Mehul Blogs ...

"One of the most densely populated metropolitan areas in the world, Hong Kong has an overall density of nearly 6,700 people per square kilometer. The majority of its citizens live in flats in high-rise buildings." Architecture of Density by Michael Wolf is a photo exhibition with an amazing different view of these buildings. When you click on the link, you will get a page of thumbnail images which just show some linear patterns. But, click on those small images and you get a pretty private view of the building architecture with small rectangular pieces of different lives in those patterns. http://www.photomichaelwolf.com/hongkongarchitecture/index.html

Top 25 most-affordable and least-affordable housing markets : "Nine of the top 10 most-affordable markets in the National Association of Home Builders' Housing Opportunity Index are in Ohio, Michigan or Illinois. All of the top 10 least-affordable housing markets are in California. "

Ever wonder what do all those names on the Starbucks menu mean ? Now, you no longer have to fumble, bumble or feel dumble (ok - thats a stretch but hey, it rhymes !). Here is a guide to starbucks drinks and a here is a more general non-partisan guide to coffee lingo . And remember, Cafe au Lait is NOT the same as Latte . And, I thought they do not have cafe au lait at starbucks but they do have something similar in Misto. Hmm ... maybe I will try that next time I am there.

For Lunch, indian-chinese style chow mein noodles with "Stomach" restaurant's mongolian sauce. If you ever visit Andheri, Mumbai, be sure to pick up Stomach's delicious chinese sauce. For Dinner, roti and rajma beans and chaas.

Finally ! Microsoft releases a beta version of anti-spyware software. Paul Thurrott has a preview and some history behind it.

Answers.com - is the new encyclopedia, dictionary search engine. The guys behind it are Gurunet people. They used to make Atomica - an awesome desktop reference app which became shareware and then payware eventually. Now, answers.com offers a similar app called 1-Click Answers for free for everybody ! Install it and Alt-Click on any word on your screen and you get instant info about it - provided you are connected to internet. Get a beta here - it will be indispensable to you pretty soon.

For lunch, roti and valor-muthia. great sabzi, wifey ;-). For Dinner, bhel puri. Also, couple of Trader Joe's specialities: Spicy Apple Cider (really good drink when served warm) and Soy torilla chips.