http://www.amitkoth.com/weblog/movabletype/myfiles/ Amit Kothari's Weblog en-us 2005-09-18T20:59:47+00:00 http://www.amitkoth.com/weblog/movabletype/myfiles/000150.html I got a pair of Bang & Olufsen A8 headphones from my parents. Details here and here. Still thinking about them, and no cons so far. I am now listening to classical music in a whole different way. When I... things amitkoth 2005-09-18T20:59:47+00:00 http://www.amitkoth.com/weblog/movabletype/myfiles/000149.html I'm working in Leeds on a project for the NHS, and have gotten into the ultra-healthy lunch phenomenon because of the Pret a Manger here. I thought to talk about the experiences I've had. Every time I walk into a... things amitkoth 2005-09-04T14:29:12+00:00 http://www.amitkoth.com/weblog/movabletype/myfiles/000147.html It's been a while, no?! Many things have passed, but I continue to work on a few main things, like quotationsbook. I have a new project in my day job, but details can't be written here, so I'll talk about... ramblings amitkoth 2005-07-31T13:49:08+00:00 http://www.amitkoth.com/weblog/movabletype/myfiles/000146.html This blog is a chronicle to record where my mind has been, in case I forget and need to revisit certain memories. Hence the times between updates (a month for example) are completely arbitary, usually based on my level of... ponderings amitkoth 2005-07-10T13:34:41+00:00 http://www.amitkoth.com/weblog/movabletype/myfiles/000145.html Team America - when watched under alcoholic influence, the most hilarious film ever made. I watched it in Putney at a friend's place last night! I'm on holiday all next week, road trip around England! Yes! Again! with friends Pearl... ramblings amitkoth 2005-06-18T18:40:28+00:00 http://www.amitkoth.com/weblog/movabletype/myfiles/000144.html After a lot of time spent dawdling around, I've launched www.quotationsbook.com. I hope to improve it a lot over the next few weeks, including adding over 70,000 fortunes! Please go visit and enjoy! I had a fantastic weekend break around... ponderings amitkoth 2005-05-23T21:19:51+00:00 http://www.amitkoth.com/weblog/movabletype/myfiles/000143.html Recently I've been thinking a lot about love, the kind that lasts for a long time. I pictured myself having met someone, and then unable to really listen, I make the great mistake of losing her through my own... ponderings amitkoth 2005-05-03T07:17:27+00:00 http://www.amitkoth.com/weblog/movabletype/myfiles/000142.html I tend not to involve myself much with politics. I'm an avid reader of the left and right, but after hours, I often feel that this huge mass of debate is created by man, quasi-true and not pure, satisying, and... things amitkoth 2005-04-24T15:49:24+00:00 http://www.amitkoth.com/weblog/movabletype/myfiles/000141.html Octavio Paz, Speech at the Nobel Banquet, December 10, 1990 - Source "At the close of this century we have discovered that we are part of a vast system (or network of systems) ranging from plants and animals to cells,... ponderings amitkoth 2005-04-09T14:11:07+00:00 http://www.amitkoth.com/weblog/movabletype/myfiles/000140.html MIT is working on natural language to code visualisation. The example used is Pacman, where the highest level definition of a program is sketched through some banter with a natural language agent. I remember chatting with Riian Van Schoor... thingies amitkoth 2005-04-03T11:40:03+00:00 http://www.amitkoth.com/weblog/movabletype/myfiles/000139.html I grew up with a Hindu background with time in an Italian missionary school, in magical Kenya! My first 12 years were in Kenya, and many familiar things seem unworthy of being written down, but they still make me look... ponderings amitkoth 2005-03-19T08:05:26+00:00 http://www.amitkoth.com/weblog/movabletype/myfiles/000138.html I had a nice Saturday evening. Yesterday, I read a chapter of Jack Kerouac's biography very carefully. It freshened up my recollection that the Kerouac estate removed offensive (offensive to me, not talking about joe bloggs) statements that he made... ponderings amitkoth 2005-02-27T11:47:25+00:00 http://www.amitkoth.com/weblog/movabletype/myfiles/000137.html Grandma's been in and out of hospital. She didn't take well to the antibody stage of her chemotherapy regime. After a few days, she took the next phase of her treatment and her hair is now about half of what... things amitkoth 2005-02-07T21:32:07+00:00 http://www.amitkoth.com/weblog/movabletype/myfiles/000136.html alligator Originally uploaded by therese flanagan. I was thinking how exciting it would be if one could go into an alligator and leech infested swamp in Florida and still be able to let the reptiles bite and walk around... amitkoth 2005-02-06T09:05:22+00:00 http://www.amitkoth.com/weblog/movabletype/myfiles/000135.html Recently, I've been remembering the rambling I did a long time ago in San Francisco. Looking at old photographs, I feel the vibe that filled me with everything-ness that one great time in this most lovely of cities. I will... ponderings amitkoth 2005-01-29T21:07:47+00:00