Soul touching renditions

By Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
Tere bin dil naiyo lagda - http://youtube.com/watch?v=rrfITzLhCqM
Afreen Afreen - http://youtube.com/watch?v=zmB8yt-wf7A
Piya re - http://youtube.com/watch?v=7oscIjdZix8

Short n sweet

I came across this algorithm - Sieve of Eratosthenes to generate prime numbers from 2 to n.

public boolean[] sieve(int n)
{
   boolean[] prime=new boolean[n+1];
   Arrays.fill(prime,true);
   prime[0]=false;
   prime[1]=false;

   int m=Math.sqrt(n);

   for (int i=2; i<=m; i++)
      if (prime[i])
         for (int k=i*i; k<=n; k+=i)
            prime[k]=false;

   return prime;
}

Some lines these

A love is immortalized even as it dies...
A union is celebrated even as it breaks...
A hero is born, even as he is defeated...

Java Lessons - part 1

My java learnings for the day -
1. Always implement toString - It seriously is a pain for otherwise to decode the object.
2. Be aware of memory leaks! Nullify object references when required but NOT always. At times trust the garbage collector ;).
3. Evaluate static factory methods vs. constructors.
4. Singletons are a great way to ensure single object instance.
5. Object creation is costly! It hurts performance many times over. Create only when you should.

Not again!

Sachin out on 99! Not again :(
Tondulkar is missing it by whiskers time n again so often these days :(
Damn it.. I get back to watching Friends.

Lost in the wilderness

A bunch of toys
The little best doll
Cycling to school
The paperboat adrift
Hide and seek
Dance in the rains
Lost in the wilderness

A lullaby
A squirrel's run
A breath of fresh air
Green and green fields
Mountains to climb
Roads to run
Lost in the wilderness

The touch that would heal
The kiss that would seal
The bosom that would feel
Lost in the wilderness

Love all around love
Hearty Heaven above
All that peace dove
Lost in the wilderness

Adi-Jaya

nandi 357, originally uploaded by Aditya Pal.

Test post ... I am checking flickr blogs

Matchbox -20 : If you're gone

This is one absolutely unforgettable number from the band. I just loveeeee this number. And no no, its not my wussiness at display. It's just mere coincidence that someone is in Sunnyvale!

I think I've already lost you
I think you're already gone
I think I'm finally scared now
You think I'm weak - but I think you're wrong
I think you're already leaving
Feels like your hand is on the door
I thought this place was an empire
But now I'm relaxed - I can't be sure

I think you're so mean - I think we should try
I think I could need - this in my life
I think I'm just scared - I think too much
I know this is wrong it's a problem I'm dealing

If you're gone - maybe it's time to go home
There's an awful lot of breathing room
But I can hardly move
If you're gone - baby you need to come home
Cuz there's a little bit of something me
In everything in you

I bet you're hard to get over
I bet the room just won't shine
I bet my hands I can stay here
I bet you need - more than you mind

I think you're so mean - I think we should try
I think I could need - this in my life
I think I'm just scared - that I know too much
I can't relate and that's a problem I'm feeling

If you're gone - maybe it's time to go home
There's an awful lot of breathing room
But I can hardly move
If you're gone - baby you need to come home
Cuz there's a little bit of something me
In everything in you

I think you're so mean - I think we should try
I think I could need - this in my life
I think I'm just scared - do I talk too much
I know this is wrong it's a problem I'm dealing

If you're gone - maybe it's time to go home
There's an awful lot of breathing room
But I can hardly move
If you're gone - baby you need to come home
Cuz there's a little bit of something me
In everything in you

Great bong!

Excerpts from greatbong.net on Aap ka suroor -

"Himesh Reshammiya’s acting is a revelation. Just like his most exquisite works of music are but an assemblage of simple notes, his acting is also a composition of very elemental histrionic elements. First there is the constipated, eyes slitted intense look. Then there is the Angelina Jolie -Narasimha Rao pout which we are to believe make women go weak in the knees. And of course the passionate eye closing “passing-stool” expression. For variety, he also bites the air and sometimes preloads “expressions” on his face even before the dialogue that is supposed to trigger that expression has been spoken."

Oh man, I am already on the floor laughing!

That part of me....

That part of me which I left long ago, suddenly became alive yesterday while watching the Wimbledon 93 finals match between Steffi Graf and Jana Novotna. What a match it was and I still distinctly remeber the score how Steffi won - 7-6, 1-6, 6-4. A hard to believe comeback! But thatz what Steffi was made up of and I loved watching her matches during my school days. Miss you Steffi!