A planned industrial visit by the metro team..

Today, as a team bonding exercise, Jack / Gopal had organized a tour around the city of san francisco to the finest cafes and bakeries.

The tour started sharp with a team picture at the North beach spot from which it was ramified into 2 groups of 18 people each. First stop was at Cafe Roma
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Next up was XOX Truffles where we had a taste of the sumptuous flavors of the finest french chocolates. It's called truffles for a reason (mushroom shaping).

The third stop was at an italian place where we were introduced to some Foccacios. It's like a Pizza (Tomato sauce sandwiched between the breads). After this was the place where sourdough was made in a furnace. The bacteria (Bacterio sanfranciscus) thrives only in the peninsula that helps give a unique taste to the sourdough.

We then visited a place where they served some Soy pieces (for veggie lovers). The tour ended with desserts served at Victoria Pastry.

A nice informative tour which i certainly would not have derived the enthusiasm to learn about these voluntarily :).

Jus a KickAss Playlist

• TiK ToK by Ke$ha
• Boulevard Of Broken Dreams by Green Day
• Wake Me Up When September Ends by Green Day
• 21 Guns by Green Day
• Monster by Skillet
• Wrong Things Said The Right Way by Modern Science

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Google Offices In India

Well, for all hard core techies, you know what this is all about. After all, who would not want to work in a place that is considered the heaven among the workplaces..Here's a sneak peek picture shots of Google Hyderabad.











And the offices in USA...

Funny Quotes....

I was browsing through some of my old forwards when this email struck me. This is hilarious...

Ø When I was born, I was so surprised I didn't Talk for a year and a half.

Ø Join the army, see the world, meet interesting people, and kill them.

Ø Until I was 13, I thought my name was 'Shut Up.'

Ø I'm not afraid to die. I just don't want to be there when it happens.

Ø Always and never are two words you should always remember never to
use.

Ø I've never been drunk, but often I've been over served.

Ø The road to success is always under construction.

Ø I say no to drugs -- they just don't listen!

Ø Marriage is one of the chief causes of divorce.

Ø Work is fine if it doesn't take up too much of your time.

Ø When everything's coming your way, you're in the wrong lane.

Ø Born free; Taxed to death.

Ø Everyone has a photographic memory; some people just don't have film.

Ø Life is unsure; always eat your dessert first.

Ø Smile -- it makes people wonder what you're up to.

Ø I love being a writer... What I can't stand is the paperwork.

Ø A printer consists of 3 main parts: the case, the jammed paper tray
and the blinking red light.

Ø The hardest part of skating is the ice.

Ø The guy who invented the first wheel was an idiot; the guy who
invented the other three, he was the genius.

Ø The trouble with being punc tual is that there's no one there to
appreciate it.

Ø If our constitution allows us free speech, why are there phone bills?

Ø If you tell a man there are 300 billion stars in the universe, he'll
believe you. But if you tell him a park bench has just been painted, he
has to touch it to be sure.

Ø Beat the 5 O'clock rush: leave work at noon!

Ø If you can't convince them, confuse them.

Ø It's not the fall that kills you; it's the sudden stop at the end.

Ø I couldn't repair your brakes, so I made your horn louder.

Ø Hot glass looks same as cold glass. (Cunino's Law of Burnt Fingers)

Ø Someday is not a day of the week

Do Nothingssss...

This sunday morning i had nothing to do and hence i started thinking about the top 10 ways to pass time....here are a few..

1. Browse orkut profiles (1 link leads to another)
2. crawl through the apps in facebook, challenge the friends
3. Read reviews in imdb
4. Search out for car deals in craigslist (even if one has 1 :) )
5. Call up friends and start to indulge in long pointless conversations.
6. Keep clicking the 'Inbox' link of one's email
7. Youtube videos.
8. Watch TV
9. Play Tennis
10. Out for a jog
Guess the list keeps growing all the time according to one's creativity ;)
Feel free to comment on a few of those that you do...

Online Storage - the current buzzword...

In trend with many corporate giants like Google, Microsoft, yahoo fight for the crown of supremacy, online storage has become an important area of discovery. As the name suggests, it houses the users files like photos, mp3s and other files on to the respective storage directories of the companies that offer the service.

The advantages offered are numerous, some notable ones are:

1. Flexibility to access them anywhere and anytime with just a PC and a browser.
2. Eliminates the need to purchase giant capacity drives.
3. Ability to easily share selective files among trusted users.
4. All these comes free of cost.

Now the (-) points:
1. The corporates offering this service should provide a high and god level security layer.
2. I still do not understand and wonder what would happen if a user gets his password stolen or hijacked. Will these free online storage providers support for such a theft.
3. This service implicitly assumes that the user is armed with lightning speed internet broadband connection assuming users will upload and download large Giga-bytes of data.
4. Premium storages will be tagged with a cost. I wonder if there will be any cost associated to access times as well. (Less access time -> More cost)
5. With just a network drive mapped on to the service provider, the ability to incorporate advertisements suffers a setback suspending the revenue income from this front.

Inspite of the pros and cons, online storage is definitely a feature that will be eagerly anticipated and welcomed widely by the people, and no wonder that companies such as Facebook, Microsoft, EMC are already up with their service.

Tamil at its best...

Thought this is funny...
Check out the "Thanikattai" meaning "single"... hilarious!!!