New York City! Woohoo!

Kulvinder Matharu — Thu, 29 May 2008 20:28:04 +0000

Just spend a few days (23 May – 27 May) in New York City for a reunion with fellow travellers from the 2007 Antarctica trip. The weather cooperated too! The motley crew consisted mostly of this lot (showing our first tentative steps at building a snowman in Antarctica):

Anyway, the views from our host’s apartment were pretty decent, both night and day!

Apartment night view – Brooklyn Bridge:

Of course I’m going to come back…I want to see those views again! I think that I was last here in 1993. Now that was a long time ago!

I suppose the NYC trip can best be summed up in a few words. Food, drinks, and more food and drinks

There was more to it than that of course. There was a bit of shopping in which everyone participated. The girls went shopping for clothes and shoes; the guys went shopping for gadgets and software! Is that stereotyped or what!

Having said all that, Audrey did go looking for a good point-and-shoot digital camera. And I think the girls certainly bought some some cool clothes, oh yea!

So, what do you do on a hot day in New York City? Go to Central Park!

And for something a bit more adventurous, you go to Coney Island!

Now that was fun! The roller-coaster “Cyclone”…oh yes! And a centrifugal contraption, oh boy! Thanks Michelle, I loved that centrifuge!

So, thank you Audrey, Raldi, Jason, Michelle and Laura! It was great meeting up with you all and exchanging our stories from the Antarctica trip, etc. Can’t wait for the next meet!

On the last day I was mostly on my own, with everyone having gone to prior engagements (eg working!). So went on a bit of a walkabout in lower Manhattan and got some shopping done at the J&R software store. Oh my poor achey feet! Made it OK to JFK (hey, love that Internet check-in, saves so much time from queuing!).

And so, goodbye New York City, and goodbye to that Americanised French chick

My god, it’s full of stars!

Pear Cables and Audioholics article

Kulvinder Matharu — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 14:02:14 +0000

Following my post regarding challenging the great James Randi, Audioholics has a great article summarising the Pear Cables fiasco, with a reference to Yahoo’s Worst Tech Products of 2007. It’s good to see that the industry itself knows how to recognise snake oil.

Red Moon – Lunar Eclipse 2007

Kulvinder Matharu — Sun, 11 Mar 2007 20:51:12 +0000

Just added a photo of the recent lunar eclipse in March 2007.

Photo over here!

South America Trip – February & March 2006

Matharu's Rants and Raves » 2007

New York City! Woohoo!

Pear Cables and Audioholics article

Red Moon – Lunar Eclipse 2007