http://www.meenakaul.com Life, as I know it ... Sat, 08 May 2010 00:08:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Big Sur Marathon is one of the top 10 marathon destinations in the world. The big run happens along the scenic Highway One, skirting the rugged California coast from Big Sur to Carmel. The slogan used at Big Sur Marathon is "running on the edge of the western world"! ... http://www.meenakaul.com/blog/meenakshi-kaul-basu/2010/my-big-sur-marathon-2010/ My son, Rahul, has been learning to play the piano with Anna Semyanovskaya since he was seven. Anna has several senior students who will be graduating this fall. All of them have learned piano with her since they were six or seven. She had a special recital for all her ... http://www.meenakaul.com/blog/meenakshi-kaul-basu/2010/annas-studio-special-senior-performance/ Reflecting on the whole college admission process has left me with more questions. Colleges seem to want leaders. Who is a leader? If all are leaders, who are the followers? An excellent clip of a dancing guy summarizes a "Leadership lesson". http://www.meenakaul.com/blog/meenakshi-kaul-basu/2010/who-is-a-leader/ I was at the famed Lawrence Berkeley National Lab yesterday to drive my son Rahul and some of his teammates from Lynbrook High School for the Regional Science Bowl tournament. The event was hosted by the Center for Science and Engineering Education. The Regional Science Bowl competition test students’ knowledge ... http://www.meenakaul.com/blog/meenakshi-kaul-basu/2010/lynbrook-high-wins-lbnl-regional-science-bowl/ Solaris Cluster 11/09 is launched today. It is wonderful to see yet another release go out on schedule. It is nice to see business partners sending notes reading about it in Yahoo Finance and several other news sites. More details about the product can be read on Oasis. The team has ... http://www.meenakaul.com/blog/meenakshi-kaul-basu/2009/solaris-cluster-32-1109/ It is the time of the year when my Persimmon tree is laden with lovely fruit (the non-astringent Fuji variety). They look like ornaments on the tree. Besides eating them raw, I was wondering if there was other things I could do with them. Here is a recipe of Persimmon ... http://www.meenakaul.com/blog/meenakshi-kaul-basu/2009/persimmon-what-more-can-i-do-with-it/ I was in Stanford to attend Wonderfest 2009 & and to watch the finals of the Bechtel WonderCup Challenge 2009, in which my son Rahul was participating. Bechtel WonderCup is the Bay Area high school science quiz & innovation competition. The Klein bottle trophy, the WonderCup, goes to the Bay Area's ... http://www.meenakaul.com/blog/meenakshi-kaul-basu/2009/bechtel-wondercup-challenge-2009/ The Festival of Lights, Diwali, will be celebrated on Saturday 17th Oct 2009. The Indian holiday of Diwali celebrates light over darkness, good over bad and has numerous stories associated with it. For me it is about meeting friends & family and enjoying good food! It is indeed a welcome change ... http://www.meenakaul.com/blog/meenakshi-kaul-basu/2009/festival-of-lights-in-the-white-house-thats-a-first/ Very proud of my son Rahul for successfully running his first half marathon at the "Rock & Roll Half Marathon" in San Jose today! He completed the run in 2:00:58, which is impressive for a first timer. Rahul started running seriously over the summer with some of his friends and started ... http://www.meenakaul.com/blog/meenakshi-kaul-basu/2009/rahul-does-it/ I was invited by Mala Devlin to participate in a panel discussion titled "Software Soul: Maximizing profitability by unleashing the spirit of software teams". This topic sounded very interesting to me since I have managed projects and global teams for several years at my jobs in the US and in ... http://www.meenakaul.com/blog/meenakshi-kaul-basu/2009/panel-software-soul-the-spirit-of-software-teams/