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Birthdays and Facebook

I read about a guy who had 400+ friends in Facebook. One day he woke up as a curious little wanker and wondered if he is really that sociable. So he organized a party and sent invitations to all his contacts over Facebook. 50% confirmed and another 20% were tentative. He was delighted - that’s one hell of a response, actually. The real day came. Our man waited at the venue, which happened to be a popular joint, but no single soul turned up. An hour later, one woman came but she also left in the next 30 minutes. He had 400 friends and yet he ended up drinking alone that night. So the question to ponder is how close are our virtual worlds to the reality? . But my case was quite not as somber. Yesterday was my birthday. Facebook reminded of it to a whole lot of my gang. Some of them have never wished me in decades and some are new. How exciting! So here is my big thanks to all my dear friends for the wishes over calls, sms and facebook. You made me feel special. Special thanks to cutie p

How to make the planet smarter?

President BO met business leaders to discuss economy at the White House. Salute him for the due diligence. It is also amazing to see the kind of political connections some of the CEOs have. Try digging Eric Schmidt of Google, for one. IBM’s premier grabbed the opportunity to introduce his ‘ Smarter Planet ’ vision to the president, which was to strike it right when the iron is hot. Smarter Planet yeh? For the uninitiated, you know, the planet is very stupid today? Think of the following : Today, distributing power is like transporting a fluid on a perforated pot. 67% of energy is lost in transport. Our medical network… well, its not a network. You can be a HIV positive in one hospital and have a cleaner bill of health according to the records in the second hospital. We call this the ‘multiple versions of the truth’ problem. Our food supply chain is so effective that 48 billion dollar worth of food is wasted just in the US alone. Damn. Our transports… recently my friend spent 18 hours o