amongst shoes in the rack by the window. @Flipkart delivers! Aaand I’m a few beers down. Boy oh boy!
@geohacker That should come handy. :) @gonsalves_r @droidconIN @NetRoY
A hint of blue at the dargah of Nizamuddin Auliya. flickr.com/p…/6210815360/[+]
@nimitnshah I’m not disappointed. My response would’ve been the same even if they’d announced an iPhone 5. @souvikdg
.@souvikdg on ‘Coming Soon / Under Construction’ sites:
Dark alley, thug attack.
“Help!”
Batman appears & says, “Just a sec coming soon.”
@nimitnshah That’s that. Back to regular programming. @souvikdg
@GnrlMxms Difficult. 1800 at best if I try to squeeze and start early tomorrow, but 1900 is most realistic. @souvikdg @xAbhishek
@GnrlMxms 12 noon? I was under the impression that this was an evening meet. I’ll only be free around 7. @souvikdg @xAbhishek
@gonsalves_r Things have improved quite a bit since that post. The biggest hiccup in getting our LLP off the ground was the bank account.
@xAbhishek ‘Batman: Under the Red Hood’ was awesome! Thanks a lot for bring it to my attention.
@xAbhishek Comic Sans on the menu is maaf at those prices :P Killer name too! Dragon’s Maharani then? @ap00rv @GnrlMxms @kitallis @souvikdg
@xAbhishek There’s 1 Cafe Lounge. It appeared quite decent when I’d gone for the comedy night. Blues bar is way too loud for conversations.
@singlaank Enlighten Film Society enlighten.co…mHome_2.aspx[+] @souvikdg @lokallobaat
@nimitnshah Jo Bhi Main, Dichotomy of Fame, Kun Fayakun, Saadda Haq, Aur Ho…
@nimitnshah Long time since we heard this kind of diversity in a single Rahman album. A little early for a verdict, but hooked so far. You?
@souvikdg Well not personally, no. But say you were to name a kid today, would you not have domain name availability as a prerequisite?
@souvikdg You say “soon will come” only because you’re a while away from having kids. Otherwise we’re already there!
But a good time to remind you that we (@bellycentric) will be heading to an Ananda Mela tomorrow, and you’re invited. bellycentric…-ananda-mela[+]
Waiting to attack, from today’s FED Ramlila mela food walk at Delhi-6. I’ll spare you the details this time. instagr.am/p/OyIy2/[+]
@pricelessjunk When it comes to timezone math, always leave it to everytimezone.com/[+]
@lokallobaat Haha, I meant to ask why you were getting off at New Delhi. Assumed you would’ve parked your car there.
@SlainPorcelain Cool. Sometime during the week. Ta!
So the capital walla M.A.S is (finally?) on Twitter. Who knew? @proustmetro
@SlainPorcelain I know, I know, been through your portfolio. :)
Btw, we’re actually looking for a graphic designer to collaborate with.
@SlainPorcelain wince
Not the “Shoot this bunny to win an iPad” types I hope.
@SlainPorcelain I wish ugly ads were restricted to work time. But no, they follow you everywhere.
@DilliBelle That’s my default state yo!
I love how the majority of the worst ads on a webpage are pre-emptively removed by virtue of them using Flash, and me blocking Flash.
@vrinda_m Doubt @souvikdg will make it. He’s presenting at this meet-up in Noida tomorrow and is unsure about his plans at 7. @lokallobaat
@5anket Yup. More on Flickr: flickr.com/p…25006527259/[+]
@DilliBelle Arrey DM to check karo! :)
Sigur Ghat road, a drive up memory lane. prateekrungt…ur_ghat_road[+] /cc @5anket
@beastoftraal Ah yes, Bollywood Hungama. The elephant in the room. Guess I’ll just have to make do with them until the 3rd. Thanks!
@beastoftraal Hey Karthik, is Rockstar out on some online store already? Flipkart says the CD release is still 3 days away.
And on that note by Mr @zeldman, slides from my “[Introduction to] Typography for the Web” presentation from last year: speakerdeck….-for-the-web[+]
@rungtaakki Ah, Sita Sings the Blues. Great movie, isn’t it? @rashmiswamy
@souvikdg @lokallobaat 1500! That’s crazy even by Delhi standards. Ek to hum ja chuke hain, do ghar ke peeche hai, bacha Nizamuddin. There.
@5anket Lucky bugger.
@5anket Drool
When did this happen?
How ridiculous is it that there’s no real credible platform for buying music online in India? This needs to be fixed. blogs.wsj.co…ndian-music/[+]
@gonsalves_r Hahaha, jsFoo-Bar. Classic! @souvikdg
@DilliBelle Just the two of us then. Hmm. :)
@gonsalves_r Haha. Well @souvikdg tells me there are a few in Bangalore as well, the palace grounds one probably the largest of the lot.
@gonsalves_r Thanks! You’ll be busy with jsFoo I suppose. :-)
More details on the @bellycentric blog bellycentric…-ananda-mela[+]
To all who love to curse me after my weekend food reports, here’s a chance to be on the receiving end come Sunday. yfrog.com/kjajslkj[+]
To all you wonderful bloggers and non-techies, fear no longer your occasional tryst with HTML & CSS: dontfeartheinternet.com/[+] by @jessicahische.
@lokallobaat Certainly.
Okay folks, here’s your 1st Oct Saturday afternoon taken care of: Red Bull F1 event at Rajpath followed by Indian Ocean twitter.com/…547250241537[+]
If you found The Music Project prateekrungt…/422.webmark[+] even remotely interesting, you’re going to love the @dewarists youtube.com/…ure=youtu.be[+]
@StrangelyYours That sounds right. Wish I remembered saying that though :) But hey, thanks!
So @SlainPorcelain interested in @miranjdesign?
@mighty_boosher Amitating dost.
Thanks for the dropoff yesterday. Something tells me I wouldn’t have done too well on the public transport.
@anexasajoop @prtksxna No, it’s not. But then, embrace constraints?
@ConfuseusSay My weekly gaali khaoing time. Love it!
Today’s spoils: mini idlis, watermelon juice, chole bhature, leechi ice tea, garden burger, diavola pizza, penne arrabiata, spaghetti peppe…
@prtksxna @anexasajoop You mean you don’t use asterisks for plain-text emphasis? Haww!
@rakeshrach I’m afraid it will. :(
I’ll let @souvikdg offer a non-literal translation when he comes around.
Original tweet, for all the favourite ’ing love: twitter.com/…373466812416[+]
Nusrat’s gem— काली काली जुल्फों के फंदे ना डालो हमें ज़िन्दा रहने दो ऐ हुस्नवालो ना छेरो हमें हम सताए हुए हैं बहुत ज़ख्म सीने पे खाए हुए हैं
Some strange bug is not letting me re-tweet @souvikdg sharing a gem of song by the great Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, so I’m just going to quote:
@anexasajoop Good luck Pooja. Go kern the world!
Bloody hell. Up at 5! Weirdest side-effect of free beer. #KFBeerUp
@xAbhishek Dude, you have to give me ‘Batman - Under the Red Hood’ next time we meet. Pukka.
@keeperofthekeys Beginners’ mistake. Some misplaced sense of security that carrying 5 meals worth food is your videshi diet taken care of.
@pardekaduniya Shor In the City, Shaitan, Yeh Saali Zindagi?
The Music Project. Way too few have come across this excellent video series featuring local indie music talent. prateekrungt…/422.webmark[+]
@DilliBelle Seen this yet? trailers.app…ragontattoo/[+] I didn’t know David Fincher was behind the adaptation!
@lokallobaat Drat, wrong link. The correct one: thedelhiwall…ddin-dargah/[+] @mighty_boosher
@lokallobaat So the qawwals in the video are actually locals from the Nizami Bandhu family. Nice touch. thedelhiwall…uslim-delhi/[+] @mighty_boosher
@ConfuseusSay Exactly! @DilliBelle
@ConfuseusSay Italian, not American. But alas…
Still looking for a housemate. 1 room vacant in a 3BHK at Vasant Kunj, ready to occupy from 1st Oct. More details: delhi.craigs…7796071.html[+]
@gonsalves_r Yes please. I’ve been looking for a chance for some time now.
campaignmoni….com/hiring/[+]
authenticjobs.com/six/[+]
@s_shashank_s I think I’ve even paid a fine at one point for losing my paper printout. So relieved they’ve finally come around to this.
@rungtaakki Punctuality. It runs in the batch. :P @5anket @wateva
@lokallobaat This songs makes me want to re-visit even sooner. Perhaps you can join us @mighty_boosher and see the dargah for yourself.
@mighty_boosher Absolutely. Only gets better with multiple viewings.
@lokallobaat They did film at the Nizamuddin dargah. mumbaimirror…e-music.html[+]
If you thought Wes Anderson took it a bit too far with “The train’s lost” in The Darjeeling Ltd, well you were wrong! articles.tim…ain-schedule[+]
Soft-copy PDFs / screen-shots finally being accepted as valid tickets on Indian Railways. irctc.co.in/VRM.htm[+]
@lokallobaat @souvikdg Yes, noticed that earlier today. Was going to suggest adding it to our list.
“हया तो छोड़ो बेहया की चाल भी खा जाए
और अगर परोसा जा सके तो ख्याल भी खा जाए”
@gonsalves_r @siracusa @jasim_ab HAHAHAHA. That was totally RAD!
Also, -1 to my internet geek cred for managing to miss this.
@jasim_ab Haha, you’re welcome! This page by @siracusa from his epic Lion review might be of interest arstechnica….x-10-7.ars/5[+] @gonsalves_r
@gonsalves_r Beautiful. A little suspicious of the skeumorphic approach though, especially for the long run. @jasim_ab
@BrahmiComputing looks up Caravan magazine phone numbers :P
Dare to [fucking] think beyond Facebook.
@souvikdg Stealth real-world cases (by Twitter) for testing if the ‘Deny’ button works as advertised.
@DilliBelle @lokallobaat *Ass, Yoo Ass Aye.
@pricelessjunk Hipster. Replace flip-flops with chappals for added effect.
@5anket Samples from the Indian indie music scene: twitter.com/…215523500032[+]
Btw, you should totally follow that twitter account. #ShamelessPlug
@lokallobaat 20th September. 2 more days!
@DilliBelle Btw, you should totally fave this tweet: twitter.com/…437306744833[+]
@souvikdg I’ve had better. Idlis are not their strong point. However, I think this place fills the gap that Andhra Bhavan’s breakfast left.
@5anket There there. Well actually, it’s all here here. :P
@DilliBelle Yes, I love you too. :P
Idli, Upma, Set Dosa, Bisi Bele Bhath, Watermelon juice & Rasmalai ice-cream at the Karnataka Sangha food centre.
burrp #plissexcuse
“Hi.”
“Hey! I think we met sometime in Melbourne.”
“Did we? At Uni? I don’t remember… wait, oh yeah, I fixed your router in 1st year!”
@pricelessjunk @keeperofthekeys A Delhi vs Bangalore Hot Chocolate Fudge post? You should do that just so we can link from @bellycentric. :P
@iTreanor Ah, the geek legacy lives on! :)
What’re you up to these days?
@iTreanor DPS RKP. Wait, do I know you?
@iTreanor अरे क्या बताऊँ पुल्कित जी । ऐसे solid breaks लगते हैं ना इन नए बसों में, शरीर का एक एक organ हिल जाता है !
@lokallobaat Don’t think this is happening for me. Mani Kaul though I’m also very interested in. When are you back?
@xAbhishek How about Mamagoto? Most authentic Thai curry me and @lokallobaat have had in Delhi so far. zomato.com/n…mamagoto-947[+] @souvikdg
Ladies, 9 months or 9 #DTC bus rides. #youprefer
@xAbhishek Cusine? @souvikdg
BB King and John Mayer, ladies and gentlemen youtube.com/…ure=youtu.be[+] & youtube.com/…ure=youtu.be[+]
Blues. Slow dancing. Drag, drag, drag… where’s my single malt?
@keeperofthekeys Um, okay.
@keeperofthekeys This might help facebook.com/login.php[+]
I’d gone for last week’s sketch night and it was howlarious!
@mighty_boosher Shoot me an email. Address is on miranj.in[+]
@rakeshrach And lest you miss out, Coldplay’s new single: youtube.com/…=J6ZWlDks0nQ[+]
@rungtaakki So proud of you :’)
@BrahmiComputing And funny: ‘ताज़ा करें’ for ‘Refresh’.
@keeperofthekeys … Wine Wine!
@aroradush Yup.
Super Mario Brothers, the Great Wall of China. (by lucas78) flickr.com/p…/5876542492/[+]
Eena Meena Deeka, Dai Damo Deeka… @miranjdesign stereo.
Dilbar dilbar dilbar, haan dilbar dilbar. Dilbar dilbar dilbar, haan dilbar dilbar. #DTC stereo
@gonsalves_r Wouldn’t that be convenient. :P @xAbhishek
@xAbhishek Here’s some expert advice to help you out:
@jasonsantamaria – twitter.com/…719501258752[+]
@xAbhishek Thumb rule is to try to read long form text yourself and then return to reading the OS interface. Does it feel natural?
@xAbhishek I wouldn’t be so harsh as to call it unreadable, but a few notches higher would be a lot more comfortable on the iPhone screen.
@xAbhishek Good work! Why the small font-size at phone widths though? Text should be readable without zooming, don’t you think? @lut4rp
Spicy, masaledaar, garma garam naans at Kake Di Hatti. New on @bellycentric bellycentric…ake-di-hatti[+]
And a good night to you too!
#DTC bus driver halts before a flyover. Conductor shouts, “neeche se neeche se, phir laft lena. Arrey koi samne khada ho kar raasta bata do”
@aroradush Loha garam hai. Kamra khaali ho raha hai. Shift kar jaiye, phir training shuru! :)
@aroradush I just completed the first book (for the nth time) again! All triggered by someone’s re-tweet of a quote from the book.
@aroradush “Ah, music, a magic beyond all we do here.” —Dumbledore.
@s_shashank_s I’ve seen photos of the Nizamuddin one. Is it the one on the way to the Dargah? And woah, a new discovery in Dwarka! Details?
@aroradush Sitting atop a body of work that includes Khosla ka Ghosla, Oye Lucky Lucky Oye and Love Sex aur Dhoka! :)
@xAbhishek At 6AM and 6PM to be precise. Be on time and you might just catch the transition. :) @rashmiswamy
Came across as a very sensible, realist fellow who doesn’t live in a world of hopes and “if only”s. No wonder he is where he is.
Interesting Q&A session with Dibakar Banerjee today before the screening of Oye Lucky. Talk of life in Delhi+Bombay, offbeat cinema & more.
Hidden in plain sight. The 15th century Ugrasen ki Baoli at Hailey Road, Connaught Place prateekrungt…sen_ki_baoli[+]
@aroradush Not that Nolan has a trademark style, but I know what you mean. Have you seen his first feature ‘Following’?
@aroradush Yup, still open. People are calling and visiting everyday so hurry!
@lokallobaat Ah yes, they were the ones behind the ‘Naya Cinema Festival’ at Mumbai. twitter.com/…311955968000[+]
@lokallobaat Wow, Enlighten have a god awful website. Who’d have thought looking at those nice pamphlets? enlighten.co…mHome_2.aspx[+]
@lokallobaat Oye, @souvikdg said he might be coming.
@aroradush Working your way through the list I see. Good, very good.
@anexasajoop Oh goodie! Our beloved markup and stylesheets can misbehave at times though, so if you need any help, feel free…
@anexasajoop So, so very much. May I ask what you’re bringing to life?
OH @souvikdg: “I found a guy working at Infosys Bangalore.”
@lokallobaat: “That could be anyone on the street, no?”
@pricelessjunk Communicate to them a definite age upper limit.?
@lokallobaat @mighty_boosher Also, I think I can say for sure now that I’ll be attending Startup Saturday tomorrow.
@mighty_boosher Haha, well at least you had a thinner bottle at your disposal. Poor fellow is having to rely on just warm water here.
@mighty_boosher Hahaha! I shall deliver your sympathy once I’m done laughing.
Housemate’s hands stuck with fevikwik. He missed the crucial “Keep out of reach from children.”
@aroradush I liked it. We missed the session at 7:30 but caught the one at 10. Will be returning for that, the awesome halva we had + more!
@eclairsk3 I know! Bloody fool, doesn’t know what’s good for him. @erm_wat
@eclairsk3 Ha! C’mon @erm_wat, you should spend your b’day with the most important people in your life, like me. :P
@erm_wat Dude why is your phone not turned on and on roaming?
@VerbalKungFu Sorry, 6k sounds more like a full weekend general admission ticket. Grandstands in Melb were $300+ on race day. @souvikdg
@GitikaMandekar Hot. What a darling.
@erm_wat Jealous much?
@VerbalKungFu So 6k (provided you’re getting a grandstand seat) might be worth it, but hey, this is India and you can never tell. @souvikdg
@VerbalKungFu But the 2 races I attended at Melbourne were more like carnivals with activities happening from 8am till late night. @souvikdg
@VerbalKungFu The race itself is hard to follow unless you’re listening to the commentary and/or facing one of the giant screens. @souvikdg
@aroradush @niyambhushan @lokallobaat FYI, me and @souvikdg will be heading to the dargah around 8.
@erm_wat Dude your birthday is today, September 8th. You’ve taken it to another level this time. :P @sonix15
@s_shashank_s So Shashank, are you heading to the dargah tonight? What time? @souvikdg @gonsalves_r
@NipunKedia DETAILS :P
Reminds of the ducks from Finding Nemo. yfrog.com/mg2mbkp[+]
@keeperofthekeys XKCD high five! Was explaining this to my housemates during the mohalla get-together after the quake.
Also, apt. xkcd.com/723/[+]
@keeperofthekeys Yes, must be something about my generation. @lokallobaat’s first quake too and @aroradush still didn’t feel them tremors!
@souvikdg Heard this idiot on the idiot box saying in a bored tone, “No our instruments did not record any strong seismic activity.”
@keeperofthekeys Thank you! :P
@gonsalves_r I had written “not stirred”. Deleted just before posting. Didn’t want to make it too obvious. @souvikdg
@souvikdg Earthquake. Shaken!!
@sonix15 Yup. One part of me is going… finally! :P
Damn. No one got the joke.
First live quake experience. Left quite shaken.
@souvikdg I doubt shorts will be an issue, but just to be on the safer side… yes.
@DilliBelle Details.
Housemate moving out end of Sep, 1 room vacancy in our furnished 3BHK@ Vasant Kunj. Ping me for details if you’re looking for accommodation.
@gonsalves_r My my, you’re too kind. Enjoying this collaboration.
@chigateri Updated the list. Thanks! twitter.com/…ta/shepherds[+]
@mighty_boosher Wordpress yes, Vbulletin no. :-/
@mighty_boosher No worries. Will let you know on Friday. @lokallobaat
Third dinner. Oh yeah!
@mighty_boosher The info page seems to be a Google Doc embedded using an iframe. Some ext must be blocking. docs.google….mbedded=true[+] @lokallobaat
@aroradush Around 8pm, eh @souvikdg?
@mighty_boosher 2 to 6pm, American Centre, KG Marg. Probably going. Were you looking at the right page? startupsatur….php?eid=156[+] @lokallobaat
@niyambhushan No real plan actually, just out of interest. Don’t know who’ll be performing this week. Interested? livemint.com…s-music.html[+]
@lokallobaat Camera taiyaar rakhiyo.
@mighty_boosher Oh you should definitely attend this month’s. Travel and tourism themed! @lokallobaat
@lokallobaat Probably. Will take a final call on Friday depending on availability and the full speaker lineup.
Reminder: Heading to Nizamuddin Dargah on Thursday for a night of sufi music. Any one interested is welcome to join.
@aroradush Like @souvikdg said, no real plan as such. Just sufi music and hopefully some good food. Background reading: livemint.com…s-music.html[+]
@gonsalves_r ‘God sent’ is how I like to think of Dropbox. :)
Talking to auto drivers is always fun, but these Jodhpur autowallas+@FOGGodyssey take it to another level foggodyssey….-confession/[+] via @start_mag
140 character filmy doses from the younger Rungta over at @pardekaduniya.
Old school over at @ohnoir.
@pallavimanchi Nice hosts, good food, great place, isn’t it? Been hunting for a similar setting in Delhi, in vain. Guess it’s the weather.
@jackerhack Could be these guys. robosoftin.com/[+] They built the iPad app & seem to offer Android dev too.
“Thats why these beautiful postcard photos are a lie. Their calmness insults our wisdom for we knew what happened later thedelhiwall…uslim-delhi/[+]
@xAbhishek Sadly, yes. It’ll still be up for an year or so before they turn it off completely.
Sunday project: rungta.tumblr.com/[+]
I can haz tumblr blo—err, home page.
Open Invite: Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya Dargah, this Thursday night (8th Sep).
@keeperofthekeys Not lists, just don’t follow those you don’t want on your timeline.
@keeperofthekeys Ah but here you can choose to not listen without offending the speaker.
That build up to an eagerly awaited Rahman soundtrack release.
@gonsalves_r Yeah. “Doubt even Adobe apps take this long to install.” Wait. Adobe AIR. What was I thinking? :P
@gonsalves_r Violating my computer. Doubt even Adobe apps take this long to install.
@keeperofthekeys That Twitter छोडना बुरी चीज़ होती है । @pricelessjunk
@souvikdg @aroradush Disgust?
@lut4rp The realised joys of a physical existence. Great story!
@jackerhack I’ve kept it around for very specific tasks: World time, Currency conversion, Calendar, Mint stats and now Google Analytics.
@pricelessjunk Ah, I see it now. Should complete the entire timeline before questioning mindlessly. Still, awesome logo. @keeperofthekeys
@keeperofthekeys Lesson learnt? :P @pricelessjunk
@pricelessjunk Nice new logo! When did this happen?
@jackerhack I’ve ditched Basecamp myself, but Highrise has fit the bill really well. We’re still on the free plan.
@jackerhack Highrise works great for us. highrisehq.com/[+]
Of the people that I have nothing but disgust for, motorists who splash water on pedestrians, cycle riders, autos etc. must be right up top.
@immortalmechano Not in our dictionary. :P
@immortalmechano There’s a reason that page says “hire” ;-)
Oh, and as I’m sure you can tell, we @miranjdesign are open for new projects. Have us make your next awesome website: miranj.in/hire-us[+]
All this pizza talk at @miranjdesign HQ reminding me of Melbourne; Lygon Street, Hardware Lane and that one time I was served pepperoni.
@DilliBelle I hope it’s for not liking the Atif Aslam overdose.
Full-on Atif Aslam on the @miranjdesign HQ stereo today. :-/
@goberoi @BOMProduction They’re operating out of the US and have licensed songs as far as I know.
@goberoi Thanks mate! Great work on BCS too. Our Indian film scene is finally getting some proper web design love. /cc @BOMProduction
@PranavBakliwal Signal vs Noise. Case in point: http://t.co/op1fHPx
@DilliBelle I suddenly feel all powerful. Let’s see: Twitter’s quarantine room. For stay orders on people with too many followers. :P
@PranavBakliwal stellar.io/rungta[+] but hush now ;-)
Today’s #dhinchakRingtone heard on the bus: “Oye oye, oye oye, oye o o aaa…
@pricelessjunk Best thing about Indian festivals, no?
Afore linked awesome Bollywood covers site by @goberoi.
Anu Malik FTW! Watch Bollywood ripoffs with the originals side by side bollywoodcoversongs.com/[+] /via @nimbupani
@milliblog you have to see this.
OS X tip: Word Breaks for Nerds red-sweater….ks-for-nerds[+]
@souvikdg Oooh that is a gold mine. Nos. 7, 9, 13 standouts and the big bang number 20! :P
@pragmatic_d Or rather, who gets cut off if UID does come in?
@rakeshrach Everyone around him was all smiles after his phone rang. Would’ve been all laughs had he let the ring continue any further.
Had Kaffir Lime Tea today. Liked it lots. Shouldn’t have let it go cold when the red curry arrived. [Lah, Hauz Khas Village]
@kingSidharth Nahin! Tune mere OT (original tweet) to RT kaise keh diya? :P
Coming down to Delhi anytime soon?
Awesome ringtone heard on the metro: “Jungle jungle baat chali hai pata chala hai…
To College or Not to College. @kingSidharth on his decision to take a drop year instead of following the paved path. 64notes.com/…-to-college/[+]
@toor_sunny Haha, awesome!
अरे रेडियो के ज़माने का यह पहला मल्टीप्लेक्स था। Motumaster. Thoroughly enjoyable lyrics by Mr. @ankash1009. bellycentric…3/motumaster[+]
Go Djoker!
A little delayed but up and running before the grandslam kicks off. US Open 2011 draws: Men prateekrungt…pen/2011/men[+] & Women prateekrungt…n/2011/women[+]
@xAbhishek @rashmiswamy Should be resolved now. Comment counts seem to take a while to update, but can’t do much about that.
@rashmiswamy @RohithNair Diagnosed the problem (+discovered an even more critical bug), but fixing both will delete current comments. Sorry.
@aroradush Yay! How good was the screenplay?
@rashmiswamy @RohithNair Hmm, will check this out tomorrow.
Housemate telling me about Lok Parlok – Jeetendra movie where he goes up & convinces the gods to go on a strike! Souls die, go up & return.
And @jasonsantamaria’s fifth (and latest) design is out! jasonsantama…five-and-ten[+]
Taking in the details…
@gonsalves_r Hey Rahul. Want to catchup tomorrow evening?
@anexasajoop Or you could pinch @darthvader and feel the force here on twitter itself. @prtksxna
@lokallobaat Do botlein idhar bhijwa diyo.
@mighty_boosher Madam nahin, mai-dum. Maidum.
Much thanks to @lokallobaat for the tip and @RajneeshKapoor for putting it together. (Oh and hey Rajneesh, we met today.)
What a riot! Jaws haven’t pained this much since Russell P live in Melb. For the laughs, for your support, don’t miss standup comedy nights.
@aroradush This might be of interest: twitter.com/…894332301312[+] Me and @souvikdg will be in attendance.
@vrinda_m Yup.
@5anket Ah, trust @rungtaakki to know. Takes us back a long long time.
@gonsalves_r Pick your favourites and we’ll set a date. bellycentric…handni+chowk[+] /cc @souvikdg
@gonsalves_r Oh you’re just getting warmed up. When do you want to take in the real deal? #chandnichowk
@Jason_Birch Yup, that too.
@oddysee Indeed I do, as does the other casualty @souvikdg twitter.com/…846797045760[+]
Out.
s/resistance/reluctance/
… I’m desperate to meet an Indian Chartered Accountant who invalidates this gross generalisation.
The conservatism, the plagiarism, the resistance, the scams, the smugness, the carelessness, the pride, the prejudice…
@Cleartrip Methinks you need to highlight the calendar a bit more. Too few know of this indispensable time-saver of a feature. @jackerhack
@anexasajoop And with a good dose of humour too! Credit to @TimesofBullshit for sharing this.
‘Urdu, Awadh and the Tawaif: the Islamicate roots of Hindi cinema’, an essay by Mukul Kesavan columbia.edu…ema_2004.pdf[+] /via @TimesofBullshit
@aroradush Haha, I’m not that arrogant. There are lot of things that make or break a movie for a person. Near impossible to be universal.
@niyambhushan cough indiantypefoundry.com/[+] fontfeed.com…-and-lirico/[+] ilovetypogra…-devanagari/[+] cough
@aroradush Lucky you. I still remember that first watch experience.
Better late than never! Also queue up Nolan’s Memento and Prestige.
@rashmiswamy Ugrasen/Agrasen ki Baoli.
@DilliBelle Do teen Amritsari kulche mere behalf pe.
As do the inscriptions on this mosque (Nili Masjid) from Sikander Lodi’s time. flickr.com/p…photostream/[+]
Bears a strong resemblance with this coin from the Tughlak rule. chiefacoins….i.htm#table5[+] (third row)
Help! Which Delhi Sultanate dynasty does this crest belong to? Is it the Lodis or is this just a generic inscription? yfrog.com/h7fdap[+]
Dinner at Kake di Hatti, breakfast at Andhra Bhavan, time travel at Ugrasen ki Baoli and a lazy lazy afternoon at Teen Murti Bhavan.
Trees and paddlers in small town India. prateekrungt…ro_city_park[+]
Might I indulge you in a chronological walkthrough of some historic Indian architecture? flickr.com/p…23447191733/[+]
@DilliBelle Say hello to delicious.com/[+] or pinboard.in/[+] (better but one time sign up fee).
@jackerhack Pre-unibody MBP + bad experience with Safari 5.1 have me holding off. Snow Leopard works just fine…
The “getting paid” part seems quite popular. Folks, we have openings for designers, developers, cooks & jhaduwalas @miranjdesign. Serious!
@vrinda_m People known to people you know should get in touch…
@anexasajoop Asking for a corporate cousin. Interested @satwikg?
@DilliBelle Ha, don’t we all? :P
Who here likes drawing caricatures and wants to get paid for it?
@xAbhishek @souvikdg Oh and look what I bumped into today. accountabili….in/about-us[+]
@NipunKedia Good we sent both disks then. Enjoy your new OS!
Chattarpur, the temple town. instagr.am/p/KP0Jo/[+]
Coming back to life at Fatehpur Sikri. prateekrungt…ishti_dargah[+]
When it rains in Delhi nidhis.tumbl…-in-delhi-on[+]
@5anket That is a good list. No surprises given the source.
The discovery, origins and rise of the @-symbol. shadycharact…part-2-of-2/[+] /via @divya
@nitinmgarg Hi Nitin. We might be able to help miranj.in[+]
@lokallobaat @lakshmisharath That photo’s very misleading. Here is the Dudhsagar in full glory sharatchandr…r-falls.html[+] and flickr.com/p…/4589277002/[+]
@NipunKedia What! Took you one whole month to eat a vada pav in Mumbai?
@DilliBelle You’re welcome. :P
@DilliBelle You need to fix that asap. My last filling was just two days back! bellycentric…o-the-kulfis[+]
@DilliBelle All hail Kuremalji!
Wishing @lokallobaat the Happy the Budday and giving shabashi on a thrilling train boarding sequence, à la The Darjeeling Limited.
An Afghani change from the frequent Indian flavours. The Mazaar Detour, new on @bellycentric bellycentric…azaar-detour[+]
Whiteboard spotted at IFFCO Chowk station’s customer care+control room:
Previous day ridership: 15,904
Previous day earning: 3,05,857
Oh the joys of a Gurgaon shared auto. Driver complains of cameras at intersections—says 360 challans issued the day they became operational.
Jama Masjid and @souvikdg http://instagr.am/p/Jtzgo/
Revisiting (school) life. Cloud struck. prateekrungt…/07/nilgiris[+]
(Also framedandfoc…re-made.html[+] from the other school)
Script writers, please note: there exist creative professions besides photography.
@aroradush Heard about your first visit to purani dilli. Deed writers, wedding cards and chemists, hilarious! :) Any luck on the Urdu front?
In Fatehpur Sikri, brown skinned people with big cameras and small pants are asked for the Delhi CM’s name to prove their nationality.
@jackerhack Same experience at Fatehpur Sikri.
In Fatehpur Sikri, desi and angrezi are sold at different thekas. In Fatehpur Sikri beer is considered desi.
@DilliBelle Excellent! I have more experience on “thin budgets” than I like to admit.
“Unlimited booze and unlimited food. What else do you want in life?”
@DilliBelle Detail, hmm. You might need some coffee with that.
Baadshahi Entrance, Fatehpur Sikri http://instagr.am/p/JhmX1/
@pricelessjunk Brave. Where?
@lokallobaat Housemate + car and @rashmiswamy.
@DilliBelle Fatehpur Sikri. Do not take the Bharatpur route. If you do, do not miss the samosas at Bharatpur. Especially during monsoon.
@souvikdg @rashmiswamy @xAbhishek @lokallobaat Dekho bhaiya, this is your area of expertise. Decide and direct. We shall follow.
@eclairsk3 @5anket Sorry, excited.
@DilliBelle Dude, experienced Faridabad’s bypass today. Had to turn back, retract and swim through to find NH 2.
@gonsalves_r w00t! Belly ready?
@eclairsk3 Not carrot-man but there was another board game that my friend is unable to recall in his ex tired. Any memories? /cc @5anket
Also, Bloody Mary stories from 9th standard. Want to fall off my chair.
Our hotel owner at Fatehpur Sikri: Mere do bete hain. Ek puchta hai, “Papa pair dabaoon kya?” aur doosra puchta hai, “Papa, thake to nahin?”
@rashmiswamy @xAbhishek @souvikdg @lokallobaat Re: tourists+food, let’s all convene at Jamma Masjid / Karim’s / Nizam’s for lunch on Monday?
@aroradush Keep me updated on this. I might just join you.
@weeny Me too! I missed food most when I was there (though that has been put right: bellycentric.in[+]). Now I miss the beer.
@weeny I’m rather jealous. Those photos make me want to experience Bombay even more.
You an ex-Melbournite as well?
@Jason_Birch Caret denotes the Ctrl key, not Shift 6.
@PranavBakliwal Lion + multi-touch-pad show-off.
Why is the only Mac-like browser shedding its Mac-like tag? Both ⇧⌘L (Google search) and ⌃⌘D (Dictionary lookup) broken in Safari 5.1.
बारिश।
All sorts of good, Bombay and elsewhere. thisissheena…tegory/blog/[+] by @weeny
/via @rakeshrach
@rashmiswamy Very.
‘Film Sessions’ playlists by @cameronmoll designers.mx…lm_sessions/[+] & designers.mx…_sessions_2/[+]
Also an inspiration for Instagraphy prateekrungt…/instagraphy[+]
And how apt for both these posts to appear now. ytvinay.post…rning-indian[+] by @ytvinay and miranj.in/bl…1/sweet-spot[+] at the-company-I-started’s new blog.
Yesterday marked the completion of my first year back in India. So glad I made this decision.
Is there a @stephenfry fan club yet?
@tenmilescorp @Shalin10 Congratulations! Great intro site. Happy to see that much love was given to the copy all over.
@xAbhishek Oye, Happy B’day mate!
Bad decision today. Missed out on what seems to have been an exciting Hungarian GP. One whole month :( before the next race (Spa, yay!).
@rashmiswamy w00t!
[Reminder] Open Invite: Delhi-(Agra?)-Fatehpur Sikri, 6-7 Aug. Night halt at Fatehpur Sikri. Expected budget: 2k. Reservations in 24 hours.
Making way for the moon. Chandni Chowk in a different light: prateekrungt…handni_chowk[+]
@pricelessjunk Black if it can handle the other colours (text, links etc.) well, white otherwise.
@pricelessjunk Not exactly road signs but hey, multilingual + public transport + design. poojasaxena….ore-edition/[+]
@DilliBelle Happy B’day celebrity!
@salvn I feel your pain brother. Even thinking about MUSO a.k.a. Blackboard gives me the creeps.
@hasgeek Will turn up most likely.
@rashmiswamy That’s right, 6th-7th weekend.
Open Invite: Delhi-(Agra?)-Fatehpur Sikri, next weekend. Night halt at Fatehpur Sikri. Expected budget: 2k. Reservations in 48 hours.
The Brick House Diner, Satya Niketan. Best [vegetarian] burger I’ve had since returning to India. More from FED: foodenthusia…-burger.html[+]
@souvikdg @lokallobaat cough Miranj music appreciation fund cough.
@TheDailyHoney WireTap Pro. Simple, & straightforward.
@gonsalves_r @jackerhack ‘Porn for type lovers’ is what I refer to FontsInUse.com by. How refreshing is fontsinuse.c…l-about-tea/[+] for a monospace?
Authentic, accessible, hassle-free, cheap: Andhra Bhavan Canteen. My new favourite restaurant in town.
@lokallobaat @ConfuseusSay Yes please. More thanks.
@lokallobaat @souvikdg @bhavyakhanna @vrinda_m Definitely want to watch The Tree of Life, but unsure about the weekend just yet.
@lokallobaat @souvikdg Sweet. More restaurants which serve alcohol please.
@gonsalves_r League Gothic works great at XXL sizes complainingissilly.com/[+] :)
Enjoyed watching a play after almost 9 years. Almost as long as my last stage act. The Blue Mug was good, very good.
@souvikdg Print that on the back. That way, showing your back when asked “Would you like anything else?” will work on multiple levels.
@anexasajoop :)
MOMENTUS: Illustrations of iconic US history moments momentusproject.com/[+] How about an Indian version @nitinmgarg @arjunphlox @pricelessjunk?
A Think Black Line: Movie sketches by movie maker @SumitPurohit athinblackli…rdpress.com/[+]
@jackerhack @souvikdg @nixxin 5pm at the Costa Coffee café on CP’s outer circle then. Mailed you my number just in case.
@5anket Never get tired of that movie. Good stuff all round.
Keyboard shortcuts, tab order, window focus, everything is different in…
…iTunes 10.4. This will take some getting used to.
@jackerhack @souvikdg @nixxin We could probably meet at Connaught Place then. When would be a good time for you?
@jackerhack We @miranjdesign would love to meet up. Where in Delhi are you going to be hanging about? /cc @souvikdg
@_karan Subversion. Using Mercurial for 2+ years has been like freedom. Regularly tempted by git (only because of Github) though.
hg init
@eclairsk3 @erm_wat Not yet. Can’t get myself to watch Harry & Voldie jumping off a cliff.
Jagannath -> Juggernaut en.wikipedia…i/Juggernaut[+]
Curse the smart-ass who thought including “The Epic Conclusion to The Dark Knight Legend” in the teaser was a good idea.
@_karan खुद से (re)सेट करना पडता है, वह भी सिर्फ designer ने letter-spacing को पहले बदला हो तो। CSS के तौर से कोइ bug नहीं।
“My campaign will be based on cheaper and easier access to beer.” Peace in the South East! jacobjoseph…./jacobs-list[+] /via @DryDayDryDay
@_karan letter-spacing तो हिन्दी पर लागू ही नहीं होना चाहिए, अौर word-spacing छोटे अक्षरों को पढ़ने में मदत करता है।
@_karan जी हाँ जनाब, मगर फिलहाल मुझे देवनागरी अश्ररों को खुद blocks में wrap करना पड रहा है।
[lang=”hi”], [lang|=”hi”] {
word-spacing: 0.1em;
letter-spacing: 0;
}
@pricelessjunk Welcome home! :)
Burp Another satisfying dinner at Andhra Bhavan. In spite of a very late lunch.
@rashmiswamy You always know the right question to ask. prateekrungt…handni_chowk[+]
@rakeshrach Beautiful thing, isn’t it? Don’t miss the source microsite, it’s a treasure trove.
The City of Delhi Before The Siege, The Illustrated London News, January 16, 1986. columbia.edu…lfullmap.jpg[+] /via columbia.edu…iew1857.html[+]
@shalynee I’m on Aperture and the ‘Recovery’ there unfortunately isn’t very good.
@shalynee Yup, will hunt. Thanks for that!
Love in India by Q (a.k.a. Kaushik Mukerjee) as the penultimate selection gave the 2011 National Film Festival a fitting end.
@shalynee That seems perfect! Didn’t know something like this existed. Easily available I presume?
So bloody difficult to get the right exposure on “cloud infested” photos. Even harder to process. Any tips/pointers?
@5anket Inside Job: prateekrungt…/411.webmark[+]
Leaving Home - The Life and Music of Indian Ocean: leavinghomethefilm.com/[+]
@gonsalves_r Give us a holler when you’re down here. /cc @souvikdg
@souvikdg Haha. Bhaag bhaag DG-S DG-S DG-S, bhaag bhaag DG-S-DG bhaag. Aandhi aayi hai!
@5anket Darn you. Massive craving now.
DTC Legacy http://instagr.am/p/HoADJ/
Own your identity marco.org/20…our-identity[+]
Mast Kalandar, duma dum.
@rakeshrach You said it! And it keeps getting better the more you read.
Wikipedia night. Khyber Pass, Afghanistan, Buddhas of Bamiyan, Minaret of Jam, Shrine of Hazrat Ali, Mazar-i-Sharif, Genghis Khan, Ghurid…
@xAbhishek Ooh, interesting. Reminds me of Gotham Knight, another animated build-up to the live action release. imdb.com/tit…e/tt1117563/[+]
@sonix15 Absolutely! He was so knocked out the whole movie.
Awesomely entertaining dying scene by Irrfan Khan in Yeh Saali Zindagi. Fun movie.
Woke up to rain tapping gently on the window sill, Le Moulin playing softly in the room.
@lokallobaat Yeah dunno what’s up with that, but let’s not discredit direction due to productions. Though I liked Karthik Calling Karthik.
@PranavBakliwal @lokallobaat And in any case, YouTube is soon getting a clean interface update by default. youtube.com/cosmicpanda[+]
@PranavBakliwal @lokallobaat They claim to have extensions for FireFox and Chrome as well, just in case.
@PranavBakliwal @lokallobaat Ha! Btw, you guys should also check out the ‘A Cleaner YouTube’ Safari extension. acleanerinternet.com/[+]
@lokallobaat @PranavBakliwal Well of the 3 he’s directed, one was legendary, one came close and third was not too bad. Complaining much?
Afghani for dinner today. The flavours are still playing with my tongue.
Borani Banjan was heavenly!
@tuhin And although they’ve de-emphasised it now with all the new additions, their Camera Comparison tool is god-sent! snapsort.com/compare[+]
Tweet typos just sit there, taunting, gloating, daring you.
‘Our Little Corner of the World’ (photos by Kriti Arora) framedandfoc…world-2.html[+]
Now that is house worth living in.
Craving bubble tea.
Two Worlds (photo by The Delhi Walla). http://flic.kr/p/a1ouLb[+]
@rungtaakki At Silverstone, for real?
@DryDayDryDay Not nearly drunk enough to log on to Facebook, but yay for you! :)
dryday.in/[+] Excellent! They’re also on twitter @DryDayDryDay.
Woah. (photo by @rashmiswamy) http://flic.kr/p/9ZVkKC[+]
@rashmiswamy And you were worried the weather might ruin it!
OH: “Dhoka nahin de raha hoon main. Maal hai mere paas, Metro mein.
“Main aa raha hoon.”
National Film Festival 2011: Aadukalam. Best Direction, Actor, Screenplay, Editing, Choreography & Special Mention Award. 2:00 PM Siri Fort.
@lut4rp They’re decent enough (read: no neck pain), but you can find better seats for the 200+ they charge.
Retro Pop Shit.
“1 days ago”.
Details people.
Possibly the last great example of Mughal architecture and stonework. Safdarjung ka Maqbara: prateekrungt…darjung_tomb[+]
@vrinda_m Trains and filums, me like! Two fav recent out-of-scope features: Udaan titles youtube.com/…ure=youtu.be[+] Omana Penne youtube.com/…ure=youtu.be[+]
@ugmonk Spotted a guy sporting a counterfeit Math Problem + ‘Lee Cooper’ tee here in Delhi, India. Guess your designs have truly arrived!
@rashmiswamy Home, thanks to the resourcefulness of one @lokallobaat. All hail the internet.q
@bhavyakhanna @lokallobaat Yes yes, coveted too. Wouldn’t hurt a fly. /cc @souvikdg
@lokallobaat Yes paaji. 300 wali pikchar yaad nahin?
@lokallobaat @souvikdg @bhavyakhanna Ahoo! Ahoo!
@rungtaakki Ritika.
Compiling Goa travel advisory for a cousin.
Sigh.
Fruits, Market, Sarojini Nagar, Delhi. nidhis.tumbl…541/sarojini[+]
@Naina Been on the lookout for a fine printer myself. Do share if you find any worthy ones.
Also, did you know that the first train on the Easter Railway ran from Howrah to Hoogly on… 15th August, 1854? Happy coincidence!
From the second episode of BBC’s Monsoon Railway: “No matter what the weather, Bengal thrives on protest.”
@toor_sunny No idea man. IMAX is a distant memory here in Delhi. Check the upcoming list on their Melbourne site.
@gruber I think you just downed downforevery…rjustme.com/[+]
@lokallobaat Hissss-ar.
@lokallobaat Aur jao Mallika Sherawat ke gaon mein.
August Kranti Marg http://instagr.am/p/GbmMB/
National Film Festival 2011: Leaving Home – The Life and Music of India Ocean. 2:00 PM, Siri Fort Auditorium. Free entry.
Delicious, filling dinner at Andhra Bhavan Canteen. First proper South Indian meal since last December. Thanks a lot for the tip @aroradush!
@souvikdg @aroradush Hear, hear! Good thing you’ve started here. Let’s keep it going.
Massive house cleaning undertaken today. Unearthed kilos of dust, three huge cartons of waste and discovered some original colours.
@lokallobaat There’s a reason why you weren’t included in that tweet. :P
@souvikdg @aroradush @TimesofBullshit Food attack some time this weekend or the next?
@rungtaakki @rashmiswamy @wateva Hahaha. In the case of an accident, the glove compartment falls open and …
LIC Building, Connaught Place http://instagr.am/p/GFcfr/
@souvikdg @lokallobaat And we’ll come along and get the Kulfi under our belts as well.
Strange seeing Roger Federer somewhere in the middle with a ‘3’ next to his name. prateekrungt…don/2011/men[+]
@rashmiswamy Groundwork. Also, you just gave me an awesome idea.
@souvikdg @lokallobaat Bittu Tikki Wala?
Diwan-i-Aam, Lal Qila http://instagr.am/p/GAuD2/
The Vwight Indian Pond Heron, spotted at the Bokaro City Park prateekrungt…n_pond_heron[+]
Inceptionesque graphicdesig…y-gifs-7.gif[+] /via @Fine_Whining
Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman and Liam Neeson awesomepeopl…-liam-neeson[+]
OH: “Fighting for peace is like fucking for virginity.”
@5anket Watching a Formula 1 race at Spa.. one of the things I want to do before I die.
Before, after, light, perspective. wvs.topleftp…om/11/06/08/[+]
Holy… Massimo Vignelli is speaking at this year’s Kyoorius Designyatra! September, Goa. Going crazy. designyatra….ra-2011.html[+]
@TuhinKumar @tuhin Congrats! Did the callout tweet do the trick or was there some behind-the-scenes action involved? #help
Webmark blast-from-the-past: The Power of Editing, by @mattlinderman over at Signal vs Noise.
37signals.co…-pretty-good[+]
prateekrungt…/276.webmark[+]
Drat. Anyone in Delhi yet to watch Kung Fu Panda 2 and willing to go for it on a weekday?
Activating SBI Netbanking. First option amongst the list of security questions: “What is the website that you rarely visit?”
@souvikdg Same here. I think it is horribly jumbled up.
Gomoh Station. Fond memories of watching the engine change ends here every time we travelled on the BKSC-HWH route. #TweetLike: @purisubzi
@ytvinay Thanks! Awaiting your next Andaman installment.
From the 2010-11 Trains At a Glance: “Calcutta is land of today searching for tomorrow rather than remembering yesterday.”
I have a train to catch. You should too. prateekrungt…train_travel[+]
[featuring photos SOOMiC] /cc @pricelessjunk
@jackerhack I use @Dynadot as both my registrar and DNS manager for all my domains. Extremely satisfied.
I try not to read too much into first impressions, but saala Delhi Belly is forcing me to make an exception. Kya trailers, kya gaane!
Using public transport is cheap, responsible, helps the environment and reduces congestion. But you already knew that. blog.souvikd…-i-sold.html[+]
Returning Home: Indian students reverse the “brain drain” lured by the growing domestic market bbc.co.uk/ne…sia-13595196[+]
Bidding this blasted cold & fever goodbye with a healthy dosage of Batata Puri, Chanachur and ‘Double’ puchkas. http://instagr.am/p/FBx3-/
@rungtaakki Wow, people are more attentive than I thought. Using Mami’s iPad.
@rashmiswamy Didn’t.
@rashmiswamy @rakeshrach Little else matters when listening to a song like Jaa Re Ud Jaa Re. Listening live, nothing else must’ve mattered!
Debating the inclusion of @lokallobaat on my ‘sanity’ twitter list.
@souvikdg @lokallobaat @pricelessjunk I beg to differ. Had a Nirula’s HCF last week. Was actually disappointing!
@lokallobaat How cute. Excuse me, I have a feast to attend.
@5anket Hmm, don’t think we did.
Bokaro Steel City station http://instagr.am/p/EskrK/
@ytvinay @tenmilescorp Miss the lunch sessions the most from my time at Tenmiles.
@vrinda_m Hop on a train… 3 hours easily redeemed.
Almost forgot. Agra ke rasgulle … lajawab!
@thesilentenigma Almost did! Lucky for me, their “24 hour” take away counter was closed. Settled on a packet of biscuits.
Morning @ Old Delhi Railway Station http://instagr.am/p/EpG60/
Touch and go on the first Metro of the day. Phew!
@xAbhishek @lut4rp Will be out of town till the 4th of June.
Surrender to Destiny: a poem by @ytvinay after a stirring visit to Kala Pani, the dreaded Andaman prison. ytvinay.post…r-to-destiny[+]
@luckydev We’re all in the same boat brother.
@luckydev Ah yes, a large part is.
Yet to come across a really honest carrier though. Which one are you on? Happy with them?
Super excited for this year’s Roland Garros. Draws are up, as usual:
Men’s: prateekrungt…ros/2011/men[+]
Women’s: prateekrungt…s/2011/women[+]
Go Novak!
There exist companies that specialise in spamming numbers on the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s Do-Not-Disturb registry. #truestory
To Apple: Please-o-please add some message filtering capabilities to iOS. Unsolicited SMSs are the worst part of owning a phone in India.
To the guy who subscribed my mobile to IPL SMS updates every 15 mins: I hope all the telemarketers in the world get hold of your number.
The Flying Squirrel nidhis.tumbl…148/squirrel[+]
@souvikdg @lokallobaat Their namak must be of some special kind too.
@lokallobaat So ja munne. Savere warna nani yaad aayegi.
@pricelessjunk Thanks! And I am waiting for June ;)
@pricelessjunk Yup, and in that spirit the next post on my photoblog shall be a photo SOOMiC. (straight-out-of-my-iPhone-camera) :P
@pricelessjunk So I see it more as “pimping up” mediocre shots rather than ruining good ones. The best shots are often just plain crops. :)
@pricelessjunk I dislike digital manipulation myself and was very skeptical initially. But “mobile phone pictures” — that, there is the key.
@pricelessjunk Also, cough prateekrungt…/instagraphy[+] cough.
@5anket Haha, I’m so going to call her Rathore from now on.
@5anket It’s one of those magical Rahman numbers. The Hindi version just does not do the music justice.
Haww! Quick, someone get @pricelessjunk an Instagram loaded iPhone.
Carousel: Instagram on your Mac. Finally! carousel.mobelux.com/[+]
/via @cameronmoll
@ytvinay Ooo! Looking forward to reading about your Andaman trip.
@lokallobaat Kung Pow Fu Panda on the 26th itself: imdb.com/tit…/releaseinfo[+]
No info for Hangover 2.
@xAbhishek Re: your latest post http://xabhishek.com/post/5545159578 Check out http://timelessrepo.com/timeless
@xAbhishek @aditya Exams :: most creative period of student life. #truestory #justsaying
@lokallobaat A ceiling-to-floor sized map of NCR for your bedroom wall.
@lokallobaat Kya baat hai. You actually looked at a map today! Also, I just had the best idea for your budday gift.
@lokallobaat Yes, I’ve been watching that one with interest.
@pricelessjunk Tip of the week! Should’ve done this ages ago.
@xAbhishek No complaints so far. Hoping it stays that way.
@xAbhishek Oh no, just your regular MTNL ADSL connection.
@xAbhishek Most welcome!
@xAbhishek You can use our 1Mbps line tomorrow if that helps.
@tuhinkumar Similar but simpler (and works as an offline app too): everytimezone.com/[+]
@sonix15 Woah! Talk about coincidences. Should catch up sometime this week. And apparently there was a failure in the grid last night. Phew.
@lokallobaat I know! Pakadke peeto saalon ko. /cc @souvikdg, @varenya
@SouravChoudhary Varying from 15 mins to over an hour (at night).
@sonix15 VK sure gives its newcomers a warm welcome. I’m in Sector A, Pocket B&C. How about you?
@5anket Totally! Situation should be more bearable once our inverter is up and running for backup support.
Shifted to new house in Vasant Kunj yesterday. 5 powercuts in the last 24 hours. This bodes well.
[6% battery remai
@souvikdg @lokallobaat Agrasen ki Baoli is the one I’d been referring to all along. en.wikipedia…sen_ki_Baoli[+]
And it is in fact in Delhi.
@souvikdg @lokallobaat Damn, looks like we missed the best part. Got to return for the masjid and these kulfis.
@planemad I was puzzled by the exact same thing 2 hours back. It’s right there on the switch: Red/Amber is Active+ and Green is Normal.
@souvikdg That 70s era one with the huge terrace?
@rungtaakki Exactly! ;)
@rashmiswamy @rungtaakki Indeed! Basics done. Trying to decide exactly how much more time, effort and money I want to invest in this.
I redesigned my photoblog after 4 long years. You might have noticed.
No?
Well then, go take a look! prateekrungt…raha_farmers[+]
@rashmiswamy New to their music myself. Do share other favourites.
@lokallobaat Yes, that. pbs.org/thestoryofindia/[+]
And watch for free topdocumenta…ry-of-india/[+]
@lokallobaat He’s got a handle @baradwajrangan but it appears to be nothing more than an RSS mirror. Unlike us, he has actual work to do. :P
@pranesh_prakash Bombay Production bombayproduction.com/[+] is not exactly a radio station, but boy is it good.
Oh and Shor in the City comes with a nicely shot fun title sequence. Very important to an opening titles nerd like me.
B Rangan outlines the (good & bad) standouts of Shor—only new movie besides Dhobi Ghat that I whole heartedly recommend baradwajrang…in-the-city/[+]
Bus conductor opens with, “Le lo ticket saare; Guptaji, Sharmaji, Dubeyji aur Panditji.”
@rashmiswamy Plan ke mutabik, you should’ve done that ages ago! Get set for a jhakaas riot.
“If you’re a service leader, show off your service. If you’re a technology pioneer, show how you’ve advanced technology .. Don’t declare: do
A List Apart: Beyond Usability and Design: The Narrative Web http://instapaper.com/zNbymja2J[+]
Very stimulating, and from 2001 no less.
@souvikdg @lokallobaat Oh ye toh C.P. mein hi hai, so might be able to squeeze it in this weekend itself.
@_karan Very clever that one. So dramatic with the music and everything!
Still confused about the architecture of Inception? These should help: images.fastc…_Slusher.jpg[+] and vimeo.com/23066787[+]
@souvikdg @lokallobaat I think I know who to watch out for when walking down that lonely Vasant Kunj street.
@lokallobaat Yeah, Shor in the City style.
@lokallobaat And I just made the security deposit today. Now compiling my list of aakhri khwahishein.
Never forget the old “look left, right, then left” rule before crossing a road. Even on one-way roads when in India.
@start_mag OK, tested on Adobe Reader and it looks fine there. Problem appears to be isolated to Preview (the default Mac reader).
@start_mag The featured artists. Take a look. yfrog.com/h479gp[+]
@gonsalves_r Indeed I have, and I think it’s pretty cool. Only found out mid-way through development though, so pressed on and completed it.
@start_mag Very strange to find names censored in the i5 PDF download. Was taken aback by this. Thankfully the online version is unaffected.
@gonsalves_r html, body { height: 100% } #container { min-height: 100% } usually does the trick.
@Shalin10 Congrats to all three of you!
@gonsalves_r Nice studio you’ve got there! Perhaps bottom-align the skyline silhouette so the design works when window.height > page.height.
“The colors of the forests during summer in unbelievable.” @KalyanVarma teasing from Tadoba: kalyanvarma….s-in-tadoba/[+]
@hanifkureshi So good! Can’t wait to use these. When can we expect to get our hands on the font files?
@rakeshrach Haven’t explored MongoDB in detail. JS + versioning in CouchDB is pretty sweet. Any resources for getting started with Node.js?
Brewing CouchDB (followed by node.js) as my current project draws to completion.
Ennore up close: The Vanishing Pier at Thalankuppam prateekrungt…thalankuppam[+]
@ytvinay Awesome! Have a beer or two on my behalf and bring back amazing photos from that dream destination.
50% of calls overheard on the commute are cases of IT troubleshooting. The rest are pleas of forgiveness to girlfriends/wives.
Beers with @toor_sunny at Hard Rock Café has me all nostalgic about Melbourne.
Bet you haven’t seen the Mysore Palace from this angle. (by Ajit Satam) http://flic.kr/p/9CB6Go[+]
@rasagy Thanks Rasagy!
Refreshing, candid take on the @IndianGP formula1.com…4/11967.html[+]
Little surprised this was published on F1.com
I’ve been sharing photos on Instagram for a few months now. Collated few of my favs: prateekrungt…/instagraphy[+]
[Incase you missed it last week]
@lokallobaat @souvikdg @vrinda_m Salt in wound and stuff.
@rungtaakki Wise move.
@aral Re-consider that copy. twitter.com/…567673405441[+]
Language phonetics by @lokallobaat:
Bengali :: Rasogulla in mouth.
Thet Punjabi :: Gargling.
Now getting a head-to-foot shakedown on the Punjab Roadways bus back to Delhi. With Messrs. @lokallobaat and @wateva.
Amritsar was: Harmandir Sahib. Clean, wide, orderly. Afternoon siestas, midnight photography, 3am darshan. Humbling, peaceful, beautiful.
Amritsar was: Quenching. Lassi, kulfi, bunta, jalebi, juice, ice-cream and lots of paani.
Amritsar was: Kulchians. Hot, spicy, delicious tandoori kulchas from Bhai Kulwant Singh.
Lowering of the flags @ Wagah Border http://instagr.am/p/Dc2Ar/
@lokallobaat No way dude. This only makes it better!
The [Indian] city with a logo. http://instagram.com/p/DZrhR/
@rungtaakki Did you fall down OK this time? :P
@lokallobaat Well, now you do. The Instagram folks opened up their API only a month or two ago, so these apps are all quite new.
@rakeshrach Thanks! That cover art photo is one of my all time favourites.
@umadamle “Raw mango” just doesn’t sound right. Kaccha aam FTW!
@umadamle Thanks! All shot with my trusty iPhone 3GS camera. prateekrungt…agraphy/info[+]
@xAbhishek Thanks! Took a 100 photos to get to volume 1, so it might be a while before the second volume.
My favourite Instagram shots, laid out on a single page. Didn’t want you non-iPhone folk to miss out.
Instagraphy Vol1 prateekrungt…/instagraphy[+]
@rashmiswamy So you did manage to do it all! Have a great trip.
@rashmiswamy Surely you can buy a mosquito repellent in Calicut?
Phew. Marathon session at work today.
@toor_sunny Crap, will be in Amritsar next Sunday. Which other days will you be in Delhi?
@oddysee Not only did they keep it clean, they made some great moves. Good times for F1.
@rakeshrach Agreed. Might go down as one of the classics.
No rain. No pile-ups. No real cock-ups. 1 retirement.
PURE RACING.
What a race this Chinese GP has been. This is why I love Formula 1.
@wateva You’re welcome!
@rakeshrach @xAbhishek No Sir, none.
Webmark blast-from-the-past: Programmers Don’t Like to Code, by Wolf @rentzsch. Actual post unfortunately no longer up. prateekrungt…/371.webmark[+]
@xAbhishek We derived it from the Sanskrit ‘ranj’, so unsure if ‘miranj’ itself has a meaning.
@Jason_Birch This one wasn’t. Got my cake, ate it and gloated much.
Tapbot finally presents a UI to use Twitter lists as native timelines and not just lists. Pity the app itself isn’t as fluid as Tweetie.
Webmark blast-from-the-past: A DSLR Catechism, by Dean Allen. textism.com/…lr.catechism[+]
prateekrungt…/293.webmark[+]
Just when I thought this stunted day couldn’t get any worse, @souvikdg informs me that I missed out on cake.
@5anket 21:30 – 23:30 hours IST.
Wednes-day-off: Paranthas were had from the paranthewalla near the Moolchand flyover (metro station, to be specific).
Would’ve totally applied for this if I wasn’t self-employed: Designer wanted at @Cleartrip jobs.hasgeek…n/view/5vp7u[+]
@umadamle Dang! Well, hope you get to do a real one soon.
@lokallobaat Vaguely related: you should watch Sofia Copolla’s The Virgin Suicides.
@umadamle Good stuff. Are those two identities being used by the businesses?
@rashmiswamy Look in the fridge!
@rashmiswamy Pizza! Chocolate! Momos! Cake! Kulfi!
@lokallobaat @souvikdg Bada bhola hai tu. stuffs pizza in mouth
@aroradush Thanks Dushyant!
@rakeshrach Wow. This is new to me, but now I recall you mentioning about these music gharanas that have continued over generations.
@BrahmiComputing Also of interest: NYTimes pits translation services against European languages. nytimes.com/…anslate.html[+]
@BrahmiComputing Google translate has that effect ;)
Unfortunately it’s also why I haven’t added a translate option to aksharein.co…nsliteration[+]
@umadamle Thanks! We’re just about to complete 2 months in the trenches. :)
@BrahmiComputing Try using Google Translate on Gulzar’s lyrics for the song Kaminey. It’s priceless.
Finally past the most unexpected hurdle of the journey so far. @miranjdesign now has a bank account. What a relief.
@rakeshrach Only just discovered Pandit Nikhil Banerjee. Any pointers to more of his great performances?
Ending the weekend in सुर and ताल with Pt. Nikhil Banerjee youtube.com/…ure=youtu.be[+]
@rasagy Read about 9 Circuits in livemint.com…ourself.html[+]
@mansigrover A painter by night?!
Really like the ones in Warli style. The red one on canvas stands out in particular.
@simplyarun @anexasajoop I can vouch for that. Witnessed in person! :)
Naan ruined by bad, artificially flavoured mango kulfi from adjacent Bikaner Sweets Corner. Grumble.
Awesome Chur-Chur naan at Pardeep Corner with @lokallobaat @souvikdg and others.
Pradeep Corner @ Paharganj http://instagr.am/p/C-pMc/
About to start a @EOiD food walk in Paharganj. Jealous?
@Nandini_M @triggrin Yes please! Time is way too underrated.
Gem: QA is generally made up of programmer rejects. #ttw
Will be at @triggrin today. Come say hi if you’re around.
@rashmiswamy Has its moments, but a little early to talk about the sum of it all.
Somewhere: searching for the limits of minimalism in cinema—
Wikipedia Gem: “जहाँ ना पहुंचे रेल गाड़ी, वहां पहुंचे बैल गाड़ी, और जहाँ ना पहुंचे बैल गाड़ी वहां पहुंचे मारवाड़ी।”
Somewhere tonight.
@_karan Happy Birthday!
@dipench Thanks!
Small thrills at the Ennore coast, from my time at Madras last year: http://prateekrungta.com/photoblog/2011/04/ennore
@simplyarun Note the first letters of the track names from the Batman Begins soundtrack.
And another voice of sanity amidst the Jan Lokpal campaign. Don’t let the spark of revolution burn down reason. indianexpres…few/772773/0[+]
@anexasajoop One particularly jobless day @rungtaakki went about pursuing granddads, family pandits, records & what not. Crazy but awesome!
Favourites:
Japan flickr.com/p…626129885832[+]
Hungary flickr.com/p…626129885832[+]
Turkey flickr.com/p…26129885832/[+]
..and of course, India flickr.com/p…626129885832[+]
Excellent 2011 F1 season poster series. The FOM should totally replace the “official” ones with these. cargocollect…oster-Series[+]
Ramachandra Guha: Experiments With Facts. A much needed response to the shameless brouhaha over the Mahatma. http://instapaper.com/zev94at2f[+]
@lokallobaat I’m with you on that one! :)
Only took 4+ months of market research, some crocodile wrestling and a regular dosage of expletives for @lokallobaat to buy his first DSLR.
@jackerhack How about a Delhi edition of @doctypehtml5?
@toor_sunny Assignments? What are those, kid?
The DTC has an “express” bus that services all stops on the route, just like a regular bus service.
@lokallobaat @PranavBakliwal He has a decent free version too. Used that for an year before finally upgrading to the $5 one. Worth it.
Super awesome post by currently-easy-to-hate @lokallobaat on just another weekend http://howimadeittowankhedeandmetdhoni.posterous.com/
@lokallobaat Bastard. Will never forgive you for that one.
@lut4rp @anexasajoop Try geni.com/[+] Managed to build my tree back up to 20 generations.
@anexasajoop Woah, badhai ho! We’re finally going to get that elusive kickass Indic typeface.
Hey, no pressure. :P
@dipench Sounds interesting. What sort of time frame are we talking here?
@pricelessjunk My thumb rule:
“We don’t make movies to make money. We make money to make more movies.” — Walt Disney
@pricelessjunk Nothing wrong with making money as long as you preserve the experience and the focus.
@pricelessjunk Don’t be hasty. If this is just the 1st ad offer, there’ll surely be more.
Victory @ India Gate http://instagram.com/p/CxXnd/
O Captain, my captain!
@pricelessjunk Woops! :)
@pricelessjunk And here I was reading this only 15 mins back! livemint.com…ourself.html[+]
@souvikdg Me too! They’d actually replied in the afternoon itself.
Doubt there’s much they can do about this situation though.
.@souvikdg CERT-In just got back. They tell me that the culprit is indeed 174.127.82.168, though that is not an MTNL DNS server.
@xAbhishek disbelief
Hijacked URL: google-analy…cs.com/ga.js[+]
Expected: pastie.org/1742678[+]
Actual: pastie.org/1742682[+] with variants trying to include an iframe.
Can anyone using MTNL (or other Indian) DNS servers confirm malicious code being served as the Google Analytics script?
Jenson Button laps Bathurst in a 2008 McLaren F1. [onboard camera] youtube.com/…ure=youtu.be[+]
Sacred stuff.
The OCD Chef Cutting Board theawesomer….board/93905/[+]
Here in India, the hour may end but the rush never does.
Now if only I could taste-pick favourites…
Handpicked favourites:
King Bansah’s Akosombo ohbeautifulb…king-bansah/[+]
WORK Beer: ohbeautifulb…3/work-beer/[+]
Mockingbird Beer ohbeautifulb…ngbird-beer/[+]
Oh beautiful, beautiful beer! ohbeautifulbeer.com/[+] (via @beastoftraal)
@jackerhack They missed the best part. I checked.
@rungtaakki Burn the dance floor baliye! :P
@AkshaySasikumar Correction: Huge fan! Did you watch the first race?
@rashmiswamy @wateva No BBC pre-show, no BBC commentary, no BBC anything remotely F1. Damn annoying.
@rungtaakki Ah. Assumed there was no way you’d miss the first race of the season. Well, next time…
Craft @ Punchkuin Road http://instagr.am/p/ClZ7o/
@Fine_Whining Oh. I was talking about the domain name though. You probably don’t want to let that expire. Sort out the hosting later.
@pricelessjunk Happy Birthday!
@Fine_Whining Stay away from GoDaddy. Try dynadot.com/[+] as a domain registrar instead.
Hauz Khas http://instagram.com/p/CjW0A/
@lokallobaat I’m sure they have that buried somewhere in their ToS that you implicitly agreed to buy availing their services or something.
It’s time. 2011, here we go! formula1.com…default.html[+]
DTC Baby! http://instagram.com/p/Chgpr/
@jackerhack Try google.com/movies[+]
Not as comprehensive in India, but usually good enough for the big cities.
At Green Park. Strange to see so many familiar spots replaced by unfamiliar shops.
@souvikdg @bhavyakhanna It’s a lot more fun pretending to have an approval process for holidays.
Authentic, hand-written Nigerian spam brandflakesf…ntblanc.html[+]
All right, not authentic, but very clever.
@souvikdg Haha, not yet.
When you say “Respect your elders”, I hear “Don’t bother with your minors or peers”.
@Indelic Hi Andrea. Do you plan on using this account? Would really really appreciate it if you’d be willing to release this twitter handle.
ककड़ी season is here!
Nice and simple [iOS] offline capable web-app for currency conversion: currency.io[+]
/via @nimbuin
@pricelessjunk @keeperofthekeys Are you taking requests?
If yes: road signs, city animals, street vendors, post boxes, barber shops …
@souvikdg Utter disregard for the URL geek. GRRRR….
GET aksharein.co…nsliteration[+]
HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently
Location: aksharein.co…nsliteration[+]
That’s all.
@beastoftraal Maybe it’s time for an itwofs tailored for our World Class media. /cc @planemad
The Monday curse rears its ugly head. What a spectacular failure it’s made of this [false] positive start.
Extend your “if you don’t link to primary sources, I just don’t trust you” blogger rule of thumb to the media at large. guardian.co….ben-goldacre[+]
@keeperofthekeys Buying two might xkcd.com/871/[+] :P
@pricelessjunk @mvvijesh Haha. Disturbingly symmetrical.
@pricelessjunk Won’t say no, but this is the best I’ve managed with my 18-55mm. flickr.com/p…/3983875220/[+]
@souvikdg Take care. Put that computer down.
@lokallobaat Sure!
“If taste is just personal preference, then everyone’s is already perfect: you like whatever you like, and that’s it.” — Paul Graham
Ah the thrill of going from frustration to concept to execution to completion, all in a day’s work. Django FTW!
@jackerhack Ah yes. It was only a visual redesign though, no feature changes.
@jackerhack Swell! And what do you think of my November ‘10 redesign of that ticket buying interface embedded underneath? :)
@jackerhack I prefer /noun/verb. It also lends well to extension as /noun/noun/verb. (eg. user/photos/hash/edit/) More: warpspire.co…/url-design/[+]
@gouravc Roughly around 860px on my photoblog and close to 1920px on my Flick account.
http://jobs.hasgeek.in Indian dev job board (in beta). Almost posted a fictional job because of the awesome UX. Terrific job @jackerhack!
Prayer flags from Kailmpong: prateekrungt…prayer_flags[+]
@lokallobaat Ass.
@keeperofthekeys Haha, oops! “Flavoured” doodh. :P
Jan Tschichold’s change of heart: jasonsantama…ge-of-heart/[+]
Helps a lot in times of doubt.
@pricelessjunk Yes, a thousand times yes. Travel and experience, nothing teaches better than those two.
@keeperofthekeys True, but I’ll take trees and the occasional wipedown over construction and the daily scrubbing any day. Also, squirrels!
@keeperofthekeys Gurgaon feels a bit like Dubai in more ways than one. I can’t wait to relocate to South Delhi.
A £15,000 manhole cover from Chandigarh, Le Corbusier’s Indian masterpiece: http://j.mp/hhF2h3[+]
@keeperofthekeys Unfortunately, my mouth and clothes can give testimony to that fact every evening.
Guy who cleaned my camera’s sensor at the Canon service centre: “Garmi aane dijiye phir dekhiye Gurgaon kaise registan mein badalta hai.”
@NipunKedia Oh and it was all super delicious, in case you had any doubts. :P
@NipunKedia I did. See: twitter.com/…108080021504[+] :P
Dahi bhalle+tikki at Natraj, paranthe at paranthe wali gali and doodh at Keventers. Afternoon well spent?
OH: “Bahar toh nikalne do.”
Reply: “Toh main kahaan jaoo, upar?”
Vella in C.P. for an hour. Anyone care to join me / point me to something interesting around?
@eclairsk3 And that is exactly the sort of reason for which I worship the BBC and the New York Times. :)
Good to finally see a female conductor manning a Delhi bus. #DTC
@PrathyushPramod And what site/app are you using to issue your invoices? Need to pick one soon myself.
Fascinating type art from Bangla film titles: blog.rarh.in/?p=327[+]
Since I’ve been loving you. Floyd by Zeppelin.
@5anket Awesome! Looking forward to a good lunch session on Monday.
Never a dull moment on the public transport crush— err, systems of India.
@keeperofthekeys @rasagy Ah well, it’s hard to compete with free.
Really good capture btw. :)
@keeperofthekeys I want to add to my favourites, but you moved off Flickr. :(
My fist hungers for Panda, Kung Fu Panda. youtube.com/…=opJDglqiQ6k[+]
Frustrated. Can’t think clearly. In greater awe of those who can. Impossible to create without mastering the mind first.
@keeperofthekeys Bad Twitter, bad Twitter.
Heart of Hyderabad, by @rashmiswamy http://flic.kr/p/9njq7m[+]
@_karan What with being in Delhi and sitting opposite @souvikdg every other day, the odd reference is bound to come up.
@toor_sunny Snooze fest in the making. Who’s lecture is that?
.@oddysee Swat, not squat. My bad.
Transitioning from “We Take Printouts” to “We Squat Flies”.
“It must be admitted that many aspects of HTML appear at first glance to be nonsensical and inconsistent.” 1 <3 HTML. [developers.w...design-notes](http://developers.whatwg.org/introduction.html#design-notes "http://developers.whatwg.org/introduction.html#design-notes")[+]
@anexasajoop Aye aye. :)
@anexasajoop Super jealous. If only I wasn’t bootstrapping this year..
Copy from a Typekit ad on The Deck “Fonts that look as good on your client’s PC as they do on your Mac.” :D decknetwork.net/now.php[+]
Delhi has an ‘Under Hill Road’. Now where’s the Prancing Pony?
@rakeshrach Let’s hope its a one-off oversight.
@Jason_Birch You missed one: Reflections!
No beating around the bush by the always insightful type genius @espiekermann vimeo.com/19429698[+] (bonus hints of tabla & sitar in the BGM)
What’s with the return to bevels (title) and neither realistic nor simplistic icons (Launchpad, Mission Control…)? apple.com/macosx/lion/[+]
@5anket Oh yes, how can I forget Chacha Chaudary, Sabu and Chachi.
Tinkles on train journeys. Sigh. #smalljoys #bachpanedition
@oddysee Enjoying the onset of the Tamil Nadu spring then?
@vegachauhan Siesta time!
निगमन प्रमाण पत्र, २३ फ़रवरी २०११।
@aditya I used to do the same! Have successfully been M$ Office free for over 2 years now, and loving it!
@toor_sunny @Jason_Birch @thesilentenigma Right, Apple charging too much for a Microsoft product. Get used to it.
@Jason_Birch @toor_sunny @thesilentenigma text/plain FTW.
@toor_sunny Depending on your purpose, there’s iWork, Neo Office and OpenOffice. Finally followed @thesilentenigma over the dark side?
“… we found this amazing loophole, where you could just start your own company and you automatically had a job!” — @Mike_FTW
Fontface. No, literally. vimeo.com/19558725[+]
Stamps and Type from the recently concluded World Philatelic Exhibition poojasaxena….bition-2011/[+] by @anexasajoop
Did I say spend and long live? Sorry, meant ruin and die.
Stuck on Lal Bahadur Shastri Marg. That’s one way to spend an afternoon. Long live the Delhi Bus Corridor!
Guru Dronacharya Station http://instagr.am/p/BxJrO/
Like we needed more reason to love the WHATWG: The beautiful HTML5 for Web Developers developers.whatwg.org/[+]
Inception: germanforbla…b-developers[+]
Good to see more push towards Unicode for publishing in Indic languages. gkjohn.poste…ode-in-india[+]
Jhal muri, Kolkata rolls, momos, white rasgulla. Bliss at C.R. Park.
Comic Con India discoveries: Dark story, B&W art in Manta Ray’s first book ‘Hush’ and Indian pop culture laughs in comedy magazine ‘Random’.
Comic Con India. :D
Oh Pixar! What’s not to love? http://vimeo.com/19789693
@lokallobaat Chalo, ek treat due. Very clever.
@Shalin10 My first Apple product: The 3rd gen iPod.
Taking photos back to the future: http://irinawerning.com/back-to-the-fut/back-to-the-future/
/via @daringfireball
Life’s quirky moments, captured on Google Street view’s http://9-eyes.com/
@oddysee Pleasure, sir.
The biggest downside of having lived in South India? Impossible to enjoy a regular serving of Idli/Vada/Dosa anywhere else.
Khoi Vinh talks about his journey through the wilderness and starting all over. At Creative Mornings: vimeo.com/5745549[+]
@adipedia Thanks. The more the merrier! Keep me updated.
@adipedia Agree wholeheartedly. A great sign of hope for the rest of us.
@keeperofthekeys Well, of course! School visits are incomplete without PPC.
No Standing @ Prince Pan Corner http://instagr.am/p/BmDpE/
@adipedia Bangalore? It was Chennai first and Delhi eventually. Bangalore remains a holiday city. Where are you these days?
OH Blueline Bus conductor: “Arrey kiray main de doonga, koi toh aajao.”
@NipunKedia Good luck. 12 years unfortunately comes down to these few days.
@SparklinGuy @souvikdg That was a good session with some much needed debates. Pity couldn’t get through the rest of the slides.
@rashmiswamy Came across @BOMProduction via @simplyarun’s stream.
@milliblog Come across @BOMProduction’s excellent http://www.bombayproduction.com/ yet?
Statutory Warning: Great music coupled with beautiful design can adversely effect your output.
@keeperofthekeys :) Comic Con at Dilli Haat next weekend?
Sabhi Babaon Ke Baba, Baba Khan Bangali! http://yfrog.com/hs3fzbbj http://yfrog.com/h73cdnqj
@chigateri @JaideepSippy Food startup, mmmmm. Free lunch! Beats our free website perk.
@keeperofthekeys Right!? Btw, we should meet.
@chigateri We grew tired of cringing at every other Indian site + didn’t want to work for the man. Rest shall hopefully soon be history. :-)
@chigateri @JaideepSippy @juliepradeesh @chigs Hello folks! Always nice to meet some good #OldSheps. Come say Hi in person if ever in Delhi.
Hot momos followed by cold kulfi is fast becoming my killer Dilli street food combo.
@chigateri @5anket Ah, if only I wasn’t busy starting up a web design firm in Delhi… Have an idli or two on my behalf.
@5anket @chigateri Silly goose used to sit next to me in class too, but we were all thankfully a lot more sane then.
Internet URLs redux, incase it’s slipped past you –
Plague: isolani.co.u…ithHashBangs[+]
Roundup: adactio.com/…ournal/4346/[+]
Basics: benward.me/b…tand-the-web[+]
“You are not a jungli kutta.” http://instagr.am/p/BgVcR/
@chigateri Glad to meet you too sir. I’m from the Class X batch of 2003. Graduated with that @5anket fellow. #OldSheps
@chigateri @5anket @rungtaakki Hell yes. We’d mastered the act of hiding them to escape even those nasty surprise checks. Miss those rules.
@5anket @chigateri @rungtaakki Still makes my mouth water. Best post-midnight snack.
@oddysee As are the fans. Kubica had finally found himself a team he was really comfortable in, and F1 is that much poorer without him.
@lokallobaat This one’s produced by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, not directed by him.
@milliblog Very. Hope they’re aware of pampelmoose….file-sharing[+] and 16/330 Khajoor Road, LeftRightLeftRightLeft, Sita Sings the Blues etc.
@milliblog And then they (label executives) complain when people use “other” sources to get their music.
@rungtaakki Apply some toothpaste to cool the burns, if you haven’t already done so.
@rungtaakki Not too bad I hope. How did it happen?
Run-down, bygone, almost unnoticed. Decent coffee, great conversations @ The Indian Coffee House. (with @xAbhishek) thedelhiwall…singh-place/[+]
@lokallobaat Looks good. Going to try and make this one.
@lokallobaat Bilkul. Bas ham yahi template use karne wale hain, aur inke neeche hi chipka denge. :)
@mahendra Thanks in advance. Hope you get around to uploading them sometime soon. :)
Ad @ Sector 6 Market http://instagr.am/p/BZAlr/
@rakeshrach The Williams’ render looked amazingly good. The interim livery, not so much.
This week has finally given some real fodder for the F1 fan’s soul. Just over a month now..
@mahendra Hey Mahendra, any place I can access the slides from your #fossdotin talk on CouchDB?
Bug report: found 1, debugged 2, fixed 3. Feels good.
Djokovic for 2011 Australian Open champion!
@_karan Remove the cars, and for all we know, that might just be true!
Packup @ Rajpath http://instagr.am/p/BNnNZ/
Teach a Kid to Argue - Figures of Speech http://instapaper.com/zm5bsbm1F[+]
@thesilentenigma You’ll love this: secretgeomet…pps/cathode/[+]
@keeperofthekeys Ah, dancer.
@sourima7 Awesome, right? That experiment’s done with and gone now though.
@xAbhishek That’s quite an event! Good luck for the good cause. We’ll fix up an alternate meet-up.
@umadamle Ooh, wasn’t aware of his presence. Heck, only found out about the event yesterday. Did see a lot of great work there though.
@keeperofthekeys Nice. Would’ve been so much better bumping into you rather than, forgive my ignorance, Geeta whonow?.
Paranthe @ Gali Paranthe Wali http://instagr.am/p/BKnFO/
@lokallobaat I thought they all played on in the final set. Impatient Americans.
Um, rubbed shoulders with Sonia Gandhi, or so informs my friend.
Headed to the India Art Summit at Pragati Maidan. indiaartsummit.com/[+]
And finally, on mastery: youtube.com/…=Tlv0O6ksEuo[+]
Loose strands from a chat earlier today:
Movie: imdb.com/tit…e/tt0338427/[+]
Interview: hindustantim…-544724.aspx[+]
Experience: shorts.adity…t/2872042263[+]
@xAbhishek Details? Might finally get to meet you in person.
Love how Connor McKay’s verticalfore…5-extension/[+] HTML5
A Moment Shared — by @rashmiswamy http://flic.kr/p/9agZGt[+]
@rethas Use the (free) PlainText iPhone app to manage your notes when you move to Dropbox.
@rungtaakki Lots in my timeline did too. Strange, like I said.
@rungtaakki Strangely enough, no.
@5anket Absolutely. We’ll get hold of one of the side drummers too and blast away!
“… you have to be run by ideas, not hierarchy. The best ideas have to win. Otherwise good people don’t stay …”
– Steven P. Jobs
quirksmode.o…wser_is.html[+] The “behind” bit from my “The web might remain one step behind, yet it is always two steps ahead.” prateekrungt…/380.webmark[+]
Awaiting their turn @ Shillong Airport. http://flic.kr/p/9aW6n6[+]
.@anildavid A little late, but no matter. Now serving at prateekrungt…pen/2011/men[+] and prateekrungt…n/2011/women[+] #ausopen
@agrawalshiv Had he? Didn’t seem like it. They’ve shifted offices. Didn’t enquire about prices at this meet, but will do in due course …
@agrawalshiv Thanks! Met Mr.Rao from U.C.Systems again during the process.
@rashmiswamy Yeah, and what a relief. Got the internal HDD upgraded here in Delhi.
250 GB power-up!
Reverse culture shock happening in Delhi.
@rungtaakki Thanks! Settled back into your UK life?
Dilli, at last.
@toor_sunny Satbir Singh Toor. Death by boredom. September 2011.
@toor_sunny Canberra eh? Let me know the dates so I can book tickets for your funeral 3 months in advance.
… and away! I’ve waited a long time for this journey. 16 more hours on the 12301 before I end teen saalon ki doori.
City in decay. Brabourne road, Calcutta.
Gali Mohalla @ Bada Bazaar http://instagr.am/p/9iYT/
Today @ Bada Bazaar http://instagr.am/p/9fSO/
Light @ Dum Dum Metro Station http://instagr.am/p/9aly/
@souvikdg :)
Awesome दाल बाटी dinner with the family in close-to-freezing single digit temperatures. #goodtobehome
@Shalin10 Aperture’s good but feels heavy on my MBP. Tempted to ditch and switch to Adobe’s (lighter) Lightroom.
The OS X Finder icon, practising what Picasso preached: translate.go…Frovereto%2F[+]
/via @Prax08
Fal Dukan @ Jamshedpur http://instagr.am/p/3tlb/
@pricelessjunk It’ll have to be mostly hand-coded, but the added effort will be worth it (readily accessible, hyper-linkable, self-hosted).
@pricelessjunk Go through http://jasonsantamaria.com and http://craigmod.com for a feel of art directed article design on the web.
@pricelessjunk I can help you with that. In fact, if you’re willing, put the entire issue in HTML rather than hosting PDFs online.
Joy @ Sector 1, Bokaro http://instagr.am/p/2Lmu/
Doors, by @souvikdg. http://flic.kr/p/96sNc6[+]
@sumitsharan “Bollywood’s serial plagiarists” … those two sets’ unions will be nearly identical to their intersection.
@rashmiswamy Awesome! Have a nice trip.
@rashmiswamy Played Aaromale yet?
On the move. Howrah-Asansol Passenger. Destination: Bokaro. Hop-over at Purulia.
