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New additions on sidoza.com!

Posted by Sid on Wednesday, April 21, 2010, In : general

I have recently added a comics & photography page on the website in the iLike section. Do visit and let me know how you find it. The photographs are coming from my flickr stream. Let me know if I deserve to buy a dSLR. tsk tsk...

In addition to this, I have also started another blog on tumblr, which you can visit here. After about a month or so on tumblr, I like it a lot and find it very easy to share videos, quotes and pictures from it. Its like twitter on steroids for me. Check it ou...

Shining eyes!

Posted by Sid on Tuesday, January 26, 2010, In : general

How do we define success? Ben tells us that the definition of success is not about wealth, fame or fortune. Its about the shining eyes.

Find below an amazing talk given by Benjamin Zander. It taught me a lot in a mere 20 minutes than all I have learned till date from my education, my books, music and you.

It teaches us about passion, leadership & motivation.

It talks about contributions and conversations.

About thinking big. About loss and dreams.

And, most important th...

Predictions for FIFA World Cup 2010!

Posted by Siddhartha on Tuesday, December 8, 2009, In : general

The draw to the FIFA Football World Cup 2010 South Africa was recently announced. The football world cup is the biggest sporting event in the world and is happening on the african continent for the first time. For a complete coverage, check out the links below :-

FIFA - The Official Website of the FIFA World Cup

BBC Sports Football

After the draw many football experts have thrown there hat in the ring and predicted the outcome, based solely on perception & the draw. Here are my...

One Billion + You!

Posted by Sid on Saturday, August 8, 2009, In : general

Mozilla foundation is celebrating one billion downloads of Firefox. Now, I am too. :) Visit the following sites to know more about it and the mozilla foundation. [You will also get to know how much is 1 billion.]

http://onebillionplusyou.com
http://mozilla.com

And of course, visit firefox.com to download now.

Its not about the bike!

Posted by Sid on Monday, July 27, 2009, In : general

The 2009 version of Tour de France just finished. Alberto Contador won it quiet easily in the end, but there is a bigger story there for all of us to hear and learn from.

Here is a brief introduction to the sport's most famous personality.

Lance Armstrong

1971 - born in Texas, USA
1993 - stage win (stage 08th) in Tour de France
1995 - stage win (stage 18th) in Tour de France

1996 - diagnosed with stage three testicular cancer, which had spread to his lungs, abdomen and brain

1999...

Just returned!

Posted by Sid on Monday, July 6, 2009, In : general

Just returned from a 10-day business trip to Stuttgart Germany, Copenhagen Denmark and Paris France.

Stuttgart is squeaky clean and of course, Germany has one of the best rail networks in the world. I found the German people to be kind, helping and very efficient. "Danke" to you!

My visit to Copenhagen was limited to a night in the hotel followed by a meeting in the morning. The Danish are very down to earth and honest as well as helpful. Oh, and they really have very many wind mills there. Exc...