I have recently restarted on my goal to do 100 continuous pushups. Using an app on my phone https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rittr.pushups&hl=en which tells me how many sets to do and how long a break to take between sets. For not this is working and I am up to 132 pushups in 8 sets (max of 18 in 1 set). This is working out for now. Lets see when I can get to a 100.
Monday, May 7, 2012
Saturday, May 29, 2010
George Carlin on saving the planet.
The great master of Comedy, George Carlin, puts this serious note in such a humorous way. This is exactly what I meant in my earlier post about human beings thinking themselves of master and being in control of everything. The idea of "saving" the planet. Watch and enjoy.
Monday, April 20, 2009
The one who cannot be named ...
I just finished watching a documentary. The kind of documentary that scared me so much that I am not sure if I talk about it I might get in a lot of trouble, but most of all a documentary after watching which you start to loose all hope and faith in the human kind. The need and greed of a few, overpowering the entire worlds population. How a corporation can knowingly experiment with the worlds population only so they can harvest a nice profit. Are we running after technology so much that we have started to blurr the distinction between life and death, between natural and synthetic, alive and mechanical. Are humans completely under the illusion that they are the master here. The link contains a video (which I am sure will be taken down soon) which is about 2 hours long and somewhat boring. But if you have any concern about anything alive (including yourself) do take those 2 hours to watch this.
http://current.com/items/89964242_the-world-according-to-monsanto.htm
A few years back I was shocked to learn about the oil industry and our unsustainable ways. It made me very depressed to know how we were being so irresponsible and I was certain that we humans would be responsible for the end of this beautiful planet. That feeling of depression lasted for a few months as I continued reading on the topic. Then one day I had a realization and I calmed down. I was no longer depressed, just sad, very very sad. The realization was that I am insignificant. The human race is insignificant, and I was sad that the human race in its infinite pride will never realize that. We are a blip in the time line of this planet and if we continue our ways we will be wiped clean and replaced just like an artist would wipe clean a tiny mistake in his masterpiece. The very thought that the human race can in any way "save" the planet is preposterous. At the very best we can try and save our selves.
Today I feel a similar feeling. I feel hurt and depressed. This is worse than the unsustainable and polluting ways we are trying to mend. This has much deeper impact and practically irreversible. The only ray of hope I see here is that this might actually speed up the wiping out process if we don't pay attention anytime soon.
http://current.com/items/89964242_the-world-according-to-monsanto.htm
A few years back I was shocked to learn about the oil industry and our unsustainable ways. It made me very depressed to know how we were being so irresponsible and I was certain that we humans would be responsible for the end of this beautiful planet. That feeling of depression lasted for a few months as I continued reading on the topic. Then one day I had a realization and I calmed down. I was no longer depressed, just sad, very very sad. The realization was that I am insignificant. The human race is insignificant, and I was sad that the human race in its infinite pride will never realize that. We are a blip in the time line of this planet and if we continue our ways we will be wiped clean and replaced just like an artist would wipe clean a tiny mistake in his masterpiece. The very thought that the human race can in any way "save" the planet is preposterous. At the very best we can try and save our selves.
Today I feel a similar feeling. I feel hurt and depressed. This is worse than the unsustainable and polluting ways we are trying to mend. This has much deeper impact and practically irreversible. The only ray of hope I see here is that this might actually speed up the wiping out process if we don't pay attention anytime soon.
Sunday, March 22, 2009
Fear!
Whenever I hear the words "security concerns", which by the way its all too common nowadays, something stings inside. Its like the people who plan on terrorizing the masses and the governments, are getting what they want. Isin't the point of terrorism to induce terror in the minds of common public. Then when you see events been canceled, dates being changes, long queues at the security check and basically changing the future of an individual or a nation, all because you are concerned about the security, basically means you are afraid, you are in terror. So haven't the terrorist achieved what they set out to achieve. I am not saying that there is something wrong with being cautious and careful and everyone has the full right to their safety, but living in constant fear?? what kind of life is that. The worst part I think is people getting used to it, taking it as a normal part of life. It is not.
There are enough problems or rather crisis facing the entire human population today. When will people get over their petty differences over, land, religion, beliefs or whatever they hold dear and stop trying to change everyone else and just work together. Probably that time would never come, probably there was never such a time either. Today the world runs on the fuel of fear, creation of fear, distribution of fear, anticipation and illusion of fear. The entire advertising market runs on selling fear, the magazines are designed to make you feel bad about your body, fear you might get sick, make you look less adequate. The governments get elected by inducing fear. I think fear is one of the most potent mind control tool out there. Some are afraid of change, some are afraid of dying and some of the consequences after that. People are so afraid of dying that they forget how to live!
We no longer want to help others in need, because we are afraid that it might backfire, we don't talk to strangers because we are afraid they might harm us. Yes there are dangers out there, but shutting ourselves in a cocoon and hoping everything will become all right, is not a solution.
A little bit of fear is a good thing, that is why it is part of our psychology. It helps us avoid doing really stupid things, but when we let fear control our lives, are we really alive?
There are enough problems or rather crisis facing the entire human population today. When will people get over their petty differences over, land, religion, beliefs or whatever they hold dear and stop trying to change everyone else and just work together. Probably that time would never come, probably there was never such a time either. Today the world runs on the fuel of fear, creation of fear, distribution of fear, anticipation and illusion of fear. The entire advertising market runs on selling fear, the magazines are designed to make you feel bad about your body, fear you might get sick, make you look less adequate. The governments get elected by inducing fear. I think fear is one of the most potent mind control tool out there. Some are afraid of change, some are afraid of dying and some of the consequences after that. People are so afraid of dying that they forget how to live!
We no longer want to help others in need, because we are afraid that it might backfire, we don't talk to strangers because we are afraid they might harm us. Yes there are dangers out there, but shutting ourselves in a cocoon and hoping everything will become all right, is not a solution.
A little bit of fear is a good thing, that is why it is part of our psychology. It helps us avoid doing really stupid things, but when we let fear control our lives, are we really alive?
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Mozy Awesome Process
I received this email from Mozy (online backup solutions), and since they choose to send this email and stressed that I should spread the word, so I think there is no problem in sharing. I found it quite hilarious.
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Sometimes people come up to me and say, "Paul, how is it that Mozy has created such an unrelenting output of Awesome?"
Today I have been authorized to share with you some of the unique facets of the Mozy Awesome Process that until now have been tightly controlled trade secrets of Mozy, Inc. It all starts with giant robots (virtually perpetual sources of raw Awesome). We attach them to special Awesome Siphons of our own design and pipe the yield directly into our engineers' development workstations. Further, peripheral Awesome needs are farmed from old He-Man reruns, a roomful of ninjas wailing on electric guitars, and our captive Happy Fun Ball.
The crude Awesome is skillfully transformed by Mozy engineers into powerful software and hardware configurations, then carefully inspected and regulated according to a host of eldritch acronyms: SWAGs, PMQs, PRDs, and the ever-inspiring CFRRCs. Once a successful creation is stamped with the Seal of Acronymic Approval for Mozy (SAAM), it is subjected to final endorsement by the mystical, revered Mozy Leprecorn*. Finally, a highly trained team of Box Monks put the new Awesomery into place in the Mozy systems, where it becomes available to you, the user.
Our rigorous Awesome Enforcement Policies and Magical Oversight have brought us to what we believe is the most Awesome-efficient development process in the world of backup software.
Be safe,
Paul Cannon
Mozy Software Engineer
*Leprecorn (noun): a rare but phenomenal creature; half Unicorn, half Leprechaun, and all magical.
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Sometimes people come up to me and say, "Paul, how is it that Mozy has created such an unrelenting output of Awesome?"
Today I have been authorized to share with you some of the unique facets of the Mozy Awesome Process that until now have been tightly controlled trade secrets of Mozy, Inc. It all starts with giant robots (virtually perpetual sources of raw Awesome). We attach them to special Awesome Siphons of our own design and pipe the yield directly into our engineers' development workstations. Further, peripheral Awesome needs are farmed from old He-Man reruns, a roomful of ninjas wailing on electric guitars, and our captive Happy Fun Ball.
The crude Awesome is skillfully transformed by Mozy engineers into powerful software and hardware configurations, then carefully inspected and regulated according to a host of eldritch acronyms: SWAGs, PMQs, PRDs, and the ever-inspiring CFRRCs. Once a successful creation is stamped with the Seal of Acronymic Approval for Mozy (SAAM), it is subjected to final endorsement by the mystical, revered Mozy Leprecorn*. Finally, a highly trained team of Box Monks put the new Awesomery into place in the Mozy systems, where it becomes available to you, the user.
Our rigorous Awesome Enforcement Policies and Magical Oversight have brought us to what we believe is the most Awesome-efficient development process in the world of backup software.
Be safe,
Paul Cannon
Mozy Software Engineer
*Leprecorn (noun): a rare but phenomenal creature; half Unicorn, half Leprechaun, and all magical.
You are a Marrow Match!
Yes! My tissue type has been found to be a match.
A couple of years back I volunteered to be part of a Marrow donor program and submitted my DNA samples. I know what you must be thinking DNA sample?? but it was just a cotton swab rub on the inside of my cheek, a saliva sample infact, nothing fancy. So a few days back I was contacted by the National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP), stating my tissue type has matched a patient.
What does this mean? This means after a few more tests if I am found to be a match, then my blood will be able to help someone recover or atleast stay healthy from a disease like Leukemia. I had to answer a long list (~50) of questions which ranged from past medical history to tattoos and piercing. Finally an appointment was made for blood sample collection for further tests. Today a blood sample (a really big sample ~ 100 ml) was collected from both my arms which will undergo some more tests for the second phase of matching. There are still many ifs lurking around. They will check for any infectious disease and the HLA (Human Leukocyte antigens) match. A document was given explaining the procedure and relevant information. Now I have to wait for a few weeks before the test results are in. At this stage there is a 8% chance that I will end up being the donor.
I am both excited and scared to some extent. The donation will be made using one of the two process.
Lets wait and see.
Thanks for reading and I encourage you all to be part of such volunteer organization. Donating money is one thing, but donating a part of yourself to save someone is a feeling which just cannot be expressed in words. Its no longer a passive after thought, but an act of being human and feel human. All it needs is some commitment.
Join here
All the information is available on their website too:
http://www.marrow.org/DONOR/When_You_re_Contacted_as_a_Pos/index.html
http://www.marrow.org/DONOR/When_You_re_Contacted_as_a_Pos/How_Donors_Are_Selected/index.html
http://www.marrow.org/DONOR/When_You_re_Contacted_as_a_Pos/Medical_Guidelines/index.html
http://www.marrow.org/DONOR/When_You_re_Asked_to_Donate_fo/index.html
A couple of years back I volunteered to be part of a Marrow donor program and submitted my DNA samples. I know what you must be thinking DNA sample?? but it was just a cotton swab rub on the inside of my cheek, a saliva sample infact, nothing fancy. So a few days back I was contacted by the National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP), stating my tissue type has matched a patient.
What does this mean? This means after a few more tests if I am found to be a match, then my blood will be able to help someone recover or atleast stay healthy from a disease like Leukemia. I had to answer a long list (~50) of questions which ranged from past medical history to tattoos and piercing. Finally an appointment was made for blood sample collection for further tests. Today a blood sample (a really big sample ~ 100 ml) was collected from both my arms which will undergo some more tests for the second phase of matching. There are still many ifs lurking around. They will check for any infectious disease and the HLA (Human Leukocyte antigens) match. A document was given explaining the procedure and relevant information. Now I have to wait for a few weeks before the test results are in. At this stage there is a 8% chance that I will end up being the donor.
I am both excited and scared to some extent. The donation will be made using one of the two process.
- The Bone Marrow is collected using a hollow needle, from the pelvis bone while the donor is under anesthesia. The recovery time is about 3 days before normal physical activity resumes. The marrow is replenished in 4-6 weeks.
- The second procedure called PBSC (peripheral blood stem cells) requires injecting the drug filgrastim 5 times (once daily) before the day of collection. This increases the stem cell production. The blood is then removed from one arm, passed though a filter to collect stem cells and then returned in the other arm. There is no anesthesia and the donor is all set soon after the procedure.
Lets wait and see.
Thanks for reading and I encourage you all to be part of such volunteer organization. Donating money is one thing, but donating a part of yourself to save someone is a feeling which just cannot be expressed in words. Its no longer a passive after thought, but an act of being human and feel human. All it needs is some commitment.
Join here
All the information is available on their website too:
http://www.marrow.org/DONOR/When_You_re_Contacted_as_a_Pos/index.html
http://www.marrow.org/DONOR/When_You_re_Contacted_as_a_Pos/How_Donors_Are_Selected/index.html
http://www.marrow.org/DONOR/When_You_re_Contacted_as_a_Pos/Medical_Guidelines/index.html
http://www.marrow.org/DONOR/When_You_re_Asked_to_Donate_fo/index.html
100 Pushup Project - Update
| Description | Date | Pushups | Total | Rest (sec) | Total Time | |
| W2D1 | Monday, July 14, 2008 | 12,12,9,7,19(max) | 54 | 60x4 | 6 min 30 sec | |
| W1D3 | Friday, July 11, 2008 | 15,13,10,10,18(max) | 66 | 120x4 | 11 min | |
| W1D2 | Wednesday, July 09, 2008 | 12,12,10,10 (finger tip),17 (max) | 61 | 90x4 | -- | |
| W1D1 | Monday, July 07, 2008 | 10, 10, 8, 6, 22(max) | 56 | 60x4 | -- | |
| Initial Test | Wednesday, July 02, 2008 | 28 (max) | 28 | NA | -- |
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