Thinking about yesterday’s game, it is tough not to make a particular comparison. I have already alluded to how Park Ji-Sung, the Korean midfielder was a lion on the pitch against Barcelona. The following video, a compilation of some of Park’s contributions last night, reiterates that view.
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In 1999, when Manchester United were playing the second leg of their semi-final tie versus Juventus away at the Stadio Delle Alpi, it required their captain Roy Keane to produce arguably the best performance ever by a player wearing United’s colours to propel them into the final at the Nou Camp. Keane has moved on. […]
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The Super Kings beat the Deccan Chargers to extend their run to 4 games! Rock on, Chennai!
Lefties & T20
Selva has an interesting observation about whether left-handed batsmen have an advantage in Twenty20 cricket. One possible explanation, if this hypothesis were found true, is that most bowlers are naturally suited to bowl to right handers. In […]
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One of the nicest things about the Indian Premier League is that the Chennai team lead the pack now. Still the only unbeaten team in the league, the Kings of Chennai rock!
Incidentally, I thought the Mumbai Indians would do better than lose four in a row.
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Been tagged after a long time. I didn’t think folks did this stuff any more. Anyways, here’s my dull list of eight things.
Eight things I’m passionate about:
Random bits of information
Work
Soccer
Music
Religion
New technology
Computer games
Arguing
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Some (crazy) activists throw pies at Thomas Friedman as he begins a speech at Brown University. Ridiculous, but not funny.
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Math tutor required urgently; must be competent in basic arithmetic, especially addition of 7-digit and 8-digit numbers*; to teach a 60 year-old busy woman. Contract begins immediately and ends in August. Position involves extensive travel. Pay negotiable. Interested parties contact Hillary Clinton for President.
*Prior experience ducking gunfire while rushing across foreign air-base tarmacs a plus.
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1. When in the midst of a group of people discussing about innovation, you find yourself saying “It is not at all necessary for companies to innovate. It is more important to be a fast follower than an innovator”, do you call yourself a pragmatist or a pessimist or worse, a combination of the two, […]
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The Republican Media Machine is underway already. Of course, you may wonder when they ever stopped!
Senator McCain’s campaign is latching on to the politics-by-fear tactic of George W. Bush and Karl Rove by sending out fundraising e-mails citing Hamas’ support for Senator Obama. This is shameful, and does not become of a good man like […]
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When you apply filters in Excel 2007, and then copy the filtered data from one sheet to another, you will find (to your frustration) that what has been copied to the new sheet is not just the filtered data, but also the invisible data that was filtered out. Oh, the ways of Microsoft! If I […]
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I came to know recently that our Chief Minister has passed a law in the Tamil Nadu Assembly which declares January 14 as the Tamil New Year’s Day from 2009. While this is absolutely, totally, completely whatever-ly ridiculous, it gives rise to an interesting confusion.
Surely, some of our paguththarivu pagalavans will follow the Chief Minister’s […]
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After months of anticipation, the Indian Premier League kicked off today with a meek surrender by the Bangalore Royal Challengers, whose batting was neither royal, nor seemed like posing any challenge to the others teams in the league. Kolkata, in contrast, turned out to be awesome (though I am not impressed by their team name).
It […]
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Philadelphia Daily News today endorsed Senator Barack Obama for next week’s primaries in Pennsylvania.
In its endorsement, the editorial board states, in no uncertain terms, why the Illinois Senator is better equipped than Hillary Clinton. One of the main reasons behind the paper’s choice seems to be Senator Obama’s reaching out to everyone, irrespective of their […]
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While United are still rejoicing over Owen Hargreaves’ free kick, Emile Heskey turns home a cross to hand Chelsea a draw that is just as good as a defeat! Four games to go; five points ahead; the title seems to fit ever so snugly into United’s bag.
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In cricket, so often we see a shot played when the ball races to the fence, and no one needs to move - not the batsmen, nor the fielders. Often we hear commentators say, “Ah, a stand and deliver shot! No one moved.”
In football, one hardly comes across such moments. The game is always in […]
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The Woodlands Drive-in Restaurant just off Mount Road in Chennai is not just another idly-dosa-vada place. A landmark, it has its place in the city’s modern heritage. It was the first, and for a long time, the only restaurant in Chennai where you could enjoy your food amidst the tress in your car. I remember […]
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T.V.R. Shenoy writes an article in Rediff titled “Our minister for youth affairs is 71!” He calls the appointment of Shri M.S. Gill, who is just shy of his 72nd birthday, as the Union Minister for Youth Affairs “silly”.
My immediate reaction to that was that it was Mr. Shenoy who was being “silly”. There is […]
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A question I encountered in an article I read this past week:
Can organizations motivated by the need to make profits and please shareholders successfully conduct basic scientific research as a core activity?
There is some personal significance to that question; hence categorizing it under “Personal” as well.
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Is in-house innovation at companies so critical as we are made to believe?
My take is that it is not. Because we confuse change with innovation, we think that the one is the other. Companies should be nimble-footed, so that they can absorb innovations* that are not theirs and move forward. In my opinion, rapid and […]
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“The corporation is not a social experience.” - Albert J. Dunlap in “Mean Business”
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