Religion?

Wanted to write a bit on it, and perhaps I will, but later.

Came across the news that George Carlin had passed away, and with absolutely no idea who he was, started reading about him. Based on people's sayings, came to YouTube, searched for him and got this amazing gem - his take on religion. Quite a lot of it reflects what I think.

A 10-min video, might seem boring if this isn't a topic which interests you. The others can click below

The ideal laptop...

It is so tough to make a laptop for desktop fans, as they will always be critical of performance, not appreciating the fact that the added mobility advantage has to have a few negatives in performance.

However, if you are a laptop maker, like Toshiba, follow these steps to make the transition so easy. In fact, a lot of Toshiba laptop holders have forgotten that they were working on a laptop.

* Some are familar with shortcuts and try to use them extensively. So move a few keys (like the 'Windows' key) here and there, so that they are more comfortable with it. An additional suggestion is that you keep it away from keys like 'D', 'E' which would be mostly used in combination with 'Windows' so that the user needs just to spread his hands to get hold of the two keys.

* Desktop users don't like switching their monitors off. So make sure you don't have any key which aids in that. However, in its place, you can add a few other keys with descriptive sign, like the male-denoting-sign outside toilets.

* 'Ctrl' is very commonly used along many keys, so make sure it is at least only placed once at one corner. However, keep the option for additional 'Ctrl' keys with blank spaces near the arrow keys. Surveys say that it seems a good teaser.

* Do demonstrate flying performance whenever a heavy option like 'right-clicking' is performed. That means, start running all fans at top speed to give the noise of a plane getting ready to start take-off.

* Smooth multi-tasking - Ensure that the end-user gets smooth multi-tasking by running one at a time, that the user doesn't notice. That includes some fun aspect like, holding all audio, window activity so that a right-click operation can be processed. Users are not curious on what goes on during this microseconds-lasting break, so no information will need to be shown.

Enjoy the Toshiba experience...

The Pied Piper...

Long long ago, in a faraway land, there was a country which was filled with rats. Each rat ate, grew up, worked, married, and lived life well. Importantly, each minded its own work. Things were going great, until that day...

It was the day when a wandering rat heard a tune. The tune was not awesome, but it was interesting and there was suspense how the tune would go. The rat walked on behind the tune. It was stopped by a few busily working rats, which asked it to continue working. But the rat asked them to observe the tune. The rats listened - it indeed was interesting.

The rats couldn't keep calm, the tune was so addictive. They met other busy rats and got them to listening and enjoying the tune.

And so, soon the entire rat community came to know of this phenomenon. All the rats, cheerful, followed the new music.

The next paper was was supposed to carry a very sad headline, but there was no rat left to publish or read it.

A supercar for me?

Never been a big fan of supercars. Yes, the Lambos, Porsches, Ferrari's are all there, but I've preferred luxury cars - Bentley and some top of the line cars like BMW-7-series, Audi A8 and then SUVs (remembers first auto crush, the Ford Expedition!).

Times are changing and I can finally say that there is a supercar that I really like. It is also from one of my favourite auto companies.

So what's the car? The Audi R8.

Haven't gone into the internal technical details and all yet, but the car looks WOW to me. They say it is inspired by their Le Mans winning car, that the platform is that of the Lamborghini Gallardo.

Price - Top version $118,000

Will keep in mind though. Mind = dreams, fantasies...