Nikhil Dev

I think I am writing a little too much about technology and commercial nonsense. I have decided that from now on, I am going to write shit that I feel and other nonsense.

Its 4:10pm now I’ve got leave for the DJ school at 5:45. Which means that I need to leave for Gym 4:30. Aaaaaagh. I hate these tight schedules and no time to blog. How I wish I had that laptop at work. Anyway today would be my first day at the school and I hope its a nice intro. I tried a 2 hrs hip hop session at home and honestly, “I STILL SUCK”. This is the reason I am getting some professional training from the people who know. Its quite late now and its been quite some time since I have posted. Will try to write more tmrw. There is a lot thats happening these days and that is one of the reasons I havent been able to post regularly. The problem is that sometimes I have nothing happening to post about and sometimes just too many things happening that it doesnt leave me with time to post. I think this nonsense is enough for today.

I have been playing around with wordpress themes so much but nothing impresses me as much as Freshy 2 does. It must have been one of the BEST and seamless and hassleless themes I have tried till date. So this what I am going to stick to.

Also, I think I will be quite busy this weekend. Need to arrange my music in an organized fashion. The last time I was assisting Manish at Novotel, I seriously had no idea what was there on my laptop. So this time, Need to keep things more accessible, Also thinking of burning some of my favourite music onto cds, so that just in case I need to play on a CMX, I will have some CDs.

Today is a real busy day. Going to this movie called Speed Racer with the team in the evening. Might do some drinking after that. Actually I think I will take some beer home. Mom’s not gonna be home tonight. This is the chance to make the most out of it. Wohooooooo….

Over and out as for now

At last the long ordeal has ended. I am the owner of an apartment. Need to get some things done before moving into it. Wasn’t able to post because of this.

But the updates are that I have started praticing quite some mixing when it comes to hip hop. Got a lil better at it. Learning to sync manually. Still need to put up some money to go to the DJ school. Mostly might make it by end of this month so I can start the classes next month onwards.

My setup for DJing is pretty much the same. The same Compaq laptop, Numark Total Control and Numark DJIO. Got a new pair of Sennheiser HD202. These are quite isolating on sound but are a lil trebly. Thats why I am shifting back to the Sony Studio Headphones. Heard that the Technics RP1200A are pretty good. But they are pricey as well. About 120 dollars. I think I am gonna get a pair in a couple of months.

Will try to postmore frequently now.

Was going through this article in wired today and found something that might interest people like me. When I started smoking, that was because I used to go to these shady pool parlors and thought that smoking was cool. Little did I know about the addictive nature of tobacco. But now, almost 8 years down the line, its a daily dose that has to be taken.This article is kind of a hope to people like me to give up the habit.

Nicotine is the worlds most addictive drug. But scientsts are now able to modify the genetic structure of the tobacco plant to contain 15 to 20 lesser carcinogens than the usual around 60 that regular tobacco contains. The point of relief is that Nicotine is one of the carcinogens that has been removed. Which makes the cigarette non addictive. This means that you would not have the urge to have the cigarette.

This would be a hope to people like me who want to break the habit.

But the bottom line is that the leaf is still dried and burnt. So it still turns to smoke and inhaling any kind of smoke is injurious. I don’t think any kind of genetic engineering can stop you from inhaling the smoke.

The article can be found here
http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/03/the-cigarette-o.html

I would really be interested to know if you read this post and are trying to fight away the habit. Also do let me know the things that you tried. Cos I am need of everything that I can do to beat the habit.

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A really interesting and very true to its description graphic.

This has always been my biggest concern. Windows is always an over bloated operating system. For me an operating system needs to be just an empty box. The user should then have the option of filling it up with things.