Archive for August, 2006


This past week has been rather tiring and in some ways busy. That has been pretty much the case since Dad came down
Anjali came over on Monday morning for a bit of CAT studing, while in the evening I had to go for choir practice. We have been learning a few new hymns and [...]

I have seen a lot of emails from African scamsters and most of these usually land up in my Bulk box.
Today, my dad today received a similar scam email. However, what was surprising was the nature of it’s customization.
Firstly, the subject of the email addressed my dad by his first name.
Secondly, my Dad is in [...]

I had realized that a site CrazyFactor.com run by John Comokaz has been scraping my RSS feed for quite a while and publishing the content as his own.
He has been using a software by Elliot Back for this purpose.
I got a notification from a visitor that John is now trying to sell off CrazyFactor on [...]

So began Saturday, like any other day.
Dad and I set off towards Mahin at a clinic there. Reached there well on time, waited a while, finished the tests and set off towards my grandmom’s place.
Just as we reached St. Michael’s Church signal, the skies opened up and let down their blessing!

An older lady gets pulled over for speeding…
Older Woman: Is there a problem, Officer?
Officer: Ma’am, you were speeding.
Older Woman: Oh, I see.
Officer: Can I see your license please?
Older Woman: I’d give it to you but I don’t have one.
Officer: Don’t have one?
Older Woman: Lost it, 4 years ago for drunk driving.
Officer: I see… Can I [...]

The following is an actual question given on a Washington State University Student Chemistry mid-term.
Bonus Question: Is Hell exothermic (gives off heat) or endothermic (absorbs heat)?
Most of the students wrote proofs of their beliefs using Boyle’s Law (gas cools when it expands and heats when it is compressed) or some variant.
One student, however, wrote the [...]

The chauffeuring continued on Wednesday. This time it was for Mom and the venue was JJ Hospital in Byculla.
Well, atleast that was the intention at first.

While checking the Whois of my domains, a whois for this blog revealed a link from AboutUs.org.
I have mixed feelings about this one.
Here is why:

Didn’t do much of that on Sunday when I went for my AIMCAT. Had thought it going for me when I attempted the verbal, but the quant and DI made me change my mind. Checking the results later convinced me that the verbal was also as bad as the other two!
Anyway, headed straight home after [...]

While I do have Bad Behavior and Spam Karma 2 running, I have always wondered on how to track down and stop spammers.
I asked Spamhuntress on how she finds spammers by going through her site logs and she was kind enough to write a detailed article on how to.
I too admit the entire procedure is [...]