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Archive for May 2008

Net Neutrality Finally Arrives In Canada

Posted by: agsharma on: May 31, 2008

I have been waiting for sometime for this bill to appear here in Canada. Net neutrality issue has now been tabled to House of Commons and the games will now begin in earnest. I am glad it was the NDP that tabled the bill. NDP is famous for “championing the cause of the under-represented” so [...]

Awesome!!!

Posted by: agsharma on: May 29, 2008

Funny!!

Posted by: agsharma on: May 29, 2008

While searching for a job here is what I saw at the JVC Canada site : Join the JVC team! JVC Canada has experienced tremendous growth over the past couple of years and is looking for experienced professionals at all levels who enjoy working in a challenging environment and are able to use their innovative [...]

Tennis And Corruption

Posted by: agsharma on: May 20, 2008

I just love this sport. I love it so much that I am bypassing my cardinal rule on bringing up Rhea. I bought her a kids’ tennis racket and I will make an attempt to force her to love the game I love. However, this just makes me sad. An independent review of possible match [...]

One Word For This Video…..WOW!!

Posted by: agsharma on: May 19, 2008

Kids Say The Darndest Thing

Posted by: agsharma on: May 19, 2008

My wife studies in new York. She visits us once every month, therefore, Rhea (our 4 year old daughter) misses her a lot. So when Charu came from New York previous month for a visit, Rhea looks at her mom and says ”mama, I love you”. And then she turns to me and says ”papa, [...]

Rosie Dimanno : Wilful Ignorance

Posted by: agsharma on: May 19, 2008

So Rosie Dimanno has another article on The Star. The article is basically a “history” lesson on what happened in Afghanistan since 2001. She explains how Taliban has been routed and since they do not hold any territory, they are finished and the insurgency is looking for a way out. Ms Dimanno, if the insurgency [...]

More Beer Drinkers Wanted

Posted by: agsharma on: May 17, 2008

Oh dear. I really need to pitch in more to get my country into the top 10. Rank Country Consumption[a] (L/yr) US Gallon/yr Keg/yr 1 Czech Republic 156.9 41.5 2.67 2 Ireland 131.1 34.7 2.24 3 Germany 115.8 30.6 1.97 4 Australia 109.9 29.0 1.87 5 Austria 108.3 28.6 1.85 6 United Kingdom 99.0 26.2 [...]

Big Brother Is Watching……So What

Posted by: agsharma on: May 9, 2008

Here’s a way to work CCTVs for you. Unable to afford a proper camera crew and equipment, The Get Out Clause, an unsigned band from the city, decided to make use of the cameras seen all over British streets. With an estimated 13 million CCTV cameras in Britain, suitable locations were not hard to come [...]

This Had Me Dancing!!

Posted by: agsharma on: May 1, 2008

…..as the English would say, bloody brilliant!!


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