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My favorite place to view the bridge is from the Marin Headlands. You can see it from above at Battery Spencer:

Or you can see if from below at Kirby Cove (a 30 minute hike).

Here is a map.

I think so. Space exploration hasn’t been a huge priority yet because we have bigger problems on earth, but sooner or later it will become one. Mars is the first obvious choice…primarily since it is close and also the possibility of water/life.

I didn’t love it…but I didn’t hate it either! I thought the movie was great overall – lots of fun. However, it could have been better. Personally, I would have liked to see more dialog and character development. I never watched the original series, so I had no context for it. There was too much action and no time to really take it in.

Another criticism is the lack of strong female characters. I know the original cast was male-dominated, but couldn’t they have thrown in some women as the new characters? Perhaps an ambassador or two? At least make the bad guy a woman!

It was thicker than dosa- I think it was uthapam. I think you’re right about the sambhar.

The answer should be 8.

I don’t think the government should, unless the US wants to become a socialist state. Right now it is half-way between socialist and capitalist…which is far worse than either one. It encourages speculation because it provides a socialist safety net when big gambles don’t pay out.

Except in water…

Marie was the first woman to receive the Nobel, AND the first person to receive the prize twice. Marie was Polish, hence the name of her first discovery, Polonium, in honor of her native Poland.

Here is a fantastic parody on The Reader.

Of the 5 movies nominated for Best Picture I’ve seen 3.

Slumdog Millionaire: I really enjoyed this movie. It was difficult to watch at times, but had lots of energy and optimism, and a very clever story.

The Reader: I was not impressed. The supposed point of the story was the exploration of German guilt around the Holocaust, but all it conveyed to me was that Germans like to follow rules, so you couldn’t blame them for following orders. ?!? I found it completely confusing emotionally.

Frost/Nixon: I thoroughly enjoyed this movie. It was incredibly acted, and very focused.

I’m an INTJ, just like Oren. I took this test in grade 12, and found it very useful in choosing a career path as I tended to enjoy all my courses equally (english, science, math, religion, history…).

Drinking wine is only an addiction if you do it in copious amounts, everyday. A few glasses a week is not addictive. I would say the typical Indian diet, rich in refined flours and fried food is a lot more detrimental to your health than a glass of red wine several times a week. Let’s not even get started on the typical American diet!

Canadians are a more conservative/risk averse version of Americans when it comes to business. This is both good and bad in my opinion. Good because we aren’t experiencing a housing bust like the US because our banking system is a lot more regulated. Bad because we don’t experience the same economic highs.

In the end, however, someone coming from India would be hard-pressed to notice differences between Canadians and Americans, especially if they stayed in large cities.

You can see the CN tower from LearnHub’s Toronto office!

Nickelback. He sounds like he’s constipated.

I dislike almost all country music.

Come to think of it…most music on the radio is unbearable – cookie cutter and predictable. I only listen to classical music on the radio since even when it’s bad, it is pleasantly bad.

Do you know it is your last day?

We have an office in Toronto, Canada and in Gurgaon, India.

Another useful tool is Comic Life. The only problem is it is a desktop tool only for Macs. Still, it is very good.

I just had a debate about what art is last weekend with a friend of mine. He was describing a piece of art by an artist who just won a prestigious prize that sounded more like an innovative process rather than art to me. I have included the image. It is by Jeremy Hof, and called “Layer Painting Red”.

He won the prize because he impressed the judges with his mathematical approach toward painting that reveals itself upon close inspection. According to the judging panel, “What appeared to be a two-dimensional surface revealed itself as a three-dimensional, layered structure, confounding our understanding of what a traditional painting is.”

Is this art? Perhaps. Does it deserve a prestigious prize? The judges said it won because it confounded their understanding of painting. For me, innovation for innovation’s sake is not does not contribute to art’s greatness.

I haven’t seen this game but it does sound like fun.