Inside the mind and heart of Venkatesh Sridhar

Hi guys,
I am sure you might have noticed that my blogs have shrunk!!! No I didnt truncate them just added some code so that you guys can read it with comfort. From now on all my blogs will be short coz I am using an expandable post summaries. Now you may ask what the hell is this? Actually what this is that you have to click on “Continued…” button to….read further…

cool huh!!! hope you guys like it

Also now on the right hand side you will find a tag called “BlogRoll Me” what this is that if you are a Blogrolling member then you can directly add my blog into your links. All you need to do is click on the button “BlogRoll Me”. If you dont have a Blogrolling account I recommend that you get it one its free and its a cool add on. So till the next time see you guys.

Do let me know if you liked the changes I have made.

Just came across this hilarious joke. Thought of sharing it with you guys.

If Bud Abbott and Lou Costello were alive today, their infamous sketch, “Who’s on first?” might have turned out something like this:

COSTELLO CALLS TO BUY A COMPUTER FROM ABBOTT

ABBOTT: Super Duper computer store. Can I help you?

COSTELLO: Thanks. I’m setting up an office in my den and I’m thinking about buying a computer.

ABBOTT: Mac?

COSTELLO: No, the name’s Lou.
ABBOTT: Your computer?

COSTELLO: I don’t own a computer. I want to buy one.

ABBOTT: Mac?

COSTELLO: I told you, my name’s Lou.

ABBOTT: What about Windows?

COSTELLO: Why? Will it get stuffy in here?

ABBOTT: Do you want a computer with Windows?

COSTELLO: I don’t know. What will I see when I look at the windows?

ABBOTT: Wallpaper.

COSTELLO: Never mind the windows. I need a computer and software.

ABBOTT: Software for Windows?

COSTELLO: No. On the computer! I need something I can use to write proposals, track expenses and run my business. What do you have?

ABBOTT: Office.

COSTELLO: Yeah, for my office. Can you recommend anything?

ABBOTT: I just did.

COSTELLO: You just did what?

ABBOTT: Recommend something.

COSTELLO: You recommended something?

ABBOTT: Yes.

COSTELLO: For my office?

ABBOTT: Yes.

COSTELLO: OK, what did you recommend for my office?

ABBOTT: Office.

COSTELLO: Yes, for my office!

ABBOTT: I recommend Office with Windows.

COSTELLO: I already have an office with windows! OK, let’s just say I’m sitting at my computer and I want to type a proposal. What do I need?

ABBOTT: Word.

COSTELLO: What word?

ABBOTT: Word in Office.

COSTELLO: The only word in office is office.

ABBOTT: The Word in Office for Windows.

COSTELLO: Which word in office for windows?

ABBOTT: The Word you get when you click the blue “W”.

COSTELLO: I’m going to click your blue “w” if you don’t start with some straight answers. OK, forget that. Can I watch movies on the Internet?

ABBOTT: Yes, you want Real One.

COSTELLO: Maybe a real one, maybe a cartoon. What I watch is none of your business. Just tell me what I need!

ABBOTT: Real One.

COSTELLO: If it’s a long movie, I also want to watch reels 2, 3 and 4. Can I watch them?

ABBOTT: Of course.

COSTELLO: Great! With what?

ABBOTT: Real One.

COSTELLO: OK, I’m at my computer and I want to watch a movie. What do I do?

ABBOTT: You click the blue “1″.

COSTELLO: I click the blue one what?

ABBOTT: The blue “1″.

COSTELLO: Is that different from the blue w?

ABBOTT: The blue “1″ is Real One and the blue “W” is Word.

COSTELLO: What word?

ABBOTT: The Word in Office for Windows.

COSTELLO: But there are three words in “office for windows”!

ABBOTT: No, just one. But it’s the most popular Word in the world.

COSTELLO: It is?

ABBOTT: Yes, but to be fair, there aren’t many other Words left. It pretty much wiped out all the other Words out there.

COSTELLO: And that word is real one?

ABBOTT: Real One has nothing to do with Word. Real One isn’t even part of Office.

COSTELLO: STOP! Don’t start that again. What about financial bookkeeping? You have anything I can track my money with?

ABBOTT: Money.

COSTELLO: That’s right. What do you have?

ABBOTT: Money.

COSTELLO: I need money to track my money?

ABBOTT: It comes bundled with your computer.

COSTELLO: What’s bundled with my computer?

ABBOTT: Money.

COSTELLO: Money comes with my computer?

ABBOTT: Yes. No extra charge.

COSTELLO: I get a bundle of money with my computer? How much?

ABBOTT: One copy.

COSTELLO: Isn’t it illegal to copy money?

ABBOTT: Microsoft gave us a license to copy Money.

COSTELLO: They can give you a license to copy money?

ABBOTT: Why not? THEY OWN IT!

(A few days later)

ABBOTT: Super Duper computer store. Can I help you?

COSTELLO: How do I turn my computer off?

ABBOTT: Click on “START”…….

A friend of mine recommended me a link to a news site.

The article was on how a student took on Microsoft in a legal battle and won. His name is David Zamos. He was stunned when one day, Cleveland lawyers Robert Chudakoff and Edward Simms, along with San Francisco lawyers Roy Bartlett and Cameron Alston, allege that the sale cost Microsoft hundreds of thousands of dollars in “irreparable damage.” They demanded that Zamos hand over his eBay profits ($143.50) and cover the company’s court costs and legal fees.

You may wonder wat was Zamos’s fault he sold 2 unopened packs of Microsoft products. For further info you ….
can see the link.
The point I am making is the fact that when you find cases like these you are amazed that even in this materialistic times, justice is served and that there are principled people who are willing to take a stand and stick by their principles.

I cannot believe how in the world does Microsoft do all such crazy stuff like go and sue a student? Have they lost it or has money blinded them that even a lousy 60$ means a huge hit to their revenues of about 38 billion $???

I had given a small incident involving my driver Chelladhurai … there is more of him …

I pestered Chelladhurai to teach me driving. He finally agreed. He was telling me about all the things I should be careful about. Like keep both of my eyes on the road. Yet one eye should see who is coming from behind (never understood how is that humnaly possible till today.)

So I turned the key to ignition and put the first gear. As with all first timers, I had problems releasing the clutch at the right time and the car stopped. I had covered a mammoth 50 metres in 30 minutes (I guess Narayan Karthikeyan would be proud of me :p seeing his current F1 form) I am an impatient guy so I said to Chelladhurai that I had enough for the day. Chelladhurai insisted and lo, this time it went smoothly I went to 2nd gear too. The car was smoothly flowing. This was on the bylane. Neither of us wanted to go to the main road as the traffic policeman would have caught us. He asked me to slow down and change the gear to first. He turned to me and asked ” U turn edupela?” (”Would you do a U-turn?”) I was like no-no, you do that. So I got out of the drivers seat and allowed him to take control of the car.

It is very important here that I mention that I was on the left side of the road and that at the end of both the roads was a dry gutter. I had parked the car on the left side in an angular manner like this… \ … Now I think you might have a fair idea of the car’s position.

So he started and he turns, looks at me and says “Ippo paarunga U-turn ippidi edukannum” (”Now you see how to take a U-turn.”) I nodded like an obedient student. He turned the key to ignition and changed the gear and pressed the accelerator and he started turning towards the right at first. All of a sudden, the rear end of the car went down. I thought we hit some pothole (a common feature of Indian roads). I think Chelladhurai too thought of the same and he turned to me and said “Ippo namma oru kuyila maatitom. Kuyilendhu vallile varanum na modhala reverse gear potu, peenadi poyi aaproma 1st gear potu vandiya eddukannum.” (” Now we are stuck in a pothole. To get out put the reverse gear, move the car back and then put 1st gear and move.”) I nodded obediently. Chelladhurai then said “Ippo paarunga. Ippidi endukarenu.” (”Now see how I do this.”)I saw him put the reverse gear and go back, the car jerked. He and me turned round in sync and to our surpise found the rear end of the car missing. I was shocked, I put my head out and saw that my genius of a driver - Chelladhurai had managed to get the left rear wheel of the car not into a pothole but into the gutter. I turned to him and he also saw what happened and he turns sheepishly and says ” U-turn edukumbodhu jaakardaya paakanum. Indha maadhi U-turn edukakudhadhu.” (”While taking a U-turn you should look carefully. You should not take U-turn like this.”)

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My friends and I still talk about the incident and have a good laugh over this. I leave it upto you to guess how we managed to get the car out of the gutter.