Friday, September 28, 2007

Sunlight is the best disinfectant...

" Sunlight is the best disinfectant,” a well-known quote from U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis ".
Damn!! My lack of knowledge. I actually thought that it was an arbit sentence when I first read it in a book. Luckily, I happened to remember it right now and figured that it was a legitimate one that probably meant something in the light of the chapter that I was reading. I guess I would have to re-read the book again to find out where it was.

Just thought I'd post this so that the sentence doesn't seem arbit to someone else like me.... :-)

Tuesday, September 25, 2007

0 ~ 1 or 1 ~ 0...the effect is always the same... ;-)

Toggling.... thats more than just a verb that tries to "switch" between two states... and all the ECE world that is reading this, naah, this is not about your favorite "NOT" gate. This post is a salute to all the "toggle" fundas of mine... Am sure for most of the readers this is as absurd as the lonely goatherd who kept shouting . .. Lay ee odl lay ee odl-oo...

Ha ha...anyways...thinking as far as I could, I came up with this hypothesis that there always is present this shadow of urs that is a perfect toggle...( and can u imagine...shadow = my namesake...what a coincidence!!!! gasp with wonder..).

Consider, in absolute terms, a shadow is so much a part of the toggling world. You are the 1 and ur shadow is the 0.. ( in case u've started believing or even milder, thinking about whatever I just said...what is wrong with u? ) The above was the weirdest comment I have ever made..

I had actually intended to write a very serious piece, but then it somehow slipped off my mind and here I am toggling away to glory all the buttons on my key board.. :-)
Yeah...so the main toggling affected areas –


- At sometime, you are the confused person and at the same sometime ur shadow is the most convinced thing around. U look here and there - confused, whereas the other is convincingly staring down at u...PERFECT

- Times when u are innocent and your shadow is naughty. Naughty as in….ur shadow playing around with u…and how in the world does that happen? Umm…don't ask me. The neurons in my head just compelled my fingers to type that bit of information.

- Days when u hate shopping and your shadow loves it… Don't curse me now. This post is meant to be full of absurdities for all those who are not up-to-date with current affairs. But am sure that is not a deterrent to most people reading.

- Hmm...Memory... Remember how once upon a time you could remember everything and how now it takes constant reminding and bickering to remember a few things. And if u thought the shadow aspect was missing ....duh uh...the shadow was the forgetful creature previously and now is the reminder. Role reversal.

Basically, on a very serious note, toggling can, in a very matter of factly tone, turn out to be one of the most rewarding experiences. ( I dont see the rewards yet, though... ;-) ). In the "down the memory lane" walk, the things you did versus the things you do, can reveal the subtle changes that you, as a person, have undergone. How you've started doing something that you despised and how u have started disliking what u loved (doing..). This is probably another piece of evidence that adds credibility to the fact that - "Nothing is permanent but change".


(WOW : I ended this thing on a serious note... :-) )