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Entries from November 2007

Gibson to release Robot Guitars

November 28th, 2007 · No Comments

Gibson is releasing a limited run of “robot guitars” on 7 December this year. No, this guitar will not automatically play out the tunes or move about the room (although the ads would almost have you believe that).
The guitar automatically tunes itself into a variety of guitar tunings (Open E, Drop D, etc). I […]

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Sunday Evening Blues

November 26th, 2007 · 1 Comment

 
Somedays you keep on playing and nothing happens. On other nights, the guitar makes the sweetest sound your ears have ever heard. Today was one such magical night. I had never planned to play, leave alone record anything. But this happened.
If you are into blues guitars, you may want to check this out.

 
Draw this […]

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Barcamp and Passions : 3 Video-Encounters

November 24th, 2007 · 2 Comments

 
Barcamp is full of passionate people. Here I chose three such video-encounters that I had at Barcamp Bangalore 5 on Nov 17 .
I have very high regards for these people as visionary and passionate individuals and wish them all the best in their endeavours.
Prateek Dayal left his cushy dayjob to follow his heart: music and […]

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Tags: bangalore · barcamp

My Bad Luck

November 20th, 2007 · 3 Comments

 

 
A song I wrote sometime back but never released.

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Barcamp Bangalore : Thanks, Sponsors

November 13th, 2007 · 3 Comments

 
17 - 18 November, 2007, this is where I plan to core dump

 
A great set of organisations have come forward to support the ecosystem. Thanks, dear sponsors.
 
 It is good to see a large number of great companies come forward and support us. And , being in the sponsorship team, I can tell you, we got […]

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Happy Diwali 2007

November 9th, 2007 · 1 Comment

 
10:51 am
Harris tells me that America and Scorpions is performing in Bangalore later this year. Dates are tentative and there is some confusion. From his email:
Scorpions is also performing in B’lore. The date as per their website is 16-12-07. I was told by someone that it is November 16th. Will keep u all posted on […]

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PlugLondon: An interesting variation on Barcamp

November 6th, 2007 · 1 Comment

Four companies come together an invite the software developers of a city to come and discuss technology.
Welcome to PlugLondon.
Eat, drink, make merry, go back and write code. Sounds very Barcampish, but I like a few twists that have been put in. From the website, 
This is not a corporate exercise driven by PR but started […]

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Tags: bangalore · barcamp · technology · you prolly heard it first here

Mark Knopfler on BBC Radio 2

November 5th, 2007 · 1 Comment

A few days ago I got my hands on an interview of Mark Knopfler on BBC.
 
What do you do on a Sunday afternoon ?
Usually watching motorbike racing.

 
On Emmylou Harris
Just a joy, the whole thing (the touring). She’s a great woman, really is a great person, Emmy… We sort of come from the same place, […]

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