Here's a stop motion video of a beer tree actually being made. Its FANTASTIC - Check out the link below to see the beautiful creation :)
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Friday, December 28, 2007
Thursday, December 27, 2007
...about travelling and trips
so - my girlfriends best friend just left for the exalted lands of USA traipsing (traversing really) across 2 huge water bodies and a tremendous land mass to go and study something that can be easily achieved here - but that is her call not mine...
anyway.. so she is travelling there and i was there to lend a shoulder for crying damsel's and what was expected to be a drab affair turned out to be rather fun.. not the crying bit (of course - that was very sad)
Fun how?? well, i met (someone whose name i forgot) who was this womans fathers partner (PHEW!!). and he had a lot of fun stories about travellign and people involved.
Story 1: 40 years ago when his cousin was travelling to the US, there was a 3 day ritual kinda thing that was planned out (this si 40 years ago before you start jumping) the first day was a pooja and the second day was a kind of get together with feast et al and the last day all the families got together and literally walked that cousin to the flight (u could do that 40 yrs ago)
Story 2: there was this one chap about 20 yrs ago who had never travelled by flight was one in a situation where he had to travel - and believe it or not - about 400 kms but he had to fly. now this gent has not flown anywhere anytime and he was worried if he needed a passport. the best bit is when this gents best friend who suggested the flight said, dont orry, i will get you through without one.. this was for local travel by flight... was really hilarious...
Story 3 was when the uncle narrating told us of one of his own stories of when he went to HongKong. He was carrying mangoes in his check in luggage (first time traveller and no handle with care label on them mangoes) when he reached there, his luggage and all the other passengers were gifted with Mango pulped and mango flavoured luggage. HILARIOTOUS
And i realised how easy i had it when i had to travel. and all of a sudden i stopped laughing, thought about what they went through and laughed a lot more ;)
till next time
P
anyway.. so she is travelling there and i was there to lend a shoulder for crying damsel's and what was expected to be a drab affair turned out to be rather fun.. not the crying bit (of course - that was very sad)
Fun how?? well, i met (someone whose name i forgot) who was this womans fathers partner (PHEW!!). and he had a lot of fun stories about travellign and people involved.
Story 1: 40 years ago when his cousin was travelling to the US, there was a 3 day ritual kinda thing that was planned out (this si 40 years ago before you start jumping) the first day was a pooja and the second day was a kind of get together with feast et al and the last day all the families got together and literally walked that cousin to the flight (u could do that 40 yrs ago)
Story 2: there was this one chap about 20 yrs ago who had never travelled by flight was one in a situation where he had to travel - and believe it or not - about 400 kms but he had to fly. now this gent has not flown anywhere anytime and he was worried if he needed a passport. the best bit is when this gents best friend who suggested the flight said, dont orry, i will get you through without one.. this was for local travel by flight... was really hilarious...
Story 3 was when the uncle narrating told us of one of his own stories of when he went to HongKong. He was carrying mangoes in his check in luggage (first time traveller and no handle with care label on them mangoes) when he reached there, his luggage and all the other passengers were gifted with Mango pulped and mango flavoured luggage. HILARIOTOUS
And i realised how easy i had it when i had to travel. and all of a sudden i stopped laughing, thought about what they went through and laughed a lot more ;)
till next time
P
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Friday, December 14, 2007
20 (Hilarious!) Signs You May be About to Die [PICS] (thanks to Sawse)
"I recall reading about an obscure native culture in which the concept of death is fluid rather than fixed. You might be “dead” (somewhat sick), “very dead” (extremely ill) or “completely dead” (actually deceased) according to their terminology. The following 20 funny photos have been organized into these bizarre categories." Enjoy!
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techfest 2008
TechFest is a yearly affair and this year there are some cool challenges and amazing articles on display. check out the site
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Underwater Hotel: Sleeping with the Fishes...
The swankiest new hotel may not be a high rise - but rather a room 20,000 leagues under the sea...
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Tuesday, December 4, 2007
Jinx of the 13
I just broke my jinx of the 13 - I had to - :)
So this is it - these two lines break that jinx :)
So this is it - these two lines break that jinx :)
What Happens To Your Body If You Drink A Coke Right Now?
Thanks to Wade Meredith for this post - puts Coke in a new perspective for me :)
Have you ever wondered why Coke comes with a smile? It’s because it gets you high. They took the cocaine out almost a hundred years ago. You know why? It was redundant.
In The First 10 minutes: 10 teaspoons of sugar hit your system. (100% of your recommended daily intake.) You don’t immediately vomit from the overwhelming sweetness because phosphoric acid cuts the flavor allowing you to keep it down.
20 minutes: Your blood sugar spikes, causing an insulin burst. Your liver responds to this by turning any sugar it can get its hands on into fat. (There’s plenty of that at this particular moment)
40 minutes: Caffeine absorption is complete. Your pupils dilate, your blood pressure rises, as a response your livers dumps more sugar into your bloodstream. The adenosine receptors in your brain are now blocked preventing drowsiness.
45 minutes: Your body ups your dopamine production stimulating the pleasure centers of your brain. This is physically the same way heroin works, by the way.
>60 minutes: The phosphoric acid binds calcium, magnesium and zinc in your lower intestine, providing a further boost in metabolism. This is compounded by high doses of sugar and artificial sweeteners also increasing the urinary excretion of calcium.
>60 Minutes: The caffeine’s diuretic properties come into play. (It makes you have to pee.) It is now assured that you’ll evacuate the bonded calcium, magnesium and zinc that was headed to your bones as well as sodium, electrolyte and water.
>60 minutes: As the rave inside of you dies down you’ll start to have a sugar crash. You may become irritable and/or sluggish. You’ve also now, literally, pissed away all the water that was in the Coke. But not before infusing it with valuable nutrients your body could have used for things like even having the ability to hydrate your system or build strong bones and teeth.
This will all be followed by a caffeine crash in the next few hours. (As little as two if you’re a smoker.) But, hey, have another Coke, it’ll make you feel better.
*FYI: The Coke itself is not the enemy, here. It’s the dynamic combo of massive sugar doses combined with caffeine and phosphoric acid. Things which are found in almost all soda.
Have you ever wondered why Coke comes with a smile? It’s because it gets you high. They took the cocaine out almost a hundred years ago. You know why? It was redundant.
In The First 10 minutes: 10 teaspoons of sugar hit your system. (100% of your recommended daily intake.) You don’t immediately vomit from the overwhelming sweetness because phosphoric acid cuts the flavor allowing you to keep it down.
20 minutes: Your blood sugar spikes, causing an insulin burst. Your liver responds to this by turning any sugar it can get its hands on into fat. (There’s plenty of that at this particular moment)
40 minutes: Caffeine absorption is complete. Your pupils dilate, your blood pressure rises, as a response your livers dumps more sugar into your bloodstream. The adenosine receptors in your brain are now blocked preventing drowsiness.
45 minutes: Your body ups your dopamine production stimulating the pleasure centers of your brain. This is physically the same way heroin works, by the way.
>60 minutes: The phosphoric acid binds calcium, magnesium and zinc in your lower intestine, providing a further boost in metabolism. This is compounded by high doses of sugar and artificial sweeteners also increasing the urinary excretion of calcium.
>60 Minutes: The caffeine’s diuretic properties come into play. (It makes you have to pee.) It is now assured that you’ll evacuate the bonded calcium, magnesium and zinc that was headed to your bones as well as sodium, electrolyte and water.
>60 minutes: As the rave inside of you dies down you’ll start to have a sugar crash. You may become irritable and/or sluggish. You’ve also now, literally, pissed away all the water that was in the Coke. But not before infusing it with valuable nutrients your body could have used for things like even having the ability to hydrate your system or build strong bones and teeth.
This will all be followed by a caffeine crash in the next few hours. (As little as two if you’re a smoker.) But, hey, have another Coke, it’ll make you feel better.
*FYI: The Coke itself is not the enemy, here. It’s the dynamic combo of massive sugar doses combined with caffeine and phosphoric acid. Things which are found in almost all soda.
Further Reading/Sources
- What Happens To Your Body If You Stop Smoking Right Now? [internal link]
- This Is Your Life On Caffeine [internal link]
- Wikipedia - Sugar
- Wikipedia - Caffeine
- Processed Sugar Can Cause Addiction and Depression
- Counting The Many Ways Sugar Harms Your Health - Dr. Mercola
- How Caffeine Affects The Body
- I also had a practicing MD and member of The American College of Surgeons consult on this article about some blood chemistry issues. He mainly just looked over the article after I had written it and, after correcting a few time line issues, said that it was on the up and up.
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
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