Happy Halloween!! Did you check out Google's cool special logo today? :)

We are going to a costume party at a friend's today, will try to get some pictures. App is going to be a goth witch and I will be a monk in a robe. Should be fun!!

Its raining in the bay area!! Hopefully will not rain in the night - it wouldn't be too much fun for the kids going trick or treating!!

Adios for today!

And the working week progresses. Life as usual mostly. Last night we helped Janu and Ranju (App's nieces) carve their halloween pumpkins. We also went looking for Halloween costumes. We have a costume party on Halloween night at my friend Cleve's place. I wanted to be in 70's Disco style but that's proving hard to get. I'll probably end up being a Cherokee Indian, App still hasn't made up her mind. We will probably shop today..

Ho-hum, another working week. Last night, the Mrs and I watched Bowling for Columbine, a funny-scary documentary that I believe every sane resident of the United States should see. Coincidentally, Michael Moore has released a bestselling book at the moment and it seems to be very anti-Bush. I am sure it is interesting reading.

Nice weekend! We missed the Flugtag which seems to have drawn a huge crowd (from the pics) but still had a hell of a day in the city (that's San Francisco) y'day. We checked out the new Sports Basement in the Presidio before taking a nice walk down the beach by Crissy Field, with the Golden Gate Bridge in the background. It was a lovely night in San Francisco, a t-shirt and shorts suited me fine as we had a super-duper sundae at Ghirardelli Square!

We followed baseball on the radio and were delighted to hear as the Marlins won the world series!! Yay, the Yankees lost!!

Today we had an enjoyable wine tasting tour of 3 wineries in Livermore, more about that later as my laptop screen is acting up. Adios! Another working week ahead..

Okay its the day after Diwali. I hope everyone had a Happy Diwali, I took the day off work and just had a relaxed time. Which is why I didn't really log anything yesterday.

No major plans today - just lazing around at home.. but its a wonderful day outside. I might stop by at the Flugtag, which promises to be fun. Of course, the Marlins have a chance to clinch the World Series this evening. As an A's fan, I hate the Yankees. Go Marlins!! :)

Time to carve pumpkins!!

Halloween is just around the corner and we will be carving pumpkins today with our friends Stephen and Rachael. I am still new to holidays in the United States, but Halloween is fun even if you're not a kid. It also starts off the whole festive season, all the way to Christmas and the New Year. One thing's for sure - there are a lot of candies to eat!! :)

Ever wonder why we carve pumpkins?

Addendum: I am also excited about how Apple is doing. The latest iBooks are oh-so-tempting. However, I have already started on Linux and will wait before checking out OS X.

Panther apparently rocks!
Apple (AAPL) strikes me as a good investment right now.

Linux rocks!

Over the last year or so I have become very interested in alternate (non-Microsoft) OS' and their usability. I have been working on Linux for a few months now and I find that is has really matured over the last few years. When I first tried installing Linux about 4 years ago, it was a nightmare and I gave up before going through with the installation. I installed Red Hat 9 on my laptop last month and setup was a breeze, it even picked up my Wireless PCMCIA card with no issues!

Everytime I find one of my favourite programs (or a clone of it) available for Linux, I am gleefully excited. So now I have these programs running on Linux - ICQ, Yahoo Messenger, Real Player, XMMS (Winamp), Evolution (Outlook). Although my laptop still dualboots into Windows and I don't use Linux for regular work yet, I am looking forward to the day when I do!

Well, I thought its worth giving a shot. The folks at home always want to know what I've been upto and my memory doesn't serve me very well. Its time to chronicle my life. Many thanks to Blogger.com (I found them thanks to Google). My first blog entry, I hope this effort will make me realize how I actually spend my time. :) Cheers everyone!