Web 2.0 is here to stay! Yay???

(After a conversation with Jew-bin)

The Internet has, no doubt, made things much easier for us. And with Web 2.0 applications, things just got a lot more interactive. But there's one outcome we have clearly overlooked - its the web 2.0 addicts, or webbie(short for web wannabe).

Do you have a friend who blogs about the downfall of Journalspace or the most recent MacWorld meet, and you're left confounded as to what on earth he's talking about? Does he/she... no, wait - Does he keep updating his status on Facebook every 10 minutes?? Does he flip out his (GPRS-enabled) phone in the middle of nowhere to post something online??? Then you, my friend, know a web addict. Let me mention some of my experiences.

A friend of mine once came to hostel to download episodes of Lost, Friends etc. He opens his bag and flips out 2 PC hard drives with a connecting cable to a laptop! I was like whoa.. that's jugaad! On realising that it would take much longer than expected, he decides to leave one HDD, but couldn't choose which one because one was too full, and the other one had Windows XP and linux and Mac OS X on it! I didn't bother to ask why.

So anyway, his friend looks around the room while the download is going on and notices a spot that looks like dried crow shit. Almost naturally, he takes out his (GPRS-enabled) IPhone, takes a photo and uploads it on Twitter!

In the near future, one might see status' being updated by webbies (via their GPRS-enabled future phones.... no wait - 3G phones!) almost instinctively - like this

09:00 Aditya is having tea :)
09:03 Aditya has finished tea :|
09:04 Aditya is wondering what to do :?

And of course, the next bollywood webbie would release the one movie all webbie's have been waiting for! - "Blog on!" (note to self: blog about it!)

PS: I know this post sounds too web 2.0ish. But you have to describe them in webbie jargon! In fact, I've mentioned stuff in the html which I'm sure webbie's can access :)

Once in a full moon

This pic was taken at my first (and, so far, only) night trek , at Bhimashankar Wildlife Sanctuary. At about 11pm, when our body couldn't carry us any further, we decided to halt for a small break. The moon was shining brightly over the night sky, and my friend Sajal couldn't resist clicking it.



Those who have tried to take pictures at night would understand the difficulty in capturing precise shots in low light and the patience required to capture a photo of this quality. Those who haven't, try it :)

My 09 list

Seeing as I don't have much else to do now (and GRE is getting boring), here's the list of things I want to do in 2009!! Thanks to a chat with Jew-bin on 1st. Inspired from (and some plagiarised from) here.

Explore hangouts in town Get high on nimbu pani Group activity: Stare continuously at someone and then laugh at them Try different forms of meat (octopus, crab etc.) Call a random number, and talk about anything random (courtesy Zubin) Get a rickshaw-walla caught for not agreeing to go where I ask him to! H3 dhinch day!! (This would also make some council members happy :P) Watch DDLJ at Maratha Mandir Go for heritage walks in Bombay, which reminds me... Popularize the name Bombay (Interestingly, Bombay exists in the check dictionary, but Mumbai is not! One more reason to love Google!) Hike up Mazgaon Hill Bet at Mahalaxmi racecourse Watch flamingos in the mangroves at Sewri. (I didn't know they existed till I read it on Zishaan's blog!) (EDIT): Have Zhunda-Bhaakar Maintain this blog!!

Of course, there are a few more to this list - but those I shall make public on completion!! :D