Valley Chai

the report from financial times says so.. the housing starts and inventory metrics are scary. i for one know that the home prices in silicon valley are down about 10% from the recent highs., and at least two large condo communities have sprung up within a 5-mile radius of my home. they aren’t selling well […]

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forget tesla, forget reva. ran into this post on the thinking blog about a car that runs on compressed air. in my previous incarnations, i did work in construction business, and know several high-powered machines that run on compressed air, and boy they churn out impressive oomph.
why didn’t more people think of that?!?! there is […]

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the value proposition for the websites owners from search engines is quite simple : search engines sends you traffic, and you let search engines index your site. search companies makes money due to it’s search, you make money with traffic. right?
lets look at some back-envelope numbers to see how fair the deal is, taking google […]

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barack obama after winning iowa primary elections. talk about thundering opening of a speech, and the self-belief. this is the best i’ve ever seen in contemporary oratory. obama may not have have experience, but when you are president, it hardly matters.
this blog post couldn’t have put it any better.

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one thing the aussie and the world knows but doesn’t really GET it, is that sachin is a god and cricket is a religion in india. it’s beyond a religion in india.. whereas religions devide india, cricket UNITES india.
so harbhajan singh calls somebody a monkey. the tough guy symonds suddently gets all soft and goes […]

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