Day 14: getting back on track
Despite my comments about the Air India flight, everything actually worked out pretty well. (Sorting out the expense report is going to be fun, though.)… Read More »Day 14: getting back on track
October 2005
Day 13: somewhere over Eastern Europe…
I’m somewhere over Eastern Europe at around 2pm Indian, 9:30am London, sitting in seat 47K in Air India 747-400 VT-AIE. Or maybe we’re over Turkey… Read More »Day 13: somewhere over Eastern Europe…
Day 12, part 2: oops.
This trip had gone perfectly. Too perfectly. It was unnatural. And on Friday evening, my luck ran out. The plan was to fly on Jet… Read More »Day 12, part 2: oops.
Day 12, part 1: StorageTek@Bangalore
Friday began with a quick trip to the Sun building in Bangalore to meet with Vijay, the VP in charge of the site. After that… Read More »Day 12, part 1: StorageTek@Bangalore
Day 11 – Bangalore Tech Talk and "Diwali Bash"
The rains returned to Bangalore on Thursday, but not enough to disrupt things seriously. (Chennai looks like it’s in a worse position.) I had five… Read More »Day 11 – Bangalore Tech Talk and "Diwali Bash"
Mystery painting identified
Raj Premkumar has solved my puzzle of the mystery painting at the Salar Jung Museum. It turns out that it was mis-labelled: the actual artist… Read More »Mystery painting identified
Day 10
When last we left our intrepid hero, he was cowering in bed, transfixed by television images of Bangalore under flood waters of Biblical proportions. The… Read More »Day 10
An extraordinary perceptual illusion
You absolutely must check out Mr Angry and Mrs Calm. Simply amazing. I can’t begin to imagine how it works… (Via BoingBoing.)
Missed me
While I’m in India, where Bangalore has been experiencing its wettest month since records began, they also seem to have been having some weather back… Read More »Missed me
Day 9
Tuesday comprised a full day of meetings with the ex-SeeBeyond organization in Hyderabad. Dale and I talked with each of the functional groups: about the… Read More »Day 9