Sage Speaks

Happy New Year

sagesaga — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 09:33:22 +0000

Happy New year to me !!!…my new year resolution for 2007 is that I shall blog more..Let’s see whether I break it or keep it…:D

Happy Diwali

sagesaga — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 12:30:14 +0000

Festival of lights is just around the corner & I can already feel the crackers in my head (very elated!)
Diwali has always been very close to my heart..I like the light being all over the place…the diyas, lanterns, crackers ‘n loads of mithais (yummmy!)
So here’s wishing you all a Happy ‘n Prosperous Diwali (with less noise ‘n smoke please!)
Have loads of fun!

yearn to earn ?

sagesaga — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 13:38:43 +0000

Wanna earn money while you blog ?
I think I heard YESSS!!
…A dumblittleman (don’t go by the title) has consolidated all the source of minting money while you post all your boring posts for people to read & suffer, I don’t need ‘em bcos I ain’t boring you…and even if I am (by any chance) then mission accomplished ‘n God bless ya!
there are more than 40 resources which would help you in giving your posts its due credit & he claims to add -

”Things you can use to legitimately make money online”

so go on & get richer ($$$) legitimately…after all you need something to feed your dumbwitted head…

India…talented but not skilled

sagesaga — Sat, 14 Oct 2006 07:04:12 +0000

We Indians tend to boast (rightfully!) about our infinitesimal source of intellectual talents in the world, but somehow I was shocked to know that Google Inc. is finding difficulties in recruiting skilled personnels for their projects…hmm…well, to some extent I do agree to this, we are a huge talented (diversed) lot of capable populace but unfortunately w/o apt skills set to perform & excel in our domains, reasons for this being –
no proper exposure to latest technology,
no steady infrastructure,
no distinct road map,
selfish attitude,
no proper government aid, most of the educational ‘n technological funds end up in politicans’ deep (real deeeep) pockets (dirty politics!)
its sad, in spite being the 2nd highest populated country (1.1 billion and still counting…) literacy rate of ~60% of we are still lagging behind even with our Asian counterparts, leave alone the world.

Sometimes you wonder how long it will take to see our motherland to be one of the best in world by all terms (except population, pollution ‘n corruption…paradoxically we already are!)

Hopefully my grandchildren will be born in a great ‘n advanced country called India & I’ll be narrating them stories of the efforts put in by us in making it happen…
what say ?

Sue u Apple

sagesaga — Wed, 11 Oct 2006 10:33:59 +0000

Now this is scary !!
I’m not sure if this is true, but there are stories on the net that Apple has bought GO 92.5 FM (the only local station on radio arena where you get decent stuff for your ears !), the reason being they wanted to cut down english songs being streamed to the localites so that they can be deprived of quality stuff & shell out money to buy iPODs (innovative !?…not at all…sue you Apple !)
what’s even worse is that this ‘pioneering’ idea seems to have worked for Apple, sale of iPODs have actually increased…I had immense respect for Apple’s strategy when it came to marketing their products, but with this gesture all respect has gone down the gutters ‘n guess what Mumbai gutters are really filthy !!

so anyone of the unlucky Mumbai Morons out there who just’ve spent money to buy Apple’s ‘cult gizmo’ because u cudn’t find high quality music of your choice…u know whom to blame !

Flickr Enhancement tools

sagesaga — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 12:06:17 +0000

For all you flickr fanatics out there – I’ve consolidated
some of the best photo enhancing tools available on the net…yea for free!!!
(Everyone loves this magic word)

Online editing tools:
Enhance your uploaded flickr photos by editing, cropping,
sharpening, color correction and more (you can even replace it with the new
edited one if you have a pro account)
Preloadr – Online Photo editor
PXN8 – Online Photo editor
Snipshot
picture2life
Creatingonline
FlickrInspector - get information of any flickr user on their tags, photo sets, favs & groups

More tools:
Flick photo search - Draw sketches and get similar photos on flickr (worth
trying!) -
Tag browser – Browse through all your contacts tags
Flickr Toys - Badgemaker, Slideshow, Profile generator…all here
Flick Leech – search all flickr contacts & their pics
Flickr Graph - get a graphical presentation of the pics

Backup flickr photos – Backup all your fav pics

I would suggest to use firefox and get delighted with a brand
new experience…bcos firefox + flickr rocks !!! go to
userscripts portal and download thousands of scripts (you’ll
need Greasemonkey to be installed on firefox)
try all the above links and lemme know how you feel…

P.S: I intend to share valuable info to our community expecting
nothing in return so please don’t send me flowers, cheques or cash !!!
a simple thanks would suffice !

what a wonderful day…

sagesaga — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 11:43:50 +0000

It’s been a wonderful day, finally sun shines on Bombay after incessant
rains slashing continuously for a week (I don’t like rains as such…especially
when I’m out)
I love autumn a lot, it gives a crisp feeling to see
greenery (not much in Bombay
though!) all around you and the sun gallantly shining on you….aaah.. these are
the days when you feel like taking a break and visiting mountain peaks or a
secluded beach with your friend(s) & have fun…tht too loads of it.
Dussera & Diwali is just round the corner and I’m all
excited for it, maybe have a break (if fate favours) and go down south to Ooty
or the good ‘ol Kerala.
Interestingly in spite being a mallu I’m yet to see more than half of ‘God’s own land’…sad!

Kerala is really unique…that is the place where u get closer
to nature & nearer to God through his creations.
The beaches, trees, birds, people, rivers, paddy lands…I can
go on like this…its truly a paradise & if you are a keen photographer &
an avid nature lover then nothing like it…

..till then I’ll continue what I do best…dream !!!

Adieu Schumi

sagesaga — Mon, 11 Sep 2006 13:14:16 +0000

Finally the legend retires..
Ferrari won’t be the same again w/o Schumi and so won’t F1,
seven time world champion retires after the Monza circuit
and that too winning in style, there have been lots of speculations on his
retirement but it was sad to hear it from the ‘horse’s mouth’. There was lot of
pain & despair in his voice when he announced his departure, every word was
followed with a sigh, as if deep down he wasn’t willing to quit, he wanted to
say to the world that he still has the adrenalin rush & can beat the best
teams no matter what !

No wonder Schumacher is a legend and can be taken in the
same breath of Fangio, Mansell & Senna , apart from his track records, he
was also known for his aggressiveness on the circuit & could maneuver effortlessly any given
season or track. He has a matching personality to match on he is suave, smart, super
cool & one of the richest sportsman in the world. So now Kimi will be
joining Ferrari replacing Michael (hope he continues the legacy carried by
Schumi). I’m not sure whether I’ll be following F1 closely as I do now, but definitely
want the Ferrari to continue what they do best…WIN !

Time Management

sagesaga — Fri, 08 Sep 2006 06:44:43 +0000

so much to do, so much to see & so much to feel…be in
terms of music, photography, adventure, nature, meeting people,
investments…there’s an entire world that need to be explored but
unfortunately short of time..
how I wish I could buy some ‘n readin those ‘time
management’ books just don’t help !
I’m implementing my own way of time management technique
with scheduling & prioritizing my activities & tasks.
Music is something where I’m always hooked to, right from ghazals
to metal, its more like a revitalizing pill for me..planning to lay my fingers
on the guitar…soon & seriously (my childhood dream)
capturing pictures has always been my fav hobby, just been a
casual amateur but seems the time has come that I look upon much more seriously
adventure – had a 3-days vacation to Mahabaleshwar with
friends, planning to go to Ooty or Kerala by Diwali
all my friends are really annoyed of being aloof (I’m also
being called as ‘ET’…bad! ), would be meeting them all soon enough
I’ve started investing in Mutual Funds (been thinking for a
long time) but need to diversify my investments…so its still pending

hope the above works as planned..

Bikers’ day out

sagesaga — Sat, 05 Aug 2006 07:22:49 +0000

plans…plans..plans…thts what’s been happening for a long time, but finally we just made it, six old buddies [Rexy (doood), Petes (the elephant), Saj (laugh machine), Vivs (nomad), Jinga (the moron) & me (no comments)] finally met after a year to relive our old moments in the good ol’ way…

We were now ‘hard working’ ppl realizing the hardships the hard way!

So a Saturday morning got a call in the morning from Petes “hey what’s your plans for today ?”"nothin !” was my reply”gr8, let’s hit the road…I’ll get Saj & Rexy..u manage the others”…”wokay” I said.

So met @ 1500 hrs @ Saj’s den where Rexy was already in deep slumber (from the last night’s ‘hard work’) Vivs & Petes joined in soon & we headed straight to Jinga’s office (where he is supposed to be working..but never did so far) We picked him from Vile Parle & took the highway towards Bandra Reclamation (BR) with cool breeze flowing & the gentle rain drops driving us to ecstasy…Pure Exhilaration!!!

BR is unique in its own way, more like the Marine drive of suburbs, we sat there for half an hour discussing about world peace and our contributions towards it (you’ll be zany enough to believe that).

From BR we headed to IMAX theater to watch ‘Golmaal’ (hey…we had no options and secondly our lives have been through series of ‘golmaals’) the movie was ok, we hardly watched it, most of the time we were troubling others by making strange voices & stranger comments, some of us also watched half of the movie with their helmets on.

After the movie we headed to Rexy’s place for the final ritual….dinner!!!

Rexy’s place has been the adda for all our gatherings, the place has witnessed all the pranks, funs & parties…roof & the walls are still intact (pun intended)

We ordered Chicken lollipops, biryanis & Chinese rice from a nearby restaurant (one of the best in cuisines in our locality)

Finally some stayed there for the rest of the night & I headed home for a good night’s sleep

..Aaaah !!! a day well spent.