A generation ago, academia embraced the laptop as the most welcome classroom innovation since the ballpoint pen. But during the past decade, it has evolved into a powerful distraction. … Professors have banned laptops from their classrooms at George Washington University, American University, the College of William and Mary and the University of Virginia, among many others.
Mindblowing move by Google to rename itself Topeka (yes, that town in Kansas that changed its name to Google). Go to http://www.google.com to see for yourself! Google lost the right to use the name “Google” to a small shop in middle east (of all the places!) that had been using …
Hi Some of you know Mr. Dami Rambhia from the East Coast. He was on Kojain Board of Directors before and He has helped several students who are new to the States. Everyone knows him as Dami Uncle. He is the one who sends out the list of students coming …
Registration for 2010 summer camps has already started. And since some of us would have to plan for the whole summer for kids, creating this post to capture camp related details. Last year we tried ICC, Camp Galileo, YMCA (mountain view), Sunnyvale Summer Quest and Airborne Gymnastics camp. Came across few …
Today’s management mantra is…. Results… Results….. Read on… ‘Attempt the impossible to improve your work’ A Priest dies & is awaiting his turn in line at the Heaven’s Gates. Ahead of him is a guy, fashionably dressed, in dark sun glasses, a loud shirt, leather jacket & jeans. God asks …
Since we all like to have well advance notice of events to plan our weekends, now is a good time to start discussing possible dates and venues for Spring Picnic 2010. Choosing a pathshala free Sunday, that would bring us to Sunday Apr 25th or Sunday May 9th. Any objections …
This past weekend, we discovered what could be a good alternative to Falafel Drive-in (San Jose). Thanks to Smita for the recommendation. Falafel Etc is located in Fremont near the Fremont Hub. We ordered Falafel Sandwiches and they were awesome. The pita bread for the sandwich was quite robust and …
There was always a desire to do a overnight trip to Tahoe with KV gang. But where to stay was a question. We would not fit in one house anyway and it was a bit expensive getting 2-3 houses next to each other for just 1 night. I am glad to say
FYI, for cricket fans in KV, IPL is live on youtube but only thing is that its not available in the USA. However if your company has a VPN server outside of the US then you can VPN into that server and watch it. I watch some part of IPL …
The article “The Case against Overparenting” appeared in Time Magazine in Nov 2009. But I got around to reading it only now. A quote from that article appealed to me. Here it is:
“With children they need that space not to be entertained or distracted. What boredom does”