Friday, February 18, 2011

Back in and outta Germany

Its been a while in Germany now and i am sad that i am writing on this blog only now. This time my stay hasn't been so eventful in terms of my weekends compared to what it was last time. Maybe it is because of the proximity of this travel to the last one and the next one. Someone unlike old wine, the same country seems to be a bit more boring after a few travels. I have not been peaceful in the past few days and really cannot point out why. However, i should calm down and i guess i have started the right way by penning it down on my blog.

Tomorrow we plan to go to Baden Baden. We are two other colleagues at work and me. However,the excitment of going is hardly there. I dunno why. Is it the cold climate of Germany which barely seems to need more than 3 bits to represent ....Oops 1 bit for the sign ;-) so make it four...Or is it that i am getting old...Or maybe because this time i am barely making any money staying in Germany? Yeah...My company is the best car maker...but not the best onsite stay payer..maybe thats why they make good cars. Research tells that only for mundane jobs like picking up bricks or painting of walls ...does money play a role in boosting performance...For anything that requires thinking, work itself is the best motivator. I fully agree to this point. Which makes the second point i quoted a few lines back null and void ( why did i even write?)

The work that i am doing however is quite interesting to say the least....Updating the software for one of the few ( maybe only) hybrid trucks on European roads. And which piece of software....yeah the one related to hybrid...:-). I would say it couldn't have been more exciting...however, the stay is extra short  and i still dont have the right tool chain. However, i am fortunate to be working with one of the few ppl who have the complete knowledge of a Gearbox and can tell what the gearbox is going to do even before it knows for itself...thanks to Sepp.

I guess sometimes for no obvious reason our mood goes down. We feel sad even though there will be things to be happy about. You just cannot understand the reason but still it is there ...that something that is just telling you to go low...go down...be sad...This is what i like (dis) in the human brain. Unless we are able to control it fully it ruins our happiness. And for no apparent reason.

Need to take up some training for control of the mind and the brain...maybe Yoga...or some running...but this mood swing needs to end...


ok time to get into the bed...and take a good nights sleep...

 


Sunday, January 2, 2011

When Technology bites

Hasn't our life become too dependent on our gadgets. There was a time when the only real gadget i relied upon was my alarm clock, that too would become more of a formality once my bio-clock got adjusted to the timings. Now, we our morning begins when the Iphone rings, the TV opens up our favorite channel while the digital Geyser would have kept the water warm enough to suit our needs. Some read the newspaper on the large screen mobile using the 3G network or on the hand-held tablets (ipad or similar). 

Our presence on the Internet is more than the time we spend meeting our friends face to face. Facebook is more visited than the school, temple, library or cafe. Our memories are no more in our albums kept in the cupboards safely but on the "Cloud" either in picassa, flickr or FB. Google, Facebook and Hotmail know more about us then we ourselves...What if one day they all plot against us???

No i am not paranoid, but i am worried and concerned about our over dependence and misuse and abuse of technology....

Check out these two small software bugs that had really huge impact on people's lives..

1 - Hotmail loses ur emails

2 - Iphone screws up yet again with Time and Alarms

Ain't it time for us to look back and control and properly decide how much of net presence is good for us?