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Monday, October 25, 2021
Saturday, August 13, 2011
Our Travelogues
It has been quite a while since I started on my nomadic lifestyle; away from my family in India, living as an expat with short stints in Japan, Korea, Taiwan, China and now in the US. Thought to share a few peeks into my life on the move - Our Travelogues
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Sunday, October 3, 2010
പി. ഓ. സി. ബൈബിള് ഓഡിയോ
Monday, August 4, 2008
പി.ഓ.സി. ബൈബിള് ഓണ്ലൈന്
പി.ഓ.സി. ബൈബിളിന്റെ ഒരു ഓണ്ലൈന് പതിപ്പ് ഇവിടെ ലഭ്യമാണ്. ഇത് ജീസസ് യൂത്ത് ആണ് maintain ചെയ്യുന്നത് എന്നാണ് അറിയാന് കഴിഞ്ഞത്. മലയാളി കത്തോലിക്കരുടെ ചിരകാലാഭിലാഷം നിറവേറ്റുന്നതിനു യത്നിച്ച ഏവര്ക്കും അഭിനന്ദനങ്ങള്!
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
വിശുദ്ധ അന്തോനീസിനോടുള്ള നൊവേന
പാദുവായിലെ വിശുദ്ധ അന്തോനീസിനോടുള്ള നൊവേന വിക്കിസോഴ്സില് ഓണ്ലൈന് ആയി ലഭ്യമാണ്: ലിങ്ക് ഇവിടെ
Friday, March 21, 2008
പരിശുദ്ധ കന്യകാമറിയത്തോടുള്ള ജപമാല
ഓണ്ലൈന് പി.ഓ.സി. ബൈബിള് തിരക്കി ധാരാളം വ്യക്തികള് എന്റെ ബ്ലോഗ് സന്ദര്ശിക്കുന്നതായി ശ്രദ്ധയില്പ്പെട്ടു. പി.ഓ.സി.യില്നിന്ന് ഇത് പ്രസിദ്ധീകരിക്കുന്നതിനെക്കുറിച്ചറിയുന്നപക്ഷം പ്രസ്തുത വിവരം അപ്ഡേറ്റ് ചെയ്യുന്നതാണ്. പ്രസ്തുത വിവരം ആരെങ്കിലും നേരത്തെ അറിഞ്ഞാല് എന്റെ ബ്ലോഗില് ഒരു കുറിപ്പിട്ടാല് എനിക്കും വല്യ ഉപകാരമായിരിക്കും.
ക്രിസ്തീയ വിഷയങ്ങളില് പങ്കുകൊള്ളാന് ആഗ്രഹിക്കുന്നവര്ക്ക് ഇവിടെ നിലവിലുള്ള നൊവേനകള്, ജപമാലകള്, കുരിശിന്റെ വഴി, മറ്റു പ്രാര്ത്ഥനകള് എന്നിവ ടൈപ്പു ചെയ്ത് ഏവര്ക്കും ഓണ്ലൈന് ആയി ലഭ്യമാക്കിക്കൊണ്ട് സഹകരിക്കാവുന്നതാണ്. പരിശുദ്ധ കന്യകാമറിയത്തോടുള്ള ജപമാലയുടെ പൂര്ണ്ണ ടെക്സ്റ്റ് ഓണ്ലൈന് ആയിട്ട് ഇവിടെ ലഭ്യമാണ്. പ്രിന്റ് ചെയ്ത് ഉപയോഗിക്കാവുന്നതാണ്.
ക്രിസ്തീയ വിഷയങ്ങളില് പങ്കുകൊള്ളാന് ആഗ്രഹിക്കുന്നവര്ക്ക് ഇവിടെ നിലവിലുള്ള നൊവേനകള്, ജപമാലകള്, കുരിശിന്റെ വഴി, മറ്റു പ്രാര്ത്ഥനകള് എന്നിവ ടൈപ്പു ചെയ്ത് ഏവര്ക്കും ഓണ്ലൈന് ആയി ലഭ്യമാക്കിക്കൊണ്ട് സഹകരിക്കാവുന്നതാണ്. പരിശുദ്ധ കന്യകാമറിയത്തോടുള്ള ജപമാലയുടെ പൂര്ണ്ണ ടെക്സ്റ്റ് ഓണ്ലൈന് ആയിട്ട് ഇവിടെ ലഭ്യമാണ്. പ്രിന്റ് ചെയ്ത് ഉപയോഗിക്കാവുന്നതാണ്.
Monday, February 18, 2008
Faith in Axioms
I happened to notice a line in the post here that translates to something like: "theology begins from faith". An analogy to explain this would be that in Mathematics, NO theorems can be proven without "believing in" axioms. We need to believe in certain axioms that CANNOT be proven. For example, a line is straight. A "point" is the (smallest) precise location on a plane. Mathematics begins here, in these beliefs !
Going by the ways of an atheist - It is possible to realize even smaller points. So "a point can never be a point" as per its definition. And as for line - since quantum physics defines constituents of an atom using a "probability" of finding each of them at a particular place, I wonder how perfectly straight a straight line can possibly be (All straight lines are in reality "broken" lines).
However, if we were to have always debated over mathematical axioms, we would never have had mathematics. This fate was never reached because the capability to make a fair judgement between axioms and theorems has been well within the human intellectual capability. Humans could judge what could be assumed (eg: Mathematics limits which tend to infinity / zero but are neither infinity / zero) and what must be proven. In school, I used to have friends for whom the axioms of mathematical Limits were too incomprehendible to have put their belief in. I have often felt that their behaviour in a calculus class or in a class on N-dimensional mathematics can be compared to those of an atheist listening to a preacher.
If God is really as great as we think (say, a lot greater than mathematics), then comprehending him will demand faith in a lot more axioms than the silly mathematics axioms that we (although not all humans) can comprehend.
(This is not entirely my original thought)
Going by the ways of an atheist - It is possible to realize even smaller points. So "a point can never be a point" as per its definition. And as for line - since quantum physics defines constituents of an atom using a "probability" of finding each of them at a particular place, I wonder how perfectly straight a straight line can possibly be (All straight lines are in reality "broken" lines).
However, if we were to have always debated over mathematical axioms, we would never have had mathematics. This fate was never reached because the capability to make a fair judgement between axioms and theorems has been well within the human intellectual capability. Humans could judge what could be assumed (eg: Mathematics limits which tend to infinity / zero but are neither infinity / zero) and what must be proven. In school, I used to have friends for whom the axioms of mathematical Limits were too incomprehendible to have put their belief in. I have often felt that their behaviour in a calculus class or in a class on N-dimensional mathematics can be compared to those of an atheist listening to a preacher.
If God is really as great as we think (say, a lot greater than mathematics), then comprehending him will demand faith in a lot more axioms than the silly mathematics axioms that we (although not all humans) can comprehend.
(This is not entirely my original thought)
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
My wiki on editthis.info
Using this makes me feel way better than with using wikidot. Got the wiki up. Even used my python script successfully to login as a robot and then get a session cookie.. all these without much pain! One nuisance is the human check at each edit submission. The words are so garbled that in spite of being a human, I couldn't decipher the words correctly..
Anyway, robots are not welcome here.. I can't use this wiki to test my robot through my company proxy. Should try another free wiki...
Anyway, robots are not welcome here.. I can't use this wiki to test my robot through my company proxy. Should try another free wiki...
Monday, November 12, 2007
Another Test Wiki
Created another test wiki here:http://editthis.info/jacobswiki/Main_Page
At least this runs on the familiar Mediawiki software. Hope this provides some smooth sailing..
At least this runs on the familiar Mediawiki software. Hope this provides some smooth sailing..
New Test Wiki (പരീക്ഷണവിക്കി)
Started a Test wiki here: (ഒരു പരീക്ഷണവിക്കി ഇവിടെ തുടങ്ങി:)
http://jacobswiki.wikidot.com/
After 10~15 minutes of experiements with the so called wikidot "wiki", I wonder whether this would be a waste of time. The wiki often says I am not logged in and when I attempt to login it says I am already logged in. Doesn't allow me to create a page. With the login/not-logged-in hide-n-seek, I couldn't even figure out how to edit a page... There is something seriously wrong here or I am missing something..!
http://jacobswiki.wikidot.com/
After 10~15 minutes of experiements with the so called wikidot "wiki", I wonder whether this would be a waste of time. The wiki often says I am not logged in and when I attempt to login it says I am already logged in. Doesn't allow me to create a page. With the login/not-logged-in hide-n-seek, I couldn't even figure out how to edit a page... There is something seriously wrong here or I am missing something..!
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
മലയാളം P.O.C. ബൈബിള് സി.ഡി.യില് !!
കത്തോലിക്കാ സഭാവൃത്തങ്ങളില്നിന്ന് അറിയാന് കഴിഞ്ഞത്, മലയാളം പി.ഒ.സി. ബൈബിള് താമസിയാതെ പാസ്റ്ററല് ഓറിയന്റേഷന് സെന്ററിന്റെ നേതൃത്വത്തില് സി.ഡി. രൂപത്തില് പ്രസാധനം ചെയ്യപ്പെടുമെന്നാണ്. മലയാളി പ്രവാസികത്തോലിക്കരുടെ ഈ ചിരകാലാഭിലാഷം എത്രയും പെട്ടെന്ന് സഫലമാകട്ടെ !!!
Saturday, July 14, 2007
മലയാളം P.O.C. ബൈബിള്
മലയാളം P.O.C. ബൈബിള് ഇവിടെ കാണാം:
പി.ഒ.സി. ബൈബിള് പുതിയനിയമം
പൂര്ത്തീകരിക്കാന് സഹകരിക്കുക.. നിര്ദ്ദേശങ്ങള് താഴെക്കാണുന്ന താളില്നിന്ന് ലഭിക്കുന്നതാണ്:
Wikisource:വിക്കിസംരംഭം ബൈബിള്
പി.ഒ.സി. ബൈബിള് പുതിയനിയമം
പൂര്ത്തീകരിക്കാന് സഹകരിക്കുക.. നിര്ദ്ദേശങ്ങള് താഴെക്കാണുന്ന താളില്നിന്ന് ലഭിക്കുന്നതാണ്:
Wikisource:വിക്കിസംരംഭം ബൈബിള്
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
Monday, May 14, 2007
Does God Exist?
Arguments of Saint Thomas Aquinas:
Explained in Malayalam by blogger - Baiju NT (Kaliyan):
കാളിയന്: തോമസ് അക്വീനാസും 5 വഴികളും
Reference Article from Stanford's Encyclopedia of Philosophy:
Saint Thomas Aquinas
Another Good article:
കാളിയന്: The Problem of Evil (തിന്മ)
Explained in Malayalam by blogger - Baiju NT (Kaliyan):
കാളിയന്: തോമസ് അക്വീനാസും 5 വഴികളും
Reference Article from Stanford's Encyclopedia of Philosophy:
Saint Thomas Aquinas
Another Good article:
കാളിയന്: The Problem of Evil (തിന്മ)
Saturday, February 10, 2007
Blogs worth some interesting reading...
Some interesting perspectives. If you like to read Dilbert, probably you will like this as well:
http://blog.guykawasaki.com/
The (successful) MBA Admissions efforts of a 25-year old lad from a typical Indian blue-chip background - well written:
http://i4iday.blogspot.com
http://blog.guykawasaki.com/
The (successful) MBA Admissions efforts of a 25-year old lad from a typical Indian blue-chip background - well written:
http://i4iday.blogspot.com
Tuesday, February 6, 2007
Swimming - My experiments to Float.. !
Sunday: 4th Feb
Started to learn swimming.. not from the book this time, but in the Haiyatt swimming pool. Vignesh volunteered to undertake this challenging mission to tutor me. After half an hour of failed attempt to float, learned that the key is to keep the head under water ! :-)
Tuesday: 6th Feb
Not a bad second attempt.. For the first time, I managed to stay afloat for a few seconds, without having to stand on the floor or holding on to the pool side concrete. I even managed to move half the breadth of the pool (well, don't ask me how wide was the pool..) It all seemed like a fine piece of execution except that the entire pool looked as if a hurricane had just passed by..
The toughest part was to hold the excitement and get out of the pool after 45 minutes. When I finally realized I had to get to office at least before the lunch or I need to risk scavenging the leftovers of a "factory lunch", I hastily hit a pause to my swimming adventure..
Started to learn swimming.. not from the book this time, but in the Haiyatt swimming pool. Vignesh volunteered to undertake this challenging mission to tutor me. After half an hour of failed attempt to float, learned that the key is to keep the head under water ! :-)
Tuesday: 6th Feb
Not a bad second attempt.. For the first time, I managed to stay afloat for a few seconds, without having to stand on the floor or holding on to the pool side concrete. I even managed to move half the breadth of the pool (well, don't ask me how wide was the pool..) It all seemed like a fine piece of execution except that the entire pool looked as if a hurricane had just passed by..
The toughest part was to hold the excitement and get out of the pool after 45 minutes. When I finally realized I had to get to office at least before the lunch or I need to risk scavenging the leftovers of a "factory lunch", I hastily hit a pause to my swimming adventure..
Friday, February 2, 2007
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