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Oh no I shrunk the world pt 13

Sitting in the airport ng for my flight to start boarding, somewhat
amazed that in my hand I have a device that allows me to blog for free
from 80 odd countries (my Kindle). Take that as an excuse for any
misspelling.

Sao Paulo felt like Dilli in the way that it is probably a city you
dont quite get if you just visit and learn to like if you live there.
I had low expectations and enjoyed the small things like roof of
cultural centre, feijaon com arroz and the odd colonial building or
pretty villa. M was less than enthused by the city. In any case it is
curious that meedting somebody you care about in a completely
different context on the other side of the world doesnt seem strange
at all

Behind me two Indian SAP consultants are talking about how far their
hotels were from the beach and how expensive flats are in various
Indian cities. Feels familiar somehow.

Autocomplete

My sister googles “why b” autocomplete suggests: “why boys are better than girls”

My sister googles “why g” autocomplete suggests: “why get married” or “why god why”

I google “why b” autocomplete suggests: “why buy an ipad”

I google “why g” autocomplete suggests: “why gluten free”, “why go to college”

…

Does Google know something we don’t?

No more sexting in Pakistan…

The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has banned 1,795 expletives on SMS, ordering telecom companies to filter out SMS-es containing these offending words with effect from 21 November 2011. The letter includes a list of 1,109 English words, more pornographic terms than expletives, and another 586 Urdu words which are more colourful sexual expletives of the standard South Asian kind rather than the plain garden variety pornography.

The Pakistani Twitterverse was on fire last night as the two lists make for hilarious reading. The English list begins with A.S.S. and ends with yellowman. Some words sound harmless (crap and crappy), others bizarre (Jesus Christ, flatulence, murder, monkey crotch). Many are commonly used obscene words (“FUCK YOU”) and care has been taken to account for alternative spellings (biatch, muthafucka). While many spelling variations of ‘masturbation’ are on it, the correct spelling is not. Most words seem to be designed to prevent ‘sexting’ or sending sexually explicit texts (sexy, lick me, do me, S&M, lotion and porn). The list comes down on anal sex as much as vaginal sex. But it isn’t just sex. By banning drunken they perhaps hope to reduce alcoholism.

Why worry about what happens in Burma, when these things go on in the universities in the Land of the Free?

via thelede.blogs.nytimes.com

Apparently, posting tents and sitting on lawns is such a threat to law and order that mace, oodles of mace, is required?

India: The Secular Democracy

BHOPAL: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has stirred a hornet’s nest in the state by announcing that Bhagvad Gita would be taught in all schools, with Opposition Congress dubbing the move as an attempt to saffronise education.

via timesofindia.indiatimes.com

Beautiful Earth

via vimeo.com

Timelapse + aurora borealis, does it get better than that?

Also, do note how the lights change as you travel from Europe to mid-east to Asia. Quite a telling picture.

Gleeden – Extramarital dating! The leading site for married men and women

To think people are still saying their “I Do”s in a thousand different languages in a thousand religious and non religious ceremonies as we speak: http://en.gleeden.com/