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Temporal Happiness

Jan 30, 2006 Dwipal
I am very happy with my life. Everything is great. However, there are still a lot of moments of “unhappiness”. So on thinking the reasons for that, I realized that a lot of this is directly connected to satisfaction. If you are satisfied, you will be happy. Ok, there are some contradictions to this, like if you are satisfied with the life then you will never grow and stuff like that, but thats not …
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Tea, Coffee and Starbucks

Jan 18, 2006 Dwipal
America is all about capitalism. Its about the big corporations. There are various good and bad things about capitalism, which is not a part of this blog. However, what I want to write is what Starbucks has done to people who start their day with these beverages. Starbucks has bought a whole lot of smaller/better/competetor (Seattle’s Best, Torrefazione Italia, etc.) coffee chains and replaced …
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The Apple Effect

Dec 9, 2005 Dwipal
The Apple Effect
October 12, 2005 on 11:45 pm So today was a “And One More Thing” day by Steve Jobs. And they came out with video on iPod! I remember steve jobs telling last time that video ipod does not make any sense. The screen is too small. You cannot connect it to the TV. Content is not present yet. But they still came out with one. And as usual, I got super-excited. Felt something missing in life, and the …
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