Category Archives: Random Stuff

New Look for the Blog

Posted on April 26, 2008 by Basab Pradhan

As you will notice, 6AMP has a new look. The old theme worked well, but I was tiring of it. The new WordPress theme is called Statement and is from Blogoh!Blog that I was happy to learn is now run … Continue reading →

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Water, No Ice Featured in the Mercury News

Posted on April 8, 2008 by Basab Pradhan

Fellow blogger and wife Vidya Pradhan’s blog Water, No Ice was featured today in the Mercury News. Scott Herhold was a judge for an essay contest that WNI ran for school kids. Very interesting reading. The first place winners (Grade … Continue reading →

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Farewell Facebook

Posted on February 16, 2008 by Basab Pradhan

I finally did it. I deleted my Facebook account. New York Times had an article about this [link]. A little bit of effort and some waiting and I got it done. I am now permanently out of the house of … Continue reading →

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Chilka Lake Photos

Posted on January 20, 2008 by Basab Pradhan

Over my winter vacation trip to India we visited Chilka Lake. It’s India’s largest salt water lake and home to many migratory birds. Beautiful place. Unfortunately not very well developed for tourism (or fortunately, depending upon your perspective). Some photos … Continue reading →

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The Perfect Notebook

Posted on January 2, 2008 by Basab Pradhan

One of the few old world habits that I stubbornly stick with is writing with a fountain pen. I don’t write nearly as much as I type, but when I do, l like the feel of a good ink nib … Continue reading →

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My 2008 Wish “Less”

Posted on January 1, 2008 by Basab Pradhan

A very happy new year to all my readers. May you and your loved ones have a joyful 2008. Wish lists are neat things. Unlike new year resolutions, they involve no effort on your part. And unlike predictions for the … Continue reading →

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Survivorship Bias and Godmen

Posted on October 7, 2007 by Basab Pradhan

I am in the middle of Fooled by Randomness by Nassim Nicholas Taleb. He talks about how we tend to draw the wrong conclusions about mutual fund performance by looking at the historical performance of today’s mutual funds. We don’t … Continue reading →

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Contaminated Food

Posted on July 21, 2007 by Basab Pradhan

The ongoing saga of contaminated toothpaste and food imports from China into the US is in its third month but is far from over. For those of you who haven’t heard about it here’s what’s been happening. In October 2006, … Continue reading →

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Wanted: Technical Architect and Project Manager

Posted on July 5, 2007 by Basab Pradhan

We’re building a Search Tools team in Mumbai. If you are a Technical Architect with experience in Object-Oriented Design, Test Driven Development and Agile Practices, drop us a line. For the same team we are also looking for a Project … Continue reading →

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Your Ancestors Were African

Posted on January 15, 2007 by Basab Pradhan

One of my enduring interests has been evolutionary biology. It is a fascinating subject. Much of the credit for that goes to Richard Dawkins who is perhaps the best known writer on the subject, for making it so approachable. His … Continue reading →

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