Old Wives Tales

well , you know how it goes, keep warm or you will catch a cold etc.  This one is interesting.

Rain forecast made in 2011 for 2012 Chinese New Year

And it rained.

SINGAPORE, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) — Thousands of people braved the rain late Sunday for a countdown to the Chinese New Year in Singapore.

The rain hit the Chinatown area of Singapore about half an hour to the beginning of the Year of the Dragon on Jan. 23. But it just added to the fun and the countdown went on as planned.

A host of the celebration on the main street of the Chinatown area said the rain was often considered a sign of fortune for the Chinese New Year, which began on Jan. 23 this year.

 

link

January 25, 2012 – 11:01 am | By AL | Posted in Family | Comments (0)

The Dumbest idea in the world.

Forbes ran an article on “Maximising Shareholder value” as the The Dumbest Idea in the World.  Now reading it.  Very interesting. The real market vs the expectations market In today’s paradoxical world of maximizing shareholder value, which Jack Welch himself has called “the dumbest idea in the world”, the situation is the reverse. CEOs and …

Read More →

January 3, 2012 – 11:22 am | By AL | Posted in Internet | Comments (0)

Good by 2011 and hello 2012

Queen Elizabeth once commented a certain year was ‘annus horribilis’. Well for me 2011 it was one, changing jobs in difficult circumstances and not a stable home front. In the first half of the year, I was trying to increase the number of virtual hosts and retire some boxes to a DR role. Running the …

Read More →

January 2, 2012 – 12:01 am | By AL | Posted in Family | Comments (0)

Dear Galaxy (SII) autocorrect

When I type “issit”, I don’t want “oddity”. When I type “lah”, I don’t want “lag”. When I type “liddat”, I don’t want “Lidar”. When I type “simi”, I don’t want “SIMI”. When I type “knn”, I don’t want “inn”. When I type “nochet”, I don’t want “moocher”. When I type “gabra”, I don’t want …

Read More →

December 23, 2011 – 3:39 pm | By AL | Posted in Smartphones | Tagged | Comments (0)

2011 The year in pictures.

The first picture will make click through the rest. The rest is here.  Part 1, Part 2

Read More →

December 23, 2011 – 12:44 pm | By AL | Posted in Internet | Comments (0)

National Geographic Photo Contest result 2011

The results are out. As usual very moving pictures. http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/photo-contest/ http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2011/12/winners-of-the-national-geographic-photo-contest-2011/100211/

Read More →

December 22, 2011 – 5:32 pm | By AL | Posted in Fun, Internet | Comments (0)

Eurozone pain

This is a very simple way article on the Eurozone woes.  Click on the link for the rest of the article and the 230 comments at time of writing. Eurozone crisis: We’re all dooomed! Here’s why By Tim Worstall • Get more from this author Posted in Government, 10th November 2011 16:39 GMT Analysis Quite what …

Read More →

November 15, 2011 – 4:02 pm | By AL | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments (0)

Car air-con

The car air-con gave up on Saturday.  I thought it was a fuze problem.  Nope fuze is ok.  May be its the relay.  Checked what I thought was the air-conditioner condenser relay.  Looks ok.  Turn the engine, the air con is back!  Hurray I thought. Later in the evening it stopped working for good.  The …

Read More →

November 8, 2011 – 10:45 pm | By AL | Posted in Family | Tagged | Comments (0)

A magazine is an iPad that does not work.

Baby with magazine Baby with magazine

Read More →

October 17, 2011 – 12:59 pm | By AL | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments (0)

EOF EOF

This is turning to be a very bad October.  First Steve Jobs passed away on 5th October and now Dennis Ritchie, yes that man, pioneer of C and Unix has passed away. RIP to the giants. link

Read More →

October 13, 2011 – 11:52 pm | By AL | Posted in Internet | Comments (0)