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I’ve never gotten my dad anything for Father’s day, the birthday gifts are usually hankies or socks (or in my brother’s case anything that he wants for himself, Pops was quite surprised the first time his fancy cologne disappeared the day after the birthday). This time since Father’s Day falls on my mum’s birthday, we thought we should get something for the old man too, except we can’t think of anything. Got ideas? Leave comment.

Rolling Stone magazine has a feature on Dads Who Rock. This here is Kurt Cobain with Frances Bean Cobain.

I read this neat little short story by Isaac Asimov, “The Last Question“. Makes me want to re-read his books again. Talking of books, I’m piling up a huge backlog on my reading list, and the internet is not helping — a few days back, I was reading an interview of John Carmack, and he mentioned Vernor Vinge’s “A Deepness in the Sky“, in less than a minute I’d popped open a tab, found it on Flipkart, and placed an order “expected in 20-30 days”.

Jeffery Archer will be in the Landmark in Apex Plaza, Nungambakkam, tomorrow evening at 7pm, if you’re interested in going.

What color should you paint your new bikeshed? aliceblue?, antiquewhite?, aqua?, aquamarine?, azure?, beige?, bisque?, black?, blanchedalmond?, blue?, blueviolet?, brown?, burlywood?, cadetblue?, chartreuse?, chocolate?, coral?, cornflowerblue?, cornsilk?, crimson?, cyan?, darkblue?, darkcyan?, darkgoldenrod?, darkgray?, darkgreen?, darkkhaki?, darkmagenta?, darkolivegreen?, darkorange?, darkorchid?, darkred?, darksalmon?, darkseagreen?, darkslateblue?, darkslategray?, darkturquoise?, darkviolet?, deeppink?, deepskyblue?, dimgray?, dodgerblue?, feldspar?, firebrick?, floralwhite?, forestgreen?, fuchsia?, gainsboro?, ghostwhite?, gold?, goldenrod?, gray?, green?, greenyellow?, honeydew?, hotpink?, indianred?, indigo?, ivory?, khaki?, lavender?, lavenderblush?, lawngreen?, lemonchiffon?, lightblue?, lightcoral?, lightcyan?, lightgoldenrodyellow?, lightgrey?, lightgreen?, lightpink?, lightsalmon?, lightseagreen?, lightskyblue?, lightslateblue?, lightslategray?, lightsteelblue?, lightyellow?, lime?, limegreen?, linen?, magenta?, maroon?, mediumaquamarine?, mediumblue?, mediumorchid?, mediumpurple?, mediumseagreen?, mediumslateblue?, mediumspringgreen?, mediumturquoise?, mediumvioletred?, midnightblue?, mintcream?, mistyrose?, moccasin?, navajowhite?, navy?, oldlace?, olive?, olivedrab?, orange?, orangered?, orchid?, palegoldenrod?, palegreen?, paleturquoise?, palevioletred?, papayawhip?, peachpuff?, peru?, pink?, plum?, powderblue?, purple?, red?, rosybrown?, royalblue?, saddlebrown?, salmon?, sandybrown?, seagreen?, seashell?, sienna?, silver?, skyblue?, slateblue?, slategray?, snow?, springgreen?, steelblue?, tan?, teal?, thistle?, tomato?, turquoise?, violet?, violetred?, wheat?, white?, whitesmoke?, yellow?, yellowgreen?