Incoherent Musings...
Thursday, October 9, 2008
WordPress Vs Blogspot - The Plot thickens
I have shifted my blog from Blogspot to Wordpress.
I actually like Blogspot though. It all started with this. Amusingly comical as it might seem, I am planning to start a Technical Blog shortly. And so, I wanted to organize my posts, which, I simply couldn't figure out how-to-do in Blogspot. I am sure there is a widget around here somewhere that does the trick or a workaround. But I have been unable to find it.
And I ended up googling Wordpress. Wordpress it seems, is not without its fair share of shortcomings. The templates, for instance, would be missed sorely. The templates on offer here are blatantly economical & too simplistic. However, considering the alternative of shelling out 8$ for a web-server (and the nuisance of having to update latest versions, self spam blockage, & constant backup hassles), I guess I need to be content.
And also, somehow, I seem to have impressed upon myself, that Wordpress loads a lot slower than Blogspot on my browser, even though, loading of pages take approximately the same time, when clocked.
And since customization of the templates is a stict no-no in Wordpress.com, it took some time to add a Stats Counter. And customizing your fonts and pictures is a painful experience.
However, the overall experience isn't too bad. The Pages feature was cool, being rated #1 in Forbes list helped, to have imported my previous blog at just a click of a button was amazing, and also, I badly needed a way to organize my posts.
So I guess, its bye bye Blogspot...tsk tsk....
Did I forget something, ahh....yes... Kindly redirect yourself to http://lunavita.wordpress.com
Labels: Bye Bye Blogspot, WordPress Vs Blogspot
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Yippee..It is still Roger's World afterall..
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And THAT is where you belong,...Oh mere Mortals........
Labels: Roger wins fifth US Open
Sunday, September 7, 2008
My First article
I have been asked to write an article for my college magazine. Not because, they knew that I was anything but a writer, but because they didn't... and also, because, the person who was supposed to have penned the original article, had claimed an acute attack of ran-out-of-ideas syndrome, at the last moment.Anyway,...amidst raucous catcalls and some lewd suggestions from my room mates, I picked up my scribbling pad and sat on my bed, calling out to no one in particular, to not disturb me, giving a semblance of a writer lost in thought and awaiting that spark of inspiration.
Hmmm, what should I write about...What should I write about...
Perhaps.. I should write an enlightening health article on the effects of consuming hostel food, with a few suggestive hints on the whereabouts of one particular hostel thrown in, purely as an example.....that might teach them,...,I shelved the thought as soon as one of my room mates, who, in all benevolence reminded me on the existence of one particular human species nicknamed W-A-R-D-E-N in most hostels...
Or...Or..as my friend put it, I could perhaps write an article about Love ...Oh Yes,..that would make me an instant hit with all the girls...An overnight transformation into 'That Cute Boy Who wrote that article'....who wouldn't love that, huh....Actually I wouldn't.Having a rich legacy of Mech-Engineers-dont-give-a-damn-to-girls-and/or-love behind me, I really couldn't afford to stoop so low...
Or..perhaps, I could throw in a satirical pitch on the plight of education system and just end it along the notes of how different our college is...I mean, was...whatever....oh well, what difference would it make.,Wake up the next day, and it would still be there...
Maybe I should write something on the eternal bliss of Friends & Friendship...(and on the difficulties of writing, with one hand pinned behind my back)
Or..,Should it be a movie review....But,I have never quite understood the difference between cinematography and choreography...It would be turn out to be highly intellectually challenged...
Mayhaps it should be a 'How to' article - How to get a girlfriend and get dumped on the same day-Thrice,..How to win Enemies and be a Nuisance...
Or should I write a technical article, the Whys and the Wherefores of Carnot's Engine, Unravelling the mysteries of Isothermal & Adiabatic Combustion...
How about a poem.....Now, thats an interesting idea...That is something I have never done before...It was all set then, I proclaimed to anyone who cared to listen that I was going to write a poem...
Now that I had decided upon writing a poem, the next thing obviously on my mind was, what was the poem going to be about...Its got to be different, Its got to be something that bewitches the mind and ensnares the senses...What!!, that is ALREADY on the Potter book!...Who asked you to read that anyway?!?
It was then, that this sudden thought struck me.,..that I could write about all these experiences of mine, in trying to write my first poem,....as a POEM......That would be simply amazing...A poem that narrates its birth...How out of the box would that be....A poem that is about itself...
.. Rekha....I mean, Eureka !!!...
Well, what are you staring at, I had just completed my poem.
It was my first article.Labels: My First Article, Poem
Saturday, September 6, 2008
Irony
Someday....,I wish to let you know, how much you mean to me... Someday....,I wish to let you know, It is because I miss you so much, that I chose to move away...
Someday....,I wish to let you know, It is because I care so much, that I chose not to disturb you...
Someday....,I wish to let you know, It is because I couldn't stop thinking about you, that I wanted to stop calling you...
Someday....,I wish to let you know, It is because I love you so much, that I let you go...
Someday....,I wish to let you know, It is because I love Life so much, that I now wish it to end...
..Someday.......
PS: What difference would it make, if an untold story ends...
Labels: Irony
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Dark thoughts....
HOPE!.... Is it the basis for survival? Must be....because, we are not clairvoyants...We do not foresee the future,.
We know not that which awaits us. Hence we live in the hope that what we need, what we want, what we love, shall be ours in the future..
A never ending desire that keeps us going....
that which we hope to realize today,... A never ending desire that keeps us going....
that which gives us the courage to face the next day..
what which gives life its purpose...A raison d'etre.And then somewhere along the path, as you walk....
What if you are told that, that which you covet, that which you desire the most shall never be yours to have....Not today, Not tomorrow, Not ever....
What if you are told, the journey is over........before you reach the destination.You pick yourself up and you keep walking,...,thats the cold hard truth. Whether you love it, hate it, want it or not..Life moves on...But yet, as you trudge and grope your way through the darkest corridors, you know that light is just around the next corner. Not because it is,...but because you Hope it is....
To strip me of my thoughts was ok, To strip me of my dreams was alright,..
But to strip me of my rights to Hope,... To be told unequivocally that Hope is not mine to have....How am I to survive...
But to strip me of my rights to Hope,... To be told unequivocally that Hope is not mine to have....How am I to survive...
Labels: Dark thoughts..
Sunday, August 24, 2008
Why Marry
Why everyone should Marry ! (alternatively titled: Why they should ban Bacardi Stingers)
Has anyone ever felt this way… You are taking your time off. You are not taxing your mind, when suddenly, you have this profound thought impromptu…catching you off guard, making you wonder, “now, why did I think of that NOW ?”. When you are seriously reflecting on something, you draw up a blank. But when you are weaving corners in your bike at 60K, or just when this pretty girl sits next to your coffee table and gives you a smile, or when you are in the midst of your morning jog........,when a simple word, an event, or a landscape can start off this chain of thoughts...Is it everyone, or is it just me ?
Anyway,....Had such a moment recently, Not a heavy thought,. but hardly the one that I expect to have when I am helplessly inebriated and especially when you are having music playing out so loud that you can hardly hear yourself think.
There is this place “Diesel” nearby, not Hip-Hop and happening, but a great place to hang out with friends even so. So, there we were, and I was insisting my friend to tie a knot soon, jus like the rest of our friends had, when he said
“Oh please, every rule has an exception…”which started off this,…..this weird chain of thoughts; enthymemes have always confused me…. No, actually, enthymemes have also confused me.
“Every rule has an exception”. But this argument cannot have an exception, Because if this argument has an exception, it would contradict, NOT the argument but the idea conveyed in the argument.
Let me put it this way, if the statement is true, then it means that this statement also has an exception. Which, if true, is equivalent to saying no rule has an exception.
Now if that conclusion is true, it means that the premise which spawned this should also be; but if the premise is, then the conclusion cannot be.
So the assumption that the premise is true is not valid, and therefore I told my friend “Everyone should marry”. Not the reasoning, but just the conclusion.
Some of my friends say, not making sense is my USP, but this once happens to be an exception, not because this makes sense, but this is after 3 rounds of Stingers; so if I am not making sense, you know why…..
PS: All those out there who do not think murder is a sin, I am available on February the 30th.
