When it falls between the gaps.
According to the World Wealth Report 2005, there are 8.3 million millionaires worldwide. So, the next time you you blow out your birthday candles and make a wish, remember ~ being a millionaire is no big deal, you will just one among the many millions! More on the world wealth distribution can be found here …
I still havent caught up on my readings – but heres a nice one. Last week’s Economist had a series of essays on International Banking. If you like/work in/are interested in banking and finance, dont miss it. What it lacks in depth, it makes up in breadth. From the evolution of the complex American banking …
Finally installed Picasa 2.0 and played around with it. Presenting Collage #1: The Zodiac Photographic credits go to Srijith – i am merely the Picasa editor. The source of the pics are the walls of the Hundertwasserhaus in Vienna – each sign of the zodiac was done by a different artist. Its amazing how they …
Everyone seems to luuurrve Google – maybe rightfully so. While I still use google as my primary search engine, I don’t particularly like the fact that they also know who I keep in touch with (gmail), what news I read (google news), who my friends are (orkut), what I research on (google scholar), what I …
Finally on online to-do list that I like : Tadalist I have tried to have a centralised online tracking system for my chores – never really liked any – but I think I like Tada. Its:– simple (hate those complicated ones which try to do too many things at the same time) – allows me …
Overheard: “Smile. People will wonder what you are smiling at.” Now thats a good reason to smile.
There are certain things that most people take for granted that I have to think for a moment. Like for example, the floor that I need to go to – do I count the ground floor as 1 or 0? I rem when I was a kid, we used to count ground as 0, and …
CNN News today featured a ‘Smile Researcher’. Guess what the value of a child’s smile is: 16,000£! Good for the babies in America – thanks to the slide in US$, the dollar value of their smiles are going up!
Men are from Mars and Women are from Venus.. Overheard: Wife : Do you think I am beautiful?Husband (his nose still in the newspaper): uhmm..what..yes, sure. W : Did you hear what I just said?H : ya, I did, do I want more coffee. W: No! I asked if I am beautiful!H (now in making …