May 2008
33 posts
Chennai wins! The Superkings were superb today. Very professional performance.
May 31st
Playing the Super Kings song to keep the support going - Chennai Superkings is on the IPL semi-finals today
May 31st
Google can do currency and time conversion from the search box - neat and useful
May 31st
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WatchWatch
Inspiring presentation on the heroes of the China Earthquake
May 30th
MicroReviews - http://microrevie.ws/ looks interesting
May 26th
Re-built my battered, old iPAQ 1940 from scratch in the weekend; it can play some simple games now
May 25th
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Rubber man: his head is just amazing!
May 24th
Saw a guy struggling to sell hard-bound encyclopedias on the street; with Wikipedia and the like it seems to be a dying business
May 22nd
Successfully dodged a few beggars outside the mosque; in India, religious people also need to learn tricks to escape beggar attacks.
May 22nd
Continued playing around with Yahoo Pipes; string manipulation etc; need some good ideas to build a great pipe. Any plumbers around? :)
May 22nd
Very impressed with Mozilla Lightning. Hope to use it on a regular basis - http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/lightning/index.html
May 21st
Built my first Pipe at Yahoo
May 20th
Interesting: “BeTwittered : 32Hours” ( http://tinyurl.com/3dd7te )
May 20th
Stuck in a long boring meeting in the office at 7.30 in the evening…
May 20th
Spectra Visual Newsreader | msnbc.com →
Great way to read news!
May 19th
Could not get into City Center Mall due to lack of parking space; they need to do something quick or they will start losing customers
May 17th
Headed to Marina Beach; as usual the waves had a calming effect - always have enjoyed the gentle sounds they make
May 17th
Looking forward to: “E-passports coming from next month” ( http://tinyurl.com/3lp49a )
May 14th
Getting bombarded with ads of Havell, Max NewYork Life and Mobile Store in between IPL overs; will boycott these products/services for sure
May 14th
Watching the Bangalore RC reminds me of Gabbar in Sholay saying “Suno Thakur ne hijdon ki fauj banayi hai!” (Eng: look what a pathetic team)
May 13th
Shoaib Akhtar arrives in style - blasts out the Delhi Daredevils top order
May 13th
Looking at: “WSO2 Mashup Server ” (http://tinyurl.com/57hfza)
May 12th
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Chennai Summer and IPL
Nothing much to update except that the dreaded Chennai summer is upon us. Temperatures are in their 40s (C- maximum) and ACs are in action all across the city. Thankfully, we have still not seen very many powercuts which are so prevalent in summer here. Apart from the weather the only interesting thing these days is the IPL season. By now, anyone reading this blog would have known through my...
May 10th
Changed the desktop and Firefox theme to resemble Gnome’s Clear Looks theme.. a ritual I follow every 3 months or so
May 10th
Cleared IBM’s SOA Associate certification; phew! what a relief!
May 9th
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May 7th
Losing is okay but losing without a fight is unacceptable; Dhoni should apologize to the CSK fans for a spineless performance
May 4th
CSK looking down the barrel…. waah!
May 2nd
Disappointing batting performance by Chennai Superkings; if Sehwag gets going then CSK will lose their first match
May 2nd
Reading: “How We Use Twitter for Journalism - ReadWriteWeb” (http://tinyurl.com/652bdb)
May 2nd
April 2008
25 posts
Ilaneer or tender coconut water seems to be the best drink for the Chennai summer along side Butter milk and plain water
Apr 30th