Wednesday, November 22, 2006

BETA POWER

First things first ladies, it's not 'BETA' as in son, if some of you would so deem it to be. No additions to our already bulging population. What i write to you about it the Beta (read: beeta) version of blogger.com
It's merits, features, and why i upgraded to it from the old one? Oh wait, i'm sure most of ya poor souls still use that one. Too lazy to create another blogspot, or afraid of a change, eh?

But that isn't the point. So why did i make the switch? It wasn't coz i read about the new features that the Beta gave me. Believe me, I am the foggiest about how any of those work i tell you. I just shifted to it coz it was new and for the inherent quality that all Beta's are blessed with, unpredictability. Now i know there are those amongst you who hate a Beta. It's a symbol of testing, has compatibility issues and is a breathing ground for bugs. Those kinds of things don't bother me. I just go with the newness of it all. Maybe someday i will figure out the features even.

This Beta thingie also transcends to philosophical stuff. There are some who like change and others who cringe. I also would like to point out at this point that this is not technology dependant. For example, try a new girlfriend? a new job? a new house? A new cuisine? If yes, then naturally you are also ready to Beta.

The days after the Beta have been blissful really. I got another blog name that i prefered to the old, and yes my gmail id and password works on this one. That's one less password to remember.

Monday, November 13, 2006

Remembering the rains

Down came the rains
Over the swelling sea first;
Then lashing out inwards.
Down came the rains

It tasted of old memories
Big drops of pain
I saw time trickling,
Back to when we had dreams

It rained without a break
For two days and three nights
With houses adrift, kids on holiday
It rained without a break

The city stood still
Blessed with time to think
Time to take stock
And then it rained.