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	<title>Bemused...</title>
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		<title>Gibberish (and more..)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Oct 2008 10:49:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sampath</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Writing a few &#8216;bloglets&#8217; this time instead of one single blog post.  Suits my character too - Patience has never been my virtue.
&#8212;&#8212;- Bloglet 1 &#8212;&#8212;
Me, being a PC, hasn’t had much to rejoice about lately. First, it was the series of &#8216;Get a Mac&#8217; ads that gave me a permanent mental picture of [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Gibberish (and more..)", url: "http://sampathmenon.com/blog/92" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>I See I See I, How come I don&#8217;t See?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Sep 2008 05:53:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sampath</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[It was great watching them grow. Slowly, but surely they were gaining in size. Someday, after they grew to a reasonable size, I could trade them for my dream gift. I kept feeding them, checking back regularly to assess whether it was time. To my greatest despair, one fine day they all disappeared. No warnings, [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "I See I See I, How come I don&#8217;t See?", url: "http://sampathmenon.com/blog/i-see-i-see-i-how-come-i-dont-see" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>Death by powerpoint?</title>
		<link>http://sampathmenon.com/blog/essential-training-for-your-sales-team</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 08:46:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sampath</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Was going through Slideshare. Some pretty interesting presos there. Check the one embedded below.  Also, Slideshare&#8217;s &#8216;World&#8217;s best presentation contest&#8217; winners at  http://www.slideshare.net/contest/results-2008
Zimbabwe in Crisis



View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. (tags: social refugee)

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		<title>The hole above and us below</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2008 05:54:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Saw an ad in paper from a leading network integrated solutions company which talked about one of their managed solutions (computer/server/storage stuff). The ad went like this .. &#8216;our xxxxx solution reduces cost of ownership, enhances multimedia functions including streaming video and IP telephony and is environment friendly&#8216;. Well, with my limited IT knowledge, I [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "The hole above and us below", url: "http://sampathmenon.com/blog/the-hole-above-and-us-below" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>Abhinav Bindra: Refreshingly Boring</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 07:45:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sampath</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[


No, I am not trying to jump on the bandwagon to claim my few moments of fame on the net writing about Abhinav Bindra. And I am no media person to pass judgment on an individual based on minutes of research and hearsay. But I had to write about him because he appears to be [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Abhinav Bindra: Refreshingly Boring", url: "http://sampathmenon.com/blog/abhinav-bindra-refreshingly-boring" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>Paradise lost!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 13:36:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sampath</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a quick one, just to let you know that I am still around.. More to come.
I was able to cross off one more item from my &#8216;Things to do before I die&#8217; list last week. I finally got a taste of authentic Hyderabadi Dum Biriyani!! Oh, wait, there&#8217;s more - from the restaurant most [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Paradise lost!", url: "http://sampathmenon.com/blog/paradise-lost" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>The Switch</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 03:48:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Got a real scare today when I saw a mail from one of my good friends. The mail went like this:
&#8216;Sampath, Dunno if you’ve seen it yet.. guess somebody’s hacked in to you blog ..Your photograph with turban taken in kambla has been replaced with somebody else’s snap..Some photographer guy trying hard to pose&#8217;
My site- [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "The Switch", url: "http://sampathmenon.com/blog/the-switch" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>Web 2.0 and the art of keeping in touch</title>
		<link>http://sampathmenon.com/blog/web-20-and-the-art-of-keeping-in-touch</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2008 17:55:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some people just have it in them. I, for one, definitely don’t. I am talking about the art of keeping in touch. It’s gotten so much easier these days with web 2.0, but I should admit that I still haven&#8217;t mastered the art. And I am thankful that I have wonderful friends who don’t get [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Web 2.0 and the art of keeping in touch", url: "http://sampathmenon.com/blog/web-20-and-the-art-of-keeping-in-touch" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>Could it get any better than shooting yourself in the back.</title>
		<link>http://sampathmenon.com/blog/an-off-day-miscellany</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2008 04:46:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today was just one of those days when nothing seemed to go right. End of the day, here I am, frustrated and restless. I feel like shooting myself in the b***. And shoot I will. Through this quick fire, simple (and silly and visually-not-so-appealing and a lot of other things) game. Try it out if [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Could it get any better than shooting yourself in the back.", url: "http://sampathmenon.com/blog/an-off-day-miscellany" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>Chillout at Chennai</title>
		<link>http://sampathmenon.com/blog/chillout-at-chennai-part-1</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2008 11:13:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been a hectic 3 weeks. Our product was finally done, and we had to sell it. We’d created several sales leads over the course of last few months, and had to go around for scheduled meetings. And that’s what we did last week. Boy, the reaction from the market has been very encouraging. And [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Chillout at Chennai", url: "http://sampathmenon.com/blog/chillout-at-chennai-part-1" });</script>]]></description>
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