30 June
2013
29 June
2013
Best laid plans of mice and men…
What was going to be a rather unique solution to a logistics problem – drop the rental car at the city location and then run back home – turned out rather horribly. Was not paying attention while driving. As a result, took a wrong turn while running back and by the time I realized it, it was too late. Instead of a five mile run on gentle slopes, it was nearly double the distance over three hills 🙁 In full sunlight, 88 degrees and a humidity that can put Kolkata during monsoons to shame!! Had to take not one, not two but three breaks 🙁
26 June
2013
Letter Puzzle
A teacher in a class of small kids asked them to categorize all the letters of the alphabet by a certain rule. Most students came up with the following correct answer which has three categories:
1. B
2. A, D, O, P, Q, R,
3. C, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z
Can you guess what was the rule that the teacher had given?
23 June
2013
Countryside stop and go
Since we ran out of Bengalis in our Sunday Funday Runday, I went ahead and ran by myself in the countryside. Instead of a continuous run on the dirt road, I just took it easy and stopped to talk to the horses and pet them. There were some lovely birds in the trees – unfortunately my iPhone camera could not zoom well… Then I came upon a snake – duly pulverized 🙂 Cooled down with a jump in the pool and now coffee time!!! Miss the Starbucks motorcycle gang though!!!
21 June
2013
Country name question
So Nikita and I were having dinner together and asking each other puzzles. One we came up with was “How many countries can you name that starts and ends with the same letter”? Each and every one that we came up with – Albania, Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Austria… were with “A”. We could not find a single non-“A” country. Can you? (meaning country names that start and end with the same letter and it is not A)
16 June
2013
Curious minds want to know….
16 June
2013
Father’s Day ;-)
14 June
2013
Fun start to the day…
After a much delayed flight last night, little sleep and no run this morning, I needed something fun to start the day with. So, I told the lady at the Starbucks that my name is “Dude”. And that is what she put in my cup. And of course the other lady brewing coffee yelled it out before even she realized it… causing some fun among the few of us waiting for our coffee there…. 🙂
14 June
2013
Rope length puzzle
Case A: Imagine you have a rope tightly wound around a basketball. How much more rope do you need for the rope to be one foot away from the surface of the basketball at all times? (as if it is tightly wound around an imaginary ball that has radius one foot more than the radius of the basketball). I do not need an exact answer now. Just imagine it.
Case B: Now imagine you have a rope tightly would around the equator of the earth (what, about 25,000 miles or so?). How much more rope do you need for the rope to be one foot away from the equator at all times? (as if the radius of the earth had increased by a foot). I do not need an exact answer now either. Just imagine it.
Now for the puzzle:
In which case do you think you need more rope – Case A or Case B? Any rough idea by how much?
9 June
2013
