Monday, March 31, 2014

F1 Malaysian GP 2014

Saturday, March 29, 2014

Malaysia GP 2014 - who has the best drink?

Just saw something funny on twitter.

First Redbull tweet this -

Then Mercedes respond -

Marc Cox (McLaren Mechanic) says in an unrelated tweet) -

GrandPrix Diary suggests it's time for Beer -

But Pastor has the right juice!

Monday, March 17, 2014

F1 Australian GP 2014

The entire story captured on this timeline - 

Tuesday, February 04, 2014

Trick to convert Miles to Kilometres and vice versa

The interesting thing about Miles are that they are approximately 1.6 times a Kilometre. So, what? Well as it turns out 1.6 is known as the golden ratio or the ratio between two consecutive fibonacci numbers. Fibonacci numbers are in the following sequence

0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55 etc..

That is

1 + 0 = 1
1 + 1 = 2
2 + 1 = 3
3 + 2 = 5
5 + 3 = 8
8 + 5 = 13

Now, dividing the two consecutive fibonacci numbers gives you approximately 1.6. ie.  13/8 is 1.625.

So, now if you take 3 consecutive fibonacci numbers, then the lower one will be the distance in miles and the upper one will be in kilometres.

That answers the question of how long is a 5K Run? Its the previous fibonacci number - 3 i.e 3 Miles (approximately. The real distance is 3.1 miles).

How long is 50 kms? Approximately 31-32 miles... (55 is 34 miles. Now subtract 5 kilometers i.e 3 miles).

How long is a marathon? 26 miles. That means its 21 + 5 miles therefore, 34 + 8 kms which is 42 kilometres. Neat huh!

Wednesday, January 22, 2014

How to pick a great bottle of wine

Here's a great Infographic on how to pick a great bottle of wine. See -


But the best part is where the flowchart leads to Vodka or Whisky. A Single Malt, esp. an Islay Scotch like Laphroaig would do very nicely, and it is definitely the preference but always in small quantities. The smoking aftertaste is just something that lingers and now my mouth is watering..

Hmmm... No Scotch at home right now unfortunately.