Archive for March, 2005


Had written earlier about me having to work on Easter Sunday.
Just got the news today that I will not need to work on Sunday, though Good Friday still remains working. Will get the much needed weekend as well for the Holy Week. Praise the Lord
Actually should have done that (praise) long before instead of [...]

Below is the report from Rediff.com:
Tremors rattled Mumbai and parts of Maharashtra at around 1514 IST on Monday.
Though details are awaited, rediff.com received calls from Pune, Kolhapur, Sangli, Satara and Karad reporting tremors.
Tremors were felt in parts of neighbouring Goa and Karnataka too.
Initial reports said the earthquake, measuring 5.1 on the Richter Scale, was centered [...]

Had choir practice on Friday and though I was zonked, made it a point to go for it.
Earlier at work enjoyed a pizza because a visiting engineer from a US company was down here
Went for Bible Class after work on Saturday. We are doing the Wisdom books and I am starting to understand what [...]

Have implemented Gravatar on my blog.
What is Gravatar?
A gravatar, or globally recognized avatar, is quite simply an 80×80 pixel avatar image that follows you from weblog to weblog appearing beside your name when you comment on gravatar enabled sites. Avatars help identify your posts on web forums, so why not on weblogs?
Integration of Gravatar on [...]

Had posted about C|Net’s article on why blogging is bad for your career.
Found this link, which tells you just the opposite.
Final judge, jury and executioner will have to be your company

Got the news today that I will be working on both Good Friday and Easter Sunday and am very disappointed by the whole deal.
Working on a Sunday is bad, but working on Easter Sunday is definitely horrible.
I guess when everything is going great for you, there comes some bit of irritation.
Well, it’s work and [...]

Had upgraded to WordPress 1.5 as soon as it had released. I wasn’t very pleased with the default theme, but couldn’t do much since I didn’t have much time on my hands.
Finally got down to experimenting with it yesterday.
Here is a list of plugins currently being used on the site.
My main aim is to reduce [...]

Found this article online which talks about getting fired for blogging.
Being a blogger can get you in trouble nowadays, at least if you write something that sufficiently vexes your employer.
Delta Air Lines last year fired flight attendant Ellen Simonetti because of her blog. Friendster, Google and Microsoft also have waved goodbye to employees or [...]

Post detailing todays talk by Nadia at the Prayer Meeting

If you search through the WWW, you will find a lot of reports on Sify Broadband; With a lot more curses than praises.
I always thought my earlier ISP viz. my local cable guy 5starmetro was bad. I shifted to Sify with the hope of a better internet connection. Well, I still live in hope
Well, let [...]