Select Twitter Postings (Tweets) – Week of June 1

After a gap of few months, I am hoping to continue posting my select few tweets (from http://twitter.com/aparanjape ) here.

Urban India is also getting there | Nearly 1 in 3 U.S. children are overweight or obese… http://bit.ly/9Jo2z8 via @amednews 34 minutes ago via web

#Pune Impressed with IMD – they said June 7th – and guess they were right.. Monsoon’s here! 35 minutes ago

India markets corrected 2% today, after the big fall on Wall Street on Friday. Will we see BSE 16,000 before 17,000? about 3 hours ago via web

ForbesIndia It took Ajay Piramal 4 hours to negotiate a whopping $3.7 billion valuation with Abbott. Just how did he pull it off http://bit.ly/dy6rrS

From @the_hindu Is the nation in a coma? http://is.gd/cFybM Europeans believe that Indian leaders are too blinded by new wealth … about 5 hours ago via web

#Dday: changed course of WW II. The events were depicted very well in the Hollywood Classic: Longest Day http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056197 3:59 PM Jun 6th via web

Today is the 66th anniversary of the “D Day” – landing of the allied forces on the beaches of Normandy in World War II 3:56 PM Jun 6th via web

#healthcare #medicine “Smallpox — The Death of a Disease (book excerpt) ” http://is.gd/cEwue | via @amednews 3:14 PM Jun 6th via web

• Nice slideshow by Kuni Takahashi with my story on Kashmiri Pandits – http://nyti.ms/9E2ZzP 10:53 AM Jun 6th via TimesPeople Retweeted by you and 15 others

Good CNBC interview with @anandmahindra http://bit.ly/cFDMkZ | via @brijwhiz 11:24 AM Jun 6th via web

•  #Pune #Food Nostalgia – 1980s Favorites by @aparanjape is one of our #spicypicks @ http://adda.at/spicy4 8:30 PM Jun 5th via HootSuite Retweeted by you and 1 other

#Pune On #WorldEnvironmentDay, one big success story worth highlighting is the decade old forestation drive on Law College Hills 5:51 PM Jun 5th via web

From HT Blogs — “Pawar is Pune that Pune knows nought” http://is.gd/cDgtH 12:05 PM Jun 5th via web

#healthcare #hypertension Nice educational website on blood-pressure/hypertension http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/hbp/index.html 11:50 AM Jun 5th via web

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) archival exhibition opened in #Pune http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/blnus/17051101.htm 11:12 AM Jun 5th via web

Bharat Forge and KPIT Cummins develop a new plug-in hybrid tech solution for cars http://bit.ly/drHqz0 12:58

Rocket built by private company SpaceX launched from Cape Canaveral http://on.cnn.com/c6yG4a – via @CNN 12:31 AM Jun 5th via web

Now – this is a true ‘hybrid’ engine (Petrol+Diesel) ! | Reinventing the Gasoline Engine http://bit.ly/9xJPqi via @techreview 3:43 PM Jun 4th via web

MIT’s Dean of Engg School – Subra Suresh tapped to lead the $7B National Science Foundation (NSF) http://ff.im/-lr8xi | via @NatureNews 3:42 PM Jun 4th via web

#Pune BJP seeks scrapping of Pune Metro DPR http://is.gd/cBjcf #punetraffic 11:51 PM Jun 3rd via web

Indepth, grim piece in Rediff — How #Pune stopped being a pensioners paradise http://bit.ly/dC84dx | via @centerofright 6:09 PM Jun 3rd via web

Hilarious & scary video MustWatch! RT @RMantri Euro crisis explained: Martin Wolf(FT’s chief economics commentator) http://bit.ly/coRBsf 4:43 PM Jun 3rd via web

#Pune #trivia What famous store is seen in the 1960s Raj Kapoor classic ‘Sangam’? Answer: Dorabjees http://is.gd/cAx59 9:51 AM Jun 3rd via web

#Pune New blog post: “Pune Food Nostalgia – 1980s Favorites http://is.gd/cxXuM ” (updated) 9:45 AM Jun 3rd via web

Interesting range…India subscribers – Wireless: 600 M, Wireline: 37 M, Broadband: only 9M (this number needs to grow!) http://is.gd/cyn2d 9:40 PM Jun 1st via web

In other news, UK wants India to return Cricket ..RT @timesofindia India wants UK to return Kohinoor http://toi.in/apxnoa 5:35 PM Jun 1st via web

#Pune New blog post: “Pune Food Nostalgia – 1980s Favorites http://is.gd/cxXuM ” 3:11 PM Jun 1st via web

From @nytimes Cellphone in New Role: Loyalty Card – http://nyti.ms/9VmQi9 | via @hemantnmehta 10:13 AM Jun 1st via web

Sad to note – while world over trains have sped up many times over, #DeccanQueen now takes over 3.5 hrs (compared to 2.75 hrs, 80 yrs back) 9:18 AM Jun 1st via web

#Pune #Mumbai The historic #DeccanQueen train turns 81 today. Was inagurated as Asia’s fastest train in 1930. 9:17 AM Jun 1st via web

#joke Infosys,TCS,Wipro angry with BP … for bringing a bad name to ‘offshoring’ 12:35 AM Jun 1st via mobile

Select Twitter Postings (Tweets) – Week of Aug 24 – Aug 31

RT @CNETNews High-end server chips breaking records http://bit.ly/mqtLq

RT @indianomics SMSGupShup has 22 million users in India. Much more than facebook, Twitter and orkut combined http://bit.ly/16B8qD

A friend’s crossword got published in the premium puzzles section of the Sunday New York Times…! http://is.gd/2Ixcd  

RT @googlenews Cheney says he would have attacked Iran over nukes, but Bush said no – New York Daily News http://bit.ly/PnK9t 

Finally watched #TareZaminPar Agree with most reviews – it’s a great movie by Bollywood standards. Though just a ‘good’ movie globally. 

Nice article by Vivek Wadhwa. Doubt with 9.5% unemployment in US, Obama will listen http://is.gd/2HS5I Free the H-1Bs, Free the Economy

Funds between $ 500 billion – 1.4 trillion, belonging to Indians parked in safe havens abroad http://is.gd/2GOEp 

RT @HarvardHealth Fatigue may be a sign of depression. 20%-40% of people who seek help for ongoing fatigue suffer from depression or anxiety 

Good question! A decent amount..I think. RT @Cleartrip How much extra would you be willing to pay to watch television with no advertising? 

RIP Chandrayaan – India’s first moon mission was a great first step! RT @ndtv Radio contact with Chandrayaan-I spacecraft lost

http://is.gd/2EdvL CNET: US Bill would give president emergency control of Internet

http://is.gd/2E6qM A planet 10x of Jupiter and 50x closer its star, than earth-sun distance: Is it violating the laws of physics??

#punetraffic Really, Pune drivers need a crash(no pun intended) course in lane discipline! With the JM/FC Rd oneways, this is urgent.

Shikimic acid: found in a plant in China – main ingredient for producing Oseltamivir, active ingredient of Tamiflu http://is.gd/2ClXQ

From that first oil well in Pennsylvania, we have come a long way… http://bit.ly/3YA0gO Happy 150th Birthday, Oil Drilling!

Test drove the New Laura 2.0 lt. Terrific car. Deriving from a @d7y quote – ‘its an epitome of understated luxury’

Only Onion can do this! RT @TheOnion ‘Kennedy Curse’ Claims Life Of 77-Year-Old Tumor-Riddled Binge-Drinker http://bit.ly/jwj

Pune’s police commissioner started his blog on August 20, 2009: http://bit.ly/3dBI7g  via @punemirror

Comparing specs of @Toyotafortuner with Innova. No major difference except the 3L engine, 4W drive. Is it really worth nearly 2X price??

Good stats on oil consumption by country(2007) http://is.gd/2zIsC  India is at #6. US consumes nearly 25% of global demand

Interesting stats on the i10, City and other A/T models – Indians Opt for Automatic Variant http://bit.ly/w7BHS  via @carazoo 

Amar Bhide (IIT Bombay Class of ’77) vs Roger Altman on CNBC debating the merit of Bernanke’s reappointment – http://tinyurl.com/iitb0825

Great article – also very relevant to India ‘s healthcare system “Why primary care doctors are fed up”   http://is.gd/2ygnQ    

IISc is India’s No. 1 tech institute http://is.gd/2yfcI  followed by IIT Kanpur and IIT Bombay.

Agri Min.Pawar interview on CNBC. Irrespective of what one thinks of his politics…He is really impressive with statistics and his facts.

Staggering sugar statistics in India (annual) – Demand: 24 Million Tons. Domestic Supply this year: 15 Million Tons.

$1.15 billion Dallas Cowboys Stadium http://bit.ly/mxTw2  Biggest stadium -accomodates 120,000 and has start-of-art 73 ft X 160 ft HDTVs

Arun Shourie: ‘..there’s a need for a resposible voice that respects intellect and stays away from sound-byte journalism..’ great interview!

Select Twitter Postings (Tweets) – Week of Aug 17 – Aug 24

Nokia joins the netbook race with the Booklet 3G: 10 inches, 1.25 kg, 12 hour battery life, HDMI out http://is.gd/2wvBJ

Latest WHO stance puts them at odds with various countries RT @Naturenews WHO: no drugs for healthy H1N1 victims http://ff.im/-74Pc0

@PritishNandy Air India is in a huge mess. Only positive ending for it would be if Tata buy it back for Rs.1…and turn it around!

CNBC – Fortis to acquire 10 Hospitals (total apprx 2000 beds) from Wockhardt for around 900 Crores.

Pune, doesn’t showup. Delhi at #1 RT @ Cleartrip India’s top 10 hotel destinations: http://bit.ly/d9e6P

Interesting stat ! RT @AlooTechie 34% of reserved rail tickets in India are sold online: IRCTC http://bit.ly/h2t9Q

Don’t come fishing for account details: Swiss banks to India http://is.gd/2vcJx

 #punetraffic Large number of vehicles breaking the JM Road oneway rule at around 11pm tonite. Very dangerous!

 #punetraffic Always impressed by the NH4 highway stretch from CME to Akurdi in PCMC. IMO, Pune needs such highways; and not BRTS!!

Foreigners Attending US Grad Schools Way Down: Wake Up, Xenophobes http://tcrn.ch/8SGo via @TechCrunch

 #ashes @BumbleCricket ‘s nickname for Nassir Hussain is Putin Uncanny resemblance! Checkout: Putin looks at pitch http://mypict.me/pKWA

 Humans And Chimpanzees Genetically More Similar Than One Yeast Variety Is To Another http://is.gd/2uDa

 Pune Media: For once, you can print something positive about #punetraffic – JM/FC Road oneway plan(its great!) instead of finding flaws…

 #h1n1 Lot more people die of TB in India. Precaution list is same! (Hand-washing, masks when near patients, etc..etc.) How many follow it??

RT @PritishNandy If Indira’s Parsi husband was a Toddywalla, not a Gandhi would India’s political history be different? Shashi Tharoor(1997)

Rediff – How India secretly helped Lanka destroy the LTTE http://bit.ly/13h9Fk via @amahajani

Jon Stewart and Asif Mandavi at their best …. cover the #SRK incident at Newark Airport http://is.gd/2rrNI via @adityakuber

I was worried about hypochondria, now add OCD to that list http://is.gd/2r6ST After swine flu, is OCD gripping Pune?

Has anyone noticed that these ‘luxury’ Mumbai-Pune private busses are often the most polluting, and probably really badly maintained!

RT @PritishNandy The way the BJP’s going, soon there’ll be no Opposition in Parliament.There will only be 2 parties: Pro-Mukesh vs Pro-Anil

 http://bit.ly/uRxJ5 Warren Buffett’s oped in NY Times – ‘The Greenback Effect’ – Strikes a cautious note…

 Mumbai, Pune make it but some startling omissions RT @trakin 10 Wealthiest Cities in India: Any Guesses? http://bit.ly/mulPK

 Wondering – In future, what would you rather have from the Mulshi reservoir: 150 MW of power, or about 80% of Pune’s water needs?!

 Was suspected for a while, but now some proof? ‘Found: first amino acid on a comet’ http://bit.ly/17FoPI

 Just CANNOT imagine Favre playing AGAINST Packers on Moday Night! Why?? http://is.gd/2n2CN Source: Favre to sign with Vikings

Select Twitter Postings (Tweets) – Week of Aug 12

Twitter is a great medium for sharing interesting thoughts, ideas and links. It is increasingly becoming the ‘micro-blogging’ platform of choice (Twitter postings are limited to 140 characters). However, I still see that many of my friends, colleagues and other readers who subscribe to my blog feeds, are not on twitter.

I am trying this new format on my blog, where I put up some of my select twitter postings (also called as ‘tweets’) as a weekly blog article. The topics will be across the board – but mostly along the lines of what I have in my blog – Random Thoughts, Technology, Pune, Current Affairs, Science, Cricket, India, Humor, etc.

 

Today, I am publishing the first such weekly article. Please provide your feedback on this new format and content. I will also continue to publish regular blog articles. If you are interested in learning more about twitter – please checkout twitter.com and my brief article: What is Twitter? And why should one start using it?

Once you are onboard twitter, you can follow me at – http://twitter.com/aparanjape

 

Note -  The normal web links are also stored in a smaller format (to save number of characters) in twitter posts. Simply click on those short links, and they will take you to the original link & webpage.

 

Here are some select twitter postings (tweets) from this week:

 

 

 

Imagine 200 people dying everyday from flu in Pune! Was a reality in the 1918 epidemic. Great article by Mandar Lawate in today’s Sakal #Marathi.

    

#pune #mumbai In not too distant future, its conceivable – Pune will use water from Mulshi (9 TMC) and Mumbai from Koyna (80 TMC storage).

    

#punewatercrisis Believe water from Mulshi, Koyna hydel projects goes into the sea – no significant irrigation use..?

    

#punewatercrisis http://is.gd/2msad Tough questions regarding water distribution – White paper on water supply demandedabout 

    

Know quite a few people in this category http://is.gd/2m3Fb ’Mutation Tied to Need for Less Sleep Is Discovered’ via @nytimes

    

IBM looks to DNA to sustain Moore’s Law http://bit.ly/1bqKGN

    

A massive storm spotted on Saturn’s Moon – Titan…Presence of water? via @naturenews http://ff.im/-6JJ5J

    

Energy-Aware Internet Routing: Software that tracks electricity prices could slash energy http://www.technologyreview.com

 

RT @TIME Nearly 90 percent of U.S. money contains traces of cocaine | http://su.pr/2AVoDe

    

Wikipedia isn’t dying! Today, the English version published its three millionth article. http://tr.im/wx0O via @NiemanLababout 20 hours ago from web

    

2009 H1N1 Pandemic – Global Statistics. http://bit.ly/1jgIb Take a look at where India stands (especially proportional to its population)about 20 hours ago from web

    

http://is.gd/2kUZt Great article by Dr T Jacob John – ‘India’s amateur handling of the H1N1 pandemic’about 23 hours ago from web

    

#pune Trivia – The Mulshi dam is owned by Tata Group and generates 150 MW of hydro-power at the plant at Bhira. It was built in 1927.2:09 PM Aug 17th from web

    

Didnt know that the great international architect Christopher Benninger, has been based out of Pune for nearly 3 decades! http://is.gd/2jMTg9:52 PM Aug 16th from web

    

Seeing this h1n1 induced hysteria in Pune, feel vindicated about my stand on the “Illiterate 21st Century Consumer” http://is.gd/2ilJI10:21 PM Aug 15th from web

    

http://is.gd/2hGVB I wrote this last November…as relevant as ever! “Is TV News Making Us Dumb” also add print media to it!11:05 AM Aug 15th from web

    

Prices near 30 year highs… RT @TheEconomist Why the sugar price is soaring http://ow.ly/15KTlR

    

Radical new simplified tax code draft unveiled by the Indian Govt: http://is.gd/2dFyO http://is.gd/2dFBM

    

WiMAX not really 4G: Ericcson CTO bit.ly/Q6zPs via @om