Archive for October, 2006


Decided to take the day off yesterday from my study schedule. Have been glued to the books all of last week, and given quite a few papers already.
Met up with the mouse yesterday after lunch and early evening we dropped in at the Handloom and Handicraft Exhibition at Bandra Reclamation.
Was rather reluctant to go there [...]

I have an habit of forgetting birthdays and events and so this should come as no surprise that I forgot my third blog birthday on October 1

And let me take the opportunity to thank all my readers! The blog today wouldn’t have been so successful if not for you folks
So give yourself a [...]

I’m proud to be a blogaholic, but how do you recognize your “disease”?
InstaBLOKE has a few tips on that.
I liked the:
3. The first thing that you do when you get up in the morning (even before putting your socks on and making the coffee) is to see if there are any new comments since you [...]

In a few minutes ends Friday the 13th, atleast in this part of the world.
Wikipedia notes:
A Friday occurring on the 13th day of any month is considered to be a day of bad luck in English and Portuguese-speaking cultures around the globe. Similar superstitions exist in some other traditions. In Greece and Spain, for example, [...]

Logged in yesterday to my Windows Live Mail account and was completely blown away.
Firstly, the interface loaded in a jiffy, which was a really good experience from my past experiences with Windows Live Mail.
Next, it had a whole new look. You now have several user selectable themes and colors available at the click of a [...]

After a good deal of waiting and testing I have moved this blog to my new VPS. If you notice anything awry please do bring it to my attention.
You should see much better performance now (hopefully). Going to monitor the blog and the VPS closing for a few weeks.
Are you looking for hosting? I have [...]

My mother’s sister today celebrated 25 years of happily married life. Uncle had a bad attack of spondylitis around last week. Maybe God has plans and didn’t want a big celebration. So, they had a small get-together for only close family.
Got an opportunity to give my Nokia N73 a test drive. Have taken a decent [...]

It was coming, coming and it finally has
I am now a proud owner of the Nokia N73.
Had been debating between the N80 and the N73 for a while now. I was inclined towards the N80 at first, but the N73 seemed a much better choice. And I am glad I picked this one up.

I’m [...]

Now this doesn’t happen too often, so have saved a screenshot.

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Had expressed interest in translating Netvibes. Got the invitation today for the same.
The languages available are Hindi, Marathi and Tamil. However, the catch is that the language has to be in written in their respective fonts.
Well I don’t know Tamil so that rules it out and my Marathi could well do with some brushing up. [...]